2021 Japanese Olympic curling trials

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2021 Japanese Olympic curling trials
Host city Wakkanai, Japan
Arena Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park
DatesSeptember 10–12
Winner Flag of Kitami, Hokkaido.svg Loco Solare
Curling club Tokoro Curling Club, Kitami, Hokkaido
Skip Satsuki Fujisawa
Third Chinami Yoshida
Second Yumi Suzuki
Lead Yurika Yoshida
Alternate Kotomi Ishizaki
CoachRyoji Onodera
Finalist Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Sayaka Yoshimura
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The 2021 Japanese Olympic curling trials were held from September 10 to 12 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan. [1] The winning Satsuki Fujisawa team earned the right to represent Japan at the Olympic Qualification Event where they finished in second place, qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. [2] There was only a women's event, as the Yuta Matsumura rink had already been chosen to represent Japan in the men's event.

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The event was held in a best-of-five series between the 2020 and 2021 Japanese champion rinks, Satsuki Fujisawa (Loco Solare) and Sayaka Yoshimura (Hokkaido Bank). [3] Fujisawa could have secured her spot as the Olympic team by winning the 2021 championship, but fell short to Yoshimura 7–6 in the final. [4] Team Yoshimura went on to represent Japan at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship, where they finished with a disappointing 5–8 record. [5] Prior to the playdown, both teams competed in one tour event, the 2021 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic. There, Team Fujisawa qualified for the final and Team Yoshimura missed the playoffs. [6] Team Fujisawa was also favored to win by the World Curling Federation's World Team Ranking System, as they ranked in fourth while Yoshimura ranked twelfth. [7] All games were broadcast on NHK. [8]

Summary

Draw 1 was held Friday, September 10, at 3:00 pm local time. The game was tight all the way through, with Yoshimura taking a key two points in the eighth end and stealing one in the ninth to take the lead. After Fujisawa scored one in ten, Yoshimura took one in the extra end for the 7–6 victory. Saturday, September 11 featured two draws at 10:00 am and 3:00 pm. The first game was back-and-forth, with Yoshimura taking three in the sixth to lead 6–5. Fujisawa stole in the eighth before Yoshimura tied the score after nine ends. Fujisawa needed a draw to the four-foot on her final shot in the tenth, but came up light, resulting in another Yoshimura win. [9] This meant Yoshimura only needed to win one more game to be the Olympic team. Fujisawa dominated the third game, taking an early 6–0 lead and retaining that for a 9–3 win. [10] Draws 4 and 5 were held Sunday, September 12 at 10:00 am and 6:00 pm. Draw 4 was a close game, with teams trading singles and deuces up until the ninth end where Team Fujisawa stole a pivotal two points. [11] This led to their 8–6 victory, meaning the series was tied at two games a piece. In the fifth and final draw, Fujisawa took the early lead, scoring deuces in the first and third ends to lead 4–2 after four. Yoshimura chipped the lead away with deuces in six and eight to trail 7–6 after nine ends. [12] In the tenth end, up one with hammer, Fujisawa needed a draw to the four-foot for the win, which is exactly what she did. [13] Fujisawa scored one, won the game 8–6 and became the Japanese team for the Olympic Qualification Event in December 2021. At the qualification event, Team Fujisawa finished second and secured Japan's berth to the Beijing Olympics. [14]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [3]

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kotomi Ishizaki Flag of Kitami, Hokkaido.svg Kitami
Hokkaido Bank Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Yumie Funayama Momoha Tabata Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Sapporo

Standings

[15]

Best-of-five
       
1 Flag of Kitami, Hokkaido.svg Satsuki Fujisawa 6 7 988
2 Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Sayaka Yoshimura 7 83 5 6

Results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). [8] [16] [17]

Draw 1

Friday, September 10, 3:00 pm

Sheet B1234567891011Final
Flag of Kitami, Hokkaido.svg Satsuki Fujisawa Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg102010100106
Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Sayaka Yoshimura 020001021017

Draw 2

Saturday, September 11, 10:00 am

Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Sayaka Yoshimura 02010300118
Flag of Kitami, Hokkaido.svg Satsuki Fujisawa Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20201011007
Player percentages
Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Team Yoshimura Flag of Kitami, Hokkaido.svg Team Fujisawa
Yumie Funayama 83% Yurika Yoshida 91%
Anna Ohmiya 70% Yumi Suzuki 90%
Kaho Onodera 75% Chinami Yoshida 80%
Sayaka Yoshimura 71% Satsuki Fujisawa 78%
Total75%Total85%

Draw 3

Saturday, September 11, 3:00 pm

Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Kitami, Hokkaido.svg Satsuki Fujisawa Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg22110210XX9
Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Sayaka Yoshimura 00001002XX3
Player percentages
Flag of Kitami, Hokkaido.svg Team Fujisawa Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Team Yoshimura
Yurika Yoshida 95% Yumie Funayama 95%
Yumi Suzuki 88% Anna Ohmiya 80%
Chinami Yoshida 94% Kaho Onodera 90%
Satsuki Fujisawa 98% Sayaka Yoshimura 59%
Total94%Total81%

Draw 4

Sunday, September 12, 10:00 am

Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Sayaka Yoshimura 020200100X5
Flag of Kitami, Hokkaido.svg Satsuki Fujisawa Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg201001022X8
Player percentages
Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Team Yoshimura Flag of Kitami, Hokkaido.svg Team Fujisawa
Yumie Funayama 93% Yurika Yoshida 94%
Anna Ohmiya 81% Yumi Suzuki 85%
Kaho Onodera 84% Chinami Yoshida 95%
Sayaka Yoshimura 75% Satsuki Fujisawa 88%
Total83%Total90%

Draw 5

Sunday, September 12, 6:00 pm

Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Kitami, Hokkaido.svg Satsuki Fujisawa Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20201020018
Flag of Sapporo, Hokkaido.svg Sayaka Yoshimura 01010202006

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