Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) lost
9-6 to
Binia Feltscher (Flims, SUI) in the Final of the Ford World Women's Curling Championship, held March 19 - 27, 2016 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
Fujisawa finished 9-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujisawa defeated
Oona Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) 7-5, then won
10-3 against
Federica Apollonio (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) and
6-1 against
Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS). Fujisawa went on to lose
11-4 against
Lene Nielsen (Hvidovre, DEN). Fujisawa responded with a
6-5 win over
Ji-Sun Kim (gyeonggido, KOR). Fujisawa went on to lose
7-4 against
Feltscher. Fujisawa responded with a
8-4 win over
Margaretha Sigfridsson (Sundsvall, SWE). Fujisawa won
8-1 against
Daniela Driendl (F�ssen , GER), then won
7-4 against
Erika Brown (Madison, USA) and
10-4 against
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO). Fujisawa won
11-2 against
Chelsea Carey (Calgary, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Ford World Women's Curling Championship, Fujisawa take home
55.777 world rankings points. Fujisawa move up 12 spots after posting a net gain of 53.663 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 22nd overall with
205.279 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Fujisawa ranks 19th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
156.546 points earned so far this season.
