Kanda2-3 at 2019 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Tokyo, Japan

SKIP
Junpei
Kanda

Third
Hiromu
Otani

Second
Kizuki
Ryokawa

Lead
Shotaro
Hashimoto

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 1L (2T)
PF/G:	9.17
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanda defeated Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) 11-4, then won 10-7 against Tsubasa Nakagawa (Obihiro, JPN). Kanda went on to lose 4-4 against Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN). Kanda lost 5-4 to Kantaro Kawano (Sapporo, JPN). Kanda lost 4-4 to Takimi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kanda earned 1.802 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 174th place overall with 15.967 total points. Kanda ranks 115th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.802 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

2024: Toshiya Iida
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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