Major Welding Abbotsford Cashspiel
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CHAMPION: Yamaguchi Wins 2025 Major Welding Abbotsford Cashspiel
Nov 21 - 23, 2025

Karuizawa, Japan
![]() Fourth Riku Yanagisawa |
![]() SKIP Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi |
![]() Second Takeru Yamamoto |
![]() Lead Satoshi Koizumi |
| Games: | 5 |
| Record: | 5W - 0L |
| PF/G: | 8.06 |
| PA/G: | 3.61 |
| Hammer Efficiency: | 0.54 |
| Steal Defense: | 0.12 |
| Force Efficiency: | 0.75 |
| Steal Efficiency: | 0.42 |
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) won 6-3 over Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC) in the Final of the Major Welding Abbotsford Cashspiel, held November 21 - 23, 2025 at the Abbotsford Curling Club in Abbotsford, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Yamaguchi won 7-3 over Matthew Blandford (Vancouver, BC) in the semifinals of the 2025 Major Welding Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; and won 6-1 over Brayden Carpenter (Richmond, BC) in the quarterfinals.
Yamaguchi finished in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Major Welding Abbotsford Cashspiel Championship title, Yamaguchi earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 18 of the event schedule, Yamaguchi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 17th place on the World Ranking Standings with 157.680 total points. Yamaguchi ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 104.875 points earned so far this season.
Yamaguchi finished in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Major Welding Abbotsford Cashspiel Championship title, Yamaguchi earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 18 of the event schedule, Yamaguchi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 17th place on the World Ranking Standings with 157.680 total points. Yamaguchi ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 104.875 points earned so far this season.
| RECORD | W | L | T | PCT | HMR | STL | 1PT | EEH | EES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 55 | 24 | 0 | 0.696 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| SCORING | ENDs | PF | PA | PF/G | PA/G | +/- | EF/G | EA/G | PF/E | PA/E | BE/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 606 | 488 | 360 | 8.05 | 5.94 | 2.11 | 4.72 | 3.75 | 1.71 | 1.59 | 1.53 |
| WITH HAMMER | ENDs | PF | PA | BE | 4s | 3s | 2s | PF/E | PA/E | HE | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 303 | 371 | 55 | 54 | 11-0 | 21-3 | 89-7 | 1.22 | 0.18 | 0.49 | 0.14 |
| WITHOUT HAMMER | ENDs | PF | PA | BE | 4s | 3s | 2s | PF/E | PA/E | FE | SE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 303 | 117 | 305 | 39 | 2-6 | 10-17 | 11-67 | 0.39 | 1.01 | 0.51 | 0.26 |
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