CHAMPION: Koana/Aoki Wins 2024 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	14.89
PA/G:	5.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN) won 9-2 over Liga Avena/Aivars Avotins (Riga, LAT) in the Final of the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2, held April 4 - 7, 2024 in Riga, Latvia. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Koana/Aoki won 9-4 over Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU) to advance to the championship game. of the 2024 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2 in Riga, Latvia;

Koana/Aoki finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana/Aoki defeated Agate Regza/Kriss Vonda (Riga, LAT) 9-3, then won 10-6 against Katrina Gaidule/Roberts Buncis (Riga, LAT) and 7-2 against Evita Regza/Aleksandrs Baranovskis (Riga, LAT). Koana/Aoki won 11-4 against Jurkute/Rymeikis, then won 12-2 against Lina Januleviciute/Donatas Kiudys (Vilnius, LTU) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2 Championship title, Koana/Aoki earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $500CDN first prize cheque. For week 37 of the event schedule, Koana/Aoki did not improve upon their best events, improving from 7th to 5th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 135.750 total points. Koana/Aoki ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 135.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	31	3	0	0.912	6-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	222	264	119	11.89	5.36	6.53	6.53	3.47	1.82	1.55	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	90	160	17	0	10-0	14-1	21-1	1.78	0.19	0.50	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	132	104	102	0	2-6	6-3	17-15	0.79	0.77	0.62	0.52

2024: Katrina Gaidule
Katrina Gaidule, Roberts Buncis
Riga, LAT
2024: Tori Koana
Tori Koana, Go Aoki
Karuizawa, JPN
2023: Linnea Nilsson
Linnea Nilsson, Simon Olofsson
Uppsala, SWE
2023: Linda Joo
Linda Joo, Lorinc Tatar
Budapest, HUN
2022: Karoliine Kaare
Karoliine Kaare, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST
2021: Marie Kaldvee
Marie Kaldvee, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST

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