Kanda2-2 at 2016 Karuizawa International

Tokyo, Japan

SKIP
Junpei
Kanda

Third
Naoki
Iwanaga

Second
Shinya
Iwamoto

Lead
Shota
Iino

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	5.88
PA/G:	7.35
Hammer Efficiency:	0.20
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanda defeated John Morris (Vernon, CAN) 7-6, then went on to lose 8-3 against Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN). Kanda responded with a 6-5 win over Hiromitsu Kuriyama (Nagano, JPN). Kanda went on to lose 6-4 against Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kanda earned 1.256 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 217th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 16.060 total points. Kanda ranks 309th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.976 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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