Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) lost
6-3 to
Min Ji Kim (gyeongido, KOR) in the Final of the Hub International Crown of Curling, held October 14 - 17, 2016 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Fujisawa won
8-3 over
Karla Thompson (Kamloops, BC) in the semifinals of the 2016 Hub International Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; and won
5-3 over
Corryn Brown (Kamloops - New Westminster - Nanaimo, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Hub International Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada;
Fujisawa finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujisawa defeated
's Suji Kim 8-1, then went on to lose
7-4 against
Brown. Fujisawa responded with a
9-3 win over
Diane Gushulak (Vancouver , BC). Fujisawa won
8-2 against
Kim in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Hub International Crown of Curling, Fujisawa take home
24.967 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 18th place overall with
229.322 total points. Fujisawa ranks 15th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
68.770 points earned so far this season.
