CHAMPION: Fujisawa Wins 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Satsuki
Fujisawa

Third
Chinami
Yoshida

Second
Yumi
Suzuki

Lead
Yurika
Yoshida

Games:	10
Record:	8W - 2L
PF/G:	10.11
PA/G:	5.39
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) won 7-5 over Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship, held January 28 - February 5, 2023 in Kitami, Japan.

Fujisawa finished 6-2 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujisawa defeated Kanai 15-4, then won 18-0 against Riho Zaikan (Hioshima, JPN). Fujisawa went on to lose 8-6 against Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Fujisawa responded with a 10-2 win over Rin Suzuki (Aomori, JPN). Fujisawa won 7-4 against Yumi Suzuki (Tokyo, JPN), then won 8-6 against Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) and 9-7 against Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN). Fujisawa went on to lose 8-3 against Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship Championship title, Fujisawa earned 33.750 world rankings points, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -8.669 after improving upon their best so far this season. Fujisawa ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 262.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	61	31	0	0.663	24-10	7-10	3-5	1-0	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	730	603	447	8.26	6.12	2.14	4.90	4.01	1.68	1.53	1.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	360	412	100	53	14-2	26-3	82-15	1.14	0.28	0.40	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	370	191	347	26	2-4	15-16	31-81	0.52	0.94	0.54	0.34

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