Abe Reaches 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship Semifinals

Fourth
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Third
Haruto
Ouchi

SKIP
Shinya
Abe

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Minori
Suzuki

Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) run at the 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-1 loss to Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN). of the 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan;

Abe finished 6-2 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Abe defeated Ryo Ogihara (Tokyo, JPN) 10-4, then won 8-7 against Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) and 13-4 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Abe won 8-2 against Takanori Ichimura (Nagano, JPN). Abe went on to lose 9-6 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Abe responded with a 8-2 win over Hiroki Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN). Abe won 10-6 against Yoshioka. Abe went on to lose 6-5 against Hirata in their final qualifying round match.

Abe earned 14.875 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship. Abe move up 17 spots after posting a net gain of 7.746 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 56th overall with 63.505 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Abe ranks 56th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 56.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	21	11	0	0.656	5-3	7-3	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	238	225	145	9.45	6.09	3.36	5.04	4.08	1.88	1.49	0.88

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	118	156	32	15	5-0	13-4	31-3	1.32	0.27	0.48	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	120	69	113	6	3-1	6-5	9-24	0.58	0.94	0.61	0.32

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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