LGT World Men's Curling Championship: Japan vs. Sweden

Draw Mar 31 - 3:00 am		HMR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score
	Japan Abe, S		0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	X		5
	Sweden Edin, N		2	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	X		9

Fourth:

Tetsuro
Shimizu

Skip:

Shinya
Abe

Second:

Haruto
Ouchi

Lead:

Sota
Tsuruga

Skip:

Niklas
Edin

Third:

Oskar
Eriksson

Second:

Rasmus
Wranaa

Lead:

Christoffer
Sundgren

Japan

Games:	12
Record:	3W - 9L
Extra Ends:	0W - 1L
One-Point Games:	1W - 1L
PF/G:	5.93
PA/G:	8.06
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Sweden

Games:	14
Record:	13W - 1L
Extra Ends:	2W - 0L
One-Point Games:	3W - 0L
PF/G:	7.76
PA/G:	5.45
Hammer Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Japan

Games:	49
Record:	28W - 21L
Extra Ends:	0W - 1L
One-Point Games:	3W - 5L
PF/G:	8.67
PA/G:	6.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Sweden

Games:	71
Record:	44W - 27L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	0W - 1L
PF/G:	8.20
PA/G:	6.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Japan

Sweden

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 5 in 3rd End vs. Christopher Oka (Sep 21, 2023)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 4 in 5th End vs. Kevin Koe (Oct 20, 2023)
> 4 in 4th End vs. Pat Ferris (Sep 23, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 4 in 1st End vs. Joel Retornaz (Oct 19, 2023)
> 4 in 5th End vs. Ross Whyte (Oct 17, 2023)
> 4 in 5th End vs. Yves Stocker (Sep 20, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 2 in 4th End vs. Joel Retornaz (Oct 19, 2023)
> 2 in 7th End vs. Marco Hoesli (Oct 14, 2023)
> 2 in 5th End vs. Michael Brunner (Sep 3, 2023)
> 2 in 1st End vs. Kjetil Bjoerke (Sep 2, 2023)
> 2 in 2nd End vs. Michael Brunner (Sep 2, 2023)

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