CHAMPION: Ueno/Yamaguchi Wins 2024 ZEH-NOH Japan Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

Miyu Ueno/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) won 10-5 over Japan's Kaho Onodera/Takumi Maeda in the Final Ueno/Yamaguchi advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the ZEH-NOH Japan Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, held February 27 - March 3, 2024 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Japan.

Ueno/Yamaguchi finished 8-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ueno/Yamaguchi defeated Japan's Wakaba Kawamura/Harunobu Kawahira 9-8, then won 7-3 against Japan's Yuina Miura/Ayato Sasaki and 7-5 against Japan's Noriko Okuda/Hiroki Hasegawa. Ueno/Yamaguchi won 9-6 against Japan's Natsumi Urataki/Shun Ichitsubo, then won 5-4 against Japan's Momoha Tabata/Shinya Abe and 8-4 against Japan's Mikoto Nakajima/Shingo Usui. Ueno/Yamaguchi won 9-4 against Japan's Tori Koana/Go Aoki. Ueno/Yamaguchi went on to lose 7-5 against Japan's Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida. Ueno/Yamaguchi responded with a 8-6 win over Japan's Kaho Onodera/Takumi Maeda in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the ZEH-NOH Japan Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Championship title, Ueno/Yamaguchi earned 15.000 world rankings points. For week 32 of the event schedule, Ueno/Yamaguchi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 860th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0 total points. Ueno/Yamaguchi ranks 566th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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