Japan's Junpei Kanda Runner-Up at 2016 Japan Curling Championships

SKIP
Junpei
Kanda

Third
Naoki
Iwanaga

Second
Shota
Iino

Lead
Shotaro
Hashimoto

Japan's Junpei Kanda lost 6-3 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Japan Curling Championships, held February 7 - 13, 2016 in Aomori, Japan.

Japan's Junpei Kanda finished 7-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Junpei Kanda defeated Gaku Suzuki (Sapporo, JPN) 8-5, then won 10-1 against Japan's Ryo Wakabayashi and 7-2 against Kanya Shimizun (Furano, JPN). Japan's Junpei Kanda won 12-3 against Minoru Kusaka (Aomori, JPN). Japan's Junpei Kanda went on to lose 11-3 against Morozumi. Japan's Junpei Kanda responded with a 8-7 win over Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Japan's Junpei Kanda won 10-4 against Japan's Ryo Ogihara, then won 6-5 against Yasumoto Natsuizaka (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Japan Curling Championships, Japan's Junpei Kanda take home 10.973 world rankings points, moving up 106 spots the World Ranking Standings into 184th place overall with 18.035 total points. Japan's Junpei Kanda ranks 152nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.569 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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