Kiiskinen3-5 at 2021 Olympic Qualification Event

Hyvinkaa, Finland

SKIP
Kalle
Kiiskinen

Third
Teemu
Salo

Second
Leo
Ouni

Lead
Paavo
Kuosmanen

Games:	8
Record:	3W - 5L
PF/G:	5.48
PA/G:	6.99
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 3-5 in the 9 team Olympic Qualification Event qualifying round, held December 11 - 18, 2021 in , . In their opening game, Kiiskinen lost 9-5 to Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA), droppimg another game, 8-3 to Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Kiiskinen lost 9-2 to Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN). Kiiskinen lost 8-6 to Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER) where Kiiskinen responded with a 7-5 win over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Kiiskinen went on to lose 7-4 against Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR). Kiiskinen responded with a 5-3 win over SooHyuk Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Kiiskinen won 8-2 against Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kiiskinen earned 8.016 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Kiiskinen move up 17 spots after posting a net gain of 6.758 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 99th overall with 44.014 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kiiskinen ranks 74th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.825 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
0	3	5	0	0.375	2-1	1-4	0-0	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
0	73	40	51	5.48	6.99	-1.51	3.84	4.66	1.43	1.50	1.51

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
0	33	31	14	2	0-0	0-1	9-3	0.94	0.42	0.29	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
0	40	9	37	9	0-0	1-2	1-8	0.23	0.93	0.60	0.15

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