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

Aarau, Switzerland

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Carole
Howald

Lead
Briar
Schwaller

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	9.89
PA/G:	6.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) lost 5-4 to Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN) 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, Tirinzoni won 9-5 over Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) in the semifinals of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden;

Tirinzoni finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni defeated Santa Blumberga (Riga, LAT) 10-2, then won 10-4 against Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) and 10-4 against Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR). Tirinzoni won 14-4 against Marianne Roervik (Oslo, NOR). Tirinzoni went on to lose 9-6 against Dupont. Tirinzoni responded with a 12-4 win over Csilia Halasz (Budapest, HUN). Tirinzoni won 9-3 against Rebecca Morrison (Stirling, SCO). Tirinzoni went on to lose 10-7 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Tirinzoni lost 9-3 to Constantini in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Tirinzoni take home 41.250 world rankings points, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 7.5 after improving upon their best so far this season. Tirinzoni ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 206.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	83	25	0	0.769	29-2	14-8	6-2	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	829	715	449	8.62	5.42	3.21	4.91	3.85	1.76	1.41	1.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	410	511	85	56	15-0	35-3	103-9	1.25	0.21	0.43	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	419	204	364	47	8-2	11-19	33-70	0.49	0.87	0.63	0.29

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