2016 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

The 2016 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic was held August 4–7, 2016 in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first event of the 2016–17 curling season. The total purse for the event was ¥ 850,000.

Canada's rinks swept the event, winning both titles. Karsten Sturmay defeated Wang Fengchun from China in the men's final and Chelsea Carey beat Gim Un-chi from South Korea in the women's championship game.

Men Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Locale Shinya Abe Yuta Matsumura Yuki Hayashi Hiroshi Sato Sapporo, Japan Alexander Baumann Marc Muskatewitz Tobias Thune Manuel Walter Hamburg, Germany Junpei Kanda Naoki Iwanaga Shinya Iwamoto Shota Iino Tokyo, Japan Kim Chang-min Seong Se-hyeon Oh Eun-soo Kim Chi-goo Uiseong, South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk Kim Tae-hwan Park Jong-duk Nam Yoon-ho Gangwon, South Korea Yusuke Morozumi Tetsuro Shimizu Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Kosuke Morozumi Karuizawa, Japan Karsten Sturmay Tristan Steinke Chris Kennedy Caleb Boorse Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Wang Fengchun Jiang Dongxu Yuan Mingjie Cheng Kuo Harbin, China

Round robin standings Final round robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Pool A W L Yusuke Morozumi 3 0 Karsten Sturmay 2 1 Alexander Baumann 1 2 Kim Chang-min 0 3Pool B W L Kim Soo-hyuk 3 0 Wang Fengchun 2 1 Shinya Abe 1 2 Junpei Kanda 0 3

Round robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Draw 1 Friday, August 5, 9:00 am

Draw 3 Friday, August 5, 4:00 pm

Draw 5 Saturday, August 6, 9:00 am

Playoffs Source:

Semifinals Saturday, August 6, 7:00 pm

Final Sunday, August 7, 12:30 pm

Bronze medal game Sunday, August 7, 12:30 pm

Fifth place game Sunday, August 7, 12:30 pm

Seventh place game Saturday, August 6, 7:00 pm

Women Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Locale Chelsea Carey Amy Nixon Jocelyn Peterman Laine Peters Calgary, Alberta, Canada Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kitami, Japan Gim Un-chi Um Min-ji Lee Seul-bee Yeom Yoon-jung Gyeonggido, South Korea Daniela Jentsch Analena Jentsch Josephine Obermann Pia-Lisa Schöll Füssen, Germany Kim Eun-jung Kim Kyeong-ae Kim Seon-yeong Kim Yeong-mi Uiseong, South Korea Junko Nishimuro (Fourth) Tori Koana (Skip) Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Yamanashi, Japan Ayumi Ogasawara Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Sapporo, Japan Zheng Chunmei Mei Jie Fu Yiwei Yang Ying Harbin, China

Round robin standings Final round robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Pool A W L Chelsea Carey 2 1 Gim Un-chi 2 1 Tori Koana 1 2 Ayumi Ogasawara 1 2Pool B W L Kim Eun-jung 3 0 Satsuki Fujisawa 2 1 Zheng Chunmei 1 2 Daniela Jentsch 0 3

Round robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Draw 2 Friday, August 5, 12:30 pm

Draw 4 Friday, August 5, 7:30 pm

Draw 6 Saturday, August 6, 12:30 pm