Funaki/Kamada Finishes Fourth at Obihiro Spring Cup

Games:	7
Record:	3W - 4L
PF/G:	7.64
PA/G:	8.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Arisa Funaki/Yuto Kamada (Aomori, JPN) lost 7-5 to Wakaba Matsuda/Shunya Matsuda (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the Obihiro Spring Cup in Obihiro, Japan. of the Obihiro Spring Cup in Obihiro, Japan; Arisa Funaki/Yuto Kamada (Aomori, JPN) lost 7-5 to Wakaba Matsuda/Shunya Matsuda (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the Obihiro Spring Cup in Obihiro, Japan. Funaki/Kamada lost 6-5 to Miyu Ueno/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the Obihiro Spring Cup in Obihiro, Japan;

Funaki/Kamada finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Funaki/Kamada defeated Tomoko Takeda/Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) 11-3, then went on to lose 10-1 against Moka Tanaka/Koei Sato (Obihiro, JPN). Funaki/Kamada responded with a 7-6 win over Hikari Yoshino/Ayumu Ohta (Obihiro, JPN). Funaki/Kamada won 6-5 against Aone Nakamura/Hinata Michitani (Sapporo, JPN). Funaki/Kamada went on to lose 8-7 against Yuri Suzuki/Kazushi Niino (Obihiro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Obihiro Spring Cup, Funaki/Kamada take home 3.200 world rankings points along with 500CDN. Funaki/Kamada gained 3.938 points improving upon their best 1 events, though dropped 134 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 134thplace overall with 3.938 total points. Funaki/Kamada ranks 311th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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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