Becker Finishes Fourth at 2024 World Junior-B Curling Championships

Naseby, New Zealand

SKIP
William
Becker

Third
Sam
Flanagan

Second
Darcy
Nevill

Lead
Hunter
Burke

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	9.13
PA/G:	6.96
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

William Becker (Naseby, NZL) lost 7-5 to Jacob Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 World Junior-B Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland. of the 2024 World Junior-B Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland; William Becker (Naseby, NZL) lost 7-5 to Jacob Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 World Junior-B Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland. Becker lost 7-4 to Johnson Tao (Edmonton, CAN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2024 World Junior-B Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland; and won 7-5 over Eduard Nikolov (Kyiv, UKR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 World Junior-B Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland;

Becker finished 5-1 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Becker lost 6-5 to Roberts Buncis (Riga, LAT), then responded with a 8-7 win over Schmidt. Becker won 9-7 against Wesley Wendling (Wausau, USA), then won 10-1 against Benjamin Holcombe (Kent, ENG) and 10-4 against Vitor De Melo (Sao Paulo, BRA). Becker won 5-4 against Ching Nam Cheng (Hong Kong, HKG) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the World Junior-B Curling Championships, Becker take home 4.000 world rankings points. For week 22 of the event schedule, Becker did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Becker 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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