Kim Reaches 2018 Karuizawa International Quarters

SKIP
SooHyuk
Kim

Third
ByeongJin
Jeong

Second
JeongJae
Lee

Lead
DonghYeong
Lee

SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) qualified for the 2018 Karuizawa International playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN). of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Kim finished 3-1 in the 15 team Karuizawa International qualifying round, held December 20 - 23, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Kim defeated Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) 9-3, then went on to lose 7-6 against Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN). Kim responded with a 7-4 win over Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN). Kim won 5-3 against Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kim earned 10.463 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Karuizawa International, moving up 14 spots the World Ranking Standings into 76th place overall with 58.187 total points. Kim ranks 59th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 53.034 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	3	2	0	0.600	3-0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	38	31	22	8.16	5.79	2.37	5.00	3.68	1.63	1.57	1.32

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	16	22	1	3	1-0	2-0	3-0	1.38	0.06	0.46	0.06

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	22	9	21	2	0-0	0-1	2-6	0.41	0.95	0.46	0.32

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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