Takeda2-3 at Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Nayoro, Japan

SKIP
Naomasa
Takeda

Third
Tsutomu
Itagaki

Second
Tetsuo
Yamaguchi

Lead
Akira
Takeda

Games:	6
Record:	2W - 2L (2T)
PF/G:	7.67
PA/G:	6.74
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.37
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) finished 2-3 in the 12 team Obihiro ICE Gold Cup qualifying round, held September 20 - 22 in , . In their opening game, Takeda lost 7-6 to Takimi Maeda (Kitami, JPN), droppimg another game, 5-5 to Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN). Takeda lost 4-4 to Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) where Takeda responded with a 7-1 win over Tsubasa Nakagawa (Obihiro, JPN). Takeda won 7-4 against Kantaro Kawano (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Takeda ranks 74th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.448 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	2	2	2	0.500	0-0	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
2020	43	33	29	7.67	6.74	0.93	4.65	4.19	1.65	1.61	1.16

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	19	20	12	1	0-0	3-1	3-3	1.05	0.63	0.33	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	24	13	17	4	0-0	1-1	2-4	0.54	0.71	0.55	0.38

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