Kasai4-3 at 2024 Hokkaido Curling Championships

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Yutaro
Kasai

Third
Kenji
Takamatsu

Second
Takanori
Hirano

Lead
Naomasa
Takeda

Games:	8
Record:	4W - 4L
PF/G:	6.72
PA/G:	7.24
Hammer Efficiency:	0.21
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Yutaro Kasai (Sapporo, JPN) finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kasai lost 6-4 to Shunta Kobayashi (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 9-2 to Taia Nakahara (Kitami, JPN). Kasai lost 7-2 to Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) where Kasai responded with a 6-3 win over Fukuhiro Ohno (Hokkaido, JPN). Kasai won 10-1 against Keita Takano (Hokkaido, JPN), then won 6-4 against Yuya Takigahira (Hokkaido, JPN) and 5-3 against Hiroyuki Honda (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kasai earned 1.500 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Hokkaido Curling Championships, moving up 73 spots the World Ranking Standings into 306th place overall with 3.035 total points. Kasai ranks 274th 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	5	7	0	0.417	2-4	3-3	1-1	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	89	56	69	6.29	7.75	-1.46	4.38	4.61	1.44	1.68	1.01

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	46	36	21	5	0-0	3-0	5-5	0.78	0.46	0.20	0.35

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	43	20	48	4	1-2	0-3	3-10	0.47	1.12	0.40	0.33

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