Kanai Runner-Up at 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Asuka
Kanai

Third
Ami
Enami

Second
Junko
Nishimuro

Lead
Mone
Ryokawa

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.67
PA/G:	7.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.13
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 9-2 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, held August 18 - 21, 2022 in Wakkanai, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Kanai won 4-2 over Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan;

Kanai finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanai defeated Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) 8-4, then went on to lose 10-7 against Yoshimura. Kanai responded with a 1-0 win over Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Kanai take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $4,747CDN prize, moving up 60 spots the World Ranking Standings into 78th place overall with 21.425 total points. Kanai ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	24	16	0	0.600	12-5	3-3	3-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	311	251	216	8.07	6.95	1.13	4.98	4.08	1.62	1.70	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	150	177	46	11	4-0	9-1	38-13	1.18	0.31	0.37	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	161	74	170	18	2-7	3-9	14-32	0.46	1.06	0.50	0.29

2024: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Ami Enami, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka, Yusuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN
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

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