# 2022 Karuizawa International Curling Championships

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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Shuster | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | 7 |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 3 |

### Playoffs

Source:
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | John Shuster | 3 | | | |
| B2 | Riku Yanagisawa | 10 | | | |
| B2 | Riku Yanagisawa | 10 | B2 | Riku Yanagisawa | 5 |
| | | | A2 | Yusuke Morozumi | 4 |
| B1 | Kohsuke Hirata | 4 | A2 | Yusuke Morozumi | 4 |
| A2 | Yusuke Morozumi | 5 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Player percentages :
| Team Einarson | Team Einarson | Team Kitazawa | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
Player percentages :
| Team Yoshimura | Team Yoshimura | Team Einarson | 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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
Player percentages :
| Team Fujisawa | Team Fujisawa | Team Kim | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kim Eun-jung | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 10 |
| Asuka Kanai | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 |

### Playoffs

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