Kitazawa Runner-Up at 2024 ADVICS Cup

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Ami
Enami

Lead
Minori
Suzuki

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	5.96
PA/G:	5.32
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.79
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) lost 6-5 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the ADVICS Cup, held August 22 - 25, 2024 at the Tokoro Curling Club in Kitami, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Kitazawa won 6-3 over Eun ji Gim (Gyeonggido, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2024 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan; and won 5-4 over Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan;

Kitazawa finished 1-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa lost 5-3 to Yoshimura, droppimg another game, 4-3 to Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN) where Kitazawa responded with a 6-3 win over Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ADVICS Cup, Kitazawa take home 22.000 world rankings points along with the $4,668CDN prize. For week 4 of the event schedule, Kitazawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kitazawa ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2025: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Kitami, JPN
2024: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi
Sapporo, JPN
2023: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida , JD Lind
Kitami, JPN
2022: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Kitami, JPN
2019: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Kitami, JPN

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