CHAMPION: Aoki Wins 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships

SKIP
Go
Aoki

Third
Koki
Ogiwara

Second
Kazushi
Niino

Lead
Ayato
Sasaki

Go Aoki (Sapporo, JPN) won 6-3 over Japan's Kohsuke Hirata in the Final of the Hokkaido Curling Championships, held January 12 - 17, 2022 in Hokkaido, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Aoki won 6-3 over Japan's Masaki Ishikawa in the semifinals of the 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships in Hokkaido, Japan;

Aoki finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Aoki defeated Japan's Yuya Takigahira 6-4, then won 10-1 against Japan's Ryouichi Saitou. Aoki went on to lose 5-4 against Japan's Masaki Ishikawa. Aoki responded with a 8-4 win over Japan's Harunobu Kawahira. Aoki won 6-3 against Japan's Toa Nakahara, then won 8-3 against Japan's Naoki Kanazawa. Aoki went on to lose 7-1 against Japan's Kohsuke Hirata in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Hokkaido Curling Championships Championship title, Aoki earned 4.500 world rankings points, moving up 127 spots the World Ranking Standings into 240th place overall with 5.662 total points. Aoki ranks 223rd 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
2022	8	2	0	0.800	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	77	66	36	8.57	4.68	3.90	5.06	3.38	1.69	1.38	1.56

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	33	39	7	6	0-0	4-1	9-0	1.18	0.21	0.48	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	44	27	29	6	0-0	3-0	4-8	0.61	0.66	0.62	0.39

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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