Onodera Runner-Up at 2022 Kanto Curling Championships

SKIP
Kota
Onodera

Third
Tomoya
Watanabe

Second
Daiki
Shikano

Lead
Ryo
Itsubo

Kota Onodera (Tokyo, JPN) lost 4-3 to Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) in the Final of the Kanto Curling Championships, held January 14 - 16, 2022 in Kanto, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Onodera won 11-5 over Ken Kanai (Kanagawa, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Kanto Curling Championships in Kanto, Japan;

Onodera finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Onodera lost 12-4 to Kanda, then responded with a 13-3 win over Taikan Mutoh (Yamanashi, JPN). Onodera won 9-2 against Kenji Komoda (Chiba, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Kanto Curling Championships, Onodera take home 3.300 world rankings points, moving up 133 spots the World Ranking Standings into 266th place overall with 3.980 total points. Onodera ranks 239th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.300 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

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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