Kim Reaches LGT World Women's Curling Championship Semifinals

Chuncheon City, Korea

SKIP
Min Ji
Kim

Third
Hye Rin
Kim

Second
Tae I
Yang

Lead
Sujin
Kim

Games:	14
Record:	10W - 4L
PF/G:	7.33
PA/G:	6.22
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Min Ji Kim (Chuncheon City, KOR) run at the LGT World Women's Curling Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-3 loss to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship in Silkeborg, Denmark;

Kim finished 9-3 in the 13 team LGT World Women's Curling Championship qualifying round, held March 16 - 24, 2019 in , in , in , . In their opening game, Kim defeated Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, CAN) 7-6, then won 7-6 against Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) and 9-5 against Jamie Sinclair (Chaska, USA). Kim went on to lose 8-4 against Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). Kim responded with a 6-5 win over Tirinzoni. Kim won 11-4 against Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN), then won 9-5 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Kim went on to lose 8-3 against Oona Kauste (Aland, FIN). Kim responded with a 9-5 win over Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN). Kim went on to lose 11-9 against Jie Mei (Harbin, CHN). Kim responded with a 8-7 win over Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT). Kim won 7-4 against Sophie Jackson (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Kim earned 50.142 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the LGT World Women's Curling Championship. Kim move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 37.18 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 8th overall with 237.966 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kim ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 237.966 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	10	4	0	0.714	3-1	6-2	4-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	135	99	84	7.33	6.22	1.11	4.37	4.22	1.68	1.47	1.41

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	66	81	16	8	1-0	6-0	21-2	1.23	0.24	0.48	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	69	18	68	11	0-1	0-3	3-16	0.26	0.99	0.53	0.22

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