The Karuizawa International Curling Championships is a curling bonspiel held annually since the Olympic Games in Nagano at the SCAP Karuizawa Arena in Kariuzawa, Japan. The bonspiel is held to commemorate the curling event at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, the first official curling event in the Olympic programme since the 1924 Winter Olympics. It is also held to help promote curling throughout Japan. The event was part of the World Curling Tour from 2014 to 2019.
Format
Current format A total of 16 teams (8 men's and 8 women's teams) are invited each year to participate in the championship. The teams play a two-pool round robin tournament with games of eight ends, and the top two teams in each pool advancing to the playoff round.
Previous format Prior to 2013, a total of 16 teams (8 men's and 8 women's teams) were invited each year to participate in the championship. Five teams of each gender were chosen from foreign nations based on performances at the most recent World Curling Championships, while three teams were chosen from within Japan. The teams were chosen as follows:
Men'sWomen's 5 Foreign Teams National Team Selection Team Selection Team
The eight teams of each gender played a round robin tournament with games of eight ends, and the top four teams of each gender played ten-end games in the final round.
Champions (1999-2009) Year Men's winner Women's winner 1999 Bob Turcotte Cathy Borst 2000 Makoto Tsuruga Sherry Fraser 2001 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Nancy Smith 2002 Greg Monkman Margaretha Lindahl 2003 Paul Pustovar Manuela Kormann 2004 Brian Gessner Cheryl Bernard 2005 Pat Simmons Moe Meguro 2006 Ryan Fry Crystal Rumberg 2007 Craig Disher Jo-Ann Rizzo 2008 Joel Jordison Yukako Tsuchiya 2009 Bob Ursel Manuela Kormann
Past Champions (since 2010) Year Winning skip Runner-up skip 2010 (Chris Busby) (Yusuke Morozumi) (Hollie Nicol) (Stina Viktorsson) 2011 (Yusuke Morozumi) (Tyler George) (Jennifer Jones) (Satsuki Fujisawa) 2012 Selection (Yusuke Morozumi) (Colin Thomas) (Laura Crocker) (Silvana Tirinzoni) 2013 Kim Chang-min Yusuke Morozumi Binia Feltscher-Beeli Ayumi Ogasawara 2014 Kevin Koe Seong Se-hyeon Jennifer Jones Kim Eun-jung 2015 David Murdoch Pat Simmons Ayumi Ogasawara Satsuki Fujisawa 2016 Tom Brewster David Murdoch Gim Un-chi Margaretha Sigfridsson 2017 Yusuke Morozumi Kim Chang-min Satsuki Fujisawa Chiaki Matsumura 2018 Reid Carruthers Yuta Matsumura Anna Sidorova Sayaka Yoshimura 2019 Yuta Matsumura Niklas Edin Anna Sidorova Satsuki Fujisawa 2020–2021 Cancelled 2022 Riku Yanagisawa Yusuke Morozumi Kim Eun-jung Kerri Einarson 2023 Brad Gushue Hayato Sato Ikue Kitazawa Kim Eun-jung 2024 Marc Muskatewitz Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Sayaka Yoshimura Anna Hasselborg 2026 (Mar.) Shinya Abe Magnus Ramsfjell Anna Hasselborg Ikue Kitazawa 2026 (Sept.) Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Takumi Maeda Isabella Wranå Kim Kyeong-ae
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References
External links Karuizawa CC Homepage Official website