CHAMPION: Oozeki Wins 2024 Kanto Curling Championships

SKIP
Yui
Ozeki

Third
Mao
Ishigaki

Second
Reika
Tateda

Lead
Hinako
Sonobe

Yui Oozeki (Tokyo, JPN) won 12-5 over Japan's Hatsue Hirama in the Final of the Kanto Curling Championships, held December 8 - 10, 2023 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Oozeki won 8-3 over Japan's Kaoruko Nomura in the semifinals

Oozeki finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Oozeki defeated Japan's Michiko Segawa 7-1, then went on to lose 8-7 against Yumi Suzuki (Tokyo , JPN). Oozeki responded with a 14-2 win over Japan's Ayumi Yokota in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Kanto Curling Championships Championship title, Oozeki earned 3.750 world rankings points, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 125th place overall with 15.354 total points. Oozeki ranks 115th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	11	9	0	0.550	4-1	0-3	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	151	135	104	8.94	6.89	2.05	4.97	4.50	1.80	1.53	0.53

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	74	100	27	5	7-0	6-2	17-3	1.35	0.36	0.43	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	77	35	77	3	0-2	1-2	7-18	0.45	1.00	0.54	0.34

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