Kitazawa Finishes Fourth at 2024 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Ami
Enami

Lead
Minori
Suzuki

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	7.50
PA/G:	7.50
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) lost 5-3 to Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan. of the 2024 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan; Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) lost 5-3 to Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan. Kitazawa lost 7-3 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Kitazawa finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) 7-2, then won 10-5 against Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN). Kitazawa went on to lose 7-2 against Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Kitazawa responded with a 5-4 win over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup, Kitazawa take home 18.000 world rankings points along with 462CDN. For week 5 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
2025	60	39	0	0.606	7-1	8-7	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	723	596	464	8.24	6.42	1.83	4.84	4.20	1.70	1.53	0.95

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	350	393	128	38	11-2	25-5	81-23	1.12	0.37	0.38	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	373	203	336	31	5-3	13-21	32-69	0.54	0.90	0.57	0.34

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