Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup
Established2022
Host cityWakkanai, Japan
ArenaWakkanai City Midori Sports Park
Websitewmcc.w-curling.org
Men's purse¥ 1,700,000
Women's purse¥ 1,700,000
Current champions (2024)
MenHokkaido Shinya Abe
WomenNagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa
Current edition

The Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan.[1] It is held as part of the Hokkaido Curling Tour. The total purse for the event is ¥ 1,700,000 with the winning team receiving ¥ 1,000,000.

The tournament is held in a round robin format with the top four teams qualifying for the single elimination playoff round.

The event is streamed on the Hokkaido Curling Tour's YouTube page.[2]

Past Champions

Men

Year Winning team Runner-up team Purse (¥)
2022[3] Hokkaido Takumi Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa, Hiroki Maeda, Asei Nakahara Nagano Prefecture Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi 1,720,000
2023[4] Nagano Prefecture Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Masaki Iwai, Kosuke Morozumi Hokkaido Go Aoki (Fourth), Hayato Sato (Skip), Kouki Ogiwara, Kazushi Nino, Ayato Sasaki 1,700,000
2024[5] Hokkaido Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth), Shinya Abe (Skip), Haruto Ouchi, Hayato Sato, Sota Tsuruga Hokkaido Takumi Maeda, Asei Nakahara, Hiroki Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa, Ryoji Onodera 1,700,000

Women

Year Winning team Runner-up team Purse (¥)
2022[6] Hokkaido Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Yumie Funayama Nagano Prefecture Asuka Kanai, Ami Enami, Junko Nishimuro, Mone Ryokawa 1,720,000
2023[7] Hokkaido Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Sayaka Yoshimura Hokkaido Kohane Tsuruga, Ayami Ito, Mikoto Nakajima, Suzune Yasui 1,700,000
2024[8] Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Ami Enami, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka Hokkaido Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi 1,700,000

References

  1. ^ "Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Hokkaido Curling Tour". YouTube. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup – Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup – Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup – Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  6. ^ "2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  7. ^ "2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  8. ^ "2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2024.