Wakabayashi Runner-Up at 2024 Nishi-Nihon Curling Championship

SKIP
Ryo
Wakabayashi

Third
Hirosuke
Yuzuki

Second
Akira
Kageyama

Lead
Shinji
Okamoto

Ryo Wakabayashi (Okayama, JPN) lost 6-4 to Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN) in the Final of the Nishi-Nihon Curling Championship, held December 2 - 4, 2023 in Okayama, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Wakabayashi won 12-3 over Ryo Shioya (Okayama, JPN) in the semifinals

Wakabayashi finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wakabayashi defeated Fujinaka 4-1, then won 10-3 against Kenichi Nakagawa (Okayama, JPN) and 7-4 against Shuhei Takamatsu (Okayama, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Nishi-Nihon Curling Championship, Wakabayashi take home 2.750 world rankings points. For week 19 of the event schedule, Wakabayashi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Wakabayashi ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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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