The 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic was held from August 4 to 7 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first tour event of the 2022–23 curling season and the first event of the Hokkaido Curling Tour. 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 2022 Korean champions Team Jeong Byeong-jin defeated the Yusuke Morozumi rink 7–2 to win the title. Team Jeong, also consisting of Lee Jeong-jae, Kim Min-woo and Kim Tae-hwan went a perfect 5–0 to win the event, finishing first in their pool with a 3–0 record. They then beat the other Korean team skipped by Jeong Yeong-seok in the semifinal to earn their spot in the final game. Team Morozumi suffered one loss to the Jeong rink in the round robin but were able to defeat Team Hayato Sato in the semifinal to also reach the final. In the third-place game, the Jeong Yeong-seok rink won 5–4 over Team Sato. The eight-team field was rounded out by the Shinya Abe, Kohsuke Hirata, Masaki Ishikawa and Takumi Maeda rinks.
In the women's final, the defending Pacific-Asia champions Team Sayaka Yoshimura bested Team Mayu Minami 5–4. Team Yoshimura, with third Kaho Onodera, second Anna Ohmiya, lead Mina Kobayashi and alternate Yumie Funayama dropped their opening game to the Ikue Kitazawa rink before winning their next two games to qualify for the playoffs. They then beat the previously undefeated Ha Seung-youn Korean rink to reach the final. Team Minami qualified for the playoffs with a 1–2 record, but were able to upset the Kitazawa rink in their semifinal. The bronze medal game was won by Team Kitazawa in a 6–2 final over Team Ha. The women's field was rounded out by Teams Momoha Tabata, Sae Yamamoto, Miori Nakamura and Honoka Sasaki.
Men
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth) Haruto Ouchi Shinya Abe (Skip) Minori Suzuki Sota Tsuruga Sapporo, Japan Kohsuke Hirata Shingo Usui Ryota Meguro Yoshiya Miura Kosuke Aita Kitami, Japan Masaki Ishikawa Yutaro Kasai Takanori Hirano Tatsuya Yokota Kenji Takamatsu Sapporo, Japan Jeong Byeong-jin Lee Jeong-jae Kim Min-woo Kim Tae-hwan Lee Dong-hyeon Seoul, South Korea Jeong Yeong-seok Park Jong-duk Oh Seung-hoon Seong Ji-hoon Gangwon, South Korea Takumi Maeda Uryu Kamikawa Hiroki Maeda Asei Nakahara Kitami, Japan Yusuke Morozumi Yuta Matsumura Ryotaro Shukuya Kosuke Morozumi Masaki Iwai Karuizawa, Japan Go Aoki (Fourth) Hayato Sato (Skip) Kouki Ogiwara Kazushi Nino Ayato Sasaki Sapporo, Japan
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Pool A W L PF PA Jeong Byeong-jin 3 0 13 9 59.50 Yusuke Morozumi 2 1 16 10 37.02 Shinya Abe 1 2 11 12 49.02 Kohsuke Hirata 0 3 9 18 20.84 Pool B W L PF PA Hayato Sato 3 0 26 9 29.62 Jeong Yeong-seok 2 1 13 14 40.92 Masaki Ishikawa 1 2 15 18 32.05 Takumi Maeda 0 3 10 23 37.72
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Thursday, August 4, 3:30 pm
Draw 3 Friday, August 5, 10:00 am
Draw 5 Friday, August 5, 5:00 pm
Playoffs
Source:
Semifinals Saturday, August 6, 1:30 pm
Third place game Sunday, August 7, 10:00 am
Final Sunday, August 7, 10:00 am
Women
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Ha Seung-youn Kim Hye-rin Yang Tae-i Kim Su-jin Chuncheon, South Korea Ikue Kitazawa Seina Nakajima Minori Suzuki Hasumi Ishigooka Chiaki Matsumura Nagano, Japan Mayu Minami Kana Ogawa Momo Kaneta Nao Kyoto Sapporo, Japan Misaki Tanaka (Fourth) Miori Nakamura (Skip) Haruka Kihira Hiyori Ichinohe Yuuna Harada Aomori, Japan Honoka Sasaki Mari Motohashi Miki Hayashi Ayuna Aoki Mayumi Saito Kitami, Japan Momoha Tabata Miku Nihira Mikoto Nakajima Ayami Ito Sapporo, Japan Miyu Ueno (Fourth) Sae Yamamoto (Skip) Suzune Yasui Mizuki Hara Momoka Iwase Karuizawa, Japan Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi Yumie Funayama Sapporo, Japan
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Pool A W L PF PA Ha Seung-youn 3 0 – 19 8 19.50 Mayu Minami 1 2 1–1 11 16 43.70 Momoha Tabata 1 2 1–1 11 16 54.52 Honoka Sasaki 1 2 1–1 15 16 55.48 Pool B W L PF PA Ikue Kitazawa 2 1 1–0 18 16 42.70 Sayaka Yoshimura 2 1 0–1 16 11 14.84 Sae Yamamoto 1 2 1–0 11 14 67.52 Miori Nakamura 1 2 0–1 11 15 38.98
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 2 Thursday, August 4, 7:00 pm
Draw 4 Friday, August 5, 1:30 pm
Draw 6 Saturday, August 6, 10:00 am
Playoffs
Source:
Semifinals Saturday, August 6, 5:00 pm
Third place game Sunday, August 7, 4:00 pm
Final Sunday, August 7, 4:00 pm
Notes
References
External links Official Website Men's Event Women's Event