Yanagisawa Runner-Up at 2024 ADVICS Cup

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Riku
Yanagisawa

Third
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second
Takeru
Yamamoto

Lead
Satoshi
Koizumi

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	8.33
PA/G:	6.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 8-3 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the ADVICS Cup, held August 22 - 25, 2024 at the Tokoro Curling Club in Kitami, Japan. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Yanagisawa won 4-3 over Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2024 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan;

Yanagisawa finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa defeated Taia Nakahara (Kitami, JPN) 10-1, then won 7-5 against JaeBeom Lee (Uiseong, KOR) and 6-5 against Hirata in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ADVICS Cup, Yanagisawa take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $4,668CDN prize. For week 4 of the event schedule, Yanagisawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Yanagisawa 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

2025: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2023: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Haruto Ouchi, Shinya Abe, Sota Tsuruga, Makoto Tsuruga, Makoto Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
2022: Hayato Sato
Go Aoki, Hayato Sato, Koki Ogiwara, Kazushi Niino, Ayato Sasaki, Takayuki Doi
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN

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