Shimizun2-6 at 2016 Japan Curling Championships

Furano, Japan

SKIP
Kanya
Shimizuno

Third
Ryota
Meguro

Second
Sota
Hirosawa

Lead
Ryodai
Ikuno

Games:	8
Record:	2W - 6L
PF/G:	5.00
PA/G:	8.06
Hammer Efficiency:	0.21
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Kanya Shimizun (Furano, JPN) finished 2-6 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shimizun lost 11-4 to Yasumoto Natsuizaka (Karuizawa, JPN), droppimg another game, 7-2 to Japan's Junpei Kanda where Shimizun responded with a 8-3 win over Japan's Ryo Wakabayashi. Shimizun went on to lose 7-5 against Gaku Suzuki (Sapporo, JPN). Shimizun lost 5-4 to Japan's Ryo Ogihara. Shimizun lost 8-3 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) where Shimizun responded with a 7-6 win over Minoru Kusaka (Aomori, JPN). Shimizun went on to lose 11-3 against Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Shimizun earned 0.998 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 251 spots the World Ranking Standings into 464th place overall with 0.998 total points. Shimizun ranks 400th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.998 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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