# 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. The total purse for the event was ¥ 2,000,000. It was the fifth event on the World Curling Tour Japan for the 2022–23 curling season.
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:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
| Daniela Jentsch | Emira Abbes | Lena Kapp | Analena Jentsch | | Füssen, Germany |
| Asuka Kanai | Ami Enami | Yui Ueno | 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
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).

### 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:
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | 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 |