Hirata Reaches 2024 KW Fall Classic Quarters

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Kohsuke
Hirata

Third
Shingo
Usui

Second
Ryota
Meguro

Lead
Yoshiya
Miura

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	8.10
PA/G:	6.90
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) qualified for the 2024 KW Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN).

Hirata finished 3-2 in the 19-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata defeated Rob Ainsley (Toronto, ON) 7-1, then won 7-2 against Kibo Mulima (Waterloo, ON). Hirata went on to lose 7-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Hirata lost 8-5 to Mark Kean (Oakville, ON) where Hirata responded with a 5-4 win over Daniel Hocevar (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Hirata earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the KW Fall Classic. For week 8 of the event schedule, Hirata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hirata 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: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella , Ryan Fry
Trentino, ITA
2024: John Epping
John Epping, Jake Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan
Toronto, ON
2023: Alex Champ
Alex Champ, Charlie Richard, DJ Ronaldson, Scott Clinton
Toronto, ON
2022: Michael Fournier
Michael Fournier, Kevin Flewwelling, Sean Harrison, Zander Elmes
Toronto, ON
2021: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle , Greg Drummond
Stirling, SCO
2020: Paul Moffatt
Paul Moffatt, Ben Shane, John Gabel, Kyle Forster
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2019: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN
2018: Alexey Timofeev
Alexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Artem Shmakov, Sergei Glukhov
St. Petersburg, RUS
2017: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Jeff Wanless, Joey Hart, David Hart
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2016: Richard Krell
Richard Krell, Evan Lilly, Jonah Mondloch, Robert Currie
Waterloo, ON
2015: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Xiao Ming Xu
Harbin, CHN
2014: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Scott Brandon, Shane Konings
London, ON
2013: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Connor Duhaime, Simon Barrick
London, ON
2012: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Travis Fanset, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2011: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
Guelph, ON
2010: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Chris Ciasnocha, Tyler Morgan, Jamie Farnell
Kingston, ON
2009: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Bradford, ON
2008: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Churchill, ON

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