Kanai5-0 at 2019 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Asuka
Kanai

Third
Ami
Enami

Second
Miyu
Ueno

Lead
Mone
Ryokawa

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	10.82
PA/G:	4.90
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.53

Asuka Kanai (Nagano, JPN) finished 5-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanai defeated Yuri Suzuki (Obihiro, JPN) 8-0, then won 10-5 against Miki Hayashi (Sapporo, JPN) and 9-2 against Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN). Kanai won 9-2 against Minami, then won 5-3 against Misaki Tanaka (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kanai earned 5.354 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup, moving up 19 spots the World Ranking Standings into 145th place overall with 13.517 total points. Kanai ranks 63rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.354 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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