Fujinaka3-5 at 2017 Japan Curling Championships

Okayama, Japan

SKIP
Hiromitsu
Fujinaka

Third
Hiroki
Yoshioka

Second
Shinya
Yoshimoto

Lead
Tatsuhiro
Matsunouchi

Games:	8
Record:	3W - 5L
PF/G:	5.66
PA/G:	8.16
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN) finished 3-5 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujinaka lost 11-3 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 7-6 win over Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN). Fujinaka won 6-5 against Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN). Fujinaka went on to lose 11-3 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Fujinaka lost 7-6 to Taisel Miura (Hokkaido, JPN). Fujinaka lost 6-5 to Yuki Sawamukai (Hokkaido, JPN). Fujinaka lost 9-5 to Shingo Usui (Sapporo, JPN) where Fujinaka responded with a 8-7 win over Kota Onodera (Hokkaido, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Fujinaka earned 1.283 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 25 spots the World Ranking Standings into 347th place overall with 6.381 total points. Fujinaka ranks 259th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.381 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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