Takeda

SKIP
Naomasa
Takeda

Third
Kenji
Takamatsu

Second
Yutaro
Kasai

Lead
Keisuke
Akutagawa

Naomasa Takeda (Hokkaido, JPN) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, Takeda finished 1-3 in the 10 team Obihiro ICE Gold Cup qualifying round, held May 5 - 7, 2023 in , . In their opening game, Takeda lost 6-2 to Takumi Maeda (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 8-2 to Fukuhiro Ohno (Hokkaido, JPN). Takeda lost 5-2 to Tomoyuki Honda (Kitami, JPN) where Takeda responded with a 12-2 win over Harunobu Kawahira (Hokkaido, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Takeda earned 1.125 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 40 of the event schedule, Takeda did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Takeda ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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