2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup
Host cityWakkanai, Japan
ArenaWakkanai City Midori Sports Park
DatesAugust 10–13
Men's winner Team Morozumi
Curling clubKaruizawa CC, Karuizawa
SkipYusuke Morozumi
ThirdYuta Matsumura
SecondRyotaro Shukuya
LeadMasaki Iwai
AlternateKosuke Morozumi
Finalist Hayato Sato
Women's winner Team Yoshimura
Curling clubHokkaido Bank CS, Sapporo
SkipYuna Kotani
ThirdKaho Onodera
SecondAnna Ohmiya
LeadMina Kobayashi
AlternateSayaka Yoshimura
CoachYumie Funayama
Finalist Kohane Tsuruga
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The 2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup was held from August 10 to 13 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan.[1] It was the third tour event of the 2023–24 curling season and the second event of the Hokkaido Curling Tour. The total purse for the event was ¥ 1,700,000 on both the men's and women's sides.[2][3]

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[4][5]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth) Haruto Ouchi Shinya Abe (Skip) Sota Tsuruga Makoto Tsuruga Sapporo
Kohsuke Hirata Shingo Usui Ryota Meguro Yoshiya Miura Kosuke Aita Kitami
Juon Ishimura (Fourth) Youn Ishimura (Skip) Yuto Nakagawa Shunki Kudo Aomori
Kantaro Kawano Kazuki Matsuoka Shun Takahashi Genji Ohara Keita Nishizawa Sapporo
Takumi Maeda Asei Nakahara Uryu Kamikawa –[a] Kitami
Yusuke Morozumi Yuta Matsumura Ryotaro Shukuya Masaki Iwai Kosuke Morozumi Karuizawa
Go Aoki (Fourth) Hayato Sato (Skip) Kouki Ogiwara Kazushi Nino Ayato Sasaki Sapporo
Riku Yanagisawa Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Takeru Yamamoto Satoshi Koizumi Karuizawa

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L W–L PF PA DSC
Riku Yanagisawa 3 0 – 31 9 28.34
Takumi Maeda 1 2 1–1 20 17 39.94
Shinya Abe 1 2 1–1 15 21 44.48
Youn Ishimura 1 2 1–1 9 28 116.38
Pool B W L W–L PF PA DSC
Yusuke Morozumi 3 0 – 22 13 30.12
Hayato Sato 2 1 – 19 19 17.22
Kohsuke Hirata 1 2 – 21 14 20.38
Kantaro Kawano 0 3 – 10 26 33.76

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[7][8]

Draw 1

Thursday, August 10, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Takumi Maeda (has hammer) 2 1 1 2 2 3 X X 11
Youn Ishimura 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Riku Yanagisawa (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 X 9
Shinya Abe 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hayato Sato (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7
Kohsuke Hirata 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yusuke Morozumi 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 X 8
Kantaro Kawano (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3

Draw 3

Friday, August 11, 10:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Kohsuke Hirata 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
Yusuke Morozumi (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hayato Sato (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7
Kantaro Kawano 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Youn Ishimura 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2
Riku Yanagisawa (has hammer) 3 2 0 3 0 3 X X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Takumi Maeda (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 5
Shinya Abe 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 6

Draw 5

Friday, August 11, 5:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Riku Yanagisawa 0 1 6 0 0 0 4 X 11
Takumi Maeda (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yusuke Morozumi 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 8
Hayato Sato (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Shinya Abe (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6
Youn Ishimura 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kantaro Kawano 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Kohsuke Hirata (has hammer) 2 0 4 1 2 2 X X 11

Playoffs

Source:[9]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Riku Yanagisawa 5
B2 Hayato Sato 6
B2 Hayato Sato 6
B1 Yusuke Morozumi 9
B1 Yusuke Morozumi 5
A2 Takumi Maeda 4 Third place game
A1 Riku Yanagisawa 8
A2 Takumi Maeda 4

Semifinals

Saturday, August 12, 2:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Riku Yanagisawa (has hammer) 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 5
Hayato Sato 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Yusuke Morozumi (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
Takumi Maeda 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4

Third place game

Sunday, August 13, 10:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Riku Yanagisawa (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 X 8
Takumi Maeda 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 4

Final

Sunday, August 13, 10:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hayato Sato 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 6
Yusuke Morozumi (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 9

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[5][10]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Kana Ogawa Mizuki Saito Mika Okuyama Rimu Maruyama[b] Sapporo
Ai Matsunaga Yuna Sakuma Ayana Oikawa[c] –[d] Nayoro
Misaki Tanaka (Fourth) Miori Nakamura (Skip) Haruka Kihara –[e] Aomori
Akari Hashimoto (Fourth) Kotone Suzuki Minami Nakao (Skip) Aira Inada Moka Tanaka Sapporo
Honoka Sasaki Mari Motohashi Miki Hayashi Mayumi Saito Yako Matsuzawa Kitami
Aone Nakamura (Fourth) Natsuki Sato (Skip) Himari Ichiyama Hiori Ichiyama Misako Kawahira Obihiro
Kohane Tsuruga Ayami Ito Mikoto Nakajima Suzune Yasui Sapporo
Yuna Kotani[f] Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi Sayaka Yoshimura[f] Sapporo

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[11]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L W–L PF PA DSC
Kohane Tsuruga 2 1 1–1 20 11 27.86
Honoka Sasaki 2 1 1–1 21 16 78.34
Miori Nakamura 2 1 1–1 16 17 86.36
Minami Nakao 0 3 – 11 24 65.52
Pool B W L W–L PF PA DSC
Team Yoshimura 3 0 – 30 7 20.18
Team Minami 1 2 1–1 13 15 39.18
Natsuki Sato 1 2 1–1 12 21 83.54
Team Miura 1 2 1–1 11 23 85.20

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[8][12]

Draw 2

Thursday, August 10, 5:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Honoka Sasaki 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4
Kohane Tsuruga (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minami Nakao (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 X 5
Miori Nakamura 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Natsuki Sato 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Team Minami (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Miura 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2
Team Yoshimura (has hammer) 2 1 3 1 0 3 0 X 10

Draw 4

Friday, August 11, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Minami (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 5
Team Miura 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Natsuki Sato 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2
Team Yoshimura (has hammer) 0 5 0 3 4 1 X X 13
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kohane Tsuruga (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 X 8
Minami Nakao 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Honoka Sasaki 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 8
Miori Nakamura (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4

Draw 6

Saturday, August 12, 10:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minami Nakao 0 2 0 1 0 1 X X 4
Honoka Sasaki (has hammer) 2 0 4 0 3 0 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Miura 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3
Natsuki Sato (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Miori Nakamura 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 5
Kohane Tsuruga (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Yoshimura (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 X 7
Team Minami 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3

Playoffs

Source:[13]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Kohane Tsuruga 9
B2 Team Minami 1
A1 Kohane Tsuruga 3
B1 Team Yoshimura 8
B1 Team Yoshimura 8
A2 Honoka Sasaki 6 Third place game
B2 Team Minami 2
A2 Honoka Sasaki 7

Semifinals

Saturday, August 12, 5:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kohane Tsuruga 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 X 9
Team Minami (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Team Yoshimura 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 8
Honoka Sasaki (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 6

Third place game

Sunday, August 13, 2:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Minami (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2
Honoka Sasaki 0 1 2 2 2 0 X X 7

Final

Sunday, August 13, 2:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kohane Tsuruga (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 3
Team Yoshimura 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 X 8

Notes

  1. ^ Team Maeda played with three players.
  2. ^ Rimu Maruyama spared for Mayu Minami. She played lead while the rest of the team each moved up a position in the lineup.
  3. ^ Ayana Oikawa spared on Team Miura.
  4. ^ Team Miura played with three players
  5. ^ Team Nakamura played with three players.
  6. ^ a b As skip Sayaka Yoshimura was on maternity leave, the rest of the team moved up the lineup a position. Yoshimura was listed as the alternate on the roster, however.

References

  1. ^ "Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup 2023". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Men's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Women's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "Men's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Teams List". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "Men's Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  7. ^ "Men's Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Schedule". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  9. ^ "Men's Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  10. ^ "Women's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  11. ^ "Women's Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  12. ^ "Women's Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  13. ^ "Women's Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
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