Bronze for Schmidt at 2024 World Junior Curling Championships

Hvidovre, Denmark

Fourth
Jonathan
Vilandt

SKIP
Jacob
Schmidt

Second
Alexander
Qvist

Lead
Kasper Boge
Jurlander

Games:	11
Record:	8W - 3L
PF/G:	7.87
PA/G:	6.39
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.51
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Jacob Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) won 10-9 over Wesley Wendling (Wausau, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland. of the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland; Jacob Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) won 10-9 over Wesley Wendling (Wausau, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland. Schmidt lost 7-5 to Italy's Stefano Gilli in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Schmidt finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schmidt defeated Liqiunan Tao (Beijing, CHN) 6-2, then won 10-9 against Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) and 8-4 against Sam Flanagan (Naseby, NZL). Schmidt won 11-3 against Wendling. Schmidt went on to lose 6-3 against Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR). Schmidt lost 8-7 to Italy's Stefano Gilli where Schmidt responded with a 9-8 win over Manuel Jermann (Arlesheim, SUI). Schmidt won 9-7 against Orrin Carson (Stirling, SCO), then won 7-6 against Johnson Tao (Edmonton, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the World Junior Curling Championships, Schmidt earn 13.500 world rankings points. For week 31 of the event schedule, Schmidt did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Schmidt 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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