Onodera2-6 at 2017 Japan Curling Championships

Hokkaido, Japan

SKIP
Kota
Onodera

Third
Shun
Tanaka

Second
Ken
Suehiro

Lead
Yuuta
Fujimoto

Games:	8
Record:	2W - 6L
PF/G:	5.81
PA/G:	8.51
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Kota Onodera (Hokkaido, JPN) finished 2-6 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Onodera lost 9-6 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 8-7 to Taisel Miura (Hokkaido, JPN). Onodera lost 7-5 to Shingo Usui (Sapporo, JPN) where Onodera responded with a 8-7 win over Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN). Onodera won 5-2 against Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN). Onodera went on to lose 9-3 against Yuki Sawamukai (Hokkaido, JPN). Onodera lost 8-7 to Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN). Onodera lost 13-2 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Onodera earned 0.855 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 33 spots the World Ranking Standings into 458th place overall with 2.076 total points. Onodera ranks 434th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.855 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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