Takeda5-3 at 2018 Japan Curling Championship

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Naomasa
Takeda

Third
Kyousuke
Fujii

Second
Tsutomu
Itagaki

Lead
Hidetaka
Nagasawa

Games:	9
Record:	5W - 4L
PF/G:	5.54
PA/G:	5.90
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Naomasa Takeda (Sapporo, JPN) finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Takeda defeated Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) 6-5, then went on to lose 9-2 against Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Takeda responded with a 6-3 win over Atsushi Kamigochi (Hokkaido, JPN). Takeda won 8-7 against Kamigochi, then won 9-3 against Kazuhisa Unoura (Osaka, JPN) and 8-5 against Tatsuya Ogawa (Hokkaido, JPN). Takeda went on to lose 4-3 against Yoshiro Shimizu (Karuizawa, JPN). Takeda lost 8-2 to Masaki Iwai (Hokkaido, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Takeda earned 4.275 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Japan Curling Championship, moving up 327 spots the World Ranking Standings into 387th place overall with 4.275 total points. Takeda ranks 295th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.275 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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