# 2024 New Year Curling in Miyota

The 2024 WCT New Year Curling in Miyota (Japanese: WCT ニューイヤーカーリング in 御代田 2024) was held from December 29 to January 1 at the Curling Hall Miyota in Miyota, Japan. The total purse for the event was ¥ 2,000,000. It was the second event on the World Curling Tour Japan for the 2023–24 curling season.
Philoseek Aomori, represented by skip Miori Nakamura, fourth Misaki Tanaka, second Haruka Kihara, lead Hiyori Ichinohe and alternate Yuuna Harada won the event, defeating the Fortius rink of Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya and Mina Kobayashi in the championship game. Both teams finished undefeated through the round robin with 4–0 records to qualify for the semifinals, with Tokyo's Yui Ozeki and Karuizawa's Miyu Ueno also reaching the knockout stage with 3–1 records each. Philoseek Aomori then beat Grandir Tokyo (Ozeki) 8–3 in the semifinals while Fortius downed SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 6–3. In the gold medal game, Fortius scored two in the third and a single in the fourth for a 3–1 lead at the half. In the second half, however, Philoseek Aomori mounted a comeback, scoring five consecutive points to win the match 6–3. It was the Nakamura rinks second tour final appearance as they also reached the final of the 2023 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic. Surprisingly, the two highest ranked teams going into the event, South Korea's Ha Seung-youn and the United States' Delaney Strouse missed the playoffs with 2–2 records each.

## 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 |
| Mayu Minami | Kana Ogawa | Mizuki Saito | Moe Nomoto | Mika Okuyama | Sapporo, Japan |
| Misaki Tanaka (Fourth) | Miori Nakamura (Skip) | Haruka Kihara | Hiyori Ichinohe | Yuuna Harada | Aomori, Japan |
| Yui Ozeki | Mao Ishigaki | Hinako Sonobe | Haruka Hosoda | | Tokyo, Japan |
| Kotoka Segawa | Ayuka Segawa | Mio Sasaki | Mei Shimohori | | Iwate, Japan |
| Delaney Strouse | Anne O'Hara | Sydney Mullaney | Rebecca Rodgers | Susan Dudt | Traverse City, Michigan |
| Yumi Suzuki | Aki Goto | Kyoka Kuramitsu | Miho Fujimori | Runa Miura | Tokyo, Japan |
| Kai Tsuchiya | Yumiko Kashiwagi | Manami Anzai | Rin Komiyama | | Miyota, Japan |
| Miyu Ueno | Asuka Kanai | Junko Nishimuro | Yui Ueno | Mone Ryokawa | Karuizawa, Japan |
| Yuna Kotani | Kaho Onodera | Anna Ohmiya | Mina Kobayashi | | Sapporo, Japan |

## Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L | PF | PA |
| Miori Nakamura | 4 | 0 | 32 | 16 |
| Miyu Ueno | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 |
| Ha Seung-youn | 2 | 2 | 21 | 25 |
| Yumi Suzuki | 1 | 3 | 20 | 25 |
| Kotoka Segawa | 0 | 4 | 15 | 33 |
| Pool B | W | L | PF | PA |
| Team Yoshimura | 4 | 0 | 35 | 18 |
| Yui Ozeki | 3 | 1 | 28 | 22 |
| Delaney Strouse | 2 | 2 | 20 | 25 |
| Kai Tsuchiya | 1 | 3 | 27 | 35 |
| Mayu Minami | 0 | 4 | 21 | 31 |

## Round robin results

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

### Draw 1

Friday, December 29, 8:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Miyu Ueno | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Kotoka Segawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ha Seung-youn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Miori Nakamura | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 10 |

### Draw 2

Friday, December 29, 12:20 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Yoshimura | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | X | 12 |
| Kai Tsuchiya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Delaney Strouse | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Mayu Minami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |

### Draw 3

Friday, December 29, 4:10 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ha Seung-youn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Yumi Suzuki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Miori Nakamura | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Kotoka Segawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Draw 4

Friday, December 29, 8:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Delaney Strouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Yui Ozeki | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mayu Minami | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Kai Tsuchiya | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 |

### Draw 5

Saturday, December 30, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Miori Nakamura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Miyu Ueno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kotoka Segawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Yumi Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |

### Draw 6

Saturday, December 30, 1:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mayu Minami | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Team Yoshimura | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kai Tsuchiya | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Yui Ozeki | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |

### Draw 7

Saturday, December 30, 5:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yumi Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Miori Nakamura | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Miyu Ueno | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 8 |
| Ha Seung-youn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |

### Draw 8

Sunday, December 31, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yui Ozeki | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Mayu Minami | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Yoshimura | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Delaney Strouse | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Draw 9

Sunday, December 31, 1:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kotoka Segawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Ha Seung-youn | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yumi Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Miyu Ueno | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |

### Draw 10

Sunday, December 31, 5:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kai Tsuchiya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Delaney Strouse | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yui Ozeki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Team Yoshimura | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |

## Playoffs

Source:
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Miori Nakamura | 8 | | | |
| B2 | Yui Ozeki | 3 | | | |
| B2 | Yui Ozeki | 3 | A1 | Miori Nakamura | 6 |
| | | | B1 | Team Yoshimura | 3 |
| B1 | Team Yoshimura | 6 | B1 | Team Yoshimura | 3 |
| A2 | Miyu Ueno | 3 | | | |

### Semifinals

Monday, January 1, 8:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Yoshimura | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Miyu Ueno | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Miori Nakamura | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Yui Ozeki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Final

Monday, January 1, 1:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Miori Nakamura | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Team Yoshimura | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |