CHAMPION: Kim Wins 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown

SKIP
Eunjung
Kim

Third
Kyeongae
Kim

Second
Chohi
Kim

Lead
Seonyeong
Kim

Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR) won 6-4 over Jolene Campbell (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown, held December 6 - 10, 2023 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kim won 10-6 over Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 7-3 over Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Kim finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated Hollie Duncan (Woodstock, ON) 5-1, then won 3-0 against Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI) and 6-3 against Zhuo Han (HARBIN, CHN). Kim won 7-6 against Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown Championship title, Kim earned 52.500 world rankings points along with the $16,000CDN first prize cheque. Kim move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 30.5 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 10th overall with 245.141 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kim ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 200.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	72	26	0	0.735	24-6	8-5	5-5	1-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	752	643	402	8.55	5.35	3.20	4.77	3.78	1.79	1.42	1.45

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	372	458	88	55	20-0	30-2	91-13	1.23	0.24	0.44	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	380	185	314	54	7-2	10-20	28-55	0.49	0.83	0.64	0.30

2024: Xenia Schwaller
Xenia Schwaller, Selina Gafner, Fabienne Rieder, Selina Rychiger , Andreas Schwaller
Zurich, SUI
2023: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI

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