2025 Japanese Olympic mixed doubles curling trials

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2025 Japanese mixed doubles
curling Olympic trials
Host city Wakkanai, Japan
Arena Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park
DatesSeptember 25–28
Winner Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Koana / Aoki
Female Tori Koana
Male Go Aoki
Coach Yoshinori Aoki
Finalist Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Matsumura / Tanida
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The 2025 Japanese mixed doubles curling Olympic trials were held from September 25 to 28 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan. [1] The winning team earned 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]

Contents

The event was 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 (Miyu Ueno & Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi) and 2025 (Chiaki Matsumura & Yasumasa Tanida) Japanese champions qualified by winning the previous two national titles while points leaders and world number six ranked Tori Koana & Go Aoki will also participate. By finishing ninth and thirteenth respectively at the 2024 and 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Japan earned twenty Olympic qualification points, not enough to qualify the nation directly for the Games. [3]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [4]

FemaleMaleLocale
Tori Koana Go Aoki Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Kōfu / Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Sapporo
Chiaki Matsumura Yasumasa Tanida Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Nagano / Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Sapporo
Miyu Ueno Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Karuizawa

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Best-of-five
TeamWLW–LPFPAEWELBESE
Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Koana / Aoki403319181304
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Matsumura / Tanida222429151604
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Ueno / Yamaguchi042029141803
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.Team Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg K / A Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg M / T Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg U / YRecord
1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd
1 Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Koana / Aoki10–48–68–37–64–0
2 Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Matsumura / Tanida4–106–86–58–62–2
3 Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Ueno / Yamaguchi3–86–75–66–80–4

Round robin results

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

Draw 1

Thursday, September 25, 8:00 am

Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Matsumura / Tanida011101116
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Ueno / Yamaguchi Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg200030005

Draw 2

Thursday, September 25, 12:00 pm

Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Ueno / Yamaguchi101010003
Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Koana / Aoki Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg020101138

Draw 3

Thursday, September 25, 4:00 pm

Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Koana / Aoki Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg3040201X10
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Matsumura / Tanida0102010X4

Draw 4

Friday, September 26, 8:00 am

Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Koana / Aoki Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg102002027
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Ueno / Yamaguchi020110206

Draw 5

Friday, September 26, 12:00 pm

Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Ueno / Yamaguchi Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101102016
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Matsumura / Tanida040010308

Draw 6

Friday, September 26, 4:00 pm

Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Matsumura / Tanida Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010203006
Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Koana / Aoki102030118

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
      
Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Koana / Aoki1085 7X
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Matsumura / Tanida 4 6 76 X

Game 3

Saturday, September 27, 3:00 pm

Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Koana / Aoki Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010202005
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Matsumura / Tanida101010137

Game 4

Sunday, September 28, 9:00 am

Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Koana / Aoki Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg030102017
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Matsumura / Tanida201010206

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. "2025 Mixed Doubles Curling Japan Representative Deciding Match". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  3. "Qualification System - XXV Olympic Winter Games - Milano Cortina 2026" (PDF). Olympics. February 12, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  4. "TEAMS 出場チーム (PARTICIPATING TEAMS)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2025-10-04. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  5. "スケジュール (SCHEDULE)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  6. "試合結果 (RESULTS)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.