Minami Runner-Up at 2024 Hokkaido Curling Championships

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Mayu
Minami

Third
Kana
Ogawa

Second
Mizuki
Saito

Lead
Moe
Nomoto

Games:	10
Record:	6W - 4L
PF/G:	6.67
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.21
Steal Defense:	0.51
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.47

Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) lost 10-3 to Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Hokkaido Curling Championships, held December 6 - 12, 2023 in Sapporo, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Minami won 9-3 over Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2024 Hokkaido Curling Championships in Sapporo, Japan;

Minami finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Minami defeated Kohane Tsuruga (Sapporo, JPN) 7-3, then won 1-0 against Hazuki Kimura (Kitami, JPN) and 7-2 against Miyuki Kawamura (Hokkaido, JPN). Minami won 6-4 against Miura. Minami went on to lose 6-5 against Tabata. Minami lost 7-0 to Wakaba Kawamura (Obihiro, JPN) where Minami responded with a 5-1 win over Atsuki Akimoto (Hokkaido, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Hokkaido Curling Championships, Minami take home 2.750 world rankings points, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 97th place overall with 24.711 total points. Minami ranks 94th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.250 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

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