Morozumi

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Games:	10
Record:	6W - 4L
PF/G:	8.10
PA/G:	6.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Morozumi finished 3-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) 8-3, then went on to lose 7-6 against Yuta Matsumura (Nagano, JPN). Morozumi responded with a 10-3 win over Jamie Boutin (Mannheim, GER). Morozumi went on to lose 6-4 against Colin Thomas (St. John's, NL). Morozumi responded with a 7-5 win over Norway's Thomas Lovold. Morozumi went on to lose 7-3 against Nobuaki Mutoh (Kariuzawa, JPN). Morozumi lost 8-4 to Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong Gyeongbuk, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Kariuzawa International Championship title, Morozumi earned 11.250 world rankings points, moving up 39 spots the World Ranking Standings into 83rd place overall with 23.430 total points. Morozumi ranks 72nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.180 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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