Abe7-1 at ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

Fourth
Tetsuro
Shimizu

SKIP
Shinya
Abe

Second
Haruto
Ouchi

Lead
Hayato
Sato

Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) finished 7-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Abe defeated Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) 8-4, then won 10-3 against Ryo Wakabayashi (Kyoto, JPN) and 6-2 against Rui Matsuura (Nagano, JPN). Abe won 8-6 against Koei Sato (Tohoku, JPN), then won 6-5 against Takumi Maeda (Tokoro, JPN). Abe went on to lose 7-6 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Abe responded with a 9-7 win over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Abe won 5-4 against Maeda in their final qualifying round match.

Abe earned 18.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship. Abe move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 7.375 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 151.000 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Abe ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 151.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	49	20	0	0.710	6-3	6-1	3-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	511	400	311	7.83	6.09	1.74	4.66	3.99	1.68	1.52	1.35

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	258	305	59	39	6-1	25-1	64-7	1.18	0.23	0.43	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	253	95	252	30	0-5	4-13	21-50	0.38	1.00	0.57	0.26

Team Anna Hasselborg (Photo: World Curling) are back on top at the Olympics with a 6-5 victory over Switzerland in the gold medal game.