# 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

The 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic was held from August 4 to 7 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first tour event of the 2022–23 curling season and the first event of the Hokkaido Curling Tour. The total purse for the event is ¥ 1,700,000 on both the men's and women's sides.
In the men's final, the 2022 Korean champions Team Jeong Byeong-jin defeated the Yusuke Morozumi rink 7–2 to win the title. Team Jeong, also consisting of Lee Jeong-jae, Kim Min-woo and Kim Tae-hwan went a perfect 5–0 to win the event, finishing first in their pool with a 3–0 record. They then beat the other Korean team skipped by Jeong Yeong-seok in the semifinal to earn their spot in the final game. Team Morozumi suffered one loss to the Jeong rink in the round robin but were able to defeat Team Hayato Sato in the semifinal to also reach the final. In the third-place game, the Jeong Yeong-seok rink won 5–4 over Team Sato. The eight-team field was rounded out by the Shinya Abe, Kohsuke Hirata, Masaki Ishikawa and Takumi Maeda rinks.
In the women's final, the defending Pacific-Asia champions Team Sayaka Yoshimura bested Team Mayu Minami 5–4. Team Yoshimura, with third Kaho Onodera, second Anna Ohmiya, lead Mina Kobayashi and alternate Yumie Funayama dropped their opening game to the Ikue Kitazawa rink before winning their next two games to qualify for the playoffs. They then beat the previously undefeated Ha Seung-youn Korean rink to reach the final. Team Minami qualified for the playoffs with a 1–2 record, but were able to upset the Kitazawa rink in their semifinal. The bronze medal game was won by Team Kitazawa in a 6–2 final over Team Ha. The women's field was rounded out by Teams Momoha Tabata, Sae Yamamoto, Miori Nakamura and Honoka Sasaki.

## Men
### Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
| Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth) | Haruto Ouchi | Shinya Abe (Skip) | Minori Suzuki | Sota Tsuruga | Sapporo, Japan |
| Kohsuke Hirata | Shingo Usui | Ryota Meguro | Yoshiya Miura | Kosuke Aita | Kitami, Japan |
| Masaki Ishikawa | Yutaro Kasai | Takanori Hirano | Tatsuya Yokota | Kenji Takamatsu | Sapporo, Japan |
| Jeong Byeong-jin | Lee Jeong-jae | Kim Min-woo | Kim Tae-hwan | Lee Dong-hyeon | Seoul, South Korea |
| Jeong Yeong-seok | Park Jong-duk | Oh Seung-hoon | Seong Ji-hoon | | Gangwon, South Korea |
| Takumi Maeda | Uryu Kamikawa | Hiroki Maeda | Asei Nakahara | | Kitami, Japan |
| 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 |

### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L | PF | PA | DSC |
| Jeong Byeong-jin | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 59.50 |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 37.02 |
| Shinya Abe | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 49.02 |
| Kohsuke Hirata | 0 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 20.84 |
| Pool B | W | L | PF | PA | DSC |
| Hayato Sato | 3 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 29.62 |
| Jeong Yeong-seok | 2 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 40.92 |
| Masaki Ishikawa | 1 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 32.05 |
| Takumi Maeda | 0 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 37.72 |

### Round-robin results

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

#### Draw 1

Thursday, August 4, 3:30 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Shinya Abe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Jeong Byeong-jin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Kohsuke Hirata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Masaki Ishikawa | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | X | 10 |
| Takumi Maeda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeong Yeong-seok | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Hayato Sato | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 8 |

#### Draw 3

Friday, August 5, 10:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Masaki Ishikawa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Hayato Sato | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | X | 10 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Takumi Maeda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Jeong Yeong-seok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kohsuke Hirata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeong Byeong-jin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Shinya Abe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |

#### Draw 5

Friday, August 5, 5:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Shinya Abe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 7 |
| Kohsuke Hirata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jeong Byeong-jin | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeong Yeong-seok | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Masaki Ishikawa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Hayato Sato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Takumi Maeda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |

### Playoffs

Source:
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Jeong Byeong-jin | 8 | | | |
| B2 | Jeong Yeong-seok | 2 | | | |
| B2 | Jeong Yeong-seok | 2 | A1 | Jeong Byeong-jin | 7 |
| | | | A2 | Yusuke Morozumi | 2 |
| B1 | Hayato Sato | 1 | A2 | Yusuke Morozumi | 2 |
| A2 | Yusuke Morozumi | 10 | | | |
| Third place game | Third place game | Third place game |
| B2 | Jeong Yeong-seok | 5 |
| B1 | Hayato Sato | 4 |

#### Semifinals

Saturday, August 6, 1:30 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeong Byeong-jin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 8 |
| Jeong Yeong-seok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Hayato Sato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | X | 10 |

#### Third place game

Sunday, August 7, 10:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeong Yeong-seok | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Hayato Sato | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

#### Final

Sunday, August 7, 10:00 am
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeong Byeong-jin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 7 |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |

## Women
### 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 |
| Ikue Kitazawa | Seina Nakajima | Minori Suzuki | Hasumi Ishigooka | Chiaki Matsumura | Nagano, Japan |
| Mayu Minami | Kana Ogawa | Momo Kaneta | Nao Kyoto | | Sapporo, Japan |
| Misaki Tanaka (Fourth) | Miori Nakamura (Skip) | Haruka Kihira | Hiyori Ichinohe | Yuuna Harada | Aomori, Japan |
| Honoka Sasaki | Mari Motohashi | Miki Hayashi | Ayuna Aoki | Mayumi Saito | Kitami, Japan |
| Momoha Tabata | Miku Nihira | Mikoto Nakajima | Ayami Ito | | Sapporo, Japan |
| Miyu Ueno (Fourth) | Sae Yamamoto (Skip) | Suzune Yasui | Mizuki Hara | Momoka Iwase | Karuizawa, Japan |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | Kaho Onodera | Anna Ohmiya | Mina Kobayashi | Yumie Funayama | Sapporo, Japan |

### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L | W–L | PF | PA | DSC |
| Ha Seung-youn | 3 | 0 | – | 19 | 8 | 19.50 |
| Mayu Minami | 1 | 2 | 1–1 | 11 | 16 | 43.70 |
| Momoha Tabata | 1 | 2 | 1–1 | 11 | 16 | 54.52 |
| Honoka Sasaki | 1 | 2 | 1–1 | 15 | 16 | 55.48 |
| Pool B | W | L | W–L | PF | PA | DSC |
| Ikue Kitazawa | 2 | 1 | 1–0 | 18 | 16 | 42.70 |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | 2 | 1 | 0–1 | 16 | 11 | 14.84 |
| Sae Yamamoto | 1 | 2 | 1–0 | 11 | 14 | 67.52 |
| Miori Nakamura | 1 | 2 | 0–1 | 11 | 15 | 38.98 |

### Round-robin results

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

#### Draw 2

Thursday, August 4, 7:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ha Seung-youn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 8 |
| Momoha Tabata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Honoka Sasaki | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mayu Minami | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Miori Nakamura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sae Yamamoto | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ikue Kitazawa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |

#### Draw 4

Friday, August 5, 1:30 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Miori Nakamura | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Ikue Kitazawa | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sae Yamamoto | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mayu Minami | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ha Seung-youn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Honoka Sasaki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Momoha Tabata | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

#### Draw 6

Saturday, August 6, 10:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Momoha Tabata | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Mayu Minami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ha Seung-youn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Honoka Sasaki | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Miori Nakamura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ikue Kitazawa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Sae Yamamoto | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Playoffs

Source:
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Ha Seung-youn | 5 | | | |
| B2 | Sayaka Yoshimura | 6 | | | |
| B2 | Sayaka Yoshimura | 6 | B2 | Sayaka Yoshimura | 5 |
| | | | A2 | Mayu Minami | 4 |
| B1 | Ikue Kitazawa | 6 | A2 | Mayu Minami | 4 |
| A2 | Mayu Minami | 7 | | | |
| Third place game | Third place game | Third place game |
| A1 | Ha Seung-youn | 2 |
| B1 | Ikue Kitazawa | 6 |

#### Semifinals

Saturday, August 6, 5:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ha Seung-youn | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Ikue Kitazawa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Mayu Minami | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

#### Third place game

Sunday, August 7, 4:00 pm
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ha Seung-youn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Ikue Kitazawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |

#### Final

Sunday, August 7, 4:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Mayu Minami | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |