Kawahira1-6 at Hokkaido Curling Championships

Japan

SKIP
Harunobu
Kawahira

Third
Haruto
Nakamori

Second
Ryouta
Watanabe

Lead
Syouta
Tsuchiya

Games:	7
Record:	1W - 6L
PF/G:	5.92
PA/G:	10.20
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.13

Harunobu Kawahira (Japan) finished 1-6 in the 8 team Hokkaido Curling Championships qualifying round, held January 12 - 17 in , . In their opening game, Kawahira lost 9-6 to Masaki Ishikawa (Japan), droppimg another game, 6-5 to Toa Nakahara (Japan). Kawahira lost 7-2 to Yuya Takigahira (Japan). Kawahira lost 8-4 to Go Aoki (Sapporo, JPN) where Kawahira responded with a 9-3 win over Ryouichi Saitou (Japan). Kawahira went on to lose 8-2 against Kohsuke Hirata (Japan). Kawahira lost 9-1 to Naoki Kanazawa (Japan) in their final qualifying round match.

Kawahira earned 0.225 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 25 of the event schedule, Kawahira did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kawahira 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
2022	1	6	0	0.143	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	49	29	50	5.92	10.20	-4.29	3.67	5.92	1.61	1.72	0.41

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	25	22	16	1	0-0	1-2	5-3	0.88	0.64	0.25	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	24	7	34	1	0-0	2-5	0-4	0.29	1.42	0.55	0.13

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