2025 Japanese Olympic curling trials

2025 Japanese Olympic curling trials
Host cityWakkanai, Japan
ArenaWakkanai City Midori Sports Park
DatesSeptember 11–14
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The 2025 Japanese Olympic curling trials will be held from September 11 to 14 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan.[1] The winning teams will earn the right to represent Japan at the Olympic Qualification Event where they will need to finish in the top two to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.[2] It will be the first time a men's trial is held.

The men's event will feature a best-of-five series between the 2024 and 2025 Japanese champion rinks of Shinya Abe (Consadole) and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (SC Karuizawa Club).[3] In 2024, Consadole led Japan to a 3–9 record at the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship, only earning three qualification points for the nation. SC Karuizawa Club did slightly better in 2025 by finishing ninth and earning five points, though it was not enough to advance Japan directly to the Olympic Games.[4]

The women's event will be held in a double round robin format with the top two teams advancing to a best-of-five series which includes the results from their first two games.[1] The 2024 and 2025 Japanese champions Miyu Ueno (SC Karuizawa Club) and Sayaka Yoshimura (Fortius) qualified by winning the previous two national titles while two-time Olympic medallist Satsuki Fujisawa (Loco Solare) qualified as the points leader. Like the men's teams, SC Karuizawa Club finished eleventh in 2024 while Fortius placed ninth in 2025, resulting in just eight qualification points.[4]

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Consadole Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth) Shinya Abe (Skip) Hayato Sato Haruto Ouchi Sota Tsuruga Hokkaido Kitami
SC Karuizawa Club Riku Yanagisawa (Fourth) Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Skip) Takeru Yamamoto Satoshi Koizumi Nagano Prefecture Karuizawa

Standings

Best-of-five
      
Hokkaido Consadole          
Nagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club          

Results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[5][6]

Game 1

Thursday, September 11, 8:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hokkaido Consadole (Abe) 0
Nagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi) 0

Game 2

Thursday, September 11, 1:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi) 0
Hokkaido Consadole (Abe) 0

Game 3

Friday, September 12, 8:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi) 0
Hokkaido Consadole (Abe) 0

Game 4

Friday, September 12, 1:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hokkaido Consadole (Abe) 0
Nagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi) 0

Game 5

Saturday, September 13, 8:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hokkaido Consadole (Abe) 0
Nagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi) 0

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Fortius Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Yuna Kotani Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi Hokkaido Sapporo
Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Hokkaido Kitami
SC Karuizawa Club Miyu Ueno Yui Ueno Junko Nishimuro Asuka Kanai Nagano Prefecture Karuizawa

Round robin standings

Key
Teams to Best-of-five
Team Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Hokkaido Fortius Sayaka Yoshimura 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hokkaido Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club Miyu Ueno 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Team Hokkaido F Hokkaido LS Nagano Prefecture SC Record
1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
1 Hokkaido Fortius — D1 D5 D3 D6 0–0
1 Hokkaido Loco Solare D1 D5 — D2 D4 0–0
1 Nagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club D3 D6 D2 D4 — 0–0

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[5][6]

Draw 1

Thursday, September 11, 8:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hokkaido Fortius (Yoshimura) 0
Hokkaido Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 0

Draw 2

Thursday, September 11, 1:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hokkaido Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 0
Nagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 0

Draw 3

Thursday, September 11, 6:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 0
Hokkaido Fortius (Yoshimura) 0

Draw 4

Friday, September 12, 8:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 0
Hokkaido Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 0

Draw 5

Friday, September 12, 1:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hokkaido Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 0
Hokkaido Fortius (Yoshimura) 0

Draw 6

Friday, September 12, 6:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hokkaido Fortius (Yoshimura) 0
Nagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 0

Best-of-five

The teams' head-to-head games in rounds one and two were counted towards their best-of-five score.

Best-of-five
      
           
           

Game 3

Saturday, September 13, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
0
0

Game 4

Sunday, September 14, 8:30 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
0
0

Game 5

Sunday, September 14, 2:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
0
0

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "日本代表決定戦（ミラノコルティナダンペッツォ冬季オリンピック最終予選）について". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  2. ^ "ZEN-NOH WOMEN'S CURLING JAPAN TOURNAMENT". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "TEAMS 出場チーム (PARTICIPATING TEAMS)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Qualification System - XXV Olympic Winter Games - Milano Cortina 2026" (PDF). Olympics. February 12, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "スケジュール (SCHEDULE)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "試合結果 (RESULTS)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
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