2024 New Year Curling in Miyota

The 2024 WCT New Year Curling in Miyota (Japanese: WCT ニューイヤーカーリング in 御代田 2024) was held from December 29 to January 1 at the Curling Hall Miyota in Miyota, Japan.[1] The total purse for the event was ¥ 2,000,000.[2] It was the second event on the World Curling Tour Japan for the 2023–24 curling season.

2024 New Year Curling in Miyota
Host cityMiyota, Japan
ArenaCurling Hall Miyota
DatesDecember 29 – January 1
WinnerAomori Prefecture Team Nakamura
Curling clubAomori CC, Aomori
SkipMiori Nakamura
FourthMisaki Tanaka
SecondHaruka Kihara
LeadHiyori Ichinohe
AlternateYuuna Harada
FinalistHokkaido Team Yoshimura
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Philoseek Aomori, represented by skip Miori Nakamura, fourth Misaki Tanaka, second Haruka Kihara, lead Hiyori Ichinohe and alternate Yuuna Harada won the event, defeating the Fortius rink of Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya and Mina Kobayashi in the championship game. Both teams finished undefeated through the round robin with 4–0 records to qualify for the semifinals, with Tokyo's Yui Ozeki and Karuizawa's Miyu Ueno also reaching the knockout stage with 3–1 records each. Philoseek Aomori then beat Grandir Tokyo (Ozeki) 8–3 in the semifinals while Fortius downed SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 6–3. In the gold medal game, Fortius scored two in the third and a single in the fourth for a 3–1 lead at the half. In the second half, however, Philoseek Aomori mounted a comeback, scoring five consecutive points to win the match 6–3. It was the Nakamura rinks second tour final appearance as they also reached the final of the 2023 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic. Surprisingly, the two highest ranked teams going into the event, South Korea's Ha Seung-youn and the United States' Delaney Strouse missed the playoffs with 2–2 records each.

Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[3]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Ha Seung-youn Kim Hye-rin Yang Tae-i Kim Su-jin   Chuncheon, South Korea
Mayu Minami Kana Ogawa Mizuki Saito Moe Nomoto Mika Okuyama   Sapporo, Japan
Misaki Tanaka (Fourth) Miori Nakamura (Skip) Haruka Kihara Hiyori Ichinohe Yuuna Harada   Aomori, Japan
Yui Ozeki Mao Ishigaki Hinako Sonobe Haruka Hosoda   Tokyo, Japan
Kotoka Segawa Ayuka Segawa Mio Sasaki Mei Shimohori   Iwate, Japan
Delaney Strouse Anne O'Hara Sydney Mullaney Rebecca Rodgers Susan Dudt   Traverse City, Michigan
Yumi Suzuki Aki Goto Kyoka Kuramitsu Miho Fujimori Runa Miura   Tokyo, Japan
Kai Tsuchiya Yumiko Kashiwagi Manami Anzai Rin Komiyama   Miyota, Japan
Miyu Ueno Asuka Kanai Junko Nishimuro Yui Ueno Mone Ryokawa   Karuizawa, Japan
Yuna Kotani[a] Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi   Sapporo, Japan

Round robin standings

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Final Round Robin Standings[4]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L PF PA
  Miori Nakamura 4 0 32 16
  Miyu Ueno 3 1 25 14
  Ha Seung-youn 2 2 21 25
  Yumi Suzuki 1 3 20 25
  Kotoka Segawa 0 4 15 33
Pool B W L PF PA
  Team Yoshimura 4 0 35 18
  Yui Ozeki 3 1 28 22
  Delaney Strouse 2 2 20 25
  Kai Tsuchiya 1 3 27 35
  Mayu Minami 0 4 21 31

Round robin results

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

Draw 1

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Friday, December 29, 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Miyu Ueno   0 2 1 0 2 2 2 X 9
  Kotoka Segawa 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Ha Seung-youn 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 X 5
  Miori Nakamura   0 1 3 2 0 0 4 X 10

Draw 2

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Friday, December 29, 12:20 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Team Yoshimura   2 0 1 0 5 0 4 X 12
  Kai Tsuchiya 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Delaney Strouse 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
  Mayu Minami   1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4

Draw 3

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Friday, December 29, 4:10 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Ha Seung-youn   0 1 1 0 2 1 1 X 6
  Yumi Suzuki 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Miori Nakamura   1 2 2 0 0 2 2 X 9
  Kotoka Segawa 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 3

Draw 4

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Friday, December 29, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Delaney Strouse 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
  Yui Ozeki   0 2 2 0 1 0 3 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Mayu Minami   3 0 0 0 0 3 1 X 7
  Kai Tsuchiya 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 X 9

Draw 5

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Saturday, December 30, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Miori Nakamura   1 0 0 1 2 2 0 X 6
  Miyu Ueno 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kotoka Segawa   1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 6
  Yumi Suzuki 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 7

Draw 6

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Saturday, December 30, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Mayu Minami   1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 4
  Team Yoshimura 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kai Tsuchiya 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 6
  Yui Ozeki   2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 8

Draw 7

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Saturday, December 30, 5:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Yumi Suzuki 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 6
  Miori Nakamura   2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Miyu Ueno   4 0 1 2 1 0 X X 8
  Ha Seung-youn 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2

Draw 8

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Sunday, December 31, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Yui Ozeki   0 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 9
  Mayu Minami 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Team Yoshimura   0 3 0 1 0 4 1 X 9
  Delaney Strouse 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3

Draw 9

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Sunday, December 31, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kotoka Segawa   1 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 4
  Ha Seung-youn 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Yumi Suzuki 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4
  Miyu Ueno   2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6

Draw 10

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Sunday, December 31, 5:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kai Tsuchiya   1 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 4
  Delaney Strouse 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Yui Ozeki   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
  Team Yoshimura 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 7

Playoffs

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Source:[6]

Semifinals Final
      
A1   Miori Nakamura 8
B2   Yui Ozeki 3
A1   Miori Nakamura 6
B1   Team Yoshimura 3
B1   Team Yoshimura 6
A2   Miyu Ueno 3

Semifinals

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Monday, January 1, 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Team Yoshimura 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 6
  Miyu Ueno   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Miori Nakamura 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 X 8
  Yui Ozeki   1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3

Final

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Monday, January 1, 1:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Miori Nakamura   0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 6
  Team Yoshimura 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "WCT Japan New Year Curling in Miyota". LIVE-Link. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "New Year Curling in Miyota 2024". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. ^ "Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
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