[[2:25.3000]] Kitazawa Runner-Up at 2026 Karuizawa International

Karuizawa International

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M: Baden Masters
Baden, SUI
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 7 -- Fri, Aug 14 -- 8:30pm CET
Schwaller  
Ramsfjell  
Retornaz  
Jermann  
Brunner  
Waddell  
W: Curling1spoon Elite 8
Uiseong, KOR
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 2 -- 8:00am CET
Park 8  Final
Kang 7  (8)
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Kitazawa Runner-Up at 2026 Karuizawa International

Mar 12 - 15, 2026

Nagano, Japan
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SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa
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Third
Seina
Nakajima
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Second
Minori
Suzuki
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Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka
  
Games: 5  
Record: 4W - 1L  
PF/G: 9.68  
PA/G: 4.52  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.42  
Steal Defense: 0.15  
Force Efficiency: 0.88  
Steal Efficiency: 0.50  
Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) lost 7-3 to Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held March 12 - 15, 2026 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Kitazawa won 6-1 over Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2026 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan, Japan;
 
Kitazawa are currently . In their opening game, Kitazawa plays Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) on Friday at 3am and Aoi Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) at 10:30pm and Aoi Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) at 10:30pm.
 
With their runner-up finish at the Karuizawa International, Kitazawa take home 25.300 world rankings points along with the $3,437CDN prize. Kitazawa move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 13.825 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 189.525 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kitazawa ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 189.525 points earned so far this season.
 

Statistics

 RECORD W L T PCT HMR STL 1PT EEH EES 
 2026 55 37 0 0.598 4-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 
 SCORING ENDs PF PA PF/G PA/G +/- EF/G EA/G PF/E PA/E BE/G 
 2026 661 546 443 8.26 6.70 1.56 4.95 4.13 1.67 1.62 0.92 
 WITH HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E HE SD 
 2026 320 380 88 37 7-2 23-3 87-13 1.19 0.28 0.41 0.19 
 WITHOUT HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E FE SE 
 2026 341 166 355 24 6-11 10-18 20-64 0.49 1.04 0.56 0.31 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  2 vs. Tabata (JPN) - WTR:11 Mar 13, 03:00am ET
  4 vs. Watanabe (JPN) - WTR:123 Mar 13, 10:30pm ET
  5 vs. Sasaki (JPN) - WTR:115 Mar 14, 02:00am ET

Curling Scores

M: Baden Masters
Baden, SUI
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 7 -- Fri, Aug 14 -- 8:30pm CET
Schwaller  
Ramsfjell  
Retornaz  
Jermann  
Brunner  
Waddell  
W: Curling1spoon Elite 8
Uiseong, KOR
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 2 -- 8:00am CET
Park 8  Final
Kang 7  (8)
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