Bronze for Japan's Kotaro Noguchi at 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

SKIP
Kotaro
Noguchi

Third
Yuto
Kamada

Second
Hiroshi
Kato

Lead
Yuuki
Yoshimura

Japan's Kotaro Noguchi won 6-5 over Japan's Juon Ishimura in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan. of the 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan; Japan's Kotaro Noguchi won 6-5 over Japan's Juon Ishimura in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan. Japan's Kotaro Noguchi lost 7-2 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Japan's Kotaro Noguchi finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Kotaro Noguchi defeated Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) 8-6, then went on to lose 7-4 against Takumi Maeda (Sapporo, JPN). Japan's Kotaro Noguchi responded with a 8-7 win over Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Japan's Kotaro Noguchi earn 8.500 world rankings points and 200000CDN. For week 3 of the event schedule, Japan's Kotaro Noguchi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Japan's Kotaro Noguchi 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

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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