Argo Graphics Cup

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Argo Graphics Cup
Established2023
Host city Kitami, Japan
Arena Kitami Curling Hall
Website www.agcc-kitami.info
Purse ¥ 1,700,000
2024 champion Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Momoha Tabata

The Argo Graphics Cup, stylized as the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup is an annual curling tournament on the Hokkaido Curling Tour, and is a World Curling team ranking event. It is held annually in late August or early September at the Kitami Curling Hall in Kitami, Japan. [1]

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The event began in 2022, and has alternated between men's and women's events.

The purse for the event is ¥ 1,700,000. [1]

Men's champions

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (¥)Winner's share (¥)
2023 [2] [3] Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Karuizawa TM Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg KiT Curling Club Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Ryota Meguro, Yoshiya Miura ¥ 1,700,000¥ 1,000,000

Women's champions

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (¥)Winner's share (¥)
2022 [4] [5] Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg B seat University selection Miyu Ueno, Sae Yamamoto (skip), Suzune Yasui, Momoka Iwase Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Fortius Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi
2024 [6] [7] Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Hokkaido Bank Momoha Tabata, Miku Nihira (skip), [8] Sae Yamamoto, Mikoto Nakajima Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida ¥ 1,700,000¥ 1,000,000

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