[[4:13.9500]] Iwai Reaches 2018 Karuizawa International Semifinals

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Iwai Reaches 2018 Karuizawa International Semifinals

Dec 20 - 23, 2018

Sapporo, Japan
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Masaki
Iwai
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Third
Ryotaro
Shukuya
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Second
Koki
Ogiwara
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Lead
Kei
Kamada
  
Games: 7  
Record: 5W - 2L  
PF/G: 5.96  
PA/G: 5.09  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.33  
Steal Defense: 0.19  
Force Efficiency: 0.65  
Steal Efficiency: 0.19  
Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN) run at the 2018 Karuizawa International came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-2 loss to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, CAN). of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Iwai advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-4 win over Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;
 
Iwai finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Iwai defeated Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) 6-5, then won 7-6 against SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) and 4-3 against Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN). Iwai won 6-1 against Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Iwai earned 13.950 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Karuizawa International, moving up 33 spots the World Ranking Standings into 108th place overall with 38.749 total points. Iwai ranks 95th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.935 points earned so far this season.
 

Statistics

 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 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  1 vs. Matsumura (JPN) - WTR:505 W 6-5
  3 vs. Kim (KOR) - WTR:90 W 7-6
  7 vs. Usui (JPN) - WTR:105 W 4-3
  9 vs. Kanda (JPN) - WTR:187 W 6-1
  QF vs. Park (KOR) - WTR:164 W 5-4
  SF vs. Carruthers (CAN) - WTR:13 L 2-5
  CF vs. Shuster (USA) - WTR:14 L 4-5

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