CHAMPION: Kim Wins 2023 Uiseong Korean Cup

SKIP
Eunjung
Kim

Third
Kyeongae
Kim

Second
Chohi
Kim

Lead
Seonyeong
Kim

Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR) won 5-3 over Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) in the Final of the Uiseong Korean Cup, held November 20 - 24, 2023 in Uiseong, Korea. To advance to the championship game, Kim won 9-4 over Minjae Jung (Uiseong, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2023 Uiseong Korean Cup in Uiseong, Korea;

Kim finished 4-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim lost 6-5 to Gim, then responded with a 6-4 win over Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR). Kim won 8-4 against Minseo Kim (Jeonbuk, KOR), then won 10-2 against Jung and 7-6 against Youbeen Park (Seoul, KOR). Kim went on to lose 0-0 against Jung in their final qualifying round match.

Kim earned 22.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 12th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 6 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kim ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 145.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	72	26	0	0.735	24-6	8-5	5-5	1-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	752	643	402	8.55	5.35	3.20	4.77	3.78	1.79	1.42	1.45

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	372	458	88	55	20-0	30-2	91-13	1.23	0.24	0.44	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	380	185	314	54	7-2	10-20	28-55	0.49	0.83	0.64	0.30

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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