Curling competition at Miyota, Japan
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 .[ 1] ¥ 2,000,000.[ 2] 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.
The teams are listed as follows:[ 3]
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 [ a] Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi Sapporo , Japan
Round robin standings [ edit ] Final Round Robin Standings [ 4]
Pool A
W
L
PF
PA
4
0
32
16
Miyu Ueno 3
1
25
14
Ha Seung-youn 2
2
21
25
1
3
20
25
0
4
15
33
Round robin results [ edit ] All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00 ).[ 5]
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
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
0
1
3
2
0
0
4
X
10
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
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
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
4
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
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
1
2
2
0
0
2
2
X
9
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
X
3
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
0
2
2
0
1
0
3
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
3
0
0
0
0
3
1
X
7
0
4
2
2
1
0
0
X
9
Saturday, December 30, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
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
1
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
6
0
0
1
1
0
3
0
2
7
Saturday, December 30, 1:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
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
0
2
0
1
2
0
0
1
6
2
0
2
0
0
2
2
0
8
Saturday, December 30, 5:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
0
3
0
0
1
1
1
6
2
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
7
Sunday, December 31, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
2
0
2
0
3
0
2
9
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
6
Sunday, December 31, 1:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
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
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
4
Miyu Ueno 2
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
6
Sunday, December 31, 5:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
Team Yoshimura 0
2
1
0
0
1
0
3
7
Source:[ 6]
Monday, January 1, 8:30 am
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
1
1
3
1
0
2
X
8
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
X
3
Monday, January 1, 1:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
6
Team Yoshimura
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
^ As skip Sayaka Yoshimura was on maternity leave, the rest of the team moved up the lineup a position.
Team Nakamura
Team Yoshimura
Chuncheon, South Korea
Tokyo, Japan
Iwate, Japan
Traverse City, Michigan
Miyota, Japan
