Kim Runner-Up at 2017 Karuizawa International

SKIP
Chang-Min
Kim

Third
Se-Hyeon
Seong

Second
Eun Soo
Oh

Lead
Kibok
Lee

Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) lost 5-4 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 14 - 17, 2017 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Kim won 5-4 over Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2017 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won 6-3 over Arihito Kasahara (Tokyo, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Kim finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated Hiromu Otani (kitami, JPN) 7-1, then won 8-2 against Hiromitsu Kuriyama (Nagano, JPN) and 6-4 against Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN). Kim won 7-4 against Patric Mabergs (Skelleftea, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Karuizawa International, Kim take home 22.378 world rankings points along with the $6,853CDN prize. Kim move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 20.186 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with 288.756 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kim ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 219.485 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

2023: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker , Siyu Liu
St. John's, NL
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Mike McEwen, Matt Wozniak, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, CAN
2017: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
2015: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyun Sung, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR

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