Kanda2-6 at 2022 Japan Curling Championships

Tokyo, Japan

SKIP
Junpei
Kanda

Third
Hiromu
Otani

Second
Kizuki
Ryokawa

Lead
Shotaro
Hashimoto

Games:	8
Record:	2W - 6L
PF/G:	6.32
PA/G:	8.09
Hammer Efficiency:	0.21
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.13

Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) finished 2-6 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanda lost 9-2 to Yasumasa Tanida (Kitami, JPN), then responded with a 11-3 win over Hiroki Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN). Kanda went on to lose 10-3 against Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN). Kanda responded with a 8-7 win over Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN). Kanda went on to lose 6-4 against Riku Yanagisawa (karuizawa, JPN). Kanda lost 9-8 to Minato Hayamizu (Nagano, JPN). Kanda lost 7-5 to Japan's Juon Ishimura. Kanda lost 4-2 to Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kanda earned 1.930 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 36 spots the World Ranking Standings into 229th place overall with 6.430 total points. Kanda ranks 229th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.430 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	7	6	0	0.538	4-2	3-4	2-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	104	83	71	7.98	6.83	1.15	4.33	4.42	1.84	1.54	1.25

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	53	54	17	8	1-0	5-1	8-3	1.02	0.32	0.31	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	51	29	54	5	2-1	3-1	3-15	0.57	1.06	0.50	0.24

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