CHAMPION: Kanda Wins 2022 Kanto Curling Championships

Tokyo, Japan

SKIP
Junpei
Kanda

Third
Hiromu
Otani

Second
Kizuki
Ryokawa

Lead
Shotaro
Hashimoto

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	11.11
PA/G:	4.44
Hammer Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) won 4-3 over Kota Onodera (Tokyo, JPN) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Kanda won 9-3 over Ryo Ogihara (Tokyo, JPN) in the semifinals

Kanda finished 3-0 in the 8 team Kanto Curling Championships qualifying round, held January 14 - 16, 2022 in , . In their opening game, Kanda defeated Onodera 12-4, then won 7-3 against Kenji Komoda (Chiba, JPN) and 8-3 against Taikan Mutoh (Yamanashi, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Kanto Curling Championships Championship title, Kanda earned 4.500 world rankings points. For week 25 of the event schedule, Kanda did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kanda ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	0	0	1.000	2-0	3-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	36	40	16	11.11	4.44	6.67	5.28	3.06	2.11	1.45	1.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	15	23	0	4	1-0	3-0	3-0	1.53	0.00	0.64	0.00

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	21	17	16	2	1-0	1-1	3-3	0.81	0.76	0.64	0.38

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