Park Runner-Up at 2019 ADVICS Cup

SKIP
Jongduk
Park

Third
Yoonho
Nam

Second
Minhyeon
Yoo

Lead
Jeongmin
Kim

Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR) lost 7-6 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the ADVICS Cup, held August 9 - 12, 2019 in Kitami, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Park won 7-5 over Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2019 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan;

Park finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Park defeated Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) 8-3, then won 6-5 against Morozumi and 4-2 against Naomasa Takeda (Sapporo, JPN). Park won 6-5 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ADVICS Cup, Park take home 21.182 world rankings points along with the $6,248CDN prize, moving up 46 spots the World Ranking Standings into 79th place overall with 46.066 total points. Park ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.838 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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