CHAMPION: Tabata Wins 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Momoha
Tabata

Third
Miku
Nihira

Second
Sae
Yamamoto

Lead
Mikoto
Nakajima

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.32
PA/G:	3.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	1.00
Steal Efficiency:	0.44

Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) won 6-4 over Wakaba Kawamura (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, Tabata won 4-3 over Eri Ogihara (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup in Obihiro, Japan; and won 5-2 over Kotoka Segawa (Sapporo, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup in Obihiro, Japan;

Tabata finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tabata defeated Nana Noguchi (Kitami, JPN) 13-0, then won 9-1 against Yuri Suzuki (Obihiro, JPN). Tabata went on to lose 5-4 against Kawamura in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup Championship title, Tabata earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $2,792CDN first prize cheque. For week 1 of the event schedule, Tabata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Tabata 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

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