CHAMPION: Kim Wins 2023 Uiseong Korean Cup

SKIP
Soo-Hyuk
Kim

Third
Chang-Min
Kim

Second
Hak Kyun
Kim

Lead
Jae Ik
Jeon

Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gyeongbuk, KOR) won 7-3 over ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in the Final of the Uiseong Korean Cup, held November 20 - 24, 2023 in Uiseong, Korea. Kim lost 8-6 to ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 Uiseong Korean Cup in Uiseong, Korea; To advance to the championship game, Kim won 4-2 over JaeBeom Lee (Uiseong, KOR) in the semifinals

Kim finished 2-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated Jinhan Yoo (Uiseong, KOR) 17-2, then went on to lose 7-6 against Jeong. Kim responded with a 10-2 win over Korea's Jeongmin Kim. Kim went on to lose 4-2 against Lee in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Uiseong Korean Cup Championship title, Kim earned 3.750 world rankings points, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 129th place overall with 22.250 total points. Kim ranks 96th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	12	11	0	0.522	0-1	0-0	0-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	186	140	114	7.53	6.13	1.40	4.41	3.87	1.71	1.58	1.72

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	89	91	28	15	1-2	7-0	19-3	1.02	0.31	0.36	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	97	49	86	17	3-0	3-7	4-19	0.51	0.89	0.51	0.28

Gyeonggi's Team Gim Eun-ji (Photo: Olympics) will represent Korea for a third straight season at the international level.

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