Morozumi Reaches 2019 Karuizawa International Quarters

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Masaki
Iwai

Second
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Yusuke Morozumi (Nagano, JPN) qualified for the 2019 Karuizawa International playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-2 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Morozumi finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) 10-2, then went on to lose 7-6 against Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN). Morozumi responded with a 8-4 win over Bottcher. Morozumi won 8-2 against Kanya Shimizuno (Hokkaido, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Morozumi earned 14.415 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Karuizawa International, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with 104.006 total points. Morozumi ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 88.473 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

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

Gyeonggi's Team Gim Eun-ji (Photo: Olympics) will represent Korea for a third straight season at the international level.

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