Curling competition at Miyota, Japan
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 .[ 1] The total purse for the event was ¥ 2,000,000.[ 2] 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.
The teams are listed as follows:[ 3]
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 [ a]
Kaho Onodera
Anna Ohmiya
Mina Kobayashi
Sapporo , Japan
Round robin standings [ edit ]
Final Round Robin Standings [ 4]
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
Round robin results [ edit ]
All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00 ).[ 5]
Friday, December 29, 8:30 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Miyu Ueno
0
2
1
0
2
2
2
X
9
Kotoka Segawa
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Ha Seung-youn
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
X
5
Miori Nakamura
0
1
3
2
0
0
4
X
10
Friday, December 29, 12:20 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Team Yoshimura
2
0
1
0
5
0
4
X
12
Kai Tsuchiya
0
1
0
4
0
3
0
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Delaney Strouse
0
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
6
Mayu Minami
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
4
Friday, December 29, 4:10 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Ha Seung-youn
0
1
1
0
2
1
1
X
6
Yumi Suzuki
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Miori Nakamura
1
2
2
0
0
2
2
X
9
Kotoka Segawa
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
X
3
Friday, December 29, 8:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Delaney Strouse
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
3
Yui Ozeki
0
2
2
0
1
0
3
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Mayu Minami
3
0
0
0
0
3
1
X
7
Kai Tsuchiya
0
4
2
2
1
0
0
X
9
Saturday, December 30, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Miori Nakamura
1
0
0
1
2
2
0
X
6
Miyu Ueno
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
X
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Kotoka Segawa
1
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
6
Yumi Suzuki
0
0
1
1
0
3
0
2
7
Saturday, December 30, 1:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Mayu Minami
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
X
4
Team Yoshimura
0
1
0
2
0
3
1
X
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Kai Tsuchiya
0
2
0
1
2
0
0
1
6
Yui Ozeki
2
0
2
0
0
2
2
0
8
Saturday, December 30, 5:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Yumi Suzuki
0
0
3
0
0
1
1
1
6
Miori Nakamura
2
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
7
Sunday, December 31, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Yui Ozeki
0
2
0
2
0
3
0
2
9
Mayu Minami
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
6
Sunday, December 31, 1:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Kotoka Segawa
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
X
4
Ha Seung-youn
0
2
1
0
0
4
1
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Yumi Suzuki
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
4
Miyu Ueno
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
6
Sunday, December 31, 5:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Kai Tsuchiya
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
X
4
Delaney Strouse
0
1
0
0
0
3
4
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Yui Ozeki
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
Team Yoshimura
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
3
7
Source:[ 6]
Monday, January 1, 8:30 am
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Miori Nakamura
0
1
1
3
1
0
2
X
8
Yui Ozeki
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
X
3
Monday, January 1, 1:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Miori Nakamura
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
6
Team Yoshimura
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
^ As skip Sayaka Yoshimura was on maternity leave, the rest of the team moved up the lineup a position.