[[2:8.2500]] Tsuruga Runner-Up at 2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

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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Tsuruga Runner-Up at 2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

Aug 10 - 13, 2023

Sapporo, Japan
Player Photo
SKIP
Kohane
Tsuruga
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Third
Suzune
Yasui
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Second
Mikoto
Nakajima
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Lead
Ayami
Ito
  
Games: 5  
Record: 3W - 2L  
PF/G: 8.65  
PA/G: 5.41  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.07  
Steal Defense: 0.18  
Force Efficiency: 0.60  
Steal Efficiency: 0.45  
Kohane Tsuruga (Sapporo, JPN) lost 8-3 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, held August 10 - 13, 2023 in Wakkanai, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Tsuruga won 9-1 over Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals
 
Tsuruga finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tsuruga defeated Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) 8-4, then won 8-2 against Japan's Minami Nakao. Tsuruga went on to lose 5-4 against Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
With their runner-up finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Tsuruga take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $4,646CDN prize, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 76th place overall with 34.500 total points. Tsuruga ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.250 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
  2 vs. Sasaki (JPN) - WTR:60 W 8-4
  4 vs. Nakao (JPN) - WTR:162 W 8-2
  6 vs. Nakamura (JPN) - WTR:68 L 4-5
  SF vs. Minami (JPN) - WTR:103 W 9-1Watch Live Curling!
  CF vs. Yoshimura (JPN) - WTR:21 L 3-8Watch Live 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)
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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