The Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's curling tour. It is held annually in early August at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. The total purse for the event is ¥ 1,720,000 with the winning team receiving ¥ 1,000,000.
Typically this event allows in-person spectators, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, they weren't permitted in 2021 and 2022. In its place they will be providing streaming from their .
The event hosted an international field from 2016 to 2019. Following its cancellation in 2020, only Japanese teams attended the 2021 event. In 2022 and 2023, teams from Japan and South Korea competed. Due to construction in the stadium, the event was not held for the 2024 season.
Past champions
Men Year Winning team Runner-up team Purse (¥) 2016 Karsten Sturmay, Tristan Steinke, Chris Kennedy, Caleb Boorse Wang Fengchun, Jiang Dongxu, Yuan Mingjie, Cheng Kuo 850,000 2017 Kim Soo-hyuk, Kim Tae-hwan, Park Jong-duk, Nam Yoon-ho Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi 1,700,000 2018 Go Aoki (Fourth), Masaki Iwai (Skip), Ryotaro Shukuya, Kouki Ogiwara Kohsuke Hirata (Fourth), Shingo Usui (Skip), Daiki Shikano, Yoshiya Miura 1,700,000 2019 Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick 1,700,000 2020 Cancelled 2021 Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi 1,700,000 2022 Jeong Byeong-jin, Lee Jeong-jae, Kim Min-woo, Kim Tae-hwan Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi 1,700,000 2023 Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Ryota Meguro, Yoshiya Miura, Kosuke Aita Park Jong-duk, Jeong Yeong-seok, Oh Seung-hoon, Seong Ji-hoon, Lee Ki-bok 1,700,000 2024 Not held 2025 Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth), Shinya Abe (Skip), Hayato Sato, Haruto Ouchi Kotaro Noguchi, Yuto Kamada, Hiroshi Kato, Hiromasa Yonehara 1,700,000 2026 Takumi Maeda, Hiroki Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa, Gakuto Tokoro Riku Yanagisawa (Fourth), Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi 1,720,000
Women Year Winning team Runner-up team Purse (¥) 2016 Chelsea Carey, Amy Nixon, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters Gim Un-chi, Um Min-ji, Lee Seul-bee, Yeom Yoon-jung 850,000 2017 Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida Kim Min-ji, Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin 1,700,000 2018 Kim Min-ji, Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin Chiaki Matsumura, Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Hasumi Ishigooka 1,700,000 2019 Jiang Yilun, Zhang Lijun, Dong Ziqi, Jiang Xindi Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida 1,700,000 2020 Cancelled 2021 Tori Koana, Yuna Kotani, Mao Ishigaki, Arisa Kotani Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida 1,700,000 2022 Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi Mayu Minami, Kana Ogawa, Momo Kaneta, Nao Kyoto 1,700,000 2023 Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Sayaka Yoshimura Momoha Tabata, Miku Nihira, Sae Yamamoto, Mikoto Nakajima, Ayami Ito 1,700,000 2024 Not held 2025 Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Yuna Kotani, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi Momoha Tabata (Fourth), Miku Nihira (Skip), Sae Yamamoto, Mikoto Nakajima 1,700,000 2026 Miku Nihira, Momoha Tabata, Sae Yamamoto, Mikoto Nakajima Kotone Suzuki, Akari Hashimoto, Minami Nakao, Hana Ikeda 1,720,000
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