Sawamukai

Hokkaido, Japan

SKIP
Yuki
Sawamukai

Third
Yusaku
Shibaya

Second
Taiga
Saito

Lead
Ryosuke
Haneishi

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	7.28
PA/G:	6.50
Hammer Efficiency:	0.34
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Yuki Sawamukai (Hokkaido, JPN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Sawamukai finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sawamukai defeated Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) 8-6, then went on to lose 9-5 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Sawamukai lost 8-6 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) where Sawamukai responded with a 9-5 win over Shingo Usui (Sapporo, JPN). Sawamukai won 6-5 against Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN), then won 9-3 against Kota Onodera (Hokkaido, JPN). Sawamukai went on to lose 8-5 against Taisel Miura (Hokkaido, JPN). Sawamukai lost 6-5 to Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Sawamukai earned 7.268 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Japan Curling Championships, moving up 388 spots the World Ranking Standings into 329th place overall with 7.268 total points. Sawamukai ranks 244th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.268 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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