Akimoto1-6 at 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships

SKIP
Azuki
Akimoto

Third
Natsuko
Ishiyama

Second
Miho
Honnma

Lead
Chika
Kudou

Azuki Akimoto (Sapporo, JPN) finished 1-6 in the 8 team Hokkaido Curling Championships qualifying round, held January 12 - 17, 2022 in , . In their opening game, Akimoto lost 7-1 to Momoha Tabata (Japan), droppimg another game, 6-5 to Mari Motohashi (Kitami, JPN). Akimoto lost 11-3 to Yuuna Takahashi (Nayoro, JPN) where Akimoto responded with a 5-3 win over Miyu Tanaka (Obihiro, JPN). Akimoto went on to lose 7-2 against Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN). Akimoto lost 6-5 to Mizuki Tmura (Japan). Akimoto lost 7-5 to Momono Shirahata (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Akimoto earned 0.253 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 259th place overall with 0.298 total points. Akimoto ranks 225th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.253 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

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