CHAMPION: Kanda Wins 2022 Kanto Curling Championships

SKIP
Junpei
Kanda

Third
Hiromu
Otani

Second
Kizuki
Ryokawa

Lead
Shotaro
Hashimoto

Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) won 4-3 over Kota Onodera (Tokyo, JPN) in the Final of the Kanto Curling Championships, held January 14 - 16, 2022 in Kanto, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Kanda won 9-3 over Ryo Ogihara (Tokyo, JPN) in the semifinals

Kanda finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanda defeated Onodera 12-4, then won 7-3 against Kenji Komoda (Chiba, JPN) and 8-3 against Taikan Mutoh (Yamanashi, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Kanto Curling Championships Championship title, Kanda earned 4.500 world rankings points, moving up 50 spots the World Ranking Standings into 201st place overall with 9.540 total points. Kanda ranks 222nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.500 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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