Akimoto1-6 at Hokkaido Curling Championships

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Azuki
Akimoto

Third
Natsuko
Ishiyama

Second
Miho
Honnma

Lead
Chika
Kudou

Games:	7
Record:	1W - 6L
PF/G:	4.91
PA/G:	8.87
Hammer Efficiency:	0.14
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Azuki Akimoto (Sapporo, JPN) finished 1-6 in the 8 team Hokkaido Curling Championships qualifying round, held January 12 - 17 in , . In their opening game, Akimoto lost 7-1 to Momoha Tabata (Japan), droppimg another game, 6-5 to Mari Motohashi (Kitami, JPN). Akimoto lost 11-3 to Yuuna Takahashi (Nayoro, JPN) where Akimoto responded with a 5-3 win over Miyu Tanaka (Obihiro, JPN). Akimoto went on to lose 7-2 against Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN). Akimoto lost 6-5 to Mizuki Tmura (Japan). Akimoto lost 7-5 to Momono Shirahata (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Akimoto earned 0.253 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 25 of the event schedule, Akimoto did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Akimoto 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	53	26	47	4.91	8.87	-3.96	3.96	4.72	1.24	1.88	1.32

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	22	17	15	0	0-1	0-1	3-1	0.77	0.68	0.14	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	31	9	32	7	0-0	0-4	2-7	0.29	1.03	0.35	0.23

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