Fujii1-7 at 2018 Japan Curling Championship

Nayoro, Japan

SKIP
Akemi
Fujii

Third
Shiori
Itagaki

Second
Yui
Satou

Lead
Tomoko
Takeda

Games:	8
Record:	1W - 7L
PF/G:	4.53
PA/G:	6.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.21
Steal Defense:	0.28
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Akemi Fujii (Nayoro, JPN) finished 1-7 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujii lost 7-3 to Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN), droppimg another game, 6-3 to Momoka Iwase (Hokkaido, JPN) where Fujii responded with a 9-6 win over Miwako Tatsudan (Hiroshima, JPN). Fujii went on to lose 5-2 against Chiaki Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN). Fujii lost 6-3 to Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN). Fujii lost 6-5 to Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN). Fujii lost 6-4 to Natsuko Ishiyama (Hokkaio, JPN). Fujii lost 7-5 to Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Fujii earned 0.606 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 31 spots the World Ranking Standings into 283rd place overall with 0.606 total points. Fujii ranks 259th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.606 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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