Kim6-1 at 2019 Men's World Qualification Event

Seoul, Korea

SKIP
Soo-Hyuk
Kim

Third
ByeongJin
Jeong

Second
JeongJae
Lee

Lead
DonghYeong
Lee

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.29
PA/G:	4.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.78
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated Ulrik Damm (Hvidovre, DEN) 7-2, then won 11-4 against Marcelo Mello (Sao Paolo, BRZ) and 7-5 against Scott Becker (Naseby, NZL). Kim won 10-5 against Borys Jasiecki (Sopot, POL), then won 9-0 against Ian Palangio (Sydney, AUS). Kim went on to lose 9-6 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Kim responded with a 8-6 win over Andrew Reed (Kent, ENG) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Men's World Qualification Event Championship title, Kim earned 13.500 world rankings points. Kim move up 13 spots after posting a net gain of 12.212 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 44th overall with 86.823 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kim ranks 43rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 85.535 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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