2025 Japanese Olympic curling trials

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2025 Japanese Olympic curling trials
Host city Wakkanai, Japan
Arena Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park
DatesSeptember 11–14
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The 2025 Japanese Olympic curling trials will be held from September 11 to 14 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan. [1] The winning teams will earn the right to represent Japan at the Olympic Qualification Event where they will need to finish in the top two to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. [2] It will be the first time a men's trial is held.

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The men's event will feature a best-of-five series between the 2024 and 2025 Japanese champion rinks of Shinya Abe (Consadole) and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (SC Karuizawa Club). [3] In 2024, Consadole led Japan to a 3–9 record at the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship, only earning three qualification points for the nation. SC Karuizawa Club did slightly better in 2025 by finishing ninth and earning five points, though it was not enough to advance Japan directly to the Olympic Games. [4]

The women's event will be held in a double round robin format with the top two teams advancing to a best-of-five series which includes the results from their first two games. [1] The 2024 and 2025 Japanese champions Miyu Ueno (SC Karuizawa Club) and Sayaka Yoshimura (Fortius) qualified by winning the previous two national titles while two-time Olympic medallist Satsuki Fujisawa (Loco Solare) qualified as the points leader. Like the men's teams, SC Karuizawa Club finished eleventh in 2024 while Fortius placed ninth in 2025, resulting in just eight qualification points. [4]

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [3]

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Consadole Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth) Shinya Abe (Skip) Hayato Sato Haruto Ouchi Sota Tsuruga Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Kitami
SC Karuizawa Club Riku Yanagisawa (Fourth) Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Skip) Takeru Yamamoto Satoshi Koizumi Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Karuizawa

Standings

Best-of-five
      
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Consadole      
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SC Karuizawa Club      

Results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). [5] [6]

Game 1

Thursday, September 11, 8:00 am

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Consadole (Abe)0
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi)0

Game 2

Thursday, September 11, 1:00 pm

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi)0
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Consadole (Abe)0

Game 3

Friday, September 12, 8:00 am

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi)0
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Consadole (Abe)0

Game 4

Friday, September 12, 1:00 pm

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Consadole (Abe)0
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi)0

Game 5

Saturday, September 13, 8:00 am

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Consadole (Abe)0
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi)0

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [3]

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Fortius Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Yuna Kotani Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Sapporo
Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Kitami
SC Karuizawa Club Miyu Ueno Yui Ueno Junko Nishimuro Asuka Kanai Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Karuizawa

Round robin standings

Key
Teams to Best-of-five
TeamSkipWLW–LPFPAEWELBESE
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Fortius Sayaka Yoshimura 00–000000
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa 00–000000
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SC Karuizawa Club Miyu Ueno 00–000000
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.Team Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg F Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg LS Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SCRecord
1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd
1 Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Fortius—D1D5D3D60–0
1 Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Loco Solare D1D5—D2D40–0
1 Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SC Karuizawa ClubD3D6D2D4—0–0

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). [5] [6]

Draw 1

Thursday, September 11, 8:00 am

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Fortius (Yoshimura)0
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Loco Solare (Fujisawa)0

Draw 2

Thursday, September 11, 1:00 pm

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Loco Solare (Fujisawa)0
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno)0

Draw 3

Thursday, September 11, 6:00 pm

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno)0
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Fortius (Yoshimura)0

Draw 4

Friday, September 12, 8:00 am

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno)0
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Loco Solare (Fujisawa)0

Draw 5

Friday, September 12, 1:00 pm

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Loco Solare (Fujisawa)0
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Fortius (Yoshimura)0

Draw 6

Friday, September 12, 6:00 pm

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Fortius (Yoshimura)0
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno)0

Best-of-five

The teams' head-to-head games in rounds one and two were counted towards their best-of-five score.

Best-of-five
      
      
      

Game 3

Saturday, September 13, 2:00 pm

Team12345678910Final
0
0

Game 4

Sunday, September 14, 8:30 am

Team12345678910Final
0
0

Game 5

Sunday, September 14, 2:30 pm

Team12345678910Final
0
0

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "日本代表決定戦（ミラノコルティナダンペッツォ冬季オリンピック最終予選）について". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  2. ↑ "ZEN-NOH WOMEN'S CURLING JAPAN TOURNAMENT". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "TEAMS 出場チーム (PARTICIPATING TEAMS)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Qualification System - XXV Olympic Winter Games - Milano Cortina 2026" (PDF). Olympics. February 12, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "スケジュール (SCHEDULE)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "試合結果 (RESULTS)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
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