Takeda2-3 at 2019 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Nayoro, Japan

SKIP
Naomasa
Takeda

Third
Tsutomu
Itagaki

Second
Tetsuo
Yamaguchi

Lead
Akira
Takeda

Games:	7
Record:	3W - 2L (2T)
PF/G:	7.84
PA/G:	6.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.34

Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Takeda lost 7-6 to Takimi Maeda (Kitami, JPN), droppimg another game, 5-5 to Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN). Takeda lost 4-4 to Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) where Takeda responded with a 7-1 win over Tsubasa Nakagawa (Obihiro, JPN). Takeda won 7-4 against Kantaro Kawano (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Takeda earned 4.806 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup. Takeda move up 17 spots after posting a net gain of 3.362 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 184th overall with 14.550 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Takeda ranks 66th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.810 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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Toshiya Iida, Yuta Fuuse, Koto Inaba, Kento Nishida
Wakkanai, JPN
2023: Takumi Maeda
Takumi Maeda, Asei Nakahara, Hiroki Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa , Ayumi Ogasawara
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Shingo Usui
Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Yoshiya Miura, Sota Jutori
Kitami, JPN
2018: Shingo Usui
Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Daiki Shikano, Yoshiya Miura , Hirofumi Kobayashi
Kitami, JPN

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