Japan's Tsuyoshi Sukekawa Runner-Up at 2022 Tohuku Curling Championships

Fourth
Atsuho
Takahashi

Third
Yuki
Murakami

SKIP
Tsuyoshi
Sukekawa

Lead
Yuki
Asanuma

Japan's Tsuyoshi Sukekawa lost 9-3 to Japan's Juon Ishimura in the Final of the Tohuku Curling Championships, held January 8 - 10, 2022 in Tohoku, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Japan's Tsuyoshi Sukekawa won 9-5 over Japan's Kenji Tomabechi in the semifinals

Japan's Tsuyoshi Sukekawa finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Tsuyoshi Sukekawa defeated Japan's Yasuhiro Sano 9-3, then won 7-3 against Japan's Yuuji Nakata and 10-5 against Japan's Toshiaki Takahashi. Japan's Tsuyoshi Sukekawa won 5-3 against Japan's Juon Ishimura in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Tohuku Curling Championships, Japan's Tsuyoshi Sukekawa take home 5.363 world rankings points, moving up 314 spots the World Ranking Standings into 242nd place overall with 5.363 total points. Japan's Tsuyoshi Sukekawa ranks 210th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.363 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	5	1	0	0.833	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
2022	46	43	28	9.35	6.09	3.26	5.00	3.91	1.87	1.56	1.09

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	22	31	4	0	0-0	5-0	3-0	1.41	0.18	0.36	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	24	12	24	5	1-1	1-1	1-4	0.50	1.00	0.57	0.21

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