Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 9-5 to Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan. of the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan; Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 9-5 to Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan. Yamaguchi lost
5-4 to
Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan;
Yamaguchi finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yamaguchi defeated
Kotaro Noguchi (Sendai-shi, JPN) 6-4, then won
8-5 against
Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) and
7-2 against
Rio Hayashi (Hokkaido, JPN). Yamaguchi won
6-2 against
Hakjun Kim (Chuncheon, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, Yamaguchi take home
9.200 world rankings points. For week 3 of the event schedule, Yamaguchi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 23rd place on the
World Ranking Standings with
150.713 total points. Yamaguchi ranks 9th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
9.900 points earned so far this season.
