Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) won
8-2 over
Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) in the Final of the Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge, held October 24 - 26 in Bern, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Gosgens won
3-2 over
Fredrik Nyman (Solleftea, SWE) in the semifinals of the Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge in Bern, Switzerland; and won
8-7 over
Stefano Spiller (Bormio, ITA) in the quarterfinals. of the Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge in Bern, Switzerland;
Gosgens finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gosgens defeated
Andrew Symonds (St. John's , NL) 11-4, then won
7-6 against
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Gosgens went on to lose
6-5 against
Brunner. Gosgens responded with a
9-3 win over
Yves Stocker (Oberwallis, SUI). Gosgens won
6-4 against
Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge Championship title, Gosgens earned
29.250 world rankings points along with the $8,777CDN first prize cheque. Gosgens move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 21.211 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 31st overall with
112.957 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Gosgens ranks 14th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
80.800 points earned so far this season.
