Maeda4-4 at 2022 Japan Curling Championships

SKIP
Takumi
Maeda

Third
Uryu
Kamikawa

Second
Hiroki
Maeda

Lead
Asei
Nakahara

Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda lost 7-2 to Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 7-2 to Yasumasa Tanida (Kitami, JPN) where Maeda responded with a 10-3 win over Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN). Maeda won 9-8 against Japan's Juon Ishimura, then won 10-1 against Hiroki Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN). Maeda went on to lose 8-7 against Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN). Maeda responded with a 6-2 win over Minato Hayamizu (Nagano, JPN). Maeda went on to lose 6-4 against Riku Yanagisawa (karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Maeda earned 3.859 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 28 spots the World Ranking Standings into 170th place overall with 12.859 total points. Maeda ranks 170th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.859 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	13	12	0	0.520	5-4	4-5	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	213	158	150	7.42	7.04	0.38	4.51	4.37	1.65	1.61	1.13

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	104	114	33	15	1-1	10-0	25-7	1.10	0.32	0.40	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	109	44	117	9	1-1	2-9	7-26	0.40	1.07	0.49	0.28

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