Ogihara Finishes Fourth at 2022 Kanto Curling Championships

Tokyo, Japan

SKIP
Ryo
Ogihara

Third
Satoru
Tsukamoto

Second
Nobuhito
Kasahara

Lead
Kishiro
Kyo

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	9.14
PA/G:	7.43
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Ryo Ogihara (Tokyo, JPN) lost 7-6 to Ken Kanai (Kanagawa, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Kanto Curling Championships in Kanto, Japan. of the 2022 Kanto Curling Championships in Kanto, Japan; Ryo Ogihara (Tokyo, JPN) lost 7-6 to Ken Kanai (Kanagawa, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Kanto Curling Championships in Kanto, Japan. Ogihara lost 9-3 to Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Ogihara finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ogihara defeated Ryutaro Tani (Tokyo, JPN) 7-3, then went on to lose 5-2 against Kanai. Ogihara responded with a 14-2 win over Japan's Hideyuki Sekiwa in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Kanto Curling Championships, Ogihara take home 1.800 world rankings points, moving up 43 spots the World Ranking Standings into 267th place overall with 3.968 total points. Ogihara ranks 277th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.800 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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