Tsuruga5-3 at 2015 Japan Curling Championships

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Kouji
Tsuruga

Third
Yuki
Sawamukai

Second
Yusaku
Shibatani

Lead
Ryosuke
Haneishi

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	7.37
PA/G:	6.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Kouji Tsuruga (Kitami, JPN) finished 5-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tsuruga defeated Kazuto Funaki (Aomori, JPN) 9-2, then went on to lose 9-4 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Tsuruga responded with a 10-6 win over Naoki Iwanaga (Tokyo, JPN). Tsuruga went on to lose 11-4 against Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Tsuruga responded with a 8-5 win over Japan's Doi Homaretoru. Tsuruga won 8-3 against Japan's Ryo Ogihara. Tsuruga went on to lose 6-5 against Hironori Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN). Tsuruga responded with a 6-5 win over Ryuji Shibatani (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Tsuruga earned 2.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Japan Curling Championships, moving up 366 spots the World Ranking Standings into 280th place overall with 2.000 total points. Tsuruga ranks 224th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.000 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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