Bronze for Kusui at 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup

Osaka, Japan

SKIP
Yuhei
Kusui

Third
Kazuhisa
Unoura

Second
Gouki
Umehata

Lead
Shotaro
Shimada

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	7.50
PA/G:	6.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Yuhei Kusui (Osaka, JPN) won 7-3 over Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan. of the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan; Yuhei Kusui (Osaka, JPN) won 7-3 over Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan. Kusui lost 6-3 to Marina Oiwa (Miyota, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan;

Kusui finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kusui lost 8-4 to Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a 5-3 win over Yumiko Kashiwagi (Karuizawa, JPN). Kusui went on to lose 5-4 against Kota Onodera (Hokkaido, JPN). Kusui responded with a 7-3 win over Tomoji Arai (Tokyo, JPN). Kusui won 6-1 against Asuka Kanai (Karuizwaw, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the WCT Kurosawa Cup, Kusui earn 4.872 world rankings points and 1214CDN. Kusui move up 241 spots after posting a net gain of 4.711 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 295th overall with 5.194 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kusui ranks 280th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.872 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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