Hirata4-4 at 2022 Japan Curling Championships

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Kohsuke
Hirata

Third
Shingo
Usui

Second
Ryota
Meguro

Lead
Yoshiya
Miura

Games:	9
Record:	4W - 5L
PF/G:	6.96
PA/G:	6.71
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata defeated Hiroki Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN) 10-3, then went on to lose 10-3 against Riku Yanagisawa (karuizawa, JPN). Hirata lost 7-3 to Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN). Hirata lost 8-7 to Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) where Hirata responded with a 8-1 win over Minato Hayamizu (Nagano, JPN). Hirata won 8-7 against Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN). Hirata went on to lose 10-6 against Yasumasa Tanida (Kitami, JPN). Hirata responded with a 6-2 win over Japan's Juon Ishimura in their final qualifying round match.

Hirata earned 7.719 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Japan Curling Championships, moving up 99 spots the World Ranking Standings into 187th place overall with 11.019 total points. Hirata ranks 187th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.019 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	10	11	0	0.476	3-0	1-4	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	165	123	101	7.45	6.12	1.33	4.55	4.00	1.64	1.53	1.45

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	73	80	18	9	1-0	2-1	23-2	1.10	0.25	0.41	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	92	43	83	15	1-1	6-7	2-13	0.47	0.90	0.60	0.27

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