2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup
Host cityWakkanai, Japan
ArenaWakkanai City Midori Sports Park
DatesAugust 18–21
Men's winner Team Maeda
Curling clubTokoro CC, Kitami
SkipTakumi Maeda
ThirdUryu Kamikawa
SecondHiroki Maeda
LeadAsei Nakahara
CoachNobuo Aoki
Finalist Yusuke Morozumi
Women's winner Team Yoshimura
Curling clubHokkaido Bank CS, Sapporo
SkipSayaka Yoshimura
ThirdKaho Onodera
SecondAnna Ohmiya
LeadMina Kobayashi
AlternateYumie Funayama
Finalist Asuka Kanai
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The 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup was held from held from August 18 to 21 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan.[1] It was the second tour event of the 2022–23 curling season and the second event of the Hokkaido Curling Tour. The total purse for the event is ¥ 1,720,000 on both the men's and women's sides.[2][3]

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[4]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth) Haruto Ouchi Shinya Abe (Skip) Minori Suzuki Sota Tsuruga Sapporo
Kohsuke Hirata Shingo Usui Ryota Meguro Yoshiya Miura Kosuke Aita Kitami
Koto Inaba (Fourth) Toshiya Iida (Skip) Yuta Fuse Kento Nishida Wakkanai
Juon Ishimura Sota Kon Youn Ishimura Shunaki Kudo Aomori
Takumi Maeda Uryu Kamikawa Hiroki Maeda Asei Nakahara Kitami
Yusuke Morozumi Yuta Matsumura Ryotaro Shukuya Kosuke Morozumi Masaki Iwai Karuizawa
Kotaro Noguchi Yuto Kamada Hiroshi Kato Yuuki Yoshimura Hayato Fujimura Sendai
Go Aoki (Fourth) Hayato Sato (Skip) Kouki Ogiwara Kazushi Nino Ayato Sasaki Sapporo

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[5]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L PF PA DSC
Yusuke Morozumi 3 0 28 9 42.50
Juon Ishimura 2 1 19 21 24.84
Hayato Sato 1 2 21 17 24.76
Toshiya Iida 0 3 9 30 65.34
Pool B W L PF PA DSC
Takumi Maeda 3 0 23 15 12.38
Kotaro Noguchi 2 1 20 20 78.48
Kohsuke Hirata 1 2 19 20 15.18
Shinya Abe 0 3 16 22 29.70

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[6]

Draw 1

Thursday, August 18, 10:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Toshiya Iida 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 3
Hayato Sato 6 0 6 0 1 0 X X 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Juon Ishimura 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Yusuke Morozumi 1 0 4 3 0 2 2 X 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Shinya Abe 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 6
Kotaro Noguchi 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Takumi Maeda 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 7
Kohsuke Hirata 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 6

Draw 3

Friday, August 19, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kotaro Noguchi 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 4
Takumi Maeda 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Shinya Abe 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5
Kohsuke Hirata 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hayato Sato 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 5
Juon Ishimura 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Toshiya Iida 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Yusuke Morozumi 3 0 2 3 0 1 X X 9

Draw 5

Friday, August 19, 3:40 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Juon Ishimura 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 X 8
Toshiya Iida 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Takumi Maeda 2 0 0 4 0 1 2 X 9
Shinya Abe 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yusuke Morozumi 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 X 7
Hayato Sato 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kohsuke Hirata 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 7
Kotaro Noguchi 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 8

Playoffs

Source:[7]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Yusuke Morozumi 7
B2 Kotaro Noguchi 2
A1 Yusuke Morozumi 4
B1 Takumi Maeda 6
B1 Takumi Maeda 7
A2 Juon Ishimura 6 Third place game
B2 Kotaro Noguchi 6
A2 Juon Ishimura 5

Semifinals

Saturday, August 20, 12:20 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yusuke Morozumi 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 X 7
Kotaro Noguchi 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Takumi Maeda 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 7
Juon Ishimura 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6

Third place game

Sunday, August 21, 9:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Kotaro Noguchi 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 6
Juon Ishimura 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 5

Final

Sunday, August 21, 9:30 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yusuke Morozumi 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4
Takumi Maeda 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 6

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[8]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Asuka Kanai Ami Enami Junko Nishimuro Mone Ryokawa Karuizawa
Ikue Kitazawa Seina Nakajima Minori Suzuki Hasumi Ishigooka Chiaki Matsumura Nagano
Mayu Minami Kana Ogawa Momo Kaneta Nao Kyoto Sapporo
Honoka Sasaki Mari Motohashi Miki Hayashi Ayuna Aoki Mayumi Saito Kitami
Momoha Tabata Miku Nihira Mikoto Nakajima Ayami Ito Sapporo
Miyu Ueno (Fourth) Sae Yamamoto (Skip) Suzune Yasui Mizuki Hara Momoka Iwase Sapporo
Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi[a] Yumie Funayama[a] Sapporo

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[9]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L W–L PF PA DSC
Sayaka Yoshimura 2 0 16 9 38.04
Asuka Kanai 1 1 15 14 17.52
Momoha Tabata 0 2 6 14 77.64
Pool B W L W–L PF PA DSC
Ikue Kitazawa 2 1 1–0 19 15 41.14
Honoka Sasaki 2 1 0–1 18 12 69.36
Mayu Minami 1 2 1–0 13 18 39.60
Sae Yamamoto 1 2 0–1 13 18 69.64

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[10]

Draw 2

Thursday, August 18, 1:20 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Momoha Tabata 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
Asuka Kanai 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sae Yamamoto 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 6
Ikue Kitazawa 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Honoka Sasaki 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 6
Mayu Minami 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3

Draw 4

Friday, August 19, 12:20 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ikue Kitazawa 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 7
Honoka Sasaki 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sae Yamamoto 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 5
Mayu Minami 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Sayaka Yoshimura 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 3 10
Asuka Kanai 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 7

Draw 6

Saturday, August 20, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Momoha Tabata 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sayaka Yoshimura 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Honoka Sasaki 2 0 1 1 0 3 X X 7
Sae Yamamoto 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Mayu Minami 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 4
Ikue Kitazawa 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 X 7

Playoffs

Source:[11]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Sayaka Yoshimura 7
B2 Honoka Sasaki 2
A1 Sayaka Yoshimura 9
A2 Asuka Kanai 2
B1 Ikue Kitazawa 2
A2 Asuka Kanai 4 Third place game
B2 Honoka Sasaki 6
B1 Ikue Kitazawa 5

Semifinals

Saturday, August 20, 5:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sayaka Yoshimura 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 X 7
Honoka Sasaki 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ikue Kitazawa 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Asuka Kanai 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4

Third place game

Sunday, August 21, 2:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Honoka Sasaki 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 6
Ikue Kitazawa 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5

Final

Sunday, August 21, 2:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sayaka Yoshimura 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 X 9
Asuka Kanai 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2

Notes

  1. ^ a b Alternate Mina Kobayashi played lead throughout the tournament.

References

  1. ^ "Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup 2022". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Men's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Women's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "Men's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "Men's Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "Men's Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  7. ^ "Men's Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  8. ^ "Women's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  9. ^ "Women's Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  10. ^ "Women's Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  11. ^ "Women's Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.