2021 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

The 2021 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic was held from August 19 to 22 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan.^[1] It was one of the first events of the 2021–22 curling season. The total purse for the event is ¥ 1,700,000 on both the men's and women's sides.^[2][3]

2021 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic
Host city	Sapporo, Japan
Arena	Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium
Dates	August 19–22
Men's winner	Team Matsumura
Curling club	Tokoro CC, Tokoro, Hokkaido
Skip	Yuta Matsumura
Third	Tetsuro Shimizu
Second	Yasumasa Tanida
Lead	Shinya Abe
Alternate	Kosuke Aita
Finalist	Yusuke Morozumi
Women's winner	Team Koana
Curling club	Curlplex Fuji, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
Skip	Tori Koana
Third	Yuna Kotani
Second	Mao Ishigaki
Lead	Arisa Kotani
Finalist	Satsuki Fujisawa
« 2019 2022 »

In the men's final, the defending Japanese champions Team Consadole skipped by Yuta Matsumura defeated the Yusuke Morozumi rink TM Karuizawa 7–2. Matsumura and Morozumi also met in the final of the 2020 Japan Curling Championships, with Matsumura winning 6–4 after nine ends. Team Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, also of Karuizawa and the junior team of Takumi Maeda also qualified for the playoffs, with Yamaguchi winning the third place game 7–4 in an extra end.

On the women's side, the Tori Koana rink, representing Fujikyu capped off a perfect 5–0 tournament by defeating Team Loco Solare skipped by Satsuki Fujisawa 5–4 in the final. Despite winning the event, Team Koana was not eligible to compete in the 2021 Japanese Olympic Curling Trials, as it was held in a best-of-five tournament between the Fujisawa rink and 2021 Japanese champions Team Sayaka Yoshimura, representing Hokkaido Bank. 2019 Japanese champions Team Seina Nakajima and Japanese junior champions Team Sae Yamamoto also qualified for the playoffs, with Nakajima taking the third place game by a score of 5–3.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[4][5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Kohsuke Hirata	Shingo Usui	Ryota Meguro	Yoshiya Miura	Syunta Kobayashi	Kitami
Kantaro Kawano	Takanori Hirano	Kenji Takamatsu	Yutaro Kasai	Tasuya Yokota	Sapporo
Takumi Maeda	Uryu Kamikawa	Hiroki Maeda	Asei Nakahara		Kitami
Yuta Matsumura	Tetsuro Shimizu	Yasumasa Tanida	Shinya Abe	Kosuke Aita	Kitami
Yusuke Morozumi	Masaki Iwai	Ryotaro Shukuya	Kosuke Morozumi		Karuizawa
Go Aoki (Fourth)	Hayato Sato (Skip)	Kei Kamada	Kazushi Nino	Ayato Sasaki	Sapporo
Sota Tsuruga	Haruto Ouchi	Takuto Ouchi	Naoki Kanazawa	Daishi Ikezaki	Sapporo
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	Riku Yanagisawa	Satoshi Koizumi	Takeru Yamamoto		Karuizawa

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[6]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Pool A W L PF PA DSC Yuta Matsumura 3 0 23 9 24.60 Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 2 1 18 14 75.03 Hayato Sato 1 2 13 13 49.47 Kantaro Kawano 0 3 5 23 108.90

Pool B W L PF PA DSC Yusuke Morozumi 3 0 26 13 9.22 Takumi Maeda 2 1 18 15 58.58 Sota Tsuruga 1 2 15 19 77.28 Kohsuke Hirata 0 3 10 22 71.57

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).^[7][8]

Draw 1

Thursday, August 19, 3:30 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yuta Matsumura	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	8
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Hayato Sato	2	1	1	1	0	3	X	X	8
Kantaro Kawano	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Takumi Maeda	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	5
Kohsuke Hirata	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sota Tsuruga	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	X	4
Yusuke Morozumi	1	0	3	0	1	2	2	X	9

Draw 3

Friday, August 20, 10:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Takumi Maeda	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	6
Yusuke Morozumi	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kohsuke Hirata	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	3
Sota Tsuruga	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yuta Matsumura	2	0	0	2	1	3	X	X	8
Kantaro Kawano	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5
Hayato Sato	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3

Draw 5

Friday, August 20, 5:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Hayato Sato	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2
Yuta Matsumura	3	0	0	3	0	1	X	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kantaro Kawano	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sota Tsuruga	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	4
Takumi Maeda	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yusuke Morozumi	1	3	0	3	0	3	X	X	10
Kohsuke Hirata	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	3

Playoffs

Source:^[9]

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Yuta Matsumura	6
	B2	Takumi Maeda	0
						A1	Yuta Matsumura	7
						B1	Yusuke Morozumi	2
	B1	Yusuke Morozumi	10
	A2	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	2

	Third place game
	B2	Takumi Maeda	4
	A2	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	7

Semifinals

Saturday, August 21, 1:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yuta Matsumura	0	1	1	1	2	1	X	X	6
Takumi Maeda	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yusuke Morozumi	3	1	2	2	1	0	1	X	10
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	2

Third place game

Sunday, August 22, 10:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Takumi Maeda	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	7

Final

Sunday, August 22, 10:00 am

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yuta Matsumura	0	2	0	0	3	1	1	X	7
Yusuke Morozumi	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	2

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[10][5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Satsuki Fujisawa	Chinami Yoshida	Yumi Suzuki	Yurika Yoshida	Kotomi Ishizaki	Kitami
Asuka Kanai	Ami Enami	Mone Ryokawa	Junko Nishimuro		Karuizawa
Tori Koana	Yuna Kotani	Mao Ishigaki	Arisa Kotani		Fujiyoshida
Mari Motohashi	Yako Matsuzawa	Miki Hayashi	Mayumi Saito	Ayumi Aoki	Kitami
Ikue Kitazawa (Fourth)	Chiaki Matsumura	Seina Nakajima (Skip)	Hasumi Ishigooka	Minori Suzuki	Karuizawa
Miku Nihira	Mina Kobayashi	Mikoto Nakajima	Honoka Sasaki		Sapporo
Miyu Ueno (Fourth)	Eri Ogihara	Yui Ueno	Sae Yamamoto (Skip)		Karuizawa
Sayaka Yoshimura	Kaho Onodera	Anna Ohmiya	Yumie Funayama	Momoha Tabata	Sapporo

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[11]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Pool A W L PF PA DSC Tori Koana 3 0 18 13 37.83 Sae Yamamoto 2 1 18 13 32.37 Sayaka Yoshimura 1 2 16 15 93.23 Mari Motohashi 0 3 11 22 58.92

Pool B W L PF PA DSC Satsuki Fujisawa 3 0 26 8 21.20 Seina Nakajima 2 1 16 11 38.93 Asuka Kanai 1 2 11 24 31.18 Miku Nihira 0 3 15 25 92.53

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).^[12][8]

Draw 2

Thursday, August 19, 7:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sayaka Yoshimura	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	6
Mari Motohashi	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sae Yamamoto	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
Tori Koana	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Satsuki Fujisawa	1	1	0	1	4	3	X	X	10
Asuka Kanai	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Miku Nihira	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Seina Nakajima	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	6

Draw 4

Friday, August 20, 1:30 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Satsuki Fujisawa	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	5
Seina Nakajima	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Asuka Kanai	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	8
Miku Nihira	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Sayaka Yoshimura	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	5
Sae Yamamoto	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mari Motohashi	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	5
Tori Koana	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	1	7

Draw 6

Saturday, August 21, 10:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Tori Koana	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	6
Sayaka Yoshimura	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mari Motohashi	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	X	3
Sae Yamamoto	0	3	1	3	0	2	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Miku Nihira	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	4
Satsuki Fujisawa	4	0	2	0	0	2	3	X	11

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Seina Nakajima	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	X	7
Asuka Kanai	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2

Playoffs

Source:^[13]

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Tori Koana	6
	B2	Seina Nakajima	4
						A1	Tori Koana	5
						B1	Satsuki Fujisawa	4
	B1	Satsuki Fujisawa	7
	A2	Sae Yamamoto	4

	Third place game
	B2	Seina Nakajima	5
	A2	Sae Yamamoto	3

Semifinals

Saturday, August 21, 5:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Tori Koana	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	6
Seina Nakajima	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Satsuki Fujisawa	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	X	7
Sae Yamamoto	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	4

Third place game

Sunday, August 22, 4:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Seina Nakajima	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	5
Sae Yamamoto	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	3

Final

Sunday, August 22, 4:00 pm

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Tori Koana	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	5
Satsuki Fujisawa	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	4