CHAMPION: Iida Wins 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Wakkanai, Japan

SKIP
Toshiya
Iida

Third
Yuta
Fuuse

Second
Koto
Inaba

Lead
Kento
Nishida

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	10.23
PA/G:	5.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.55

Toshiya Iida (Wakkanai, JPN) won 6-3 over Yusaku Shibatani (Obihiro, JPN) in the Final of the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup, held June 7 - 9, 2024 in Obihiro, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Iida won 7-6 over Takumi Hasegawa (Tokyo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup in Obihiro, Japan; and won 13-4 over Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup in Obihiro, Japan;

Iida finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Iida lost 7-5 to Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN), then responded with a 9-0 win over Keita Nishizawa (Sapporo, JPN). Iida won 5-3 against Keita Hayashi (Obihiro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup Championship title, Iida earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $2,792CDN first prize cheque, dropping 185 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 185th place overall with 7.500 total points. Iida ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.500 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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