Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

The Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan.[1] It is held as part of the Hokkaido Curling Tour. The total purse for the event is ¥ 1,700,000 with the winning team receiving ¥ 1,000,000.

Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup
Established2022
Host cityWakkanai, Japan
ArenaWakkanai City Midori Sports Park
Websitewmcc.w-curling.org
Men's purse¥ 1,700,000
Women's purse¥ 1,700,000
Current champions (2024)
MenHokkaido Shinya Abe
WomenNagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa
Current edition

The tournament is held in a round robin format with the top four teams qualifying for the single elimination playoff round.

The event is streamed on the Hokkaido Curling Tour's YouTube page.[2]

Past Champions

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Year Winning team Runner-up team Purse (¥)
2022[3]   Takumi Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa, Hiroki Maeda, Asei Nakahara   Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi 1,720,000
2023[4]   Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Masaki Iwai, Kosuke Morozumi   Go Aoki (Fourth), Hayato Sato (Skip), Kouki Ogiwara, Kazushi Nino, Ayato Sasaki 1,700,000
2024[5]   Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth), Shinya Abe (Skip), Haruto Ouchi, Hayato Sato, Sota Tsuruga   Takumi Maeda, Asei Nakahara, Hiroki Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa, Ryoji Onodera 1,700,000

Women

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Year Winning team Runner-up team Purse (¥)
2022[6]   Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Yumie Funayama   Asuka Kanai, Ami Enami, Junko Nishimuro, Mone Ryokawa 1,720,000
2023[7]   Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Sayaka Yoshimura   Kohane Tsuruga, Ayami Ito, Mikoto Nakajima, Suzune Yasui 1,700,000
2024[8]   Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Ami Enami, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka   Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi 1,700,000

References

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  1. ^ "Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Hokkaido Curling Tour". YouTube. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup – Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup – Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup – Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  6. ^ "2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  7. ^ "2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  8. ^ "2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
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