The 2024 Japan Curling Championships (branded as the 41st Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships) were held from January 28 to February 4 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The winning teams earned the right to represent Japan at the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship respectively.
Both the men's and women's events were played in three rounds, a change in format from previous years. Similar to the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the ten teams were split into two pools of five. The top three teams in each group advanced to the championship round where they crossed over and played the three teams from the opposing pool. Following the conclusion of the championship round, the first-place team advanced directly to the final with the second and third place teams playing in the semifinal.
Medalists Men ConsadoleTetsuro Shimizu (Fourth)Shinya Abe (Skip)Haruto OuchiSota TsurugaMakoto Tsuruga SC Karuizawa ClubRiku YanagisawaTsuyoshi YamaguchiTakeru YamamotoSatoshi Koizumi Loco SolareTakumi MaedaAsei NakaharaHiroki MaedaUryu KamikawaRyoji OnoderaWomen SC Karuizawa ClubMiyu UenoAsuka KanaiJunko NishimuroYui UenoMone Ryokawa Hokkaido BankMomoha Tabata (Fourth)Miku Nihira (Skip)Sae YamamotoMikoto NakajimaAyami Ito Chubu Electric PowerIkue KitazawaSeina NakajimaAmi EnamiMinori SuzukiHasumi Ishigooka
Men
Qualification The following teams qualified to participate in the 2024 Japan Curling Championship:
Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s) 2023 Champion 1 SC Karuizawa Club 2023 Runner-Up 1 Kitami Association Hokkaido Region 1 Loco Solare Tōhoku Region 1 Team Sato Kanto Region 1 Team Tani Chūbu Region 1 SC Karuizawa Club Jr. West Japan Region 1 Okayama CA Committee Recommendation 3 TM Karuizawa Sapporo International University Consadole TOTAL 10
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Consadole Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth) Shinya Abe (Skip) Haruto Ouchi Sota Tsuruga Makoto Tsuruga Kitami Kitami Association Kohsuke Hirata Shingo Usui Ryota Meguro Yoshiya Miura Kosuke Aita Kitami Loco Solare Takumi Maeda Asei Nakahara Hiroki Maeda Uryu Kamikawa Ryoji Onodera Kitami Okayama CA Hiroki Yoshioka (Fourth) Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Skip) Sota Todori Yusuke Nonomura Makoto Takahashi Okayama Sapporo International University Go Aoki (Fourth) Hayato Sato (Skip) Kouki Ogiwara Yousuke Abe Shunta Kobayashi Sapporo SC Karuizawa Club Riku Yanagisawa Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Takeru Yamamoto Satoshi Koizumi Karuizawa SC Karuizawa Club Jr. Miki Yamamoto (Fourth) Konosuke Takahashi (Skip) Shunsuke Kanagawa Taiki Tozawa Miharu Kubota Karuizawa Team Sato Koei Sato Kaishi Sato Akiatsu Yoshimoto Yuto Abe Tomoya Kawamura Aomori Team Tani Ryutaro Tani Shunta Mizukami Takuya Ishikawa Daiki Yamazaki Kohei Okamura Tokyo TM Karuizawa Yusuke Morozumi Yuta Matsumura Ryotaro Shukuya Masaki Iwai Karuizawa
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Championship Round Pool ATeamSkip Loco Solare Takumi Maeda 4 0 33 17 19 13 3 7 27.4 TM Karuizawa Yusuke Morozumi 3 1 33 19 17 13 5 6 17.0 Kitami Association Kohsuke Hirata 2 2 29 27 17 14 2 4 21.4 Sapporo University Hayato Sato 1 3 26 33 15 19 5 2 46.0 Okayama CA Hiromitsu Fujinaka 0 4 12 37 9 18 5 0 45.8Pool BTeamSkip Consadole Shinya Abe 4 0 35 8 14 7 5 4 44.4 SC Karuizawa Club Riku Yanagisawa 3 1 39 12 16 6 4 10 21.9 SC Karuizawa Club Jr. Konosuke Takahashi 2 2 14 26 10 12 8 4 49.9 Team Sato Koei Sato 1 3 15 36 11 16 0 2 52.6 Team Tani Ryutaro Tani 0 4 17 38 12 22 2 2 76.6
Round robin results
All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 2 Monday, January 29, 9:00
Draw 4 Monday, January 29, 19:00
Draw 6 Tuesday, January 30, 13:30
Draw 8 Wednesday, January 31, 9:00
Draw 10 Wednesday, January 31, 18:00
Championship round standings Final Championship Round Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs TeamSkip Consadole Shinya Abe 7 0 – 61 28 28 18 7 7 Loco Solare Takumi Maeda 6 1 – 56 34 31 24 7 11 SC Karuizawa Club Riku Yanagisawa 5 2 – 60 32 29 17 8 13 TM Karuizawa Yusuke Morozumi 4 3 – 61 41 30 25 5 8 Kitami Association Kohsuke Hirata 3 4 – 42 40 26 22 7 8 SC Karuizawa Club Jr. Konosuke Takahashi 2 5 – 19 50 14 24 11 5
Championship round results
Draw 12 Thursday, February 1, 13:30
Draw 14 Friday, February 2, 9:00
Draw 16 Friday, February 2, 18:00
Playoffs Source:
Semifinal Saturday, February 3, 13:30
Final Sunday, February 4, 10:00
Final standings PlaceTeamSkip Consadole Shinya Abe SC Karuizawa Club Riku Yanagisawa Loco Solare Takumi Maeda4 TM Karuizawa Yusuke Morozumi5 Kitami Association Kohsuke Hirata6 SC Karuizawa Club Jr. Konosuke Takahashi7 Sapporo International University Hayato Sato8 Team Sato Koei Sato9 Okayama CA Hiromitsu Fujinaka10 Team Tani Ryutaro Tani
Women
Qualification The following teams qualified to participate in the 2024 Japan Curling Championship:
Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s) 2023 Champion 1 Loco Solare 2023 Runner-Up 1 SC Karuizawa Club Hokkaido Region 1 Hokkaido Bank Tōhoku Region 1 Iwate Institute Kanto Region 1 Grandir Chūbu Region 1 SC Karuizawa Club Jr. West Japan Region 1 Team Hiroshima Committee Recommendation 3 Chubu Electric Power Fortius Loco Solare.S TOTAL 10
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Chubu Electric Power Ikue Kitazawa Seina Nakajima Ami Enami Minori Suzuki Hasumi Ishigooka Nagano Fortius Yuna Kotani Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi Yumie Funayama Sapporo Grandir Yui Ozeki Mao Ishigaki Reika Tateda Hinako Sonobe Haruka Hosoda Tokyo Hokkaido Bank Momoha Tabata (Fourth) Miku Nihira (Skip) Sae Yamamoto Mikoto Nakajima Ayami Ito Sapporo Iwate Institute Kotoka Segawa Michiko Tomabechi Rio Matsubara Mei Shimohori Iwate Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kotomi Ishizaki Kitami Loco Solare.S Honoka Sasaki Mari Motohashi Miki Hayashi Mayumi Saito Yako Matsuzawa Kitami SC Karuizawa Club Miyu Ueno Asuka Kanai Junko Nishimuro Yui Ueno Mone Ryokawa Nagano SC Karuizawa Club Jr. Aoi Watanabe Koharu Arai Seira Shinohara Rin Shigihara Ai Kawada Nagano Team Hiroshima Riho Zaikan Haruna Yamauchi Sachi Fukuoka Tomoko Tsuda Hiroshima
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Championship Round Pool ATeamSkip Fortius Yuna Kotani 3 1 1–1 36 16 21 10 0 9 36.8 Chubu Electric Power Ikue Kitazawa 3 1 1–1 32 16 18 12 3 6 43.4 SC Karuizawa Club Miyu Ueno 3 1 1–1 32 17 16 13 4 3 56.4 SC Karuizawa Club Jr. Aoi Watanabe 1 3 – 18 35 11 18 0 2 104.0 Team Hiroshima Riho Zaikan 0 4 – 10 44 8 21 2 0 85.5Pool BTeamSkip Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa 4 0 – 30 19 19 14 2 7 52.3 Hokkaido Bank Miku Nihira 3 1 – 31 15 15 14 1 9 62.7 Loco Solare.S Honoka Sasaki 2 2 – 20 26 13 15 5 2 41.1 Grandir Yui Ozeki 1 3 – 23 26 16 18 1 4 106.6 Iwate Institute Kotoka Segawa 0 4 – 19 37 16 18 0 4 68.9
Round robin results
All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Sunday, January 28, 17:00
Draw 3 Monday, January 29, 13:30
Draw 5 Tuesday, January 30, 9:00
Draw 7 Tuesday, January 30, 18:00
Draw 9 Wednesday, January 31, 13:30
Championship round standings Final Championship Round Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs TeamSkip Hokkaido Bank Miku Nihira 6 1 – 51 30 28 25 3 11 60.9 Chubu Electric Power Ikue Kitazawa 5 2 2–0 53 31 32 24 4 11 47.1 SC Karuizawa Club Miyu Ueno 5 2 1–1 53 34 30 22 9 7 51.6 Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa 5 2 0–2 49 42 31 29 4 10 36.9 Fortius Yuna Kotani 4 3 – 56 36 34 24 0 13 28.3 Loco Solare.S Honoka Sasaki 2 5 – 33 50 23 30 6 4 57.5
Championship round results
Draw 11 Thursday, February 1, 9:00
Draw 13 Thursday, February 1, 18:00
Draw 15 Friday, February 2, 13:30
Playoffs Source:
Semifinal Saturday, February 3, 18:00
Final Sunday, February 4, 14:30
Final standings PlaceTeamSkip SC Karuizawa Club Miyu Ueno Hokkaido Bank Miku Nihira Chubu Electric Power Ikue Kitazawa4 Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa5 Fortius Yuna Kotani6 Loco Solare.S Honoka Sasaki7 SC Karuizawa Club Jr. Aoi Watanabe8 Grandir Yui Ozeki9 Iwate Institute Kotoka Segawa10 Team Hiroshima Riho Zaikan
References
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