Abe5-3 at 2016 Japan Curling Championships

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Shinya
Abe

Third
Yuta
Matsumura

Second
Yuki
Hayashi

Lead
Hiroshi
Sato

Games:	10
Record:	6W - 4L
PF/G:	9.20
PA/G:	5.91
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Abe defeated Yasumoto Natsuizaka (Karuizawa, JPN) 8-4, then won 9-3 against Gaku Suzuki (Sapporo, JPN). Abe went on to lose 8-2 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Abe responded with a 10-1 win over Japan's Ryo Wakabayashi. Abe went on to lose 8-7 against Japan's Junpei Kanda. Abe responded with a 11-3 win over Minoru Kusaka (Aomori, JPN). Abe went on to lose 7-6 against Japan's Ryo Ogihara. Abe responded with a 11-3 win over Kanya Shimizun (Furano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Abe earned 8.479 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Japan Curling Championships, moving up 44 spots the World Ranking Standings into 162nd place overall with 22.519 total points. Abe ranks 189th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.519 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

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