Matsumura Runner-Up at 2018 Karuizawa International

SKIP
Yuta
Matsumura

Third
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Second
Yasumasa
Tanida

Lead
Shinya
Abe

Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) lost 7-6 to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, CAN) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 20 - 23, 2018 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura won 8-1 over John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the semifinals of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won 5-4 over SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Matsumura finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) 5-2, then won 8-2 against Kanya Shimizuno (Furano, JPN). Matsumura went on to lose 6-4 against Shuster. Matsumura responded with a 8-4 win over Daishi Ikezaki (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Karuizawa International, Matsumura take home 19.181 world rankings points along with the $9,781CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 24th place overall with 170.503 total points. Matsumura ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 150.987 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

2026: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Shinya Abe, Hayato Sato, Haruto Ouchi, Sota Tsuruga, Makoto Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
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