2022 Karuizawa International Curling Championships

2022 Karuizawa International
Curling Championships
Host cityKaruizawa, Japan
ArenaKaruizawa Ice Park
DatesDecember 16–18
Men's winner Team Yanagisawa
Curling clubKaruizawa CC, Karuizawa, Nagano
SkipRiku Yanagisawa
ThirdTsuyoshi Yamaguchi
SecondTakeru Yamamoto
LeadSatoshi Koizumi
AlternateKonosuke Takahashi
CoachYuji Nishimuro
Finalist Yusuke Morozumi
Women's winner Team Kim
Curling clubGangneung CC, Gangneung
SkipKim Eun-jung
ThirdKim Kyeong-ae
SecondKim Cho-hi
LeadKim Seon-yeong
AlternateKim Yeong-mi
CoachLim Myung-sup
Finalist Kerri Einarson
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The 2022 Karuizawa International Curling Championships were held from December 16 to 18 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan. The total purse for the event was ¥ 1,500,000 on both the men's and women's sides. It was the first time the event has been held since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling both the 2020 and 2021 editions.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Kohsuke Hirata Shingo Usui Ryota Meguro Yoshiya Miura Kosuke Aita Kitami, Japan
Hiroyuki Honda Tomohiro Akita Ryuta Numabe Motohiro Goto Ryu Yamamura Kitami, Japan
Jeong Byeong-jin Lee Jeong-jae Kim Min-woo Kim Tae-hwan Seoul, South Korea
Kim Soo-hyuk (Fourth) Kim Chang-min (Skip) Jeon Jae-ik Kim Hak-kyun Seong Se-hyeon Uiseong, South Korea
Yusuke Morozumi Yuta Matsumura Ryotaro Shukuya Kosuke Morozumi Masaki Iwai Karuizawa, Japan
Go Aoki (Fourth) Hayato Sato (Skip) Koki Ogiwara Kazushi Nino Ayato Sasaki Sapporo, Japan
John Shuster Chris Plys Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Colin Hufman Duluth, Minnesota
Riku Yanagisawa Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Takeru Yamamoto Satoshi Koizumi Konosuke Takahashi Karuizawa, Japan

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L PF PA DSC
John Shuster 3 0 23 8 40.27
Yusuke Morozumi 2 1 20 12 36.20
Jeong Byeong-jin 1 2 18 16 76.90
Hiroyuki Honda 0 3 4 29 83.65
Pool B W L PF PA DSC
Kohsuke Hirata 2 1 21 20 53.22
Riku Yanagisawa 2 1 21 12 61.05
Hayato Sato 2 1 17 16 109.45
Kim Chang-min 0 3 13 24 96.13

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Draw 1

Friday, December 16, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kohsuke Hirata (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 6
Hayato Sato 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Riku Yanagisawa (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 2 3 X X 9
Kim Chang-min 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2

Draw 2

Friday, December 16, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yusuke Morozumi (has hammer) 2 2 0 2 1 2 X X 9
Hiroyuki Honda 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Jeong Byeong-jin (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
John Shuster 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 X 6

Draw 3

Friday, December 16, 6:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Kim Chang-min (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6
Kohsuke Hirata 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hayato Sato 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2
Riku Yanagisawa (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
John Shuster (has hammer) 2 2 0 0 3 3 X X 10
Hiroyuki Honda 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Jeong Byeong-jin 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 X 4
Yusuke Morozumi (has hammer) 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 X 8

Draw 4

Saturday, December 17, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hiroyuki Honda (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
Jeong Byeong-jin 2 0 5 0 3 X X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kim Chang-min 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 5
Hayato Sato (has hammer) 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 X 8

Draw 5

Saturday, December 17, 1:30 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Riku Yanagisawa (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 7
Kohsuke Hirata 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
John Shuster (has hammer) 1 1 1 0 4 0 X X 7
Yusuke Morozumi 0 0 0 2 0 1 X X 3

Playoffs

Source:

Semifinals Final
      
A1 John Shuster 3
B2 Riku Yanagisawa 10
B2 Riku Yanagisawa 5
A2 Yusuke Morozumi 4
B1 Kohsuke Hirata 4
A2 Yusuke Morozumi 5 Bronze medal game
A1 John Shuster 7
B1 Kohsuke Hirata 3

Semifinals

Saturday, December 17, 6:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kohsuke Hirata 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4
Yusuke Morozumi (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
John Shuster 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Riku Yanagisawa (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 2 0 4 X 10

Third place game

Sunday, December 18, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
John Shuster 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 X 7
Kohsuke Hirata (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3

Final

Sunday, December 18, 1:30 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Riku Yanagisawa 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 5
Yusuke Morozumi (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Kerri Einarson Val Sweeting Shannon Birchard Briane Harris Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kitami, Japan
Asuka Kanai Ami Enami Junko Nishimuro Mone Ryokawa Karuizawa, Japan
Kim Eun-jung Kim Kyeong-ae Kim Cho-hi Kim Seon-yeong Kim Yeong-mi Gangneung, South Korea
Ikue Kitazawa Seina Nakajima Minori Suzuki Hasumi Ishigooka Chiaki Matsumura Nagano, Japan
Honoka Sasaki Mari Motohashi Miki Hayashi Ayuna Aoki Mayumi Saito Kitami, Japan
Momoha Tabata Miku Nihira Mikoto Nakajima Ayami Ito Sapporo, Japan
Sayaka Yoshimura Yuna Kotani Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Yumie Funayama Sapporo, Japan

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L PF PA DSC
Kerri Einarson 2 1 20 17 97.55
Sayaka Yoshimura 2 1 18 13 86.27
Honoka Sasaki 1 2 19 22 35.33
Ikue Kitazawa 1 2 18 23 70.37
Pool B W L PF PA DSC
Kim Eun-jung 2 1 18 13 39.05
Satsuki Fujisawa 2 1 17 12 63.23
Momoha Tabata 2 1 16 16 80.17
Asuka Kanai 0 3 13 23 98.15

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Draw 1

Friday, December 16, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sayaka Yoshimura (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 X 6
Honoka Sasaki 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Kerri Einarson 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 5
Ikue Kitazawa (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 7
Player percentages
Team Einarson Team Kitazawa
Briane Harris 74% Hasumi Ishigooka 83%
Shannon Birchard 64% Minori Suzuki 65%
Val Sweeting 82% Seina Nakajima 67%
Kerri Einarson 59% Ikue Kitazawa 85%
Total 70% Total 75%
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Satsuki Fujisawa 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 6
Asuka Kanai (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3

Draw 2

Friday, December 16, 1:30 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kim Eun-jung (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 5
Momoha Tabata 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sayaka Yoshimura 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
Kerri Einarson (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 X 6
Player percentages
Team Yoshimura Team Einarson
Anna Ohmiya 78% Briane Harris 80%
Kaho Onodera 83% Shannon Birchard 81%
Yuna Kotani 66% Val Sweeting 75%
Sayaka Yoshimura 68% Kerri Einarson 80%
Total 74% Total 79%
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ikue Kitazawa 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 7
Honoka Sasaki (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 9

Draw 3

Friday, December 16, 6:00 pm

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Satsuki Fujisawa 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 X 6
Kim Eun-jung (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 3
Player percentages
Team Fujisawa Team Kim
Yurika Yoshida 86% Kim Seon-yeong 77%
Yumi Suzuki 81% Kim Cho-hi 84%
Chinami Yoshida 88% Kim Kyeong-ae 64%
Satsuki Fujisawa 97% Kim Eun-jung 63%
Total 88% Total 72%

Draw 4

Saturday, December 17, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Asuka Kanai 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 6
Momoha Tabata (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sayaka Yoshimura 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 X 9
Ikue Kitazawa (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4

Draw 5

Saturday, December 17, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Honoka Sasaki (has hammer) 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 7
Kerri Einarson 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 2 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Momoha Tabata 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 6
Satsuki Fujisawa (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kim Eun-jung (has hammer) 0 4 0 2 0 4 X X 10
Asuka Kanai 2 0 1 0 1 0 X X 4

Playoffs

Source:

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Kerri Einarson 4
B2 Satsuki Fujisawa 3
A1 Kerri Einarson 4
B1 Kim Eun-jung 5
B1 Kim Eun-jung 7
A2 Sayaka Yoshimura 5 Bronze medal game
B2 Satsuki Fujisawa 4
A2 Sayaka Yoshimura 7

Semifinals

Saturday, December 17, 6:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kim Eun-jung (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 7
Sayaka Yoshimura 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Kerri Einarson (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
Satsuki Fujisawa 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3

Third place game

Sunday, December 18, 9:00 am

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Satsuki Fujisawa (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Sayaka Yoshimura 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 7

Final

Sunday, December 18, 6:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kerri Einarson (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4
Kim Eun-jung 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5
Player percentages
Team Einarson Team Kim
Briane Harris 84% Kim Seon-yeong 92%
Shannon Birchard 86% Kim Cho-hi 91%
Val Sweeting 84% Kim Kyeong-ae 88%
Kerri Einarson 70% Kim Eun-jung 86%
Total 81% Total 89%