Japan's Shizuko Funaki Runner-Up at 2022 Tohuku Curling Championships

Fourth
Akiko
Kudo

SKIP
Shizuko
Funaki

Second
Mutumi
Takata

Lead
Chizuko
Hamadate

Japan's Shizuko Funaki lost 8-2 to Japan's Miori Nakamura in the Final of the Tohuku Curling Championships, held January 8 - 10, 2022 in Tohoku, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Japan's Shizuko Funaki won 9-3 over Japan's Arisa Funaki in the semifinals

Japan's Shizuko Funaki finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Shizuko Funaki defeated Japan's Natsuko Suzuki 10-8, then won 15-4 against Japan's Saki Adachi and 6-4 against Japan's Mei Shimohori in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Tohuku Curling Championships, Japan's Shizuko Funaki take home 3.300 world rankings points, moving up 108 spots the World Ranking Standings into 187th place overall with 3.300 total points. Japan's Shizuko Funaki ranks 157th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.300 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

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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