Minami Finishes Fourth at 2023 ADVICS Cup

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Mayu
Minami

Third
Kana
Ogawa

Second
Mizuki
Saito

Lead
Moe
Nomoto

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	8.22
PA/G:	8.22
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.11

Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) lost 7-5 to Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan. of the 2023 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan; Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) lost 7-5 to Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan. Minami lost 7-2 to Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan; and won 7-2 over Yui Oozeki (Tokyo, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan;

Minami finished 3-1 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Minami defeated Hazuki Kimura (Kitami, JPN) 10-7, then won 7-3 against Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Minami went on to lose 7-1 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Minami responded with a 5-4 win over Yoshimura in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the ADVICS Cup, Minami take home 12.000 world rankings points along with 465CDN, moving up 20 spots the World Ranking Standings into 83rd place overall with 31.063 total points. Minami ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	11	19	0	0.367	5-5	2-5	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	207	133	173	6.43	8.36	-1.93	4.30	5.02	1.49	1.66	0.68

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	116	98	71	7	1-1	6-3	18-17	0.84	0.61	0.23	0.39

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	91	35	102	7	1-1	2-9	3-22	0.38	1.12	0.46	0.27

2025: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Kitami, JPN
2024: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi
Sapporo, JPN
2023: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida , JD Lind
Kitami, JPN
2022: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Kitami, JPN
2019: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Kitami, JPN

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