Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships: Switzerland vs. Italy

Draw Nov 24 - 2:00 pm		HMR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	EE	Score
	Switzerland Schwaller, Y		0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	8
	Italy Retornaz, J		0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	4

Fourth:

Benoit
Schwarz

Skip:

Yannick
Schwaller

Second:

Sven
Michel

Lead:

Pablo
Lachat

Skip:

Joel
Retornaz

Third:

Amos
Mosaner

Second:

Sebastiano
Arman

Lead:

Mattia
Giovanella

Switzerland

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	0W - 0L
PF/G:	7.08
PA/G:	5.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Italy

Games:	11
Record:	9W - 2L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	1W - 0L
PF/G:	10.44
PA/G:	5.82
Hammer Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Switzerland

Games:	73
Record:	52W - 21L
Extra Ends:	2W - 0L
One-Point Games:	1W - 0L
PF/G:	8.11
PA/G:	5.99
Hammer Efficiency:	0.51
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Italy

Games:	76
Record:	63W - 13L
Extra Ends:	1W - 0L
One-Point Games:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.84
PA/G:	5.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Switzerland

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 4 in 5th End vs. Magnus Ramsfjell (Sep 3, 2023)
> 4 in 1st End vs. Magnus Ramsfjell (Sep 3, 2023)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 3 in 7th End vs. Lukas Hostmaelingen (Sep 3, 2023)
> 3 in 2nd End vs. Axel Landelius (Sep 1, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 3 in 6th End vs. Korey Dropkin (Oct 17, 2023)
> 3 in 2nd End vs. Marco Hoesli (Oct 14, 2023)
> 3 in 6th End vs. Kyle Waddell (Oct 13, 2023)
> 3 in 2nd End vs. Niklas Edin (Oct 12, 2023)
> 3 in 6th End vs. Wouter Gosgens (Aug 17, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 4 in 1st End vs. Jongduk Park (Oct 14, 2023)

Italy

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 5 in 1st End vs. Kyle Waddell (Aug 17, 2023)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 4 in 2nd End vs. Kalle Kiiskinen (Nov 22, 2023)
> 4 in 4th End vs. Stuart Thompson (Sep 22, 2023)
> 4 in 5th End vs. James Craik (Aug 20, 2023)
> 4 in 4th End vs. Lukas Hostmaelingen (Aug 18, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 4 in 11th End vs. Yannick Schwaller (Nov 24, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 3 in 6th End vs. Niklas Edin (Sep 24, 2023)

Bottcher Out!

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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