Yoshioka1-8 at 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

Okayama, Japan

SKIP
Hiroki
Yoshioka

Third
Hiromitsu
Fujinaka

Second
Yusuke
Nonomura

Lead
Makoto
Kouhashi

Games:	9
Record:	1W - 8L
PF/G:	4.93
PA/G:	12.17
Hammer Efficiency:	0.08
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.16
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Hiroki Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN) finished 1-8 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshioka defeated Takanori Ichimura (Nagano, JPN) 9-2, then went on to lose 13-3 against Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN). Yoshioka lost 11-2 to Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Yoshioka lost 7-4 to Ryo Ogihara (Tokyo, JPN). Yoshioka lost 8-2 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Yoshioka lost 10-2 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Yoshioka lost 10-6 to Abe. Yoshioka lost 9-5 to Japan's Kotaro Noguchi. Yoshioka lost 14-1 to Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Yoshioka earned 1.313 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 27 of the event schedule, Yoshioka did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Yoshioka 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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