Bronze for Hirata at ADVICS Cup

SKIP
Kohsuke
Hirata

Third
Shingo
Usui

Second
Koei
Sato

Lead
Ryota
Meguro

Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) won 7-6 over Koki Ogiwara (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan. of the ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan; Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) won 7-6 over Koki Ogiwara (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan. After receiving a bye through the quarterfinals, Hirata lost 6-5 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan; of the ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan;

Hirata finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata defeated Yuichi Tadokoro (Kitami, JPN) 7-4, then won 9-3 against Kenji Takamatsu (Sapporo, JPN) and 7-3 against Ogiwara. Hirata went on to lose 5-4 against Abe in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the ADVICS Cup, Hirata earn 10.800 world rankings points and 1409CDN. For week 5 of the event schedule, Hirata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 42nd place on the World Ranking Standings with 71.725 total points. Hirata ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.100 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	14	8	0	0.636	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	162	137	101	8.46	6.23	2.22	4.51	4.51	1.88	1.38	0.99

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	82	108	23	5	4-0	10-0	18-2	1.32	0.28	0.42	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	80	29	78	11	1-1	1-1	7-21	0.36	0.98	0.56	0.21

2025: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2023: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Haruto Ouchi, Shinya Abe, Sota Tsuruga, Makoto Tsuruga, Makoto Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
2022: Hayato Sato
Go Aoki, Hayato Sato, Koki Ogiwara, Kazushi Niino, Ayato Sasaki, Takayuki Doi
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN

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