Kawano4-1 at 2019 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Kantaro
Kawano

Third
Kazaki
Matsuoka

Second
Hiroki
Hasegawa

Lead
Yusuke
Yamashita

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.43
PA/G:	5.69
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Kantaro Kawano (Sapporo, JPN) finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kawano defeated Tsubasa Nakagawa (Obihiro, JPN) 8-3, then won 6-0 against Takimi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) and 5-4 against Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN). Kawano won 8-2 against Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN). Kawano went on to lose 7-4 against Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup, Kawano take home 8.811 world rankings points along with the $3,610CDN prize, moving up 372 spots the World Ranking Standings into 234th place overall with 8.811 total points. Kawano ranks 72nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.811 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: Takumi Maeda
Takumi Maeda, Asei Nakahara, Hiroki Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa , Ayumi Ogasawara
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Shingo Usui
Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Yoshiya Miura, Sota Jutori
Kitami, JPN
2018: Shingo Usui
Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Daiki Shikano, Yoshiya Miura , Hirofumi Kobayashi
Kitami, JPN

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