Hirata3-4 at 2024 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Kohsuke
Hirata

Third
Shingo
Usui

Second
Ryota
Meguro

Lead
Yoshiya
Miura

Games:	7
Record:	3W - 4L
PF/G:	6.46
PA/G:	6.15
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) finished 3-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata lost 10-7 to Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN), then responded with a 10-7 win over Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN). Hirata won 7-3 against Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN). Hirata went on to lose 7-5 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Hirata lost 6-5 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) where Hirata responded with a 7-0 win over Kounosuke Takahashi (Nagano, JPN). Hirata went on to lose 7-1 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Hirata earned 9.320 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship. Hirata move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of -4.461 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 39th overall with 80.695 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Hirata ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 80.695 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	36	22	0	0.621	9-5	0-3	1-3	1-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	374	313	232	8.37	6.20	2.17	4.71	3.96	1.78	1.57	1.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	177	226	46	23	9-0	19-2	40-8	1.28	0.26	0.44	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	197	87	186	27	2-3	6-13	12-36	0.44	0.94	0.54	0.28

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