Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) lost 8-2 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) lost 8-2 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. Bottcher lost
8-6 to
Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won
7-2 over
Yusuke Morozumi (Nagano, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;
Bottcher finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated
Kanya Shimizuno (Hokkaido, JPN) 8-2, then won
6-1 against
Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN). Bottcher went on to lose
8-4 against
Morozumi. Bottcher responded with a
9-1 win over
Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Karuizawa International, Bottcher take home
19.220 world rankings points along with 4809CDN, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 3rd place overall with
469.346 total points. Bottcher ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
271.723 points earned so far this season.
