CHAMPION: Miura Wins World Junior-B Curling Championships

SKIP
Yuina
Miura

Third
Kohane
Tsuruga

Second
Rin
Suzuki

Lead
Hana
Ikeda

Yuina Miura (Sapporo, JPN) won 8-1 over Allory Johnson (Blaine, MN) in the Final of the World Junior-B Curling Championships, held December 7 - 20 in Lohja, Finland. To advance to the championship game, Miura won 8-4 over Scotland's Katie Archibald in the semifinals of the World Junior-B Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland; and won 8-3 over Spain's Leyre Torralba Viela in the quarterfinals. of the World Junior-B Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland;

Miura are currently . In their opening game, Miura plays New Zealand's Tahlia Petersen on Sunday at 7am Romania's Ania Bacali on Monday at 2am England's Lina Opel on Tuesday at 2am and Estonia's Hettel Weddro at 12pm and Estonia's Hettel Weddro at 12pm New Zealand's Tahlia Petersen on Sunday at 7am Romania's Ania Bacali on Monday at 2am England's Lina Opel on Tuesday at 2am, Estonia's Hettel Weddro at 12pm Australia's Holly Douglas on Wednesday at 7am Italy's Rebecca Mariani on Thursday at 2am and Turkiye's Melissa Comert at 12pm.

For winning the World Junior-B Curling Championships Championship title, Miura earned 6.000 world rankings points. Miura move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 3.375 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 62nd overall with 50.656 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Miura ranks 62nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	29	21	0	0.580	0-0	1-2	1-0	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	339	287	225	8.47	6.64	1.83	4.72	4.22	1.79	1.57	1.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	157	176	68	16	5-2	15-4	33-10	1.12	0.43	0.38	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	182	111	157	20	3-1	8-13	22-29	0.61	0.86	0.57	0.35

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