[[1:36.5625]] CHAMPION: Matsumura Wins 2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

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CHAMPION: Matsumura Wins 2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

Aug 1 - 4, 2019

Kitami, Japan
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SKIP
Yuta
Matsumura
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Third
Tetsuro
Shimizu
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Second
Yasumasa
Tanida
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Lead
Shinya
Abe
  
Games: 6  
Record: 5W - 1L  
PF/G: 8.64  
PA/G: 5.23  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.62  
Steal Defense: 0.07  
Force Efficiency: 0.36  
Steal Efficiency: 0.45  
Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) won 7-2 over Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, held August 1 - 4, 2019 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura won 6-5 over Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals
 
Matsumura finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) 6-0, then won 7-5 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB). Matsumura went on to lose 7-6 against SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR). Matsumura responded with a 6-4 win over Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
For winning the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic Championship title, Matsumura earned 36.563 world rankings points along with the $12,502CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 15th place overall with 237.588 total points. Matsumura ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.563 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
  3 vs. Kanda (JPN) - WTR:150 W 6-0
  5 vs. Gunnlaugson (MB) - WTR:19 W 7-5
  7 vs. Kim (KOR) - WTR:54 L 6-7
  9 vs. Zou (CHN) - WTR:28 W 6-4
  SF vs. Muyres (SK) - WTR:18 W 6-5
  CF vs. McDonald (ON) - WTR:15 W 7-2

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