Obihiro ICE Gold Cup
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Usui5-0 at 2018 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup
Sep 14 - 16, 2018

Kitami, Japan
![]() Fourth Kohsuke Hirata |
![]() SKIP Shingo Usui |
![]() Second Daiki Shikano |
![]() Lead Yoshiya Miura |
| Games: | 5 |
| Record: | 5W - 0L |
| PF/G: | 12.29 |
| PA/G: | 6.00 |
| Hammer Efficiency: | 0.63 |
| Steal Defense: | 0.18 |
| Force Efficiency: | 0.67 |
| Steal Efficiency: | 0.33 |
Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN) finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Usui defeated Sayaka Kimata (Nagoya, JPN) 13-1, then won 9-5 against Ryo Itsubo (Tokyo, JPN) and 9-5 against Nanae Shukuya (Hokkaido, JPN). Usui won 7-6 against Kagetora Kawahira (Karuizawa, JPN), then won 5-4 against Japan's Arihito Kasahaea in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup Championship title, Usui earned 9.847 world rankings points along with the $5,825CDN first prize cheque, moving up 33 spots the World Ranking Standings into 122nd place overall with 23.922 total points. Usui ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.769 points earned so far this season.
| RECORD | W | L | T | PCT | HMR | STL | 1PT | EEH | EES |
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| SCORING | ENDs | PF | PA | PF/G | PA/G | +/- | EF/G | EA/G | PF/E | PA/E | BE/G |
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| WITH HAMMER | ENDs | PF | PA | BE | 4s | 3s | 2s | PF/E | PA/E | HE | SD |
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| WITHOUT HAMMER | ENDs | PF | PA | BE | 4s | 3s | 2s | PF/E | PA/E | FE | SE |
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