Iwai Reaches 2018 Karuizawa International Semifinals

SKIP
Masaki
Iwai

Third
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Second
Kouki
Ogiwara

Lead
Kei
Kamada

Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN) run at the 2018 Karuizawa International came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-2 loss to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, CAN). of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Iwai advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-4 win over Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Iwai finished 4-0 in the 15 team Karuizawa International qualifying round, held December 20 - 23, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Iwai defeated Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) 6-5, then won 7-6 against SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) and 4-3 against Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN). Iwai won 6-1 against Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Iwai earned 13.950 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Karuizawa International, moving up 33 spots the World Ranking Standings into 108th place overall with 38.749 total points. Iwai ranks 95th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.935 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	5	2	0	0.714	1-0	3-0	3-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	57	34	29	5.96	5.09	0.88	3.86	3.86	1.55	1.32	2.28

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	26	25	5	5	0-0	2-0	5-0	0.96	0.19	0.33	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	31	9	24	8	0-0	1-1	1-5	0.29	0.77	0.65	0.19

2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Mike McEwen, Matt Wozniak, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, CAN
2017: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
2015: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Changmin Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyun Sung, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR

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