2022 Karuizawa International Curling Championships

The 2022 Karuizawa International Curling Championships were held from December 16 to 18 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan. The total purse for the event was ¥ 1,500,000 on both the men's and women's sides. It was the first time the event has been held since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling both the 2020 and 2021 editions.

Men

Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Kohsuke Hirata Shingo Usui Ryota Meguro Yoshiya Miura Kosuke Aita Kitami, Japan Hiroyuki Honda Tomohiro Akita Ryuta Numabe Motohiro Goto Ryu Yamamura Kitami, Japan Jeong Byeong-jin Lee Jeong-jae Kim Min-woo Kim Tae-hwan Seoul, South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk (Fourth) Kim Chang-min (Skip) Jeon Jae-ik Kim Hak-kyun Seong Se-hyeon Uiseong, South Korea Yusuke Morozumi Yuta Matsumura Ryotaro Shukuya Kosuke Morozumi Masaki Iwai Karuizawa, Japan Go Aoki (Fourth) Hayato Sato (Skip) Kouki Ogiwara Kazushi Nino Ayato Sasaki Sapporo, Japan John Shuster Chris Plys Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Colin Hufman Duluth, Minnesota Riku Yanagisawa Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Takeru Yamamoto Satoshi Koizumi Konosuke Takahashi Karuizawa, Japan

Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Pool A W L PF PA John Shuster 3 0 23 8 40.27 Yusuke Morozumi 2 1 20 12 36.20 Jeong Byeong-jin 1 2 18 16 76.90 Hiroyuki Honda 0 3 4 29 83.65 Pool B W L PF PA Kohsuke Hirata 2 1 21 20 53.22 Riku Yanagisawa 2 1 21 12 61.05 Hayato Sato 2 1 17 16 109.45 Kim Chang-min 0 3 13 24 96.13

Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Draw 1 Friday, December 16, 9:00 am

Draw 2 Friday, December 16, 1:30 pm

Draw 3 Friday, December 16, 6:00 pm

Draw 4 Saturday, December 17, 9:00 am

Draw 5 Saturday, December 17, 1:30 pm

Playoffs

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Semifinals Saturday, December 17, 6:00 pm

Third place game Sunday, December 18, 9:00 am

Final Sunday, December 18, 1:30 pm

Women

Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Kerri Einarson Val Sweeting Shannon Birchard Briane Harris Gimli, Manitoba, Canada Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kitami, Japan Asuka Kanai Ami Enami Junko Nishimuro Mone Ryokawa Karuizawa, Japan Kim Eun-jung Kim Kyeong-ae Kim Cho-hi Kim Seon-yeong Kim Yeong-mi Gangneung, South Korea Ikue Kitazawa Seina Nakajima Minori Suzuki Hasumi Ishigooka Chiaki Matsumura Nagano, Japan Honoka Sasaki Mari Motohashi Miki Hayashi Ayuna Aoki Mayumi Saito Kitami, Japan Momoha Tabata Miku Nihira Mikoto Nakajima Ayami Ito Sapporo, Japan Sayaka Yoshimura Yuna Kotani Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Yumie Funayama Sapporo, Japan

Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Pool A W L PF PA Kerri Einarson 2 1 20 17 97.55 Sayaka Yoshimura 2 1 18 13 86.27 Honoka Sasaki 1 2 19 22 35.33 Ikue Kitazawa 1 2 18 23 70.37 Pool B W L PF PA Kim Eun-jung 2 1 18 13 39.05 Satsuki Fujisawa 2 1 17 12 63.23 Momoha Tabata 2 1 16 16 80.17 Asuka Kanai 0 3 13 23 98.15