Takamatsu3-2 at 2019 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Kenji
Takamatsu

Third
Masaki
Ishikawa

Second
Yutaro
Kasai

Lead
Kanya
Shimizuno

Games:	8
Record:	4W - 4L
PF/G:	6.89
PA/G:	7.70
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Kenji Takamatsu (Sapporo, JPN) finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Takamatsu defeated Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN) 7-5, then won 6-3 against Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) and 6-5 against Yoshiaki Sakaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN). Takamatsu went on to lose 6-4 against Keisaku Takada (Kitami, JPN). Takamatsu lost 10-1 to Suguru Tsukamoto (Kanagawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Takamatsu earned 6.408 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup, moving up 206 spots the World Ranking Standings into 257th place overall with 6.916 total points. Takamatsu ranks 86th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.408 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
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2023: Takumi Maeda
Takumi Maeda, Asei Nakahara, Hiroki Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa , Ayumi Ogasawara
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Shingo Usui
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2018: Shingo Usui
Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Daiki Shikano, Yoshiya Miura , Hirofumi Kobayashi
Kitami, JPN

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