2024 New Year Curling in Miyota

2024 New Year Curling in Miyota
Host cityMiyota, Japan
ArenaCurling Hall Miyota
DatesDecember 29 – January 1
Winner Team Nakamura
Curling clubAomori CC, Aomori
SkipMiori Nakamura
FourthMisaki Tanaka
SecondHaruka Kihara
LeadHiyori Ichinohe
AlternateYuuna Harada
Finalist Team Yoshimura
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The 2024 WCT New Year Curling in Miyota (Japanese: WCT ニューイヤーカーリング in 御代田 2024) was held from December 29 to January 1 at the Curling Hall Miyota in Miyota, Japan.[1] The total purse for the event was ¥ 2,000,000.[2] It was the second event on the World Curling Tour Japan for the 2023–24 curling season.

Philoseek Aomori, represented by skip Miori Nakamura; fourth Misaki Tanaka; second Haruka Kihara, lead Hiyori Ichinohe; and alternate Yuuna Harada won the event, defeating the Fortius rink of Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya and Mina Kobayashi in the championship game.

Both teams finished undefeated through the round robin with 4–0 records to qualify for the semifinals, with Tokyo's Yui Ozeki and Karuizawa's Miyu Ueno also reaching the knockout stage with 3–1 records each. Philoseek Aomori then beat Grandir Tokyo (Ozeki) 8–3 in the semifinals while Fortius downed SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 6–3.

In the gold medal game, Fortius scored two in the third, and a single in the fourth, for a 3–1 lead at the half. In the second half, however, Philoseek Aomori mounted a comeback, scoring five consecutive points to win the match 6–3. It was the Nakamura rinks second tour final appearance as they also reached the final of the 2023 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic.

Surprisingly, the two highest ranked teams going into the event, South Korea's Ha Seung-youn, and the United States' Delaney Strouse, missed the playoffs with 2–2 records each.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Ha Seung-youn Kim Hye-rin Yang Tae-i Kim Su-jin Chuncheon, South Korea
Mayu Minami Kana Ogawa Mizuki Saito Moe Nomoto Mika Okuyama Sapporo, Japan
Misaki Tanaka (Fourth) Miori Nakamura (Skip) Haruka Kihara Hiyori Ichinohe Yuuna Harada Aomori, Japan
Yui Ozeki Mao Ishigaki Hinako Sonobe Haruka Hosoda Tokyo, Japan
Kotoka Segawa Ayuka Segawa Mio Sasaki Mei Shimohori Iwate, Japan
Delaney Strouse Anne O'Hara Sydney Mullaney Rebecca Rodgers Susan Dudt Traverse City, Michigan
Yumi Suzuki Aki Goto Kyoka Kuramitsu Miho Fujimori Runa Miura Tokyo, Japan
Kai Tsuchiya Yumiko Kashiwagi Manami Anzai Rin Komiyama Miyota, Japan
Miyu Ueno Asuka Kanai Junko Nishimuro Yui Ueno Mone Ryokawa Karuizawa, Japan
Yuna Kotani[a] Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi Sapporo, Japan

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[4]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L PF PA
Miori Nakamura 4 0 32 16
Miyu Ueno 3 1 25 14
Ha Seung-youn 2 2 21 25
Yumi Suzuki 1 3 20 25
Kotoka Segawa 0 4 15 33
Pool B W L PF PA
Team Yoshimura 4 0 35 18
Yui Ozeki 3 1 28 22
Delaney Strouse 2 2 20 25
Kai Tsuchiya 1 3 27 35
Mayu Minami 0 4 21 31

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[5]

Draw 1

Friday, December 29, 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Miyu Ueno 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 X 9
Kotoka Segawa 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ha Seung-youn 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 X 5
Miori Nakamura 0 1 3 2 0 0 4 X 10

Draw 2

Friday, December 29, 12:20 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Yoshimura 2 0 1 0 5 0 4 X 12
Kai Tsuchiya 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Delaney Strouse 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
Mayu Minami 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4

Draw 3

Friday, December 29, 4:10 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ha Seung-youn 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 X 6
Yumi Suzuki 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Miori Nakamura 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 X 9
Kotoka Segawa 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 3

Draw 4

Friday, December 29, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Delaney Strouse 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Yui Ozeki 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Mayu Minami 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 X 7
Kai Tsuchiya 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 X 9

Draw 5

Saturday, December 30, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Miori Nakamura 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 X 6
Miyu Ueno 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kotoka Segawa 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 6
Yumi Suzuki 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 7

Draw 6

Saturday, December 30, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Mayu Minami 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 4
Team Yoshimura 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kai Tsuchiya 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 6
Yui Ozeki 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 8

Draw 7

Saturday, December 30, 5:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yumi Suzuki 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 6
Miori Nakamura 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Miyu Ueno 4 0 1 2 1 0 X X 8
Ha Seung-youn 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2

Draw 8

Sunday, December 31, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yui Ozeki 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 9
Mayu Minami 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Yoshimura 0 3 0 1 0 4 1 X 9
Delaney Strouse 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3

Draw 9

Sunday, December 31, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kotoka Segawa 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 4
Ha Seung-youn 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yumi Suzuki 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4
Miyu Ueno 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6

Draw 10

Sunday, December 31, 5:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kai Tsuchiya 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 4
Delaney Strouse 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yui Ozeki 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Team Yoshimura 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 7

Playoffs

Source:[6]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Miori Nakamura 8
B2 Yui Ozeki 3
A1 Miori Nakamura 6
B1 Team Yoshimura 3
B1 Team Yoshimura 6
A2 Miyu Ueno 3

Semifinals

Monday, January 1, 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Yoshimura 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 6
Miyu Ueno 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Miori Nakamura 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 X 8
Yui Ozeki 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3

Final

Monday, January 1, 1:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Miori Nakamura 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 6
Team Yoshimura 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3

Notes

  1. ^ As skip Sayaka Yoshimura was on maternity leave, the rest of the team moved up the lineup a position.

References

  1. ^ "WCT Japan New Year Curling in Miyota". LIVE-Link. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "New Year Curling in Miyota 2024". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. ^ "Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 28, 2023.