Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) lost 8-3 to Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan. of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan; Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) lost 8-3 to Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan. Abe lost
4-3 to
Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan;
Abe finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Abe defeated
Hakjun Kim (Chuncheon, KOR) 10-2, then won
5-4 against
Japan's Kohsuke Hirata and
6-5 against
Kaito Fujii (Nagano, JPN). Abe won
6-3 against
Japan's Takuma Makanae in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Abe take home
8.800 world rankings points, remaining in 21st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
159.800 total points. Abe ranks 8th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
8.800 points earned so far this season.
