The 2024 WCT New Year Curling in Miyota (Japanese: WCT ニューイヤーカーリング in 御代田 2024) was held from December 29 to January 1 at the Curling Hall Miyota in Miyota, Japan. The total purse for the event was ¥ 2,000,000. It was the second event on the World Curling Tour Japan for the 2023–24 curling season.
Philoseek Aomori, represented by skip Miori Nakamura; fourth Misaki Tanaka; second Haruka Kihara, lead Hiyori Ichinohe; and alternate Yuuna Harada won the event, defeating the Fortius rink of Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya and Mina Kobayashi in the championship game.
Both teams finished undefeated through the round robin with 4–0 records to qualify for the semifinals, with Tokyo's Yui Ozeki and Karuizawa's Miyu Ueno also reaching the knockout stage with 3–1 records each. Philoseek Aomori then beat Grandir Tokyo (Ozeki) 8–3 in the semifinals while Fortius downed SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 6–3.
In the gold medal game, Fortius scored two in the third, and a single in the fourth, for a 3–1 lead at the half. In the second half, however, Philoseek Aomori mounted a comeback, scoring five consecutive points to win the match 6–3. It was the Nakamura rinks second tour final appearance as they also reached the final of the 2023 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic.
Surprisingly, the two highest ranked teams going into the event, South Korea's Ha Seung-youn, and the United States' Delaney Strouse, missed the playoffs with 2–2 records each.
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 Mayu Minami Kana Ogawa Mizuki Saito Moe Nomoto Mika Okuyama Sapporo, Japan Misaki Tanaka (Fourth) Miori Nakamura (Skip) Haruka Kihara Hiyori Ichinohe Yuuna Harada Aomori, Japan Yui Ozeki Mao Ishigaki Hinako Sonobe Haruka Hosoda Tokyo, Japan Kotoka Segawa Ayuka Segawa Mio Sasaki Mei Shimohori Iwate, Japan Delaney Strouse Anne O'Hara Sydney Mullaney Rebecca Rodgers Susan Dudt Traverse City, Michigan Yumi Suzuki Aki Goto Kyoka Kuramitsu Miho Fujimori Runa Miura Tokyo, Japan Kai Tsuchiya Yumiko Kashiwagi Manami Anzai Rin Komiyama Miyota, Japan Miyu Ueno Asuka Kanai Junko Nishimuro Yui Ueno Mone Ryokawa Karuizawa, Japan 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 Miori Nakamura 4 0 32 16 Miyu Ueno 3 1 25 14 Ha Seung-youn 2 2 21 25 Yumi Suzuki 1 3 20 25 Kotoka Segawa 0 4 15 33 Pool B W L PF PA Team Yoshimura 4 0 35 18 Yui Ozeki 3 1 28 22 Delaney Strouse 2 2 20 25 Kai Tsuchiya 1 3 27 35 Mayu Minami 0 4 21 31
Round robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Friday, December 29, 8:30 am
Draw 2 Friday, December 29, 12:20 pm
Draw 3 Friday, December 29, 4:10 pm
Draw 4 Friday, December 29, 8:00 pm
Draw 5 Saturday, December 30, 9:00 am
Draw 6 Saturday, December 30, 1:00 pm
Draw 7 Saturday, December 30, 5:00 pm
Draw 8 Sunday, December 31, 9:00 am
Draw 9 Sunday, December 31, 1:00 pm
Draw 10 Sunday, December 31, 5:00 pm
Playoffs
Source:
Semifinals Monday, January 1, 8:30 am
Final Monday, January 1, 1:00 pm
Notes
References
External links Official Website CurlingZone