2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup
Host cityWakkanai, Japan
ArenaWakkanai City Midori Sports Park
DatesJuly 31 – August 3
Men's winner Team Maeda
Curling clubTokoro CC, Kitami
SkipTakumi Maeda
SecondHiroki Maeda
LeadUryu Kamikawa
CoachRyoji Onodera & Mari Motohashi
Finalist Kohsuke Hirata
Women's winner Satsuki Fujisawa
Curling clubTokoro CC, Kitami
SkipSatsuki Fujisawa
ThirdChinami Yoshida
SecondYumi Suzuki
LeadYurika Yoshida
CoachJ. D. Lind
Finalist Miyu Ueno
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The 2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup was held from July 31 to August 3 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan.[1] It was the second tour event of the 2025–26 curling season and the first event of the Hokkaido Curling Tour. The total purse for the event was ¥ 1,500,000 on both the men's and women's sides.[2][3]

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[4][5]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth) Shinya Abe (Skip) Hayato Sato Haruto Ouchi Sota Tsuruga Sapporo
Kaito Fujii Miki Yamamoto Konosuke Takahashi Shunsuke Kanakawa Ryo Ogiwara Karuizawa
Yuta Fuse Shogo Ishidate Koto Inaba Kento Nishida Wakkanai
Kohsuke Hirata Shingo Usui Koei Sato Ryota Meguro Hirofumi Kobayashi Kitami
Kim Hak-jun Moon Si-woo Park Jin-hwan Park Jong-hyeon Kim Myeong-jun Uiseong
Takumi Maeda [a] Hiroki Maeda Uryu Kamikawa Tokoro
Takuma Makanae Kantaro Kawano Masaki Kudo Taiki Nihira Keisuke Akutagawa Sapporo
Shunta Kobayashi[b] Kouki Ogiwara Taiki Kudo Yuto Abe Hinata Michitani Sapporo
P. N. Raju Girithar Anthay Suthakaran Sudheer Reddy Kishan Vasant Hyderabad
Riku Yanagisawa (Fourth) Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Skip)[c] Takeru Yamamoto Satoshi Koizumi Karuizawa

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L W–L PF PA DSC
Team Yanagisawa 3 1 1–0 27 13 32.90
Takumi Maeda 3 1 0–1 28 15 44.60
Team Ogiwara 2 2 20 20 69.50
Yuta Fuse 1 3 1–0 17 29 46.20
P. N. Raju 1 3 0–1 11 26 120.60
Pool B W L W–L PF PA DSC
Shinya Abe 4 0 27 14 42.70
Kohsuke Hirata 3 1 28 17 26.90
Kaito Fujii 2 2 22 16 33.50
Takuma Makanae 1 3 17 24 29.30
Kim Hak-jun 0 4 11 34 23.30

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[7][8]

Draw 1

Thursday, July 31, 10:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kaito Fujii 0 2 0 0 4 1 1 X 8
Takuma Makanae 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Ogiwara 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 5
Takumi Maeda 🔨 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
P. N. Raju 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4
Yuta Fuse 🔨 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kim Hak-jun 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Shinya Abe 0 2 0 3 1 4 X X 10

Draw 3

Thursday, July 31, 6:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yuta Fuse 🔨 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Team Ogiwara 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Takuma Makanae 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 X 7
Kim Hak-jun 🔨 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Shinya Abe 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 5
Kohsuke Hirata 🔨 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Yanagisawa 1 0 3 0 3 1 X X 8
P. N. Raju 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2

Draw 5

Friday, August 1, 12:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kohsuke Hirata 🔨 3 0 0 6 0 3 X X 12
Kim Hak-jun 0 1 1 0 2 0 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Shinya Abe 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 6
Kaito Fujii 🔨 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Team Ogiwara 🔨 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
Team Yanagisawa 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Takumi Maeda 0 3 0 0 2 0 4 X 9
Yuta Fuse 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 7

Friday, August 1, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Takumi Maeda 🔨 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 X 8
P. N. Raju 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yuta Fuse 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Team Yanagisawa 🔨 1 1 0 2 1 0 4 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kim Hak-jun 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Kaito Fujii 🔨 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kohsuke Hirata 🔨 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 X 7
Takuma Makanae 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 9

Saturday, August 2, 12:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Takuma Makanae 🔨 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 3
Shinya Abe 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kaito Fujii 🔨 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4
Kohsuke Hirata 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Yanagisawa 🔨 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 6
Takumi Maeda 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
P. N. Raju 🔨 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
Team Ogiwara 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3

Playoffs

Source:[9]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Team Yanagisawa 4
B2 Kohsuke Hirata 6
B2 Kohsuke Hirata 1
A2 Takumi Maeda 5
B1 Shinya Abe 3
A2 Takumi Maeda 4 Third place game
A1 Team Yanagisawa 8
B1 Shinya Abe 3

Semifinals

Sunday, August 3, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Yanagisawa 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
Kohsuke Hirata 🔨 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Shinya Abe 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
Takumi Maeda 🔨 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4

Third place game

Sunday, August 3, 12:30 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Team Yanagisawa 🔨 0 4 1 0 2 0 1 X 8
Shinya Abe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3

Final

Sunday, August 3, 4:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kohsuke Hirata 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
Takumi Maeda 🔨 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 X 5

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[5][10]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kitami
Kang Bo-bae Shim Yu-jeong Kim Min-seo Kim Ji-soo Lee Bo-young Jeonbuk
Ikue Kitazawa Seina Nakajima Minori Suzuki Hasumi Ishigooka Ami Enami Nagano
Yuina Miura Kohane Tsuruga Rin Suzuki Hana Ikeda Aone Nakamura Sapporo
Momoha Tabata (Fourth) Miku Nihira (Skip) Sae Yamamoto Mikoto Nakajima Sapporo
Honoka Sasaki Yako Matsuzawa Hazuki Kimura Kaho Tamekuni Kitami
Misaki Tanaka Miori Nakamura Hiyori Ichinohe Yuna Harada Aomori
Miyu Ueno Yui Ueno [d] Asuka Kanai Karuizawa
Hinako Sonobe (Fourth) Aoi Watanabe (Skip) Mao Ishigaki Mizuki Hara Yui Ozeki Tokyo
Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Yuna Kotani Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi Sapporo

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[11]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L W–L PF PA DSC
Satsuki Fujisawa 4 0 23 13 35.80
Miyu Ueno 3 1 20 19 49.20
Miku Nihira 2 2 22 20 43.90
Yuina Miura 1 3 18 23 44.70
Aoi Watanabe 0 4 18 26 74.00
Pool B W L W–L PF PA DSC
Kang Bo-bae 4 0 31 10 16.40
Ikue Kitazawa 2 2 1–0 23 19 42.80
Sayaka Yoshimura 2 2 0–1 18 19 42.80
Misaki Tanaka 1 3 1–0 17 25 83.60
Honoka Sasaki 1 3 0–1 11 27 48.90

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[7][12]

Draw 2

Thursday, July 31, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ikue Kitazawa 1 0 2 2 4 2 X X 11
Misaki Tanaka 🔨 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Satsuki Fujisawa 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 X 5
Miku Nihira 🔨 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yuina Miura 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4
Miyu Ueno 🔨 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sayaka Yoshimura 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Kang Bo-bae 🔨 0 1 1 3 0 3 X X 8

Draw 4

Friday, August 1, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Miyu Ueno 🔨 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1
Satsuki Fujisawa 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Misaki Tanaka 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3
Sayaka Yoshimura 🔨 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kang Bo-bae 2 2 1 0 2 1 X X 8
Honoka Sasaki 🔨 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Aoi Watanabe 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 3
Yuina Miura 🔨 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 X 6

Draw 6

Friday, August 1, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Honoka Sasaki 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sayaka Yoshimura 🔨 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kang Bo-bae 🔨 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 X 8
Ikue Kitazawa 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Satsuki Fujisawa 🔨 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 X 6
Aoi Watanabe 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Miku Nihira 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4
Miyu Ueno 🔨 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 6

Draw 8

Saturday, August 2, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Miku Nihira 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 X 7
Yuina Miura 🔨 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Miyu Ueno 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 6
Aoi Watanabe 🔨 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sayaka Yoshimura 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Ikue Kitazawa 🔨 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Honoka Sasaki 🔨 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Misaki Tanaka 0 4 1 2 0 1 X X 8

Draw 10

Saturday, August 2, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Misaki Tanaka 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 X 5
Kang Bo-bae 🔨 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yuina Miura 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5
Satsuki Fujisawa 🔨 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Aoi Watanabe 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 6
Miku Nihira 🔨 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Ikue Kitazawa 🔨 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Honoka Sasaki 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 6

Playoffs

Source:[13]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Satsuki Fujisawa 8
B2 Ikue Kitazawa 3
A1 Satsuki Fujisawa 8
A2 Miyu Ueno 3
B1 Kang Bo-bae 4
A2 Miyu Ueno 6 Third place game
B2 Ikue Kitazawa 4
B1 Kang Bo-bae 8

Semifinals

Sunday, August 3, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Satsuki Fujisawa 🔨 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 X 8
Ikue Kitazawa 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kang Bo-bae 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 X 4
Miyu Ueno 🔨 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 X 6

Third place game

Sunday, August 3, 12:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ikue Kitazawa 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Kang Bo-bae 0 2 0 2 3 0 1 X 8

Final

Sunday, August 3, 4:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Satsuki Fujisawa 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 X 8
Miyu Ueno 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3

Notes

  1. ^ Team Maeda played with three players.
  2. ^ Shunta Kobayashi skipped Team Ogiwara.
  3. ^ Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi skipped Team Yanagisawa.
  4. ^ Team Ueno played with three players.

References

  1. ^ "Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup 2025". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  2. ^ "Men's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  3. ^ "Women's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  4. ^ "Men's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Teams List". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  6. ^ "Men's Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Schedule". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  8. ^ "Men's Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  9. ^ "Men's Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  10. ^ "Women's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  11. ^ "Women's Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  12. ^ "Women's Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  13. ^ "Women's Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 2, 2025.