Kobayashi Runner-Up at 2023 Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Syunta
Kobayashi

Third
Kazushi
Niino

Second
Ayato
Sasaki

Lead
Yuki
Ohno

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	8.41
PA/G:	5.45
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Syunta Kobayashi (Sapporo, JPN) lost 8-4 to Hayaki Kasai (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship, held November 29 - December 3, 2023 at the Kitami Curling Club in Kitami, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Kobayashi won 7-2 over Kentaro Koike (Hirosaki, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan, Japan;

Kobayashi finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kobayashi defeated Hirohiro Okamoto (Akita, JPN) 9-1, then won 7-3 against Takuma Harada (Toyama, JPN). Kobayashi went on to lose 6-5 against Harunobu Kawahira (Obihiro, JPN). Kobayashi responded with a 5-4 win over Motojiro Go (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship, Kobayashi take home 2.750 world rankings points. For week 19 of the event schedule, Kobayashi did not improve upon their best events, improving from 334th to 315th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 2.250 total points. Kobayashi ranks 248th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	9	7	0	0.563	3-2	3-2	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	114	90	87	7.89	7.63	0.26	4.56	4.39	1.73	1.74	1.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	53	64	23	4	2-0	3-3	16-3	1.21	0.43	0.43	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	61	26	64	8	1-1	1-6	3-13	0.43	1.05	0.44	0.28

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