Kawano3-1 at 2023 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Kantaro
Kawano

Third
Kazuki
Matsuoka

Second
Shun
Takahaski

Lead
Naoto
Horikoshi

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	8.89
PA/G:	5.56
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Kantaro Kawano (Sapporo, JPN) finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kawano defeated Tsubasa Nakagawa (Hokkaido, JPN) 10-4, then won 11-1 against Japan's Toa Nakahara. Kawano went on to lose 4-3 against Takuma Makanae (Hokkaido, JPN). Kawano responded with a 7-4 win over Japan's Juon Ishimura in their final qualifying round match.

Kawano earned 1.125 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 40 of the event schedule, Kawano did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kawano 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

2024: Toshiya Iida
Toshiya Iida, Yuta Fuuse, Koto Inaba, Kento Nishida
Wakkanai, JPN
2023: Takumi Maeda
Takumi Maeda, Asei Nakahara, Hiroki Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa , Ayumi Ogasawara
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Shingo Usui
Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Yoshiya Miura, Sota Jutori
Kitami, JPN
2018: Shingo Usui
Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Daiki Shikano, Yoshiya Miura , Hirofumi Kobayashi
Kitami, JPN

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