Matsumura2-2 at 2015 Karuizawa International

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Hayato
Matsumura

Third
Rui
Satoh

Second
Genya
Nishizawa

Lead
Shu
Kai

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	7.24
PA/G:	6.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.17
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated Markus Hoiberg (Oppdal, NOR) 9-3, then went on to lose 7-4 against David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO). Matsumura responded with a 5-3 win over Japan's Hiroshi Fukui. Matsumura went on to lose 5-3 against Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

Matsumura earned 1.264 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 257 spots the World Ranking Standings into 401st place overall with 1.264 total points. Matsumura ranks 317th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.264 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

2024: Marc Muskatewitz
Marc Muskatewitz, Benny Kapp, Felix Messenzehl, Johannes Scheuerl
Fuessen, GER
2023: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker , Siyu Liu
St. John's, NL
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Mike McEwen, Matt Wozniak, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, CAN
2017: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
2015: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyun Sung, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR

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