CHAMPION: Fujinaka Wins 2024 Nishi-Nihon Curling Championship

Okayama, Japan

Fourth
Hiroki
Yoshioka

SKIP
Hiromitsu
Fujinaka

Second
Sota
Todori

Lead
Yusuke
Nonomura

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	9.03
PA/G:	3.87
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.59

Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN) won 6-4 over Ryo Wakabayashi (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, Fujinaka won 7-1 over Mitsuaki Okamoto (Okayama, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2024 Nishi-Nihon Curling Championship in Okayama, Japan;

Fujinaka finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujinaka lost 4-1 to Wakabayashi, then responded with a 7-2 win over Shuhei Takamatsu (Okayama, JPN). Fujinaka won 7-1 against Kenichi Nakagawa (Okayama, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Nishi-Nihon Curling Championship Championship title, Fujinaka earned 3.750 world rankings points. For week 19 of the event schedule, Fujinaka did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Fujinaka 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

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