Iwai Reaches 2018 Karuizawa International Semifinals

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Masaki
Iwai

Third
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Second
Koki
Ogiwara

Lead
Kei
Kamada

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	5.96
PA/G:	5.09
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN) run at the 2018 Karuizawa International came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-2 loss to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, CAN). of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Iwai advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-4 win over Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Iwai finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Iwai defeated Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) 6-5, then won 7-6 against SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) and 4-3 against Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN). Iwai won 6-1 against Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Iwai earned 13.950 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Karuizawa International, moving up 33 spots the World Ranking Standings into 108th place overall with 38.749 total points. Iwai ranks 95th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.935 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

2024: Marc Muskatewitz
Marc Muskatewitz, Benny Kapp, Felix Messenzehl, Johannes Scheuerl
Fuessen, GER
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
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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
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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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