Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) lost
7-4 to
Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 19 - 22, 2019 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Edin won
7-6 over
John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the semifinals of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won
6-2 over
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Nagano, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;
Edin finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated
Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) 5-2, then went on to lose
6-3 against
Matsumura. Edin responded with a
10-0 win over
Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN). Edin won
10-3 against
Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Karuizawa International, Edin take home
26.428 world rankings points along with the $9,617CDN prize, remaining in 5th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
446.807 total points. Edin ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
281.802 points earned so far this season.
