Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup
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Morozumi Finishes Fourth at 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup
Aug 8 - 11, 2024
										
									
Karuizawa, Japan
|  SKIP Yusuke Morozumi |  Third Yuta Matsumura |  Second Ryotaro Shukuya |  Lead Masaki Iwai | 
| Games: | 6 | 
| Record: | 4W - 2L | 
| PF/G: | 7.45 | 
| PA/G: | 4.89 | 
| Hammer Efficiency: | 0.33 | 
| Steal Defense: | 0.06 | 
| Force Efficiency: | 0.69 | 
| Steal Efficiency: | 0.34 | 
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 5-4 to Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan.  of the 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan; Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 5-4 to Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan. Morozumi lost 4-3 to Takumi Maeda (Tokoro, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.  of the 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan; 
 
Morozumi finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Kaito Fujii (Miyota, JPN) 5-3, then won 5-2 against Taia Nakahara (Kitami, JPN) and 9-5 against Toshiya Iida (Wakkanai, JPN). Morozumi won 9-4 against Hirata in their final qualifying round match.
 
With their fourth place finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Morozumi take home 10.000 world rankings points. For week 2 of the event schedule, Morozumi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Morozumi ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.
 
						Morozumi finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Kaito Fujii (Miyota, JPN) 5-3, then won 5-2 against Taia Nakahara (Kitami, JPN) and 9-5 against Toshiya Iida (Wakkanai, JPN). Morozumi won 9-4 against Hirata in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Morozumi take home 10.000 world rankings points. For week 2 of the event schedule, Morozumi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Morozumi 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 | 
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| SCORING | ENDs | PF | PA | PF/G | PA/G | +/- | EF/G | EA/G | PF/E | PA/E | BE/G | 
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| WITH HAMMER | ENDs | PF | PA | BE | 4s | 3s | 2s | PF/E | PA/E | HE | SD | 
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| WITHOUT HAMMER | ENDs | PF | PA | BE | 4s | 3s | 2s | PF/E | PA/E | FE | SE | 
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