2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup
Host cityWakkanai, Japan
ArenaWakkanai City Midori Sports Park
DatesJuly 31 – August 3
Men's winnerHokkaido Team Maeda
Curling clubTokoro CC, Kitami
SkipTakumi Maeda
SecondHiroki Maeda
LeadUryu Kamikawa
CoachRyoji Onodera & Mari Motohashi
FinalistHokkaido Kohsuke Hirata
Women's winnerHokkaido Satsuki Fujisawa
Curling clubTokoro CC, Kitami
SkipSatsuki Fujisawa
ThirdChinami Yoshida
SecondYumi Suzuki
LeadYurika Yoshida
CoachJ. D. Lind
FinalistNagano Prefecture 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 SatoHaruto OuchiSota TsurugaHokkaido Sapporo
Kaito FujiiMiki YamamotoKonosuke TakahashiShunsuke KanakawaRyo OgiwaraNagano Prefecture Karuizawa
Yuta FuseShogo IshidateKoto InabaKento NishidaHokkaido Wakkanai
Kohsuke HirataShingo UsuiKoei SatoRyota MeguroHirofumi KobayashiHokkaido Kitami
Kim Hak-junMoon Si-wooPark Jin-hwanPark Jong-hyeonKim Myeong-junSouth Korea Uiseong
Takumi Maeda–[a]Hiroki MaedaUryu KamikawaHokkaido Tokoro
Takuma MakanaeKantaro KawanoMasaki KudoTaiki NihiraKeisuke AkutagawaHokkaido Sapporo
Shunta Kobayashi[b]Kouki OgiwaraTaiki KudoYuto AbeHinata MichitaniHokkaido Sapporo
P. N. RajuGirithar Anthay SuthakaranSudheer ReddyKishan VasantIndia Hyderabad
Riku Yanagisawa (Fourth)Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Skip)[c]Takeru YamamotoSatoshi KoizumiNagano Prefecture Karuizawa

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool AWLW–LPFPADSC
Nagano Prefecture Team Yanagisawa311–0271332.90
Hokkaido Takumi Maeda310–1281544.60
Hokkaido Team Ogiwara22–202069.50
Hokkaido Yuta Fuse131–0172946.20
India P. N. Raju130–11126120.60
Pool BWLW–LPFPADSC
Hokkaido Shinya Abe40–271442.70
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata31–281726.90
Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii22–221633.50
Hokkaido Takuma Makanae13–172429.30
South Korea Kim Hak-jun04–113423.30

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
Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii 0 2 0 0 4 1 1 X 8
Hokkaido Takuma Makanae 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Team Ogiwara 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 5
Hokkaido Takumi Maeda 🔨 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
India P. N. Raju 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4
Hokkaido Yuta Fuse 🔨 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Hak-jun 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Hokkaido 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
Hokkaido Yuta Fuse 🔨 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Hokkaido Team Ogiwara 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Takuma Makanae 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 X 7
South Korea Kim Hak-jun 🔨 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Shinya Abe 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 5
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 🔨 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Team Yanagisawa 1 0 3 0 3 1 X X 8
India 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
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 🔨 3 0 0 6 0 3 X X 12
South Korea Kim Hak-jun 0 1 1 0 2 0 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Shinya Abe 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 6
Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii 🔨 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Hokkaido Team Ogiwara 🔨 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
Nagano Prefecture Team Yanagisawa 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Takumi Maeda 0 3 0 0 2 0 4 X 9
Hokkaido 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
Hokkaido Takumi Maeda 🔨 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 X 8
India P. N. Raju 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Yuta Fuse 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Nagano Prefecture Team Yanagisawa 🔨 1 1 0 2 1 0 4 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Hak-jun 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii 🔨 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 🔨 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 X 7
Hokkaido 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
Hokkaido Takuma Makanae 🔨 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 3
Hokkaido Shinya Abe 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii 🔨 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Team Yanagisawa 🔨 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 6
Hokkaido Takumi Maeda 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
India P. N. Raju 🔨 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
Hokkaido Team Ogiwara 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3

Playoffs

Source:[9]

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

Semifinals

Sunday, August 3, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Team Yanagisawa 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 🔨 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Shinya Abe 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
Hokkaido 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
Nagano Prefecture Team Yanagisawa 🔨 0 4 1 0 2 0 1 X 8
Hokkaido 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
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
Hokkaido 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 FujisawaChinami YoshidaYumi SuzukiYurika YoshidaHokkaido Kitami
Kang Bo-baeShim Yu-jeongKim Min-seoKim Ji-sooLee Bo-youngSouth Korea Jeonbuk
Ikue KitazawaSeina NakajimaMinori SuzukiHasumi IshigookaAmi EnamiNagano Prefecture Nagano
Yuina MiuraKohane TsurugaRin SuzukiHana IkedaAone NakamuraHokkaido Sapporo
Momoha Tabata (Fourth)Miku Nihira (Skip)Sae YamamotoMikoto NakajimaHokkaido Sapporo
Honoka SasakiYako MatsuzawaHazuki KimuraKaho TamekuniHokkaido Kitami
Misaki TanakaMiori NakamuraHiyori IchinoheYuna HaradaAomori Prefecture Aomori
Miyu UenoYui Ueno–[d]Asuka KanaiNagano Prefecture Karuizawa
Hinako Sonobe (Fourth)Aoi Watanabe (Skip)Mao IshigakiMizuki HaraYui OzekiTokyo Tokyo
Sayaka YoshimuraKaho OnoderaYuna KotaniAnna OhmiyaMina KobayashiHokkaido Sapporo

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[11]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool AWLW–LPFPADSC
Hokkaido Satsuki Fujisawa40–231335.80
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno31–201949.20
Hokkaido Miku Nihira22–222043.90
Hokkaido Yuina Miura13–182344.70
Tokyo Aoi Watanabe04–182674.00
Pool BWLW–LPFPADSC
South Korea Kang Bo-bae40–311016.40
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa221–0231942.80
Hokkaido Sayaka Yoshimura220–1181942.80
Aomori Prefecture Misaki Tanaka131–0172583.60
Hokkaido Honoka Sasaki130–1112748.90

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
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 1 0 2 2 4 2 X X 11
Aomori Prefecture Misaki Tanaka 🔨 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Satsuki Fujisawa 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 X 5
Hokkaido Miku Nihira 🔨 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Yuina Miura 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 🔨 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Sayaka Yoshimura 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
South Korea 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
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 🔨 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1
Hokkaido Satsuki Fujisawa 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Aomori Prefecture Misaki Tanaka 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3
Hokkaido Sayaka Yoshimura 🔨 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kang Bo-bae 2 2 1 0 2 1 X X 8
Hokkaido Honoka Sasaki 🔨 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Tokyo Aoi Watanabe 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 3
Hokkaido 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
Hokkaido Honoka Sasaki 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
Hokkaido Sayaka Yoshimura 🔨 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kang Bo-bae 🔨 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 X 8
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Satsuki Fujisawa 🔨 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 X 6
Tokyo Aoi Watanabe 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Miku Nihira 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4
Nagano Prefecture 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
Hokkaido Miku Nihira 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 X 7
Hokkaido Yuina Miura 🔨 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 6
Tokyo Aoi Watanabe 🔨 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Sayaka Yoshimura 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 🔨 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Honoka Sasaki 🔨 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Aomori Prefecture 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
Aomori Prefecture Misaki Tanaka 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 X 5
South Korea Kang Bo-bae 🔨 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Yuina Miura 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5
Hokkaido Satsuki Fujisawa 🔨 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Tokyo Aoi Watanabe 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 6
Hokkaido Miku Nihira 🔨 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 🔨 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Hokkaido Honoka Sasaki 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 6

Playoffs

Source:[13]

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

Semifinals

Sunday, August 3, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Satsuki Fujisawa 🔨 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 X 8
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kang Bo-bae 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 X 4
Nagano Prefecture 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
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
South Korea 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
Hokkaido Satsuki Fujisawa 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 X 8
Nagano Prefecture 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. 1 2 "Teams List". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Men's Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  7. 1 2 "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.