The 2021 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic was held from August 19 to 22 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. It was one of the first events of the 2021–22 curling season. The total purse for the event is ¥ 1,700,000 on both the men's and women's sides.
In the men's final, the defending Japanese champions Team Consadole skipped by Yuta Matsumura defeated the Yusuke Morozumi rink TM Karuizawa 7–2. Matsumura and Morozumi also met in the final of the 2020 Japan Curling Championships, with Matsumura winning 6–4 after nine ends. Team Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, also of Karuizawa and the junior team of Takumi Maeda also qualified for the playoffs, with Yamaguchi winning the third place game 7–4 in an extra end.
On the women's side, the Tori Koana rink, representing Fujikyu capped off a perfect 5–0 tournament by defeating Team Loco Solare skipped by Satsuki Fujisawa 5–4 in the final. Despite winning the event, Team Koana was not eligible to compete in the 2021 Japanese Olympic Curling Trials, as it was held in a best-of-five tournament between the Fujisawa rink and 2021 Japanese champions Team Sayaka Yoshimura, representing Hokkaido Bank. 2019 Japanese champions Team Seina Nakajima and Japanese junior champions Team Sae Yamamoto also qualified for the playoffs, with Nakajima taking the third place game by a score of 5–3.
Men Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Kohsuke Hirata Shingo Usui Ryota Meguro Yoshiya Miura Syunta Kobayashi Kitami Kantaro Kawano Takanori Hirano Kenji Takamatsu Yutaro Kasai Tasuya Yokota Sapporo Takumi Maeda Uryu Kamikawa Hiroki Maeda Asei Nakahara Kitami Yuta Matsumura Tetsuro Shimizu Yasumasa Tanida Shinya Abe Kosuke Aita Kitami Yusuke Morozumi Masaki Iwai Ryotaro Shukuya Kosuke Morozumi Karuizawa Go Aoki (Fourth) Hayato Sato (Skip) Kei Kamada Kazushi Nino Ayato Sasaki Sapporo Sota Tsuruga Haruto Ouchi Takuto Ouchi Naoki Kanazawa Daishi Ikezaki Sapporo Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Riku Yanagisawa Satoshi Koizumi Takeru Yamamoto Karuizawa
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Pool A W L PF PA Yuta Matsumura 3 0 23 9 24.60 Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 2 1 18 14 75.03 Hayato Sato 1 2 13 13 49.47 Kantaro Kawano 0 3 5 23 108.90 Pool B W L PF PA Yusuke Morozumi 3 0 26 13 9.22 Takumi Maeda 2 1 18 15 58.58 Sota Tsuruga 1 2 15 19 77.28 Kohsuke Hirata 0 3 10 22 71.57
Round robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Thursday, August 19, 3:30 pm
Draw 3 Friday, August 20, 10:00 am
Draw 5 Friday, August 20, 5:00 pm
Playoffs
Source:
Semifinals Saturday, August 21, 1:30 pm
Third place game Sunday, August 22, 10:00 am
Final Sunday, August 22, 10:00 am
Women Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kotomi Ishizaki Kitami Asuka Kanai Ami Enami Mone Ryokawa Junko Nishimuro Karuizawa Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani Fujiyoshida Mari Motohashi Yako Matsuzawa Miki Hayashi Mayumi Saito Ayumi Aoki Kitami Ikue Kitazawa (Fourth) Chiaki Matsumura Seina Nakajima (Skip) Hasumi Ishigooka Minori Suzuki Karuizawa Miku Nihira Mina Kobayashi Mikoto Nakajima Honoka Sasaki Sapporo Miyu Ueno (Fourth) Eri Ogihara Yui Ueno Sae Yamamoto (Skip) Karuizawa Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Yumie Funayama Momoha Tabata Sapporo
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Pool A W L PF PA Tori Koana 3 0 18 13 37.83 Sae Yamamoto 2 1 18 13 32.37 Sayaka Yoshimura 1 2 16 15 93.23 Mari Motohashi 0 3 11 22 58.92 Pool B W L PF PA Satsuki Fujisawa 3 0 26 8 21.20 Seina Nakajima 2 1 16 11 38.93 Asuka Kanai 1 2 11 24 31.18 Miku Nihira 0 3 15 25 92.53
Round robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 2 Thursday, August 19, 7:00 pm
Draw 4 Friday, August 20, 1:30 pm
Draw 6 Saturday, August 21, 10:00 am
Playoffs
Source:
Semifinals Saturday, August 21, 5:00 pm
Third place game Sunday, August 22, 4:00 pm
Final Sunday, August 22, 4:00 pm
References
External links Official Website Men's Event Women's Event