CHAMPION: Japan's Miori Nakamura Wins 2022 Tohuku Curling Championships

Japan

Fourth
Misaki
Tanaka

SKIP
Miori
Nakamura

Second
Haruka
Kihira

Lead
Emiko
Koyama

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	11.54
PA/G:	3.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.80
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Japan's Miori Nakamura won 8-2 over Japan's Shizuko Funaki in the Final of the Tohuku Curling Championships, held January 8 - 10, 2022 in Tohoku, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Japan's Miori Nakamura won 11-3 over Japan's Mei Shimohori in the semifinals of the 2022 Tohuku Curling Championships in Tohoku, Japan;

Japan's Miori Nakamura finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Miori Nakamura defeated Japan's Mizuho Kumagai 14-0, then won 7-5 against Japan's Arisa Funaki and 5-3 against Japan's Juri Ojima in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tohuku Curling Championships Championship title, Japan's Miori Nakamura earned 4.500 world rankings points. Japan's Miori Nakamura move up 49 spots after posting a net gain of 3.496 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 166th overall with 5.504 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Japan's Miori Nakamura ranks 145th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.500 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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