Oiwa Runner-Up at 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup

SKIP
Marina
Oiwa

Third
Shiori
Fujisawa

Second
Fuyuka
Furuta

Lead
Kai
Tsuchiya

Marina Oiwa (Miyota, JPN) lost 9-4 to Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the WCT Kurosawa Cup, held January 12 - 14, 2019 in Miyota, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Oiwa won 6-3 over Yuhei Kusui (Osaka, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan;

Oiwa finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Oiwa lost 6-4 to Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN), then responded with a 11-1 win over Takashi Kawahara (Niigata, JPN). Oiwa won 13-5 against Minako Tsuji (Karuizawa, JPN), then won 11-2 against Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) and 5-4 against Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WCT Kurosawa Cup, Oiwa take home 6.305 world rankings points along with the $1,821CDN prize. For week 22 of the event schedule, Oiwa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Oiwa ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.