[[1:3.7500]] CHAMPION: Kanai Wins 2023 Chubu Curling Championships

Chubu Curling Championships

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M: Baden Masters
Baden, SUI
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Draw: 10 -- Sat, Aug 15 -- 3:00pm CET
Jurkovic  
Zisa  
Schwaller  
Hoesli  
Spiller  
Carson  
W: Curling1spoon Elite 8
Uiseong, KOR
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Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 2 -- 8:00am CET
Park 8  Final
Kang 7  (8)
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CHAMPION: Kanai Wins 2023 Chubu Curling Championships

Jan 12 - 15, 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: 6  
Record: 6W - 0L  
PF/G: 11.96  
PA/G: 3.26  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.61  
Steal Defense: 0.11  
Force Efficiency: 0.82  
Steal Efficiency: 0.52  
Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) won 9-3 over Yuka Takimoto (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final Kanai advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Chubu Curling Championships, held January 12 - 15, 2023 in Chubu, Japan.
 
Kanai finished 5-0 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanai defeated Japan's Yui Miyagawa 9-1, then won 11-2 against Yuko Kikuchi (Karuizawa, JPN) and 8-5 against Takimoto. Kanai won 9-2 against Japan's Arina Ikeda, then won 9-2 against Japan's Akemi Kawahara in their final qualifying round match.
 
For winning the Chubu Curling Championships Championship title, Kanai earned 3.750 world rankings points, remaining in 59th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kanai ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 49.625 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. Miyagawa (JPN) - WTR:223 W 9-1
  3 vs. Kikuchi (JPN) - WTR:222 W 11-2
  4 vs. Takimoto (JPN) - WTR:240 W 8-5
  6 vs. Ikeda (JPN) - WTR:240 W 9-2
  8 vs. Kawahara (JPN) - WTR:240 W 9-2
  CF vs. Takimoto (JPN) - WTR:240 W 9-3

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M: Baden Masters
Baden, SUI
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 10 -- Sat, Aug 15 -- 3:00pm CET
Jurkovic  
Zisa  
Schwaller  
Hoesli  
Spiller  
Carson  
W: Curling1spoon Elite 8
Uiseong, KOR
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 2 -- 8:00am CET
Park 8  Final
Kang 7  (8)
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