Morozumi Runner-Up at 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Yuta
Matsumura

Second
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.24
PA/G:	5.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 7-2 to ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in the Final of the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, held August 4 - 7, 2022 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Morozumi won 10-1 over Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan;

Morozumi finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) 5-2, then won 7-3 against Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN). Morozumi went on to lose 5-4 against Jeong in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, Morozumi take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $4,749CDN prize. Morozumi gained 41.662 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 65 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 65thplace overall with 41.662 total points. Morozumi ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	32	25	0	0.561	8-1	2-3	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	393	322	271	8.19	6.90	1.30	4.96	4.48	1.65	1.54	0.56

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	184	203	74	6	2-2	18-2	40-6	1.10	0.40	0.34	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	209	119	197	16	1-5	11-14	20-35	0.57	0.94	0.55	0.35

2023: Kohsuke Hirata
Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Ryota Meguro, Yoshiya Miura
Kitami, JPN
2022: ByeongJin Jeong
ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, MinWoo Kim, Taehwan Kim
Seoul, KOR
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Masaki Iwai
Go Aoki, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Koki Ogiwara, Kei Kamada
Sapporo, JPN
2017: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Taehwan Kim, Jongduk Park, Yoonho Nam
Gangwon, KOR
2016: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Tristan Steinke, Chris Kennedy, Caleb Boorse
Edmonton, AB

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