CHAMPION: Granbom Wins 2023 Swedish Eliteserien

Fourth
Axel Olle
Moberg

SKIP
Simon
Granbom

Second
Axel
Sjoberg

Lead
Fabian
Wingfors

Simon Granbom (Granit, SWE) won 8-7 over Joel Westerberg (Westerberg, SWE) in the Final of the Swedish Eliteserien, held January 6 - March 12, 2023 in Ostersund / Jonkoping, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Granbom won 16-2 over Axel Rosander (Norrkoping, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2023 Swedish Eliteserien in Ostersund / Jonkoping, Sweden;

Granbom finished 10-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Granbom defeated Michael Roxin (Linkoping, SWE) 10-3, then won 8-4 against Westerberg and 7-1 against 's Axel Landelius. Granbom won 6-3 against Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE), then won 11-1 against Mats Mabergs (Malung, SWE). Granbom went on to lose 9-4 against Fredrik Nyman (Solleftea, SWE). Granbom responded with a 5-3 win over Mats Nyberg (Danderyds, SWE). Granbom won 6-3 against 's Nicklas Soderberg, then won 9-4 against Rosander and 6-5 against Fredrik Julius (Sundbybergs, SWE). Granbom won 9-3 against Gert Precenth (Mjolby, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swedish Eliteserien Championship title, Granbom earned 11.250 world rankings points. For week 32 of the event schedule, Granbom did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Granbom 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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