Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup
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CHAMPION: Maeda Wins 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup
Aug 18 - 21, 2022

Sapporo, Japan
![]() SKIP Takumi Maeda |
![]() Third Uryu Kamikawa |
![]() Second Hiroki Maeda |
![]() Lead Asei Nakahara |
| Games: | 5 |
| Record: | 5W - 0L |
| PF/G: | 9.47 |
| PA/G: | 6.58 |
| Hammer Efficiency: | 0.61 |
| Steal Defense: | 0.19 |
| Force Efficiency: | 0.54 |
| Steal Efficiency: | 0.24 |
Takumi Maeda (Sapporo, JPN) won 6-4 over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, held August 18 - 21, 2022 in Hokkaido, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Maeda won 7-6 over Japan's Juon Ishimura in the semifinals of the 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan;
Maeda finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) 7-6, then won 7-4 against Japan's Kotaro Noguchi and 9-5 against Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup Championship title, Maeda earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $1,000,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 3 of the event schedule, Maeda did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Maeda ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.
Maeda finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) 7-6, then won 7-4 against Japan's Kotaro Noguchi and 9-5 against Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup Championship title, Maeda earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $1,000,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 3 of the event schedule, Maeda did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Maeda ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.
| RECORD | W | L | T | PCT | HMR | STL | 1PT | EEH | EES |
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| SCORING | ENDs | PF | PA | PF/G | PA/G | +/- | EF/G | EA/G | PF/E | PA/E | BE/G |
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| WITH HAMMER | ENDs | PF | PA | BE | 4s | 3s | 2s | PF/E | PA/E | HE | SD |
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| WITHOUT HAMMER | ENDs | PF | PA | BE | 4s | 3s | 2s | PF/E | PA/E | FE | SE |
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Takumi Maeda, Asei Nakahara, Hiroki Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa
Kitami, JPN -
Tetsuro Shimizu, Shinya Abe, Haruto Ouchi, Hayato Sato, Sota Tsuruga
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Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai
Karuizawa, JPN -
Takumi Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa, Hiroki Maeda, Asei Nakahara , Ayumi Ogasawara
Sapporo, JPN
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