Morozumi Runner-Up at 2021 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Masaki
Iwai

Second
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	11.18
PA/G:	6.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 7-2 to Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) in the Final of the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, held August 19 - 22, 2021 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Morozumi won 10-2 over Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2021 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan;

Morozumi finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Sota Tsuruga (Sapporo, JPN) 9-4, then won 7-6 against Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) and 10-3 against Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Morozumi ranks 395th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	17	8	0	0.680	1-3	1-0	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	197	220	114	11.17	5.79	5.38	5.79	3.65	1.93	1.58	0.56

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	87	128	19	7	5-0	10-1	24-3	1.47	0.22	0.49	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	110	92	95	4	4-0	5-11	21-15	0.84	0.86	0.55	0.44

2023: Kohsuke Hirata
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2022: ByeongJin Jeong
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Seoul, KOR
2019: Yuta Matsumura
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Kitami, JPN
2018: Masaki Iwai
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Sapporo, JPN
2017: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Taehwan Kim, Jongduk Park, Yoonho Nam
Gangwon, KOR
2016: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Tristan Steinke, Chris Kennedy, Caleb Boorse
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