Japan's Ryouichi Saitou0-7 at 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships

Japan

SKIP
Ryouichi
Saitou

Third
Hakaru
Azuma

Second
Kennji
Suzuki

Lead
Yousuke
Abe

Games:	7
Record:	0W - 7L
PF/G:	4.89
PA/G:	13.19
Hammer Efficiency:	0.15
Steal Defense:	0.56
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Japan's Ryouichi Saitou finished 0-7 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Ryouichi Saitou lost 11-1 to Japan's Kohsuke Hirata, droppimg another game, 10-1 to Go Aoki (Sapporo, JPN). Japan's Ryouichi Saitou lost 7-6 to Japan's Toa Nakahara. Japan's Ryouichi Saitou lost 8-3 to Japan's Naoki Kanazawa. Japan's Ryouichi Saitou lost 9-3 to Japan's Harunobu Kawahira. Japan's Ryouichi Saitou lost 9-3 to Japan's Masaki Ishikawa. Japan's Ryouichi Saitou lost 8-6 to Japan's Yuya Takigahira in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 25 of the event schedule, Japan's Ryouichi Saitou did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 554th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Japan's Ryouichi Saitou ranks 411th 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	0	7	0	0.000	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	47	23	62	4.89	13.19	-8.30	3.62	6.38	1.35	2.07	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	27	17	34	0	0-1	1-5	3-5	0.63	1.26	0.15	0.56

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	20	6	28	0	0-2	0-1	1-5	0.30	1.40	0.47	0.25

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