# 2019 Italian Men's Curling Championship

The 43rd 2019 Italian Men's Curling Championship (Italian: Campionati Senior - Serie A maschile - Anno Sportivo 2018-2019) was held from November 10, 2018 to April 14, 2019 in two stages: the group stage (round robin) from November 10, 2018 to March 24, 2019 and the playoff stage from April 13 to 14, 2019.
Eight teams took part in the championship.
The winners of the championship were "Team Retornaz" (skip Joël Retornaz), who beat the "Trentino Cembra" team (skip Amos Mosaner) in the final. The bronze medal was won by the "Cembra 88 (Rizzolli)" team (skip Luca Rizzolli).
The championship was held in conjunction with the 2019 Italian Women's Curling Championship.

## Competition format

First was the group stage (Round robin), where the teams played among themselves in a four-round round robin system. If two teams had the same number of wins, they were ranked among themselves according to the result of two their matches; if the number of victories for three or more teams is equal, teams were ranked according to the results of the sum of Draw Shot Challenge (DSC, in centimetres; the smaller value, the higher the rank). The four best teams go to the second stage, the playoff, using the Page playoff system (two best teams, following the results of the group round, hold a match for a direct bye to the final (playoffs-1). The 3rd and 4th teams played, with the winners going to the semifinals (playoffs-2). The semifinal was between the loser in the first match and a winner in the second. In the finals, gold was to the winner of the 1 vs. 2 playoff game and the winner of the semifinal. Losers in the semifinals and the playoffs-2 game played for bronze medal.

## Teams

| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach |
| C.C. 66 Cortina | Giacomo Colli | Daniele Constantini | Alberto Zisa | Francesco De Zanna | Edoardo Alfonsi | |
| C.C. Tofane M | Guido Fassina | Elia De Pol | Antonio Menardi | Marcello Pachner | Malko Tondella | Alberto Menardi |
| Celtic Fireblock | Fabio Sola (4th) | Simone Sola | Valter Bruno (skip) | Julien Michele Genre | | |
| Cembra 88 (Rizzolli) | Luca Rizzolli | Mattia Giovanella | Alessandro Odorizzi | Giovanni Gottardi | | Tiziano Odorizzi |
| Cral Reale Mutua | Silvio Dellaia (4th) | Rino Messina (skip) | Guido Barco | Massimo Rovera | Danilo Capriolo | |
| Team Retornaz | Joël Retornaz | Simone Gonin | Fabio Ribotta | Lorenzo Maurino | | |
| Trentino Cembra | Amos Mosaner | Sebastiano Arman | Daniele Ferrazza | Andrea Pilzer | | |
| Velocisti Ghiaccio Torino | Marco Pascale | Lorenzo Piatti | Gioele De Luca | Elvis Molinero | | |

## Round robin

| | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Wins | Losses | DSC, cm | Place |
| 1 | C.C. 66 Cortina (Giacomo Colli) | * | 6:4 9:1 | 4:6 9:6 | 5:8 6:8 | 9:5 10:1 | 9:0 3:8 | 1:10 4:12 | 8:4 7:3 | 8 | 6 | 179,0 | 3 |
| 2 | C.C. Tofane M (Guido Fassina) | 4:6 1:9 | * | 6:7 3:9 | 4:8 7:12 | 14:3 9:2 | 1:7 0:8 | 2:5 2:7 | 1:10 7:10 | 2 | 12 | 292,2 | 8 |
| 3 | Celtic Fireblock (Valter Bruno) | 6:4 6:9 | 7:6 9:3 | * | 7:2 9:6 | 6:11 8:6 | 6:9 1:12 | 5:7 6:7 | 8:11 5:11 | 6 | 8 | 155,1 | 6 |
| 4 | Cembra 88 (Rizzolli) (Luca Rizzolli) | 8:5 8:6 | 8:4 12:7 | 2:7 6:9 | * | 12:5 9:3 | 0:9 3:14 | 2:10 1:8 | 3:7 9:5 | 7 | 7 | 151,4 | 4 |
| 5 | Cral Reale Mutua (Rino Messina) | 5:9 1:10 | 3:14 2:9 | 11:6 6:8 | 5:12 3:9 | * | 2:10 2:10 | 2:10 1:9 | 8:7 4:10 | 2 | 12 | 185,1 | 7 |
| 6 | Team Retornaz (Joël Retornaz) | 0:9 8:3 | 7:1 8:0 | 9:6 12:1 | 9:0 14:3 | 10:2 10:2 | * | 8:2 10:8 | 11:3 13:4 | 13 | 1 | 124,1 | 1 |
| 7 | Trentino Cembra (Amos Mosaner) | 10:1 12:4 | 5:2 7:2 | 7:5 7:6 | 10:2 8:1 | 10:2 9:1 | 2:8 8:10 | * | 7:2 10:2 | 12 | 2 | 150,5 | 2 |
| 8 | Velocisti Ghiaccio Torino (Marco Pascale) | 4:8 3:7 | 10:1 10:7 | 11:8 11:5 | 7:3 5:9 | 7:8 10:4 | 3:11 4:13 | 2:7 2:10 | * | 6 | 8 | 148,4 | 5 |
    teams to playoffs

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| (1) | Team Retornaz | 8 | | | | Team Retornaz | Team Retornaz | 6 |
| (2) | Trentino Cembra | 7 | | | | Trentino Cembra | Trentino Cembra | 4 |
| | | | Trentino Cembra | Trentino Cembra | 9 | | | |
| | | | C.C. 66 Cortina | C.C. 66 Cortina | 7 | | | |
| (3) | C.C. 66 Cortina | 8 | | | | | | |
| (4) | Cembra 88 (Rizzolli) | 7 | | | | | | |
| Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| C.C. 66 Cortina | C.C. 66 Cortina | 3 |
| Cembra 88 (Rizzolli) | Cembra 88 (Rizzolli) | 10 |

### 1 vs. 2

April 13, 10:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Trentino Cembra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Team Retornaz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |

### 3 vs. 4

April 13, 2:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| C.C. 66 Cortina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Cembra 88 (Rizzolli) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |

### Semifinal

April 13, 7:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Trentino Cembra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 9 |
| C.C. 66 Cortina | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |

### Bronze medal match

April 14, 9:30 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cembra 88 (Rizzolli) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | X | X | X | 10 |
| C.C. 66 Cortina | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |

### Final

April 14, 2:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Trentino Cembra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Team Retornaz | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

## Final standings

| Place | Team | Skip | Games | Wins | Losses |
| | Team Retornaz | Joël Retornaz | 16 | 15 | 1 |
| | Trentino Cembra | Amos Mosaner | 17 | 13 | 4 |
| | Cembra 88 (Rizzolli) | Luca Rizzolli | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | C.C. 66 Cortina | Giacomo Colli | 17 | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | Velocisti Ghiaccio Torino | Marco Pascale | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | Celtic Fireblock | Valter Bruno | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | Cral Reale Mutua | Rino Messina | 14 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | C.C. Tofane M | Guido Fassina | 14 | 2 | 12 |