Jeong Runner-Up at 2023 Uiseong Korean Cup

SKIP
ByeongJin
Jeong

Third
MinWoo
Kim

Second
JeongJae
Lee

Lead
Taehwan
Kim

ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) lost 7-3 to Kim in the Final of the Uiseong Korean Cup, held November 20 - 24, 2023 in Uiseong, Korea. To advance to the championship game, Jeong won 8-6 over Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gyeongbuk, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2023 Uiseong Korean Cup in Uiseong, Korea;

Jeong finished 2-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jeong defeated Kim 7-6, then won 12-1 against Jinhan Yoo (Uiseong, KOR). Jeong went on to lose 10-8 against Korea's Jeongmin Kim. Jeong lost 6-4 to JaeBeom Lee (Uiseong, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Uiseong Korean Cup, Jeong take home 2.750 world rankings points, remaining in 32nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 0.5 after improving upon their best so far this season. Jeong ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 60.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	3	9	0	0.250	0-2	0-2	0-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	84	48	68	5.71	8.10	-2.38	3.81	5.12	1.50	1.58	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	43	36	15	4	0-0	1-0	9-1	0.84	0.35	0.26	0.33

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	41	12	53	5	1-3	0-2	1-10	0.29	1.29	0.48	0.17

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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