CHAMPION: Morozumi Wins 2017 Karuizawa International

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Second
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) won 5-4 over Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 14 - 17, 2017 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Morozumi won 7-1 over Patric Mabergs (Skelleftea, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2017 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won 6-3 over Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) in the quarterfinals.

Morozumi finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) 10-7, then won 5-4 against Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) and 8-4 against Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Morozumi won 7-2 against Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Karuizawa International Championship title, Morozumi earned 28.482 world rankings points along with the $11,422CDN first prize cheque. Morozumi move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 26.177 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 27th overall with 227.643 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Morozumi ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 107.494 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

2023: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker , Siyu Liu
St. John's, NL
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Mike McEwen, Matt Wozniak, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, CAN
2017: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
2015: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyun Sung, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR

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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