Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) lost
11-2 to
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the Final of the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, held November 2 - 9, 2019 in Shenzhen, China. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura won
7-5 over
Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2020 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in Shenzhen, China;
Matsumura finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated
Sean Hall (Melbourne, AUS) 8-5, then went on to lose
8-6 against
Kim. Matsumura responded with a
7-5 win over
Abylay Zhuzbay (Almaty, KAZ). Matsumura won
13-3 against
Nassar Alyafei (Doha, QAT), then won
21-0 against
Tijani Cole (Lagos, NGR) and
8-7 against
Scott Becker (Naseby, NZL). Matsumura won
6-5 against
Randie Shen (Taipei City, TPE), then won
8-7 against
Zou and
13-2 against
Jason Chang (Hong Kong, HKG) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Matsumura take home
21.600 world rankings points. For week 16 of the event schedule, Matsumura did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Matsumura ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
