Takeda Reaches 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup Quarters

Nayoro, Japan

SKIP
Naomasa
Takeda

Third
Hiroshi
Nishina

Second
Yuki
Yamamoto

Lead
Harunobu
Kawahira

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
PF/G:	7.04
PA/G:	10.74
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.45
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) qualified for the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 13-4 against Toshiya Iida (Wakkanai, JPN). of the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup in Obihiro, Japan;

Takeda finished 1-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Takeda defeated Hiroyuki Honda (Kitami, JPN) 7-2, then went on to lose 5-4 against Yusaku Shibatani (Obihiro, JPN). Takeda lost 9-4 to Takumi Hasegawa (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Takeda earned 0.375 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 1 of the event schedule, Takeda did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Takeda 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

2024: Toshiya Iida
Toshiya Iida, Yuta Fuuse, Koto Inaba, Kento Nishida
Wakkanai, JPN
2023: Takumi Maeda
Takumi Maeda, Asei Nakahara, Hiroki Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa , Ayumi Ogasawara
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Shingo Usui
Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Yoshiya Miura, Sota Jutori
Kitami, JPN
2018: Shingo Usui
Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Daiki Shikano, Yoshiya Miura , Hirofumi Kobayashi
Kitami, JPN

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