Kotani4-3 at 2024 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

SKIP
Yuna
Kotani

Third
Kaho
Onodera

Second
Anna
Ohmiya

Lead
Mina
Kobayashi

Yuna Kotani (Sapporo, JPN) finished 4-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kotani defeated Riho Zaikan (Okayama, JPN) 12-0, then won 7-6 against Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN). Kotani went on to lose 7-5 against Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN). Kotani responded with a 12-3 win over Aoi Watanabe (Chubu, JPN). Kotani won 9-6 against Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN). Kotani went on to lose 7-5 against Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Kotani lost 7-6 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kotani earned 16.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship. Kotani move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of -14.672 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with 144.000 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kotani ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 144.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	61	22	0	0.735	20-4	14-4	4-3	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	596	539	331	9.04	5.55	3.49	5.17	3.76	1.75	1.48	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	265	342	66	30	10-1	23-2	76-9	1.29	0.25	0.46	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	331	197	265	34	5-2	15-12	26-61	0.60	0.80	0.57	0.37

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