Abe Reaches 2024 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Semifinals

Sapporo, Japan

Fourth
Tetsuro
Shimizu

SKIP
Shinya
Abe

Second
Haruto
Ouchi

Lead
Hayato
Sato

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	9.39
PA/G:	6.06
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) run at the 2024 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-2 loss to Xiao Ming Xu (BEI JING, CHN). of the 2024 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada; Abe advanced through the quarterfinals with a 9-2 win over Glenn Venance (Penticton, BC).

Abe finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Abe defeated TJ Perepolkin (Vernon, BC) 6-4, then won 6-4 against Cameron de Jong (Victoria, BC) and 8-3 against Xu in their final qualifying round match.

Abe earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic. For week 10 of the event schedule, Abe did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Abe 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
2025	49	20	0	0.710	6-3	6-1	3-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	511	400	311	7.83	6.09	1.74	4.66	3.99	1.68	1.52	1.35

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	258	305	59	39	6-1	25-1	64-7	1.18	0.23	0.43	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	253	95	252	30	0-5	4-13	21-50	0.38	1.00	0.57	0.26

2025: Jason Montgomery
Jason Montgomery, Chris Baier, Miles Craig, Troy Cowan
Victoria, BC
2024: Xiao Ming Xu
Xiao Ming Xu, Qiang Zou, Zhi Yu Wang, Tianqi Guan, Jiafeng Tian, Xiao Ming Xu
BEI JING, CHN
2023: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Cody Johnston, Matthew McCrady, Nicholas Umbach
New Westminster, BC
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jordan Tardi, Alex Horvath
Surrey, BC
2018: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2017: Jeff Guignard
Jeff Guignard, Daniel Wenzek, Chris Faa, Nicholas Meister, Jeff Sargent
Vancouver, BC
2016: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jordan Tardi, Nicholas Meister , Paul Tardi
Langley, BC
2015: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2014: Grant Dezura
Kevin MacKenzie, Grant Dezura, Jamie Smith, Kevin Recksiedler
Maple Ridge, BC
2013: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2012: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Jason Gunnlaugson, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna/Vernon, BC
2011: Robert Schlender
Robert Schlender, Chris Lemishka, Don Bartlett, Darcy Hafso
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2009: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2008: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2007: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2006: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Andrew Bilesky, Brendan Willis, Jay Batch
New Westminster, BC
2005: Bob Ursel
Bob Ursel, TJ Perepolkin, Brendan Willis, Lance McGinn
Kelowna, BC
2004: Rick Folk
Rick Folk, Kevin Folk, Jeff Richard, Gerry Richard
Kelowna, BC
2003: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2002: Rob Bucholz
Rob Bucholz, Dan Holowaychuk, Jim Bucholz, Jim Wallbank
Edmonton, AB
2001: Rick Folk
Rick Folk
Kelowna, BC
1994: Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Vancouver, BC