CHAMPION: Matsumura/Tanida Wins 2024 Japanese Mixed Doubles National Championship

Games:	11
Record:	9W - 2L
PF/G:	10.49
PA/G:	5.85
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano, JPN) won 9-2 over Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Yamanasshi, JPN) in the Final of the Japanese Mixed Doubles National Championship, held December 2 - 8, 2024 at the Wakkanai Curling Club in Wakkanai, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura/Tanida won 8-5 over Ikue Kitazawa/Shingo Usui (Nagano, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2024 Japanese Mixed Doubles National Championship in Wakkanai, Japan;

Matsumura/Tanida finished 7-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura/Tanida defeated Yuina Miura/Ayato Sasaki (Sapporo, JPN) 10-2, then won 8-5 against Mizuki Hara/Kazushi Niino (Sapporo, JPN) and 6-4 against Kohane Tsuruga/Yuki Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Matsumura/Tanida won 7-4 against Yumiko Kashiwagi/Koji Nisato (Nagano, JPN), then won 9-1 against Kai Tsuchiya/Kohei Okamura (Tokyo, JPN). Matsumura/Tanida went on to lose 5-4 against Kitazawa/Usui. Matsumura/Tanida lost 7-6 to Koana/Aoki where Matsumura/Tanida responded with a 7-6 win over Miyu Ueno/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN). Matsumura/Tanida won 12-7 against Moka Tanaka/Koei Sato (Morioka, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Japanese Mixed Doubles National Championship Championship title, Matsumura/Tanida earned 26.250 world rankings points. For week 19 of the event schedule, Matsumura/Tanida did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 6th place on the World Ranking Standings with 123.428 total points. Matsumura/Tanida ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 68.128 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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