Iwai Reaches 2019 ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championships Semifinals

Sapporo, Japan

Fourth
Go
Aoki

SKIP
Masaki
Iwai

Second
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Lead
Koki
Ogiwara

Games:	10
Record:	7W - 3L
PF/G:	8.76
PA/G:	5.62
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN) run at the 2019 ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-7 loss to Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN). of the 2019 ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championships in Sapporo, Japan;

Iwai finished 7-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Iwai lost 5-3 to Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a 10-3 win over Tomonori Matsuzawa (Sapporo, JPN). Iwai won 8-4 against Daiki Shikano (Sapporo, JPN), then won 13-3 against Yasuhiro Morita (Kyoto, JPN) and 13-6 against Naomasa Takeda (Sapporo, JPN). Iwai won 8-1 against Juon Ishimura (Aomori, JPN), then won 4-3 against Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) and 9-6 against Kanda in their final qualifying round match.

Iwai earned 11.776 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championships, moving up 27 spots the World Ranking Standings into 83rd place overall with 47.440 total points. Iwai ranks 83rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 47.440 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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