CHAMPION: Matsumura Wins 2019 Karuizawa International

SKIP
Yuta
Matsumura

Third
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Second
Yasumasa
Tanida

Lead
Shinya
Abe

Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) won 7-4 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 19 - 22, 2019 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura won 8-6 over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won 6-4 over Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Matsumura finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) 8-2, then won 6-3 against Edin and 7-1 against Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN). Matsumura won 6-3 against Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Karuizawa International Championship title, Matsumura earned 36.038 world rankings points along with the $15,628CDN first prize cheque. Matsumura move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 29.006 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 261.465 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Matsumura ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 181.055 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker , Siyu Liu
St. John's, NL
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
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
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyun Sung, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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