CHAMPION: Morozumi Wins 2023 Chubu Curling Championships

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Yuta
Matsumura

Second
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) won 10-4 over Takanori Ichimura (Nagano, JPN) in the Final of the Chubu Curling Championships, held January 12 - 15, 2023 in Chubu, Japan.

Morozumi finished 4-0 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Katsuyuki Ohara (Karuizawa, JPN) 12-4, then won 20-0 against Japan's Takuro Yamada and 13-0 against Japan's Hiroki Hara. Morozumi won 12-4 against Hirotaka Ishikuro (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Chubu Curling Championships Championship title, Morozumi earned 7.500 world rankings points. For week 24 of the event schedule, Morozumi did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 38th to 39th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 96.346 total points. Morozumi ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 86.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	32	25	0	0.561	8-1	2-3	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	393	322	271	8.19	6.90	1.30	4.96	4.48	1.65	1.54	0.56

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	184	203	74	6	2-2	18-2	40-6	1.10	0.40	0.34	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	209	119	197	16	1-5	11-14	20-35	0.57	0.94	0.55	0.35

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