Bronze for Hirata at 2024 ADVICS Cup

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Kohsuke
Hirata

Third
Shingo
Usui

Second
Ryota
Meguro

Lead
Yoshiya
Miura

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	9.56
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) won 5-4 over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan. of the 2024 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan; Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) won 5-4 over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan. Hirata lost 4-3 to Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2024 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan; and won 8-7 over Takumi Maeda (Tokoro, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan;

Hirata finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata defeated JaeBeom Lee (Uiseong, KOR) 11-4, then won 11-2 against Taia Nakahara (Kitami, JPN). Hirata went on to lose 6-5 against Yanagisawa in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the ADVICS Cup, Hirata earn 11.250 world rankings points and 1400CDN. For week 4 of the event schedule, Hirata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hirata 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: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2023: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Haruto Ouchi, Shinya Abe, Sota Tsuruga, Makoto Tsuruga, Makoto Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
2022: Hayato Sato
Go Aoki, Hayato Sato, Koki Ogiwara, Kazushi Niino, Ayato Sasaki, Takayuki Doi
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN

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