Kawamura Runner-Up at 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Obihiro, Japan

SKIP
Wakaba
Matsuda

Third
Moeko
Tanaka

Second
Touko
Kanaka

Lead
Hasebe
Tsuneno

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	7.69
PA/G:	4.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.14
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.57

Wakaba Kawamura (Obihiro, JPN) lost 6-4 to Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup, held June 7 - 9, 2024 in Obihiro, Japan. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Kawamura won 8-3 over Moeka Kakagawa (Obihiro, JPN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup in Obihiro, Japan; of the 2024 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup in Obihiro, Japan;

Kawamura finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kawamura defeated Yuri Suzuki (Obihiro, JPN) 7-2, then won 6-2 against Nana Noguchi (Kitami, JPN) and 5-4 against Tabata in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup, Kawamura take home 5.500 world rankings points along with the $1,396CDN prize. For week 1 of the event schedule, Kawamura did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kawamura 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

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