2023_Hokkaido_Bank_Curling_Classic

2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

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] It was the second tour event of the 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]

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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]

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Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[6]

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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 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Shinya Abe 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 5
South Korea Park Jong-duk (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Riku Yanagisawa (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 X 8
Japan Hayato Sato 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Jeong Byeong-jin (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3
Japan Kotaro Noguchi 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Lee Jae-beom 0 0 0 0 0 2 X X 2
Japan Kohsuke Hirata (has hammer) 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
Japan Kotaro Noguchi 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
Japan Hayato Sato (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Jeong Byeong-jin (has hammer) 3 1 0 3 2 1 X X 10
Japan Takumi Maeda 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Park Jong-duk 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 X 8
South Korea Lee Jae-beom (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Yusuke Morozumi (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Japan Shinya Abe 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 X 7

Draw 5

Friday, August 4, 4:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Takumi Maeda 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 3
Japan Riku Yanagisawa (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 3 1 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Park Jong-duk (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 7
Japan Yusuke Morozumi 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Kohsuke Hirata 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Japan Shinya Abe (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 X 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Hayato Sato (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 6
South Korea Jeong Byeong-jin 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 5

Draw 7

Saturday, August 5, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Yusuke Morozumi 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1
Japan Kohsuke Hirata (has hammer) 2 0 3 2 5 X X X 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Shinya Abe 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 X 5
South Korea Lee Jae-beom (has hammer) 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Hayato Sato (has hammer) 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Japan Takumi Maeda 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Kotaro Noguchi (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Japan Riku Yanagisawa 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 8

Draw 9

Saturday, August 5, 4:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Japan Riku Yanagisawa 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
South Korea Jeong Byeong-jin (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Takumi Maeda 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 X 9
Japan Kotaro Noguchi (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Lee Jae-beom 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
Japan Yusuke Morozumi (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Kohsuke Hirata (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4
South Korea Park Jong-duk 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2

Playoffs

Source:[9]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Japan Kohsuke Hirata 6
B2 Japan Hayato Sato 3
A1 Japan Kohsuke Hirata 8
A2 South Korea Park Jong-duk 2
B1 Japan Riku Yanagisawa 5
A2 South Korea Park Jong-duk 6 Third place game
B2 Japan Hayato Sato 3
B1 Japan Riku Yanagisawa 7

Semifinals

Sunday, August 6, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Kohsuke Hirata 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 6
Japan Hayato Sato (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Riku Yanagisawa 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
South Korea Park Jong-duk (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 6

Third place game

Sunday, August 6, 12:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Hayato Sato 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
Japan Riku Yanagisawa (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 7

Final

Sunday, August 6, 4:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Kohsuke Hirata (has hammer) 2 2 0 2 0 2 X X 8
South Korea Park Jong-duk 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[5][10]

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Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[11]

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More information Pool A, W ...

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
Japan Honoka Sasaki (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
Japan Mayu Minami 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Team Yoshimura 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 X 7
Japan Asuka Kanai (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Yuina Miura 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X 3
South Korea Park Yu-bin (has hammer) 1 0 3 1 1 0 3 X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Su-hyeon (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 4
Japan Ikue Kitazawa 0 2 2 0 0 2 4 X 10

Draw 4

Friday, August 4, 12:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Park Yu-bin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
Japan Asuka Kanai (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Yuina Miura 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2
Japan Momoha Tabata (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Mayu Minami (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2
South Korea Kim Su-hyeon 0 0 2 2 1 2 X X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Miori Nakamura 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 6
Japan Honoka Sasaki (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5

Draw 6

Friday, August 4, 7:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Momoha Tabata 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 5
Japan Team Yoshimura (has hammer) 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Mayu Minami 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 4
Japan Miori Nakamura (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Ikue Kitazawa 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 X 9
Japan Honoka Sasaki (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Asuka Kanai (has hammer) 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 5
Japan Yuina Miura 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4

Draw 8

Saturday, August 5, 12:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Miori Nakamura 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Japan Ikue Kitazawa (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Honoka Sasaki 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 3
South Korea Kim Su-hyeon (has hammer) 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Asuka Kanai 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Japan Momoha Tabata (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 3 4 X X 12
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Park Yu-bin 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 6
Japan Team Yoshimura (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 7

Draw 10

Saturday, August 5, 7:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Team Yoshimura (has hammer) 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 X 5
Japan Yuina Miura 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Momoha Tabata (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 8
South Korea Park Yu-bin 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Su-hyeon 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3
Japan Miori Nakamura (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Ikue Kitazawa (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 X 8
Japan Mayu Minami 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4

Playoffs

Source:[13]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Japan Ikue Kitazawa 5
B2 Japan Momoha Tabata 6
B2 Japan Momoha Tabata 2
B1 Japan Team Yoshimura 7
B1 Japan Team Yoshimura 7
A2 Japan Miori Nakamura 6 Third place game
A1 Japan Ikue Kitazawa 6
A2 Japan Miori Nakamura 0

Semifinals

Sunday, August 6, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Ikue Kitazawa 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5
Japan Momoha Tabata (has hammer) 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Team Yoshimura 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 7
Japan Miori Nakamura (has hammer) 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
Japan Ikue Kitazawa (has hammer) 1 2 0 1 1 1 X X 6
Japan Miori Nakamura 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0

Final

Sunday, August 6, 4:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Momoha Tabata 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 2
Japan Team Yoshimura (has hammer) 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 X 7

Notes

  1. 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

  1. [1]
    "Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Men's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Women's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Men's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Teams List". Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Men's Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Men's Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
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    "Schedule". Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
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    "Men's Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Women's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
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    "Women's Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
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    "Women's Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  13. [13]
    "Women's Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
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