Komoda Finishes Fourth at 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup

Sagamihara, Japan

SKIP
Kenji
Komoda

Third
Hideyuki
Sato

Second
Akira
Kageyama

Lead
Shinobu
Fujikami

Games:	7
Record:	3W - 4L
PF/G:	6.60
PA/G:	9.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.14
Steal Defense:	0.54
Force Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) lost 7-3 to Yuhei Kusui (Osaka, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan. of the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan; Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) lost 7-3 to Yuhei Kusui (Osaka, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan. Komoda lost 9-1 to Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Komoda finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Komoda defeated Takashi Kawahara (Niigata, JPN) 10-4, then won 7-6 against Minako Tsuji (Karuizawa, JPN) and 5-0 against Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN). Komoda went on to lose 11-2 against Marina Oiwa (Miyota, JPN). Komoda lost 7-3 to Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the WCT Kurosawa Cup, Komoda take home 3.439 world rankings points along with 607CDN. Komoda move up 201 spots after posting a net gain of 3.278 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 334th overall with 3.761 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Komoda ranks 312th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.439 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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