Kawano1-7 at 2020 Japan National Championship

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Kantaro
Kawano

Third
Kazuki
Matsuoka

Second
Hiroki
Hasegawa

Lead
Yusuke
Yamashita

Games:	8
Record:	1W - 7L
PF/G:	6.03
PA/G:	8.90
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.43
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Kantaro Kawano (Sapporo, JPN) finished 1-7 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kawano lost 8-5 to Hiroki Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN), droppimg another game, 7-2 to Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN). Kawano lost 7-6 to Kotaro Noguchi (Miyagi, JPN). Kawano lost 8-6 to Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) where Kawano responded with a 7-6 win over Ryutaro Tani (Hokkaido, JPN). Kawano went on to lose 10-6 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Kawano lost 8-7 to Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN). Kawano lost 11-5 to Yuya Takigahira (Nayoro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kawano earned 1.529 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 18 spots the World Ranking Standings into 220th place overall with 10.340 total points. Kawano ranks 220th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.340 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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