2023 New Year Medalist Curling

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.^[1] The total purse for the event was ¥ 2,000,000.^[2] It was the fifth event on the World Curling Tour Japan for the 2022–23 curling season.

2023 New Year Medalist Curling
Host city	Miyota, Japan
Arena	Curling Hall Miyota
Dates	December 30 – January 1
Winner	Team Jentsch
Curling club	CC Füssen, Füssen
Skip	Daniela Jentsch
Third	Emira Abbes
Second	Lena Kapp
Lead	Analena Jentsch
Finalist	Asuka Kanai
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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:^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Daniela Jentsch	Emira Abbes	Lena Kapp[a]	Analena Jentsch		Füssen, Germany
Asuka Kanai	Ami Enami	Yui Ueno[b]	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^[4]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Pool A W L PF PA DSC 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 DSC 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).^[5]

Draw 1

Friday, December 30, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sayaka Yoshimura	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	X	8
Mayu Minami	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Daniela Jentsch	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1
Asuka Kanai	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	X	7

Draw 2

Friday, December 30, 2:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Isabelle Ladouceur	0	2	3	1	0	0	2	X	8
Arisa Kotani	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Wakaba Kawamura	0	1	0	1	2	1	3	X	8
Yuri Nakajima	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	3

Draw 3

Friday, December 30, 6:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yuri Nakajima	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	X	5
Daniela Jentsch	0	4	0	1	3	0	0	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Arisa Kotani	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	3
Sayaka Yoshimura	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	X	7

Draw 4

Friday, December 30, 9:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Wakaba Kawamura	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1
Asuka Kanai	1	1	0	1	2	2	X	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Isabelle Ladouceur	0	1	2	0	0	0	X	X	3
Mayu Minami	2	0	0	3	2	1	X	X	8

Draw 5

Saturday, December 31, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Asuka Kanai	4	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	8
Yuri Nakajima	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Isabelle Ladouceur	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	4
Sayaka Yoshimura	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	X	7

Draw 6

Saturday, December 31, 2:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Arisa Kotani	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	3
Mayu Minami	1	2	0	2	2	0	3	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Wakaba Kawamura	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	X	3
Daniela Jentsch	3	3	1	0	2	0	X	X	9

Playoffs

Source:^[6]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Sayaka Yoshimura

4

B2

Daniela Jentsch

6

B2

Daniela Jentsch

7

A3

Isabelle Ladouceur

5

B2

Daniela Jentsch

7

B1

Asuka Kanai

4

B1

Asuka Kanai

6

A2

Mayu Minami

7

A2

Mayu Minami

1

B3

Wakaba Kawamura

4

Quarterfinals

Saturday, December 31, 6:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Daniela Jentsch	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	6
Isabelle Ladouceur	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mayu Minami	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	X	7
Wakaba Kawamura	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	X	4

Semifinals

Sunday, January 1, 8:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Asuka Kanai	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	X	6
Mayu Minami	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sayaka Yoshimura	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	X	4
Daniela Jentsch	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	X	7

Final

Sunday, January 1, 1:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Daniela Jentsch	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	X	7
Asuka Kanai	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Notes

1. Lena Kapp spared for Mia Höhne.
2. Yui Ueno spared for Mone Ryokawa. She played second while second Junko Nishimuro moved down to lead.