Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) lost 8-4 to Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta. of the 2019 Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta; Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) lost 8-4 to Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta. Matsumura lost
8-2 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2019 Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta; and won
7-6 over
John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta;
Matsumura finished 9-3 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) 6-4, then won
9-6 against
Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) and
9-6 against
Magnus Ramsfjell (Oslo, NOR). Matsumura won
9-7 against
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Matsumura went on to lose
8-3 against
Edin. Matsumura responded with a
8-7 win over
SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR). Matsumura won
6-4 against
Marc Muskatewitz (Baden Baden, GER), then won
9-3 against
Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN) and
8-6 against
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Matsumura went on to lose
6-5 against
De Cruz. Matsumura lost
10-4 to
Shuster where Matsumura responded with a
7-5 win over
Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship, Matsumura take home
45.909 world rankings points. Matsumura move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 35.151 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with
201.024 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Matsumura ranks 19th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
201.024 points earned so far this season.
