Minami Runner-Up at 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Mayu
Minami

Third
Kana
Ogawa

Second
Momo
Kaneta

Lead
Noa
Kyoto

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	5.79
PA/G:	7.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.09

Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) lost 5-4 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, held August 4 - 7, 2022 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Minami won 7-6 over Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan;

Minami finished 1-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Minami defeated Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) 6-4, then went on to lose 5-3 against Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR). Minami lost 7-2 to Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, Minami take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $4,749CDN prize. For week 1 of the event schedule, Minami did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Minami ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2023: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Yumie Funayama
Sapporo, JPN
2022: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama, Mina Kobayashi, Connor Njegovan
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Yilun Jiang
Yilun Jiang, Lijun Zhang, Ziqi Dong, Xindi Jiang
Beijing, CHN
2018: Min Ji Kim
Min Ji Kim, Hyerin Kim, Taei Yang, Sujin Kim
chuncheon city, KOR
2017: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida, Mari Motohashi
Kitami, JPN
2016: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Amy Nixon, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters
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