Kim2-6 at 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

Almaty, Kazakhstan

SKIP
Viktor
Kim

Third
Abylay
Zhuzbay

Second
Roman
Kazimirchik

Lead
Muzdybay
Kudaibergenov

Games:	8
Record:	2W - 6L
PF/G:	7.61
PA/G:	10.15
Hammer Efficiency:	0.23
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Viktor Kim (Almaty, KAZ) finished 2-6 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim lost 7-4 to Jason Chang (Hong Kong, HKG), droppimg another game, 7-6 to Jay Merchant (Sydney, AUS). Kim lost 14-8 to Scott Becker (Naseby, NZL) where Kim responded with a 12-5 win over Randie Shen (Taipei, TPE). Kim went on to lose 9-5 against Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN). Kim lost 9-2 to Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN). Kim lost 15-3 to SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) where Kim responded with a 11-2 win over Nassar Alyafei (Doha, QAT) in their final qualifying round match.

Kim earned 2.672 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 165 spots the World Ranking Standings into 356th place overall with 2.859 total points. Kim ranks 240th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.672 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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