The 2020 Japan Curling Championships (), or the 37th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships (), the Japanese national men's and women's curling championships, were held from February 8 to 16 in 2020 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Nagano. These championships were organized by the Japan Curling Association (), and sponsored primarily by Zen-Noh. The women's winner was to represent Japan at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Men
Qualification Qualification Team Locale Last winner Consadole Hokkaido Last runner-up Team Tokyo Tokyo WCT top ranking Nagano Winner of Hokkaido regional championship City Office Nayoro Hokkaido Winner of Tohoku regional championship Miyagi CA Miyagi Winner of Kanto regional championship Team Tani Tokyo Winner of Chubu regional championship Nagano Winner of regional championship Okayama CA Okayama Winner of wild-card competition Hokkaido University Hokkaido Notes Without last winner and runner-up team at end of last October.
Teams The teams are listed as follows Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Consadole Yuta Matsumura Tetsuro Shimizu Yasumasa Tanida Shinya Abe Kosuke Aita Team Tokyo Jumpei Kanda Hiromu Otani Kizuki Ryokawa Shotaro Hashimoto Shinya Iwamoto Yusuke Morozumi Masaki Iwai Ryotaro Shukuya Kosuke Morozumi City Office Nayoro Yuya Takigahira Kazuki Yoshikawa Tatsuya Ogawa Tomoya Ogawa Kanya Shimizuno Kenji Ogawa Miyagi CA Kotaro Noguchi Yuto Kamada Hiroshi Kato Yuuki Yoshimura Naoki Kon Motoko Kitada Team Tani Ryutaro Tani Syunta Mizukami Kohei Okamura Daiki Yamazaki Takuya Ishikawa Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Riku Yanagisawa Satoshi Koizumi Fukuhiro Ohno Taisei Kanai Yuji Nishimuro Okayama CA Hiroki Yoshioka Hiromitsu Fujinaka Hiroshi Fukui Yusuke Nonomura Makoto Kouhashi Hokkaido University Kantaro Kawano Kazuki Matsuoka Hiroki Hasegawa Yusuke Yamashita Syun Takahashi
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings Key Q Teams to playoffs Team Skip Rank Consadole Yuta Matsumura 8 0 27.24 Q 1 Yusuke Morozumi 7 1 31.74 Q 2 Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 6 2 21.30 Q 3 City Office Nayoro Yuya Takigahira 4 4 65.04 Q 4 Team Tani Ryutaro Tani 3 5 1–1 43.66 5 Okayama CA Hiroki Yoshioka 3 5 1–1 75.21 6 Team Tokyo Jumpei Kanda 3 5 1–1 83.11 7 Miyagi CA Kotaro Noguchi 1 7 1–0 85.69 8 Hokkaido University Kantaro Kawano 1 7 0–1 76.39 9
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).
Draw 2 Sunday, February 9, 13:30
Draw 4 Monday, February 10, 9:00
Draw 6 Monday, February 10, 18:00
Draw 8 Tuesday, February 11, 13:30
Draw 10 Wednesday, February 12, 9:00
Draw 12 Wednesday, February 12, 18:00
Draw 14 Thursday, February 13, 13:30
Draw 16 Friday, February 14, 9:00
Draw 18 Friday, February 14, 18:00
Playoffs
Quarter-finals Saturday, February 15, 10:00
Semi-final Saturday, February 15, 15:00
Gold-medal game Sunday, February 16, 10:00
Final standings Rank Team Skip Consadole Yuta Matsumura Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 4 City Office Nayoro Yuya Takigahira 5 Team Tani Ryutaro Tani 6 Okayama CA Hiroki Yoshioka 7 Team Tokyo Jumpei Kanda 8 Miyagi CA Kotaro Noguchi 9 Hokkaido University Kantaro Kawano
Women
Qualification Qualification Team Locale Skip Last winner Chubu Electric Power Nagano Seina Nakajima Last runner-up Loco Solare Hokkaido Satsuki Fujisawa WCT top ranking Hokkaido Bank Hokkaido Sayaka Yoshimura Winner of Hokkaido regional championship Sapporo Association Hokkaido Honoka Sasaki Winner of Tohoku regional championship Aomori CA Aomori Juri Ojima Winner of Kanto regional championship Fujikyu Yamanashi Tori Koana Winner of Chubu regional championship Team Karuizawa Nagano Yumiko Kashiwagi Winner of regional championship Team Hiroshima Hiroshima Yuki Nobutoh Winner of wild-card competition Team Tokyo Tokyo Shiori Fujisawa Notes Without last winner and runner-up team at end of last October.
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Key (S) Skip Team Fourth Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Chubu Electric Power Ikue Kitazawa Chiaki Matsumura Seina Nakajima (S) Hasumi Ishigooka Emi Shimizu Yusuke Morozumi Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa (S) Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Ryoji Onodera Hokkaido Bank Sayaka Yoshimura (S) Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Yumie Funayama Connor Njegovan Sapporo Association Honoka Sasaki (S) Mikoto Nakajima Yui Ohzeki Miku Nihira Yuina Miura Kumiko Shimamura Takayuki Doi Aomori CA Shinobu Aota Juri Ojima (S) Natsuki Saito Kaoru Ito Chieri Yamashita Fujikyu Tori Koana (S) Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani Haruka Hosoda James Howard Cotter Team Karuizawa Yumiko Kashiwagi (S) Misako Den Yuka Takimoto Makiko Uehara Yukie Katase Hiroaki Kashiwagi Team Hiroshima Yuki Nobutoh (S) Riho Zaikan Ikumi Masuki Akari IwataniMiwako Tatsudan Team Tokyo Kai Tsuchiya Shiori Fujisawa (S) Marina Oiwa Saki Sogawa Noriko Ishimura
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings Key Q Teams to playoffs Team Skip Rank Chubu Electric Power Seina Nakajima 8 0 70.10 Q 1 Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa 7 1 56.85 Q 2 Hokkaido Bank Sayaka Yoshimura 6 2 52.31 Q 3 Fujikyu Tori Koana 4 4 1–0 46.95 Q 4 Aomori CA Juri Ojima 4 4 0–1 90.24 5 Team Karuizawa Yumiko Kashiwagi 3 5 44.49 6 Sapporo Association Honoka Sasaki 2 6 1–0 77.35 7 Team Tokyo Shiori Fujisawa 2 6 0–1 72.24 8 Team Hiroshima Yuki Nobutoh 0 8 103.34 9
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).
Draw 1 Sunday, February 9, 9:00
Draw 3 Sunday, February 9, 18:00
Draw 5 Monday, February 10, 13:30
Draw 7 Tuesday, February 11, 9:00
Draw 9 Tuesday, February 11, 18:00
Draw 11 Wednesday, February 12, 13:30
Draw 13 Thursday, February 13, 9:00
Draw 15 Thursday, February 13, 18:00
Draw 17 Friday, February 14, 13:30
Playoffs
Quarter-finals Saturday, February 15, 10:00
Semi-final Saturday, February 15, 15:00
Gold-medal game Sunday, February 16, 15:30
Final standings Rank Team Skip Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa Chubu Electric Power Seina Nakajima Hokkaido Bank Sayaka Yoshimura 4 Fujikyu Tori Koana 5 Aomori CA Juri Ojima 6 Team Karuizawa Yumiko Kashiwagi 7 Sapporo Association Honoka Sasaki 8 Team Tokyo Shiori Fujisawa 9 Team Hiroshima Yuki Nobutoh
References
External links 37th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships 2020 - Official website 37th Japan Curling Championships - Japan Curling Association NHK Curling 2020 - Live scores and Satellite broadcasting information 37th Japan Curling Championships Online Stream - Official Live Channel on YouTube