Schwaller Runner-Up at 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Geneva, Switzerland

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz

SKIP
Yannick
Schwaller

Second
Sven
Michel

Lead
Pablo
Lachat

Games:	11
Record:	9W - 2L
PF/G:	7.73
PA/G:	4.54
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) lost 5-4 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, held November 19 - 26, 2022 in Ostersund, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won 6-3 over Oskar Eriksson (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals

Schwaller finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) 7-3, then won 7-3 against Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) and 11-3 against Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR). Schwaller won 7-6 against Eriksson, then won 5-3 against Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN). Schwaller went on to lose 8-7 against Joel Retornaz (Trento, ITA). Schwaller responded with a 6-3 win over Sergio Vez (San Sebastian, ESP). Schwaller won 7-2 against Mouat, then won 8-5 against Sixten Totzek (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Schwaller take home 44.000 world rankings points. Schwaller move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 14.25 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 227.028 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 156.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	4	3	0	0.571	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	49	36	38	7.35	7.76	-0.41	4.29	4.90	1.71	1.58	0.82

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	28	27	19	3	1-1	2-0	6-4	0.96	0.68	0.36	0.43

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	21	9	19	1	0-0	0-2	1-3	0.43	0.90	0.58	0.38

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