Curling competition at Sapporo, Japan
The 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic was held from August 3 to 6 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo , Japan .[ 1] 2023–24 curling season and the first 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]
In the men's final, Team Kohsuke Hirata of Kitami downed the newly crowned Korean champions Team Park Jong-duk of Gangwon 8–2. Team Hirata, with third Shingo Usui , second Ryota Meguro , lead Yoshiya Miura and alternate Kosuke Aita finished 3–1 through the round robin to qualify for the playoff round. Team Park also went 3–1 in Pool A, however, Team Hirata earned first place in the pool with a 4–2 head-to-head victory. From Pool B, the defending Japanese champions Team Riku Yanagisawa finished 3–1 while Hayato Sato also qualified at 2–2. In the semifinals, Hirata won 6–3 over Sato while Park stole a 6–5 win from Yanagisawa. The Japanese champions went on to win 7–3 in the third-place game over Sato's Sapporo University rink. Earlier in the year, Team Hirata lost the final of the 2023 national championship to Team Yanagisawa 6–2.
In the women's final, Yuna Kotani led the Sayaka Yoshimura rink to their second consecutive Hokkaido Bank title with a perfect 6–0 record. With Yoshimura on maternity leave, Kotani, Kaho Onodera , Anna Ohmiya and Mina Kobayashi each moved up the lineup a position with Yoshimura on the bench. The team went 4–0 through the round robin, topping Pool B. Ikue Kitazawa also went undefeated through Pool A to qualify for the playoffs, with Miori Nakamura and Momoha Tabata rounding out the final four. In the playoffs, Tabata's Hokkaido Bank rink upset Kitazawa's Chubu Electric rink 6–5 while Yoshimura scored two in the eighth end to win 7–6 over Nakamura. Kitazawa went on to win the third-place game 6–0 over Nakamura while Yoshimura dominated the final to win 7–2 over Tabata.
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 , Japan
Kohsuke Hirata Shingo Usui Ryota Meguro Yoshiya Miura Kosuke Aita Kitami , Japan
Jeong Byeong-jin Kim Min-woo Lee Jeong-jae Kim Tae-hwan Seoul , South Korea
Lee Jae-beom
Kim Eun-bin
Kim Hyo-jun
Pyo Jeong-min
Kim Jin-hun Uiseong , South Korea
Takumi Maeda
Asei Nakahara
Hiroki Maeda
Uryu Kamikawa
Kitami , Japan
Yusuke Morozumi Yuta Matsumura Ryotaro Shukuya Masaki Iwai Kosuke Morozumi Karuizawa , Japan
Kotaro Noguchi
Yuto Kamada
Hiroshi Kato
Yuki Yoshimura
Hiromasa Yonehara Sendai , Japan
Park Jong-duk Jeong Yeong-seok Oh Seung-hoon Seong Ji-hoon Lee Ki-bok Gangwon , South Korea
Go Aoki (Fourth)Hayato Sato (Skip)
Kouki Ogiwara
Kazushi Nino
Ayato Sasaki Sapporo , Japan
Riku Yanagisawa Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Takeru Yamamoto Satoshi Koizumi Karuizawa , Japan
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings [ 6]
Pool B
W
L
PF
PA
Riku Yanagisawa 3
1
–
29
13
23.50
2
2
1–1
18
22
30.44
Jeong Byeong-jin 2
2
1–1
23
17
46.43
2
2
1–1
19
27
101.06
1
3
–
17
27
69.11
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00 ).[ 7] [ 8]
Draw 1
Thursday, August 3, 10:30 am
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Riku Yanagisawa 0
1
2
0
1
1
3
X
8
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
1
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Jeong Byeong-jin 0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
1
6
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
0
0
0
0
2
X
X
2
Kohsuke Hirata 0
4
1
1
2
0
X
X
8
Draw 3
Friday, August 4, 9:00 am
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
X
3
2
0
0
2
1
0
2
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Jeong Byeong-jin 3
1
0
3
2
1
X
X
10
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
X
1
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Park Jong-duk 0
4
0
0
0
4
0
X
8
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
X
4
Draw 5
Friday, August 4, 4:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
X
3
Riku Yanagisawa 2
0
1
0
2
3
1
X
9
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
6
Jeong Byeong-jin
0
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
5
Draw 7
Saturday, August 5, 9:00 am
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Shinya Abe
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
X
5
1
3
0
0
3
0
0
X
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
1
6
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
4
Riku Yanagisawa 0
2
0
0
2
0
1
3
8
Draw 9
Saturday, August 5, 4:00 pm
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
2
0
3
1
1
0
2
X
9
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
5
Yusuke Morozumi 2
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
6
Playoffs
Source:[ 9]
Semifinals
Sunday, August 6, 9:00 am
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Kohsuke Hirata 0
2
0
1
0
0
1
2
6
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
Third place game
Sunday, August 6, 12:30 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
Riku Yanagisawa 0
1
0
0
3
0
1
2
7
Final
Sunday, August 6, 4:00 pm
Women
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[ 5] [ 10]
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Alternate
Locale
Miyu Ueno (Fourth)Yui Ueno Junko Nishimuro Asuka Kanai (Skip)Mone Ryokawa Karuizawa , Japan
Kim Su-hyeon
Jeong Min-jae
Ahn Jeong-yeon
Kang Min-hyo
Uiseong , South Korea
Ikue Kitazawa Seina Nakajima Minori Suzuki Hasumi Ishigooka Ami Enami Nagano , Japan
Mayu Minami
Kana Ogawa
Mizuki Saito
Moe Nomoto
Mika Okuyama Sapporo , Japan
Yuina Miura Ai Matsunaga Yuna Sakuma Yuna Takahashi
Nayoro , Japan
Misaki Tanaka (Fourth)
Miori Nakamura (Skip)
Haruka Kihara
Hiyori Ichinohe
Yuuna Harada Aomori , Japan
Park Yu-bin Lee Eun-chae
Yang Seung-hee
Kim Ji-yoon Seoul , South Korea
Honoka Sasaki
Mari Motohashi Miki Hayashi
Mayumi Saito
Yako Matsuzawa Kitami , Japan
Momoha Tabata Miku Nihira
Sae Yamamoto Mikoto Nakajima
Ayami Ito Sapporo , Japan
Yuna Kotani [ a] Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi Sayaka Yoshimura [ a] Sapporo , Japan
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings [ 11]
Pool A
W
L
PF
PA
Ikue Kitazawa 4
0
34
14
56.11
3
1
24
19
53.27
2
2
20
22
43.27
1
3
16
24
37.66
0
4
13
28
54.06
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00 ).[ 8] [ 12]
Draw 2
Thursday, August 3, 2:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
X
6
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
X
3
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
X
4
Ikue Kitazawa 0
2
2
0
0
2
4
X
10
Draw 4
Friday, August 4, 12:30 pm
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
1
1
0
0
0
0
X
X
2
0
0
2
2
1
2
X
X
7
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
1
6
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
5
Draw 6
Friday, August 4, 7:30 pm
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
4
0
0
1
0
1
3
0
2
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Ikue Kitazawa 3
1
0
0
2
0
3
X
9
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
2
Draw 8
Saturday, August 5, 12:30 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
X
4
Ikue Kitazawa 1
0
2
1
0
2
1
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
X
3
1
1
1
1
0
2
0
X
6
Draw 10
Saturday, August 5, 7:30 pm
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
X
3
0
2
0
2
0
2
1
X
7
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Ikue Kitazawa 2
0
2
0
2
0
2
X
8
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
X
4
Playoffs
Source:[ 13]
Semifinals
Sunday, August 6, 9:00 am
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Team Yoshimura 0
2
1
0
1
1
0
2
7
2
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
6
Third place game
Sunday, August 6, 12:30 pm
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Ikue Kitazawa 1
2
0
1
1
1
X
X
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
X
X
0
Final
Sunday, August 6, 4:00 pm
Notes
^ 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
^ "Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic" . Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .^ "Men's Event" . CurlingZone . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .^ "Women's Event" . CurlingZone . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .^ "Men's Teams" . CurlingZone . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .^ a b "Teams List" . Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .^ "Men's Standings" . CurlingZone . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .^ "Men's Scores" . CurlingZone . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .^ a b "Schedule" . Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .^ "Men's Playoffs" . CurlingZone . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .^ "Women's Teams" . CurlingZone . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .^ "Women's Standings" . CurlingZone . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .^ "Women's Scores" . CurlingZone . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .^ "Women's Playoffs" . CurlingZone . Retrieved August 4, 2023 .
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