[[2:13.7500]] Kanai Runner-Up at 2022 WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling

WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling

Curling Scores

W: Canadian Wheelchair Championship
Boucherville, QC
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 4 -- Tue, Apr 28 -- 7:00pm ET
QC (Marquis) 6  Final
AB (Purvis) 2  (7)
NO (Dean) 10  Final
QC (Hamel) 3  (7)
BC (Smithies) 2  Final
ON (Allen) 8  (7)
M: World Senior Curling Championships
Geneva, SUI
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 16 -- Tue, Apr 28 -- 8:00pm CET
CZE (Sik) 14  Final
ESP (Navarro) 0  (6)
SWE (Julius) 5  Final
WAL (Meikle) 9  (7)
DEN (Tidmand) 12  Final
NED (Bomas) 5  (7)
NZL (Dowling) 11  Final
GER (Saile) 3  (7)
FRA (Chauveau) 3  Final
FIN (Jokela) 9  (7)
AUS (Davis) 6  Final
AUT (Higatzberger) 7  (EE)
W: U25 NextGen Classic
Edmonton, AB
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Tue, Apr 28 -- 10:00am MT
Hayward 5  Final
Richards 7  (8) WATCH on Youtube: CurlingZone
M: U25 NextGen Classic
Edmonton, AB
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Tue, Apr 28 -- 10:00am MT
Hocevar 2  Final
McDonald 7  (6) WATCH on Youtube: CurlingZone
O: World Open Triples
Edmonton, AB
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Thu, Apr 23 -- 7:15pm MT
Gray-Withers 4  Final
Yarm/Hlush/Saw 5  (6) WATCH on Youtube: CurlingZone
W: Uiseong Governor's Cup
Uiseong, KOR
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Mon, Apr 20 -- 6:00pm MT
Gim 2  Final
Kang 4  (7) WATCH on Youtube: curling1spoon
M: Uiseong Governor's Cup
Uiseong, KOR
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Mon, Apr 20 -- 6:00pm MT
Lee 7  Final
Kim 3  (6) WATCH on Youtube: curling1spoon
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Kanai Runner-Up at 2022 WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling

Dec 30 - Jan 1, 2023

Karuizawa, Japan
Player Photo
SKIP
Asuka
Kanai
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Third
Ami
Enami
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Second
Junko
Nishimuro
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Lead
Mone
Ryokawa
  
Games: 5  
Record: 4W - 1L  
PF/G: 9.41  
PA/G: 4.71  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.46  
Steal Defense: 0.07  
Force Efficiency: 0.44  
Steal Efficiency: 0.35  
Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 7-4 to Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) in the Final of the WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling, held December 30 - January 1, 2023 in Miyota, Japan. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Kanai won 6-1 over Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2022 WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling in Miyota, Japan;
 
Kanai finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanai defeated Jentsch 7-1, then won 7-1 against 's and 8-6 against Yuri Nakajima (Miyota, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
With their runner-up finish at the WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling, Kanai take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $6,269CDN prize. Kanai move up 14 spots after posting a net gain of 13 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 65th overall with 49.713 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kanai ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.875 points earned so far this season.
 

Statistics

 RECORD W L T PCT HMR STL 1PT EEH EES 
 2023 24 16 0 0.600 12-5 3-3 3-1 1-0 0-1 
 SCORING ENDs PF PA PF/G PA/G +/- EF/G EA/G PF/E PA/E BE/G 
 2023 311 251 216 8.07 6.95 1.13 4.98 4.08 1.62 1.70 0.93 
 WITH HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E HE SD 
 2023 150 177 46 11 4-0 9-1 38-13 1.18 0.31 0.37 0.21 
 WITHOUT HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E FE SE 
 2023 161 74 170 18 2-7 3-9 14-32 0.46 1.06 0.50 0.29 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  1 vs. Jentsch (GER) - WTR:23 W 7-1Watch Live Curling!
  4 vs. Kawamura (JPN) - WTR:103 W 7-1Watch Live Curling!
  5 vs. Nakajima (JPN) - WTR:176 W 8-6Watch Live Curling!
  SF vs. Minami (JPN) - WTR:110 W 6-1
  CF vs. Jentsch (GER) - WTR:23 L 4-7

Curling Scores

W: Canadian Wheelchair Championship
Boucherville, QC
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 4 -- Tue, Apr 28 -- 7:00pm ET
QC (Marquis) 6  Final
AB (Purvis) 2  (7)
NO (Dean) 10  Final
QC (Hamel) 3  (7)
BC (Smithies) 2  Final
ON (Allen) 8  (7)
W: U25 NextGen Classic
Edmonton, AB
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Tue, Apr 28 -- 10:00am MT
Hayward 5  Final
Richards 7  (8) WATCH on Youtube: CurlingZone
M: U25 NextGen Classic
Edmonton, AB
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Tue, Apr 28 -- 10:00am MT
Hocevar 2  Final
McDonald 7  (6) WATCH on Youtube: CurlingZone
O: World Open Triples
Edmonton, AB
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Thu, Apr 23 -- 7:15pm MT
Gray-Withers 4  Final
Yarm/Hlush/Saw 5  (6) WATCH on Youtube: CurlingZone
W: Uiseong Governor's Cup
Uiseong, KOR
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Mon, Apr 20 -- 6:00pm MT
Gim 2  Final
Kang 4  (7) WATCH on Youtube: curling1spoon
M: Uiseong Governor's Cup
Uiseong, KOR
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Mon, Apr 20 -- 6:00pm MT
Lee 7  Final
Kim 3  (6) WATCH on Youtube: curling1spoon
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