CHAMPION: Kitazawa Wins 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Ami
Enami

Lead
Minori
Suzuki

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	11.40
PA/G:	5.35
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.44

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) won 5-4 over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, held August 8 - 11, 2024 in Wakkanai, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Kitazawa won 7-4 over Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan;

Kitazawa finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN) 8-4, then won 7-4 against Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) and 12-5 against Wakaba Kawamura (Obihiro, JPN). Kitazawa won 10-2 against Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup Championship title, Kitazawa earned 18.750 world rankings points. For week 2 of the event schedule, Kitazawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kitazawa 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: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Ami Enami, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka, Yusuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN
2023: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Yumie Funayama
Sapporo, JPN
2022: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama, Mina Kobayashi, Connor Njegovan
Sapporo, JPN

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