Kim Runner-Up at 2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite

SKIP
Eunjung
Kim

Third
Kyeongae
Kim

Second
Seonyeong
Kim

Lead
Yeongmi
Kim

EunJung Kim (Uiseong, KOR) lost 6-4 to Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) in the Final of the Changan Ford International Curling Elite, held December 5 - 10, 2019 in Xining, China. To advance to the championship game, Kim won 5-3 over Yu Han (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals

Kim finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated Triin Madisson (Tallinn, EST) 10-5, then won 8-2 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Kim went on to lose 7-4 against Binia Feltscher (Langenthal, SUI). Kim lost 8-3 to Kovaleva where Kim responded with a 7-5 win over Han. Kim won 7-3 against Susan Dudt (Malvern, PA). Kim went on to lose 7-6 against Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Changan Ford International Curling Elite, Kim take home 23.358 world rankings points along with the $13,232CDN prize, remaining in 17th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 234.762 total points. Kim ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 164.783 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

2019: Alina Kovaleva
Alina Kovaleva, Maria Komarova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina, Anastasiia Danshina
Saint-Petersburg , RUS
2018: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Analena Jentsch, Klara Fomm
Fuessen, GER
2017: Ursi Hegner
Ursi Hegner, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann
Uzwil, SUI

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