Kota Onodera (Tokyo, JPN) lost
4-3 to
Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Onodera won
11-5 over
Ken Kanai (Kanagawa, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Kanto Curling Championships in Kanto, Japan;
Onodera finished 2-1 in the 8 team
Kanto Curling Championships qualifying round, held January 14 - 16, 2022 in , . In their opening game, Onodera lost
12-4 to
Kanda, then responded with a
13-3 win over
Taikan Mutoh (Yamanashi, JPN). Onodera won
9-2 against
Kenji Komoda (Chiba, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Kanto Curling Championships, Onodera take home
3.300 world rankings points. For week 25 of the event schedule, Onodera did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Onodera ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
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