Takeda5-3 at 2019 ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championships

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Naomasa
Takeda

Third
Tsutomu
Itagaki

Second
Kyousuke
Fujii

Lead
Hidetaka
Nagasawa

Games:	9
Record:	5W - 4L
PF/G:	8.03
PA/G:	7.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Naomasa Takeda (Sapporo, JPN) finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Takeda defeated Yasuhiro Morita (Kyoto, JPN) 8-4, then won 10-5 against Daiki Shikano (Sapporo, JPN) and 13-1 against Juon Ishimura (Aomori, JPN). Takeda went on to lose 8-2 against Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN). Takeda lost 13-6 to Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN). Takeda lost 10-4 to Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) where Takeda responded with a 8-3 win over Tomonori Matsuzawa (Sapporo, JPN). Takeda won 7-5 against Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Takeda earned 8.312 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championships, moving up 430 spots the World Ranking Standings into 251st place overall with 8.312 total points. Takeda ranks 251st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.312 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

Jacobs wins Olympic Trials

Calgary's Brad Jacobs (Photo: Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver) defeats Winnipeg's Matt Dunstone 6-5, winning 2 games to 0 in a best-of-three final at the Montana's Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Halifax, N.

Kubota Challenge: Gord Bamford vs Brad Gushue

EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)