2011 Karuizawa International Curling Championship

2011 Karuizawa International
Curling Championship
Host cityKaruizawa, Nagano
ArenaSCAP Karuizawa Arena
DatesJanuary 26-30
Men's winner Japan
SkipYusuke Morozumi
ThirdTsuyoshi Yamaguchi
SecondTetsuro Shimizu
LeadKosuke Morozumi
Finalist United States
Women's winner Canada
SkipJennifer Jones
ThirdKaitlyn Lawes
SecondJill Officer
LeadDawn Askin
Finalist Japan

The 2011 Karuizawa International Curling Championship was held from January 26-30 at the SCAP Karuizawa Arena in Karuizawa, Japan. The bonspiel featured eight men's and women's teams (five foreign teams and three Japanese teams) playing in a round robin format. The top four teams of each gender played in a single-elimination round to determine the winners.

Men's

Teams

Regions Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
Foreign
Berths
 Canada Ted Appelman Tom Appelman Brendan Melnyk Brandon Klassen Adam Enright
 Norway Joakim Suther Henrik Holth Jan Erik Hansen Eirik Kristensen
 United States Tyler George Christopher Plys Rich Ruohonen Phill Drobnick
 South Korea Lee Dong-keun Kim Soo-hyuk Kim Tae-hwan Nam Yoon-hoo
 China Ji Yansong Chen Lu'an Li Guangxu Liang Shuming
Japanese
Berths
 Japan National Team Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi
 Japan Selection Team Hiroshi Tsuruga Yuki Hayashi Tsuyoshi Wakabayashi Eiji Obata Masatoshi Fukuoka
Japan Nagano Selection Team Nagao Tsuchiya Yoshiike Yamato Keita Sato Yuichi Kajiwara Motoaki Kimoto

Standings

Region Skip W L
 Canada Ted Appelman 6 1
 South Korea Lee Dong-keun 6 1
 United States Tyler George 5 2
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 4 3
 Japan Selection Hiroshi Tsuruga 3 4
 China Ji Yansong 2 5
Japan Nagano Selection Nagao Tsuchiya 1 5
 Norway Joakim Suther 0 6

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Wednesday, January 26, 13:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Tsuruga) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X 2
 China (Ji) 2 0 3 1 1 2 X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Dong) 1 1 2 2 1 1 X X 6
Japan Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0

Draw 2

Wednesday, January 26, 16:15

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 6
 United States (George) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Canada (Appelman) 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7
 Norway (Suther) (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 5

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 26, 19:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (George) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 5
 China (Ji) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Japan Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 6
 Japan Selection (Tsuruga) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 7

Draw 4

Thursday, January 27, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Suther) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Appelman) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
 South Korea (Dong) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 5

Draw 5

Thursday, January 27, 12:15

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (George) (has hammer) 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 X 8
 Japan Selection (Tsuruga) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
 Canada (Appelman) 0 1 3 3 3 0 4 X 14

Draw 6

Thursday, January 27, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Ji) 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 X 8
 Norway (Suther) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
 South Korea (Dong) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 7

Draw 7

Thursday, January 27, 18:45

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Japan Selection (Tsuruga) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5
 Canada (Appelman) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (George) 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 X 7
 Norway (Suther) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3

Draw 8

Friday, January 28, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 3
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Dong) 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5
 China (Ji) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

Draw 9

Friday, January 28, 12:15

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Tsuruga) (has hammer) 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 X 8
 Norway (Suther) 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Appelman) (has hammer) 3 3 0 1 0 1 X X 8
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 3

Draw 10

Friday, January 28, 15:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 South Korea (Dong) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
 United States (George) 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Ji) 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 8
Japan Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 9

Draw 11

Friday, January 28, 18:45

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Suther) 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
 South Korea (Dong) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 7
 Japan Selection (Tsuruga) 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 9

Draw 12

Saturday, January 29, 8:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Appelman) (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 2 X X 7
 China (Ji) 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
 United States (George) 0 0 3 0 4 2 0 X 9

Draw 13

Saturday, January 29, 11:15

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Japan Selection (Tsuruga) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 5
 South Korea (Dong) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Ji) 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 3
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 2 0 5 0 3 0 X X 10

Draw 14

Saturday, January 29, 14:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Suther) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Japan Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Appelman) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 X 6
 United States (George) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold Medal Final
      
1  Japan 6
4  South Korea 5
 Japan 8
 United States 3
3  United States 7
2  Canada 6 Bronze Medal Final
 South Korea 7
 Canada 4

Semifinals

Sunday, January 30, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
 South Korea (Dong) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (George) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
 Canada (Appelman) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6

Gold Medal Final

Sunday, January 30, 13:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 X X 8
 United States (George) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3

Bronze Medal Final

Sunday, January 30, 13:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Dong) (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 7
 Canada (Appelman) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4

Women's

Teams

Regions Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Foreign
Berths
 Canada Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jill Officer Dawn Askin
 Sweden Ditte Karlsson Mikael Törnkvist Frida Lideberg Joanna Lindahl
 United States Patti Lank Caitlin Moraldo Jessica Schultz Christina Schwartz
 South Korea Kim Ji-suk Jeong Jin-sook Kang You-ri Park Min-hee
 China Liu Jinli Huang Sining Zheng Chunmei Zhang Xindi
Japanese
Berths
 Japan National Team Satsuki Fujisawa Miyo Ichikawa Emi Shimizu Miyuki Satoh
 Japan Selection Team Kai Tsuchiya Mina Ichibori Kie Igarashi Erika Otani Mikiko Tsuchiya
Japan Nagano Selection Team Nagisa Matsumura Yukako Tsuchiya Aiko Iwasaki Mitsuki Satoh Chiemi Kameyama

Standings

Region Skip W L
 Canada Jennifer Jones 7 0
 United States Patti Lank 6 1
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 4 3
 South Korea Kim Ji-suk 3 4
 China Liu Jinli 3 4
 Japan Selection Kai Tsuchiya 2 5
 Sweden Ditte Karlsson 2 5
Japan Nagano Selection Nagisa Matsumara 1 6

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Wednesday, January 26, 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Nagano Selection (Matsumara) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 7
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3

Draw 2

Wednesday, January 26, 16:15

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Tsuchiya) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4
 United States (Lank) 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Karlsson) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
 Canada (Jones) 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 11

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 26, 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Lank) (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 X 7
 China (Liu) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 X 7
Japan Nagano Selection (Matsumara) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3

Draw 4

Thursday, January 27, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Karlsson) 0 3 4 0 2 1 0 X 10
 Japan Selection (Tsuchiya) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Jones) (has hammer) 3 0 3 0 2 0 3 X 11
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 5

Draw 5

Thursday, January 27, 12:15

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) (has hammer) 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
 Canada (Jones) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Lank) (has hammer) 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 2 10
Japan Nagano Selection (Matsumara) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 5

Draw 6

Thursday, January 27, 15:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 X 7
 Sweden (Karlsson) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Tsuchiya) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 7
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3

Draw 7

Thursday, January 27, 18:45

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Nagano Selection (Matsumara) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Canada (Jones) (has hammer) 0 2 2 1 2 0 4 X 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Lank) 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 X 6
 Sweden (Karlsson) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1

Draw 8

Friday, January 28, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 8
 Japan Selection (Tsuchiya) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 7
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 5

Draw 9

Friday, January 28, 12:15

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Nagano Selection (Matsumara) (has hammer) 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 7
 Sweden (Karlsson) 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Jones) (has hammer) 3 0 3 1 2 0 4 X 13
 Japan Selection (Tsuchiya) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3

Draw 10

Friday, January 28, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 3
 United States (Lank) (has hammer) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
 Japan (Fujisawa) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 6

Draw 11

Friday, January 28, 18:45

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Karlsson) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 4
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Tsuchiya) 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 X 8
Japan Nagano Selection (Matsumara) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3

Draw 12

Saturday, January 29, 8:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Liu) 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X 2
 Canada (Jones) (has hammer) 2 4 1 0 2 0 X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
 United States (Lank) (has hammer) 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 X 7

Draw 13

Saturday, January 29, 11:15

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Nagano Selection (Matsumara) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 5
 South Korea (Kim) 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 6 2 0 0 3 0 X X 11
 Japan Selection (Tsuchiya) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 2

Draw 14

Saturday, January 29, 14:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Karlsson) 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 X 9
 Japan (Fujisawa) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Jones) (has hammer) 3 0 0 2 1 1 X X 7
 United States (Lank) 0 1 1 0 0 0 X X 2

Tiebreaker

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold Medal Final
      
1  United States 7
4  Japan 8
 Japan 4
 Canada 8
3  China 7
2  Canada 10 Bronze Medal Final
 United States 6
 China 5

Semifinals

Sunday, January 30, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 United States (Lank) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
 Japan (Fujisawa) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 China (Liu) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 7
 Canada (Jones) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 10

Gold Medal Final

Sunday, January 30, 13:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Canada (Jones) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 X 8

Bronze Medal Final

Sunday, January 30, 13:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Liu) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
 United States (Lank) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 6