CHAMPION: Japan's Juon Ishimura Wins 2022 Tohuku Curling Championships

Japan

SKIP
Juon
Ishimura

Third
Yuto
Nakagawa

Second
Youn
Ishimura

Lead
Genta
Kaimori

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	13.41
PA/G:	3.64
Hammer Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Japan's Juon Ishimura won 9-3 over Japan's Tsuyoshi Sukekawa in the Final of the Tohuku Curling Championships, held January 8 - 10, 2022 in Tohoku, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Japan's Juon Ishimura won 13-3 over Japan's Minori Suzuki in the semifinals of the 2022 Tohuku Curling Championships in Tohoku, Japan;

Japan's Juon Ishimura finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Juon Ishimura defeated Japan's Toshiaki Takahashi 13-1, then won 9-1 against Japan's Yuuji Nakata and 12-3 against Japan's Yasuhiro Sano. Japan's Juon Ishimura went on to lose 5-3 against Japan's Tsuyoshi Sukekawa in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tohuku Curling Championships Championship title, Japan's Juon Ishimura earned 7.313 world rankings points. Japan's Juon Ishimura move up 191 spots after posting a net gain of 7.053 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 221st overall with 7.573 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Japan's Juon Ishimura ranks 192nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.313 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	8	6	0	0.571	3-2	0-3	0-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	112	100	67	8.93	5.98	2.95	4.46	4.20	2.00	1.43	1.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	58	73	15	9	5-0	5-0	8-1	1.26	0.26	0.37	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	54	27	52	6	2-0	2-5	2-9	0.50	0.96	0.58	0.28

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