CHAMPION: Aoki Wins 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships

SKIP
Go
Aoki

Third
Koki
Ogiwara

Second
Kazushi
Niino

Lead
Ayato
Sasaki

Go Aoki (Sapporo, JPN) won 6-3 over Kohsuke Hirata (Japan) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Aoki won 6-3 over Masaki Ishikawa (Japan) in the semifinals of the 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships in Hokkaido, Japan;

Aoki finished 5-2 in the 8 team Hokkaido Curling Championships qualifying round, held January 12 - 17, 2022 in , . In their opening game, Aoki defeated Yuya Takigahira (Japan) 6-4, then won 10-1 against Ryouichi Saitou (Japan). Aoki went on to lose 5-4 against Ishikawa. Aoki responded with a 8-4 win over Harunobu Kawahira (Japan). Aoki won 6-3 against Toa Nakahara (Japan), then won 8-3 against Naoki Kanazawa (Japan). Aoki went on to lose 7-1 against Hirata in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Hokkaido Curling Championships Championship title, Aoki earned 4.500 world rankings points, moving up 127 spots the World Ranking Standings into 240th place overall with 5.662 total points. Aoki ranks 222nd 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
2022	8	2	0	0.800	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	77	66	36	8.57	4.68	3.90	5.06	3.38	1.69	1.38	1.56

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	33	39	7	6	0-0	4-1	9-0	1.18	0.21	0.48	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	44	27	29	6	0-0	3-0	4-8	0.61	0.66	0.62	0.39

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