BKT Tires World Men's Curling Championship: Scotland vs. Japan

Draw Mar 30 - 11:00 am		HMR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score
	Scotland Mouat, B		0	4	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	X	9
	Japan Yamaguchi, T		1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	6

Skip:

Bruce
Mouat

Third:

Grant
Hardie

Second:

Bobby
Lammie

Lead:

Hammy
McMillan Jr.

Fourth:

Riku
Yanagisawa

Skip:

Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second:

Takeru
Yamamoto

Lead:

Satoshi
Koizumi

Scotland

Games:	15
Record:	11W - 4L
Extra Ends:	1W - 0L
One-Point Games:	1W - 0L
PF/G:	7.73
PA/G:	6.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.14

Japan

Games:	12
Record:	5W - 7L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	0W - 0L
PF/G:	6.40
PA/G:	8.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Efficiency:	0.07

Scotland

Games:	107
Record:	88W - 19L
Extra Ends:	3W - 2L
One-Point Games:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.79
PA/G:	5.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.68
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Japan

Games:	79
Record:	44W - 35L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	1W - 2L
PF/G:	7.01
PA/G:	6.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Scotland

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 5 in 4th End vs. Mathias Genner (Mar 29, 2025)
> 5 in 1st End vs. Mathias Genner (Mar 29, 2025)
> 5 in 7th End vs. Brad Gushue (Oct 6, 2024)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 4 in 2nd End vs. Daniel Casper (Sep 12, 2024)
> 4 in 1st End vs. Mathias Genner (Nov 20, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 4 in 3rd End vs. Niklas Edin (Apr 3, 2025)
> 4 in 5th End vs. Yannick Schwaller (Apr 2, 2025)
> 4 in 3rd End vs. Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Mar 30, 2025)
> 4 in 8th End vs. Niklas Edin (Jan 16, 2025)
> 4 in 6th End vs. Yannick Schwaller (Sep 9, 2024)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 3 in 8th End vs. Xiao Ming Xu (Apr 4, 2025)
> 3 in 10th End vs. Cameron Bryce (Feb 5, 2025)
> 3 in 6th End vs. Mike McEwen (Jan 11, 2025)

Japan

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