Maeda Runner-Up at 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

Tokoro, Japan

SKIP
Takumi
Maeda

Third
Asei
Nakahara

Second
Hiroki
Maeda

Lead
Uryu
Kamikawa

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	8.91
PA/G:	5.22
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Takumi Maeda (Tokoro, JPN) lost 5-4 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, held August 8 - 11, 2024 in Hokkaido, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Maeda won 4-3 over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan;

Maeda finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda lost 6-5 to Abe, then responded with a 8-3 win over Koki Ogiwara (Sapporo, JPN). Maeda won 8-5 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN), then won 12-2 against Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gyeongbuk, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Maeda take home 13.750 world rankings points. For week 2 of the event schedule, Maeda did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Maeda 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

2024: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Shinya Abe, Haruto Ouchi, Hayato Sato, Sota Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
2023: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai
Karuizawa, JPN
2022: Takumi Maeda
Takumi Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa, Hiroki Maeda, Asei Nakahara , Ayumi Ogasawara
Sapporo, JPN

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