CHAMPION: Yoshimura Wins 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Kaho
Onodera

Lead
Anna
Ohmiya

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) won 7-2 over Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, held August 3 - 6, 2023 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won 7-6 over Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan;

Yoshimura finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) 7-2, then won 7-5 against Tabata and 7-6 against Youbeen Park (Seoul, KOR). Yoshimura won 5-3 against Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic Championship title, Yoshimura earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $9,292CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with 139.688 total points. Yoshimura ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	61	22	0	0.735	20-4	14-4	4-3	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	596	539	331	9.04	5.55	3.49	5.17	3.76	1.75	1.48	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	265	342	66	30	10-1	23-2	76-9	1.29	0.25	0.46	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	331	197	265	34	5-2	15-12	26-61	0.60	0.80	0.57	0.37

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