The 2023 WCT Japan New Year Medalist Curling in Miyota (Japanese: WCTジャパン ニューイヤーメダリストカーリング in 御代田 2023) was held from December 30 to January 1 at the Curling Hall Miyota in Miyota, Japan. The total purse for the event was ¥ 2,000,000. It was the fifth event on the World Curling Tour Japan for the 2022–23 curling season.
The event was won by the German rink of Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Lena Kapp and Analena Jentsch from Füssen, who after losing their first game, won five straight games to claim the event title. In the final, they defeated Karuizawa's Asuka Kanai, who they had lost to the in opening draw. To reach the final, Team Jentsch won 6–5 over Canada's Isabelle Ladouceur in the quarterfinals and then beat Sapporo's Sayaka Yoshimura 7–4 in the semifinals. Team Kanai had a direct berth to the semifinals by finishing 3–0 in pool play and beat Sapporo's Mayu Minami 6–1 to advance to the final. Miyota's Wakaba Kawamura also qualified for the playoffs but was eliminated 7–4 by Team Minami in the quarterfinals. Miyota's Arisa Kotani and Yuri Nakajima rounded out the field of eight teams.
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Daniela Jentsch Emira Abbes Lena Kapp Analena Jentsch Füssen, Germany Asuka Kanai Ami Enami Yui Ueno Junko Nishimuro Karuizawa, Japan Wakaba Kawamura Haruka Asakawa Azusa Yasuga Chihiro Yuki Miyota, Japan Arisa Kotani Eri Ogihara Kotoka Segawa Ai Kawada Miyota, Japan Isabelle Ladouceur Jamie Smith Grace Lloyd Rachel Steele Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Mayu Minami Kana Ogawa Momo Kaneta Nao Kyoto Sapporo, Japan Megumi Kanai (Fourth) Maki Yamada Akane Suzuki Yuri Nakajima (Skip) Miyota, Japan Sayaka Yoshimura Yuna Kotani Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi Sapporo, Japan
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Pool A W L PF PA Sayaka Yoshimura 3 0 22 8 34.34 Mayu Minami 2 1 19 14 67.10 Isabelle Ladouceur 1 2 15 19 63.36 Arisa Kotani 0 3 10 25 89.40 Pool B W L PF PA Asuka Kanai 3 0 22 8 48.16 Daniela Jentsch 2 1 18 15 134.06 Wakaba Kawamura 1 2 12 19 105.76 Yuri Nakajima 0 3 14 24 134.22
Round robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Friday, December 30, 9:00 am
Draw 2 Friday, December 30, 2:30 pm
Draw 3 Friday, December 30, 6:00 pm
Draw 4 Friday, December 30, 9:30 pm
Draw 5 Saturday, December 31, 9:00 am
Draw 6 Saturday, December 31, 2:30 pm
Playoffs
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Quarterfinals Saturday, December 31, 6:00 pm
Semifinals Sunday, January 1, 8:00 am
Final Sunday, January 1, 1:00 pm
Notes
References
External links Official Website CurlingZone