# 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

The 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup was held from held from August 18 to 21 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan. It was the second tour event of the 2022–23 curling season and the second event of the Hokkaido Curling Tour. The total purse for the event is ¥ 1,720,000 on both the men's and women's sides.

## 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 |
| Kohsuke Hirata | Shingo Usui | Ryota Meguro | Yoshiya Miura | Kosuke Aita | Kitami |
| Koto Inaba (Fourth) | Toshiya Iida (Skip) | Yuta Fuse | Kento Nishida | | Wakkanai |
| Juon Ishimura | Sota Kon | Youn Ishimura | Shunaki Kudo | | Aomori |
| Takumi Maeda | Uryu Kamikawa | Hiroki Maeda | Asei Nakahara | | Kitami |
| Yusuke Morozumi | Yuta Matsumura | Ryotaro Shukuya | Kosuke Morozumi | Masaki Iwai | Karuizawa |
| Kotaro Noguchi | Yuto Kamada | Hiroshi Kato | Yuuki Yoshimura | Hayato Fujimura | Sendai |
| Go Aoki (Fourth) | Hayato Sato (Skip) | Kouki Ogiwara | Kazushi Nino | Ayato Sasaki | Sapporo |

### Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L | PF | PA | DSC |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 42.50 |
| Juon Ishimura | 2 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 24.84 |
| Hayato Sato | 1 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 24.76 |
| Toshiya Iida | 0 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 65.34 |
| Pool B | W | L | PF | PA | DSC |
| Takumi Maeda | 3 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 12.38 |
| Kotaro Noguchi | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 78.48 |
| Kohsuke Hirata | 1 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 15.18 |
| Shinya Abe | 0 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 29.70 |

### Round robin results

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

#### Draw 1

Thursday, August 18, 10:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Toshiya Iida | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 3 |
| Hayato Sato | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 13 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Juon Ishimura | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 12 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Shinya Abe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Kotaro Noguchi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Takumi Maeda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Kohsuke Hirata | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

#### Draw 3

Friday, August 19, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kotaro Noguchi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
| Takumi Maeda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Shinya Abe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Kohsuke Hirata | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Hayato Sato | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Juon Ishimura | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Toshiya Iida | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 9 |

#### Draw 5

Friday, August 19, 3:40 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Juon Ishimura | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Toshiya Iida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Takumi Maeda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Shinya Abe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Hayato Sato | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kohsuke Hirata | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Kotaro Noguchi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |

### Playoffs

Source:
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Yusuke Morozumi | 7 | | | |
| B2 | Kotaro Noguchi | 2 | | | |
| B2 | Kotaro Noguchi | 2 | A1 | Yusuke Morozumi | 4 |
| | | | B1 | Takumi Maeda | 6 |
| B1 | Takumi Maeda | 7 | B1 | Takumi Maeda | 6 |
| A2 | Juon Ishimura | 6 | Third place game | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | | B2 | Kotaro Noguchi | 6 |
| | | | A2 | Juon Ishimura | 5 |

#### Semifinals

Saturday, August 20, 12:20 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Kotaro Noguchi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Takumi Maeda | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Juon Ishimura | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

#### Third place game

Sunday, August 21, 9:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Kotaro Noguchi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Juon Ishimura | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

#### Final

Sunday, August 21, 9:30 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yusuke Morozumi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Takumi Maeda | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |

## Women
### Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
| Asuka Kanai | Ami Enami | Junko Nishimuro | Mone Ryokawa | | Karuizawa |
| Ikue Kitazawa | Seina Nakajima | Minori Suzuki | Hasumi Ishigooka | Chiaki Matsumura | Nagano |
| Mayu Minami | Kana Ogawa | Momo Kaneta | Nao Kyoto | | Sapporo |
| Honoka Sasaki | Mari Motohashi | Miki Hayashi | Ayuna Aoki | Mayumi Saito | Kitami |
| Momoha Tabata | Miku Nihira | Mikoto Nakajima | Ayami Ito | | Sapporo |
| Miyu Ueno (Fourth) | Sae Yamamoto (Skip) | Suzune Yasui | Mizuki Hara | Momoka Iwase | Sapporo |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | Kaho Onodera | Anna Ohmiya | Mina Kobayashi | Yumie Funayama | Sapporo |

### Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L | W–L | PF | PA | DSC |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | 2 | 0 | – | 16 | 9 | 38.04 |
| Asuka Kanai | 1 | 1 | – | 15 | 14 | 17.52 |
| Momoha Tabata | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | 14 | 77.64 |
| Pool B | W | L | W–L | PF | PA | DSC |
| Ikue Kitazawa | 2 | 1 | 1–0 | 19 | 15 | 41.14 |
| Honoka Sasaki | 2 | 1 | 0–1 | 18 | 12 | 69.36 |
| Mayu Minami | 1 | 2 | 1–0 | 13 | 18 | 39.60 |
| Sae Yamamoto | 1 | 2 | 0–1 | 13 | 18 | 69.64 |

### Round robin results

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

#### Draw 2

Thursday, August 18, 1:20 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Momoha Tabata | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Asuka Kanai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sae Yamamoto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Ikue Kitazawa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Honoka Sasaki | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mayu Minami | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

#### Draw 4

Friday, August 19, 12:20 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ikue Kitazawa | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Honoka Sasaki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sae Yamamoto | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Mayu Minami | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Asuka Kanai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |

#### Draw 6

Saturday, August 20, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Momoha Tabata | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Honoka Sasaki | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 7 |
| Sae Yamamoto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mayu Minami | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Ikue Kitazawa | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 7 |

### Playoffs

Source:
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Sayaka Yoshimura | 7 | | | |
| B2 | Honoka Sasaki | 2 | | | |
| B2 | Honoka Sasaki | 2 | A1 | Sayaka Yoshimura | 9 |
| | | | A2 | Asuka Kanai | 2 |
| B1 | Ikue Kitazawa | 2 | A2 | Asuka Kanai | 2 |
| A2 | Asuka Kanai | 4 | Third place game | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | | B2 | Honoka Sasaki | 6 |
| | | | B1 | Ikue Kitazawa | 5 |

#### Semifinals

Saturday, August 20, 5:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Honoka Sasaki | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ikue Kitazawa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Asuka Kanai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |

#### Third place game

Sunday, August 21, 2:00 pm
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Honoka Sasaki | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Ikue Kitazawa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

#### Final

Sunday, August 21, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Asuka Kanai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |