2023_Karuizawa_International_Curling_Championships

2023 Karuizawa International Curling Championships

2023 Karuizawa International Curling Championships

Curling competition at Karuizawa, Japan

The 2023 Karuizawa International Curling Championships were held from December 1 to 3 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan.[1] The total purse for the event was ¥ 1,500,000 on both the men's and women's sides.[2][3]

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The 2023 event featured five previous champion skips: Yusuke Morozumi (2011, 2012 & 2017), Jennifer Jones (2011 & 2014), Kim Chang-min (2014), Yuta Matsumura (2019) and Kim Eun-jung (2022). Kaitlyn Lawes who won both championships with Jones returned skipping her own team.[4]

In the men's final, Brad Gushue and his Canadian championship team of Mark Nichols, E. J. Harnden and Geoff Walker capped off an undefeated run by defeating Sapporo International University's Hayato Sato 7–1. The team from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador dominated the championship game, getting out to an early three-point lead and stealing two in the seventh end to secure the win. Niklas Edin took third in the men's division with a 9–3 thrashing of Karuizawa's Yusuke Morozumi.

In the women's final, Chubu Electric Power snapped the ten-game win streak of South Korea's Kim Eun-jung to win their first tour event of the 2023–24 season. The team, including skip Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Ami Enami, Minori Suzuki and Hasumi Ishigooka took control of the final game with three in the fourth end and held on for a 7–6 victory. Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes won 7–4 over Team Yoshimura, skipped by Yuna Kotani, to take third. Surprisingly, the top ranked team coming into the event, Team Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, went winless in their three games.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[5][6]

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Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[7]

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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][9]

Draw 1

Friday, December 1, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Miyagi Prefecture Kotaro Noguchi 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 X 9
Aomori Prefecture Youn Ishimura (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 6
Hokkaido Hayato Sato 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 X 9
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Chang-min (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Canada Brad Gushue 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 X 6

Draw 2

Friday, December 1, 1:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Hayato Sato 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 X 6
Aomori Prefecture Youn Ishimura (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Nagano Prefecture Yusuke Morozumi (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
South Korea Kim Chang-min 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 6

Draw 3

Friday, December 1, 5:00 pm

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Brad Gushue (has hammer) 3 2 0 2 1 1 X X 9
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2

Draw 4

Saturday, December 2, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Yusuke Morozumi (has hammer) 1 0 5 2 0 2 X X 10
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 0 3 0 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Hayato Sato 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 6
Miyagi Prefecture Kotaro Noguchi (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Aomori Prefecture Youn Ishimura 1 0 0 1 0 2 X X 4
Sweden Niklas Edin (has hammer) 0 2 3 0 4 0 X X 9

Draw 5

Saturday, December 2, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin (has hammer) 4 3 0 4 0 X X X 11
Miyagi Prefecture Kotaro Noguchi 0 0 1 0 2 X X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 0 1 0 3 4 X X X 8
South Korea Kim Chang-min (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Brad Gushue 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 X 7
Nagano Prefecture Yusuke Morozumi (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4

Playoffs

Source:[10]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Canada Brad Gushue 6
B2 Sweden Niklas Edin 4
A1 Canada Brad Gushue 7
B1 Hokkaido Hayato Sato 1
B1 Hokkaido Hayato Sato 5
A2 Nagano Prefecture Yusuke Morozumi 2 Bronze medal game
B2 Sweden Niklas Edin 9
A2 Nagano Prefecture Yusuke Morozumi 3

Semifinals

Saturday, December 2, 5:00 pm

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Hayato Sato (has hammer) 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 X 5
Nagano Prefecture Yusuke Morozumi 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Brad Gushue 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 6
Sweden Niklas Edin (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4

Third place game

Sunday, December 3, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 3 2 X X 9
Nagano Prefecture Yusuke Morozumi 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 3

Final

Sunday, December 3, 1:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Brad Gushue (has hammer) 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 X 7
Hokkaido Hayato Sato 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[6][11]

More information Skip, Third ...

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[12]

More information Key ...
More information Pool A, W ...

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[9][13]

Draw 1

Friday, December 1, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Kaitlyn Lawes (has hammer) 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Eun-jung (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 4 5 X X 11
Hokkaido Honoka Sasaki 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2

Draw 2

Friday, December 1, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Team Yoshimura (has hammer) 0 4 0 2 0 0 3 X 9
South Korea Park Yu-bin 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Eun-jung (has hammer) 3 1 1 0 3 0 X X 8
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X 2
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Hokkaido Honoka Sasaki (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 7
Canada Jennifer Jones 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 6

Draw 3

Friday, December 1, 5:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Canada Jennifer Jones (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Kaitlyn Lawes 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 6
Hokkaido Team Yoshimura (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 X 7
South Korea Park Yu-bin (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 2

Draw 4

Saturday, December 2, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Jennifer Jones (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 3
South Korea Kim Eun-jung 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 10
Hokkaido Honoka Sasaki (has hammer) 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 7

Draw 5

Saturday, December 2, 1:00 pm

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Team Yoshimura 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 X 6
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Park Yu-bin 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
Canada Kaitlyn Lawes (has hammer) 2 0 0 3 1 1 X X 7

Playoffs

Source:[14]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 6
B2 Hokkaido Team Yoshimura 2
A1 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 6
A2 Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 7
B1 Canada Kaitlyn Lawes 2
A2 Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 7 Bronze medal game
B2 Hokkaido Team Yoshimura 4
B1 Canada Kaitlyn Lawes 7

Semifinals

Saturday, December 2, 5:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Eun-jung (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 X 6
Hokkaido Team Yoshimura 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Kaitlyn Lawes (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 X 7

Third place game

Sunday, December 3, 9:00 am

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Team Yoshimura 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
Canada Kaitlyn Lawes (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 X 7

Final

Sunday, December 3, 1:00 pm

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Eun-jung (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 6
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 7

Notes

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

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