Minami Runner-Up at 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Mayu
Minami

Third
Kana
Ogawa

Second
Suzune
Yasui

Lead
Momo
Kaneta

Games:	9
Record:	8W - 1L
PF/G:	8.49
PA/G:	5.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) lost 9-6 to Momoha Tabata (Japan) in the Final

Minami finished 7-0 in the 8 team Hokkaido Curling Championships qualifying round, held January 12 - 17, 2022 in , . In their opening game, Minami defeated Mizuki Tmura (Japan) 5-4, then won 7-5 against Yuuna Takahashi (Nayoro, JPN) and 9-5 against Momono Shirahata (Kitami, JPN). Minami won 8-5 against Mari Motohashi (Kitami, JPN), then won 7-2 against Azuki Akimoto (Sapporo, JPN) and 6-2 against Tabata. Minami won 7-5 against Miyu Tanaka (Obihiro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Hokkaido Curling Championships, Minami take home 3.713 world rankings points. For week 25 of the event schedule, Minami did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Minami 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	8	1	0	0.889	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	73	62	42	8.49	5.75	2.74	4.38	3.97	1.94	1.45	1.64

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	40	55	5	9	3-0	3-0	12-1	1.38	0.13	0.58	0.10

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	33	7	37	3	0-0	1-2	0-8	0.21	1.12	0.60	0.15

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