Kusaka1-7 at 2016 Japan Curling Championships

Aomori, Japan

SKIP
Minoru
Kusaka

Third
Jin
Kasai

Second
Hirotada
Sugawara

Lead
Kiyoto
Ogura

Games:	8
Record:	1W - 7L
PF/G:	4.92
PA/G:	11.08
Hammer Efficiency:	0.14
Steal Defense:	0.51
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Minoru Kusaka (Aomori, JPN) finished 1-7 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kusaka lost 12-2 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN), droppimg another game, 7-3 to Gaku Suzuki (Sapporo, JPN). Kusaka lost 12-3 to Japan's Junpei Kanda. Kusaka lost 10-3 to Japan's Ryo Ogihara. Kusaka lost 8-1 to Yasumoto Natsuizaka (Karuizawa, JPN). Kusaka lost 11-3 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Kusaka lost 7-6 to Kanya Shimizun (Furano, JPN) where Kusaka responded with a 11-5 win over Japan's Ryo Wakabayashi in their final qualifying round match.

Kusaka earned 0.499 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 167 spots the World Ranking Standings into 513th place overall with 0.499 total points. Kusaka ranks 462nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.499 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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