Yoshimura7-1 at ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Kaho
Onodera

Lead
Anna
Ohmiya

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.05
PA/G:	5.14
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) finished 7-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated Kai Tsuchiya (Miyota, JPN) 7-4, then won 12-2 against Yumi Suzuki (Tokyo, JPN) and 7-5 against Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN). Yoshimura won 10-4 against Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN), then won 11-4 against Kohane Tsuruga (Sapporo, JPN). Yoshimura went on to lose 7-6 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Yoshimura responded with a 6-5 win over Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Yoshimura won 8-7 against Tabata in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship Championship title, Yoshimura earned 45.000 world rankings points. Yoshimura move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 34.5 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 10th overall with 227.750 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Yoshimura ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 227.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	62	38	0	0.620	10-4	7-5	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	772	598	478	7.75	6.19	1.55	4.70	4.20	1.65	1.48	1.10

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	375	441	110	39	10-3	28-2	94-19	1.18	0.29	0.39	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	397	157	368	46	3-2	10-21	23-73	0.40	0.93	0.61	0.26

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