2012 Karuizawa International Curling Championship

2012 Karuizawa International Curling Championship
Host cityKaruizawa, Japan
ArenaSCAP Karuizawa Arena
DatesJanuary 25–29
Men's winner Japan Selection
SkipYusuke Morozumi
ThirdTsuyoshi Yamaguchi
SecondTetsuro Shimizu
LeadKosuke Morozumi
Finalist Canada (Colin Thomas)
Women's winner Canada
SkipLaura Crocker
ThirdSarah Wilkes
SecondJen Gates
LeadPam Feldkamp
AlternateCheryl Kreviazuk
Finalist Switzerland (Silvana Tirinzoni)

The 2012 Karuizawa International Curling Championship was held from January 25 to 29 at the SCAP Karuizawa Arena in Karuizawa, Japan. The bonspiel featured eight teams from each gender (five foreign teams and three Japanese teams) that played in a round-robin format. The top four teams of each gender played in a single-elimination playoff round to determine the winners.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[1]

Regions Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
Foreign
Berths
 Canada Colin Thomas Cory Schuh Chris Ford Spencer Wicks Stephen Ryan
 Norway Thomas Løvold Steffen Walstad Thomas Due Sander Rølvaag Kenneth Andersen
 Germany Jamie Boutin Robert Krüger Andreas Hofmann Martin Schulz-Dobrick Konstantin Kampf
 China Liu Rui Xu Xiaoming Ba Dexin Zang Jialiang Chen Lu'an
 South Korea Kim Chang-min Kim Min-chan Seong Seh-yeon Seo Young-sun Oh Eun-su
Japanese
Berths
 Japan National Team Nobuaki Mutoh Takahiro Yoshida Shinya Iwamoto Tatsuya Hayashi Toshiya Murata
 Japan Selection Team Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi
Nagano Selection Team Yuta Matsumara Yuki Sakamoto Yoshiro Shimizu Yuki Tsuchiya

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Region Skip W L
 South Korea Kim Chang-min 6 1
 Canada Colin Thomas 5 2
 China Liu Rui 5 2
 Japan Selection Yusuke Morozumi 3 4
Nagano Selection Yuta Matsumara 3 4
 Germany Jamie Boutin 2 5
 Norway Thomas Løvold 2 5
 Japan Nobuaki Mutoh 2 5

Round-robin results

All draw times listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).[2]

Draw 1

Wednesday, January 25, 13:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Morozumi) 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 X 7
 China (Liu) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 X 8
Nagano Selection (Matsumara) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 5

Draw 2

Wednesday, January 25, 16:15

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Mutoh) 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 5
 Germany (Boutin) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Løvold) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Canada (Thomas) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 2

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 25, 19:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Boutin) 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 6
 China (Liu) 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Nagano Selection (Matsumara) 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 7
 Japan Selection (Morozumi) 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6

Draw 4

Thursday, January 26, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Norway (Løvold) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 8
 Japan (Mutoh) 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Canada (Thomas) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 7
 South Korea (Kim) 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6

Draw 5

Thursday, January 26, 12:15

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Boutin) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3
 Japan Selection (Morozumi) 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Selection (Matsumara) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
 Canada (Thomas) 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 6

Draw 6

Thursday, January 26, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Liu) 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 X 8
 Norway (Løvold) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Mutoh) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
 South Korea (Kim) 0 3 0 0 2 3 X X 8

Draw 7

Thursday, January 26, 18:45

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Morozumi) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
 Canada (Thomas) 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Germany (Boutin) 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 7
 Norway (Løvold) 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 6

Draw 8

Friday, January 27, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Selection (Matsumara) 0 1 0 3 1 5 X X 10
 Japan (Mutoh) 1 0 2 0 0 0 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 6
 China (Liu) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3

Draw 9

Friday, January 27, 12:15

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Morozumi) 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
 Norway (Løvold) 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Thomas) 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 6
 Japan (Mutoh) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2

Draw 10

Friday, January 27, 15:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 4 2 0 2 2 X X 10
 Germany (Boutin) 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Liu) 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 X 5
Nagano Selection (Matsumara) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2

Draw 11

Friday, January 27, 18:45

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Løvold) 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Mutoh) 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 7
 Japan Selection (Morozumi) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3

Draw 12

Saturday, January 28, 8:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Thomas) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
 China (Liu) 3 2 4 0 0 0 X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Selection (Matsumara) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 3
 Germany (Boutin) 1 1 1 0 3 0 3 X 9

Draw 13

Saturday, January 28, 11:15

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Morozumi) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Liu) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4
 Japan (Mutoh) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3

Draw 14

Saturday, January 28, 14:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Løvold) 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 X 4
Nagano Selection (Matsumara) 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Thomas) 1 0 1 2 2 2 X X 8
 Germany (Boutin) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1

Tiebreaker

Saturday, January 28, 17:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Morozumi) 0 2 0 3 0 X X X 5
Nagano Selection (Matsumara) 1 0 0 0 1 X X X 2

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold Medal Final
      
1  South Korea 5
4  Japan Selection 10
4  Japan Selection 7
3  Canada 6
3  Canada 9
2  China 6 Bronze Medal Final
1  South Korea 7
2  China 6

Semifinals

Sunday, January 29, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 5
 Japan Selection (Morozumi) 0 2 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Thomas) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 9
 China (Liu) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 6

Bronze-medal game

Sunday, January 29, 13:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 X 7
 China (Liu) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 X 6

Gold Medal Final

Sunday, January 29, 13:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Japan Selection (Morozumi) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
 Canada (Thomas) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[1]

Regions Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
Foreign
Berths
 Canada Laura Crocker Sarah Wilkes Jennifer Gates Pam Feldkamp Cheryl Kreviazuk
 China Wang Bingyu Sun Yue Yue Qingshuang Zhou Yan Liu Jinli
 Denmark Madeleine Dupont Denise Dupont Christine Svensen Lina Knudsen
 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni Irene Schori Esther Neuenschwander Sandra Gantenbein
 South Korea Kim Ji-sun Lee Seul-bee Gim Un-chi Lee Hyun-Jang
Japanese
Berths
 Japan National Team Satsuki Fujisawa Miyo Ichikawa Emi Shimizu Miyuki Satoh Chiaki Matsumura
 Japan Selection Team Mayo Yamaura (fourth) Shinobu Aota (skip) Anna Ohmiya Kotomi Ishizaki
Nagano Selection Team Kai Tsuchiya Kie Igarashi Mina Uchibori Erika Otani Misaki Kobayashi

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Region Skip W L
 Canada Laura Crocker 5 2
 South Korea Kim Ji-sun 5 2
 China Wang Bingyu 4 3
 Japan Selection Shinobu Aota 4 3
 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 4 3
Nagano Selection Kai Tsuchiya 3 4
 Denmark Madeleine Dupont 2 5
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 1 6

Round-robin results

All draw times listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).[2]

Draw 1

Wednesday, January 25, 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1
 China (Wang) 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 X 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 X 9
 Japan (Fujisawa) 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 X 5

Draw 2

Wednesday, January 25, 16:15

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Aota) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 5
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
 Canada (Crocker) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 25, 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 5
 China (Wang) 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) 1 0 2 1 3 2 X X 9

Draw 4

Thursday, January 26, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 6
 Japan Selection (Aota) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Crocker) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 6
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5

Draw 5

Thursday, January 26, 12:15

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 6
 Canada (Crocker) 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1
Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) 2 0 2 1 1 X X X 6

Draw 6

Thursday, January 26, 15:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 5
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Aota) 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 10
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 5

Draw 7

Thursday, January 26, 18:45

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 X 4
 Canada (Crocker) 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 1 0 2 0 5 1 X X 9
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2

Draw 8

Friday, January 27, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) 2 1 0 0 3 0 3 X 9
 Japan Selection (Aota) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
 China (Wang) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2

Draw 9

Friday, January 27, 12:15

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Crocker) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Japan Selection (Aota) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3

Draw 10

Friday, January 27, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 X 5
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 X 6
 Japan (Fujisawa) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 3

Draw 11

Friday, January 27, 18:45

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan Selection (Aota) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 7

Draw 12

Saturday, January 28, 8:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 2
 Canada (Crocker) 0 2 0 3 1 0 X X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
 Denmark (Dupont) 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 9

Draw 13

Saturday, January 28, 11:15

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Selection (Tsuchiya) 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 3
 South Korea (Kim) 1 1 0 1 0 6 X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
 Japan Selection (Aota) 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 X 9

Draw 14

Saturday, January 28, 14:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 6
 Japan (Fujisawa) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Crocker) 0 2 2 0 0 2 X X 6
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1

Tiebreakers

Saturday, January 28, 17:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 1 1 0 2 0 1 X X 5
 China (Wang) 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3

Saturday, January 28, 20:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) 1 0 0 2 0 3 X X 6
 Japan Selection (Aota) 0 2 0 0 2 0 X X 4

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold Medal Final
      
1  Canada 10
4  China 8
1  Canada 9
3  Switzerland 8
3  Switzerland 7
2  South Korea 5 Bronze Medal Final
4  China 7
2  South Korea 10

Semifinals

Sunday, January 29, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Crocker) 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 1 10
 China (Wang) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 8
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 7
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 5

Bronze-medal game

Sunday, January 29, 13:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 7
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 10

Gold-medal game

Sunday, January 29, 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Crocker) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 9
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 8

References

  1. ^ a b "2012 Karuizawa International Curling Championship – Teams". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
  2. ^ a b "2012 Karuizawa International Curling Championship – Schedule". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-01-28.