[[4:7.5000]] Hirata Finishes Fourth at 2022 Karuizawa International

Karuizawa International

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M: Baden Masters
Baden, SUI
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Draw: 9 -- Sat, Aug 15 -- 11:00am CET
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Retornaz  
Waddell  
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Schwaller  
Jermann  
W: Curling1spoon Elite 8
Uiseong, KOR
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Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 2 -- 8:00am CET
Park 8  Final
Kang 7  (8)
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Hirata Finishes Fourth at 2022 Karuizawa International

Dec 16 - 18, 2022

Kitami, Japan
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SKIP
Kohsuke
Hirata
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Third
Shingo
Usui
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Second
Ryota
Meguro
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Lead
Yoshiya
Miura
  
Games: 5  
Record: 2W - 3L  
PF/G: 6.83  
PA/G: 7.80  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.29  
Steal Defense: 0.29  
Force Efficiency: 0.44  
Steal Efficiency: 0.20  
Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) lost 7-3 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. of the 2022 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) lost 7-3 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. Hirata lost 5-4 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
 
Hirata finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata lost 7-6 to Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 7-6 win over Chang-Min Kim (Gyeongbuk, KOR). Hirata won 8-7 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
With their fourth place finish at the Karuizawa International, Hirata take home 7.500 world rankings points along with 1004CDN. For week 20 of the event schedule, Hirata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hirata ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.
 

Statistics

 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 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  1 vs. Sato (JPN) - WTR:68 L 6-7
  3 vs. Kim (KOR) - WTR:82 W 7-6
  5 vs. Yanagisawa (JPN) - WTR:31 W 8-7
  SF vs. Morozumi (JPN) - WTR:42 L 4-5Watch Live Curling!
  BRZ vs. Shuster (MN) - WTR:18 L 3-7Watch Live Curling!

Curling Scores

M: Baden Masters
Baden, SUI
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 9 -- Sat, Aug 15 -- 11:00am CET
Brunner  
Retornaz  
Waddell  
Ramsfjell  
Schwaller  
Jermann  
W: Curling1spoon Elite 8
Uiseong, KOR
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 2 -- 8:00am CET
Park 8  Final
Kang 7  (8)
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