Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships: Italy vs. Netherlands

Draw Nov 18 - 9:30 am		HMR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score
	Italy Retornaz, J		1	2	1	2	0	4	X				10
	Netherlands Gosgens, W		0	0	0	0	1	0	X				1

Skip:

Joel
Retornaz

Third:

Amos
Mosaner

Second:

Sebastiano
Arman

Lead:

Mattia
Giovanella

Skip:

Wouter
Gosgens

Third:

Laurens
Hoekman

Second:

Jaap
van Dorp

Lead:

Tobias
van den Hurk

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

Netherlands

Games:	9
Record:	3W - 6L
Extra Ends:	1W - 0L
One-Point Games:	1W - 0L
PF/G:	6.34
PA/G:	8.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.14

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

Netherlands

Games:	76
Record:	40W - 36L
Extra Ends:	2W - 2L
One-Point Games:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	7.82
PA/G:	6.83
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

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)

Netherlands

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 4 in 1st End vs. Magnus Ramsfjell (Oct 13, 2023)
> 4 in 5th End vs. Catlin Schneider (Oct 12, 2023)
> 4 in 3rd End vs. Zach Davies (Sep 16, 2023)
> 4 in 2nd End vs. Manuel Jermann (Aug 18, 2023)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 4 in 8th End vs. Jacob Libbus (Sep 22, 2023)
> 4 in 6th End vs. Zach Davies (Sep 16, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 5 in 4th End vs. Cameron Bryce (Aug 24, 2023)
> 5 in 3rd End vs. Lukas Klima (Aug 19, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 3 in 4th End vs. Aaron Sluchinski (Oct 18, 2023)
> 3 in 7th End vs. Magnus Ramsfjell (Sep 1, 2023)
> 3 in 5th End vs. Marco Hoesli (Sep 1, 2023)
> 3 in 8th End vs. Marco Hoesli (Aug 25, 2023)

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