Bronze for Mercier at 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

Megeve, France

Fourth
Quentin
Morand

SKIP
Eddy
Mercier

Second
Yannick
Valvassori

Lead
Killian
Gaudin

Games:	10
Record:	8W - 2L
PF/G:	7.67
PA/G:	5.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Eddy Mercier (Megeve, FRA) won 10-3 over Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden. of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden; Eddy Mercier (Megeve, FRA) won 10-3 over Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden. Mercier lost 6-3 to Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden; and won 6-5 over Ireland's John Wilson in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden;

Mercier finished 6-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mercier defeated Stefan Sever (Ljubljana, SLO) 8-4, then won 6-3 against Timothy Verreycken (Zemst, BEL) and 6-4 against Truksans. Mercier won 8-6 against Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT), then won 10-4 against Steve Seixeiro (Lisbon, POR) and 8-2 against Kristof Czermann (Budapest, HUN). Mercier went on to lose 11-4 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, Mercier earn 13.500 world rankings points. For week 17 of the event schedule, Mercier did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Mercier ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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