CHAMPION: Karagoz Wins 2023 Belgium Men's Challenger

Erzurum, Turkiye

SKIP
Ugurcan
Karagoz

Third
Muhhamet Haydar
Demirel

Second
Muhammed Zeki
Ucan

Lead
Orhun
Yuce

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	13.40
PA/G:	5.74
Hammer Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.54

Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR) won 11-8 over ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in the Final of the Belgium Men's Challenger, held January 26 - 29, 2023 in Zemst, Belgium. To advance to the championship game, Karagoz won 8-6 over Hertman in the semifinals of the 2023 Belgium Men's Challenger in Zemst, Belgium; and won 8-6 over PaweÅ Hertman (Gliwice, POL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Belgium Men's Challenger in Zemst, Belgium;

Karagoz finished 4-0 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Karagoz defeated Sebastiaan Dalle (Zemst, BEL) 10-3, then won 9-2 against Simon Spits (Zoetermeer, NED) and 8-1 against Hertman. Karagoz won 9-1 against Jeong in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Belgium Men's Challenger Championship title, Karagoz earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $1,753CDN first prize cheque. For week 26 of the event schedule, Karagoz did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Karagoz 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

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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