Japan's Kotaro Noguchi3-4 at 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

SKIP
Kotaro
Noguchi

Third
Yuto
Kamada

Second
Hiroshi
Kato

Lead
Yuuki
Yoshimura

Japan's Kotaro Noguchi finished 3-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Kotaro Noguchi lost 11-2 to Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN), droppimg another game, 10-2 to Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Japan's Kotaro Noguchi lost 12-4 to Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN). Japan's Kotaro Noguchi lost 9-6 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) where Japan's Kotaro Noguchi responded with a 9-5 win over Takanori Ichimura (Nagano, JPN). Japan's Kotaro Noguchi won 9-5 against Hiroki Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN), then won 11-5 against Ryo Ogihara (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Japan's Kotaro Noguchi earned 3.938 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 27 of the event schedule, Japan's Kotaro Noguchi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Japan's Kotaro Noguchi 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

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