2026 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

2026 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup
Host cityWakkanai, Japan
ArenaWakkanai City Midori Sports Park
DatesAugust 27–30
Men's winnerNagano Prefecture Team Yamaguchi
Curling clubKaruizawa CC, Karuizawa
SkipTsuyoshi Yamaguchi
FourthRiku Yanagisawa
SecondTakeru Yamamoto
LeadSatoshi Koizumi
FinalistHokkaido Shinya Abe
Women's winnerNagano Prefecture Team Ueno
Curling clubKaruizawa CC, Karuizawa
SkipMiyu Ueno
ThirdYui Ueno
LeadAsuka Kanai
CoachYuji Nishimuro
FinalistHokkaido Miku Nihira
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The 2026 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup was held from August 27 to 30 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan.[1] It was the second event of the 2026–27 Hokkaido Curling Tour. The total purse for the event was ¥ 1,500,000 on both the men's and women's sides.[2][3]

Team Kang Bo-bae withdrew from the event after the schedule was finalized. All of their games were counted as a win for their opponents.[4]

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[5][6]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth)Shinya Abe (Skip)Asei NakaharaHaruto OuchiHayato SatoHokkaido Sapporo
Yuto AbeAyato SasakiYuta KimuraAkitsugu YoshimotoYuken HayashiHokkaido Sapporo
Kaito FujiiMiki YamamotoKonosuke TakahashiShunsuke KanagawaRuki YokoyamaNagano Prefecture Karuizawa
Go Aoki (Fourth)Shingo UsuiTakeshi AoyanagiKohsuke Hirata (Skip)Ryota MeguroHokkaido Kitami
Toshiya IldaYuta FuseMasao IshidateKento NishidaHokkaido Wakkanai
Takumi MaedaHiroki MaedaUryu KamikawaGakuto TokoroHokkaido Tokoro
Tsubasa NakagawaEito NakagawaMakoto KabiraAyumu OtaSakuraji MaedaHokkaido Obihiro
Kouki OgiwaraHinata MichitaniChikara SegawaTaiki KudoShunta KobayashiHokkaido Sapporo
P. N. RajuTucker HellmanCarter HellmanKenneth DoanIndia Hyderabad
Riku Yanagisawa (Fourth)Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Skip)Takeru YamamotoSatoshi KoizumiNagano Prefecture Karuizawa

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[7]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool AWLW–LPFPADSC
Hokkaido Shinya Abe40–311225.1
Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii31–211427.4
Hokkaido Takumi Maeda22–261574.8
Hokkaido Yuto Abe13–122840.9
India P. N. Raju04–72880.1
Pool BWLW–LPFPADSC
Nagano Prefecture Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi40–31926.2
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata31–271538.2
Hokkaido Kouki Ogiwara22–252527.5
Hokkaido Tsubasa Nakagawa13–113367.7
Hokkaido Toshiya Ilda04–142659.2

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[8][9]

Draw 1

Thursday, August 27, 10:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 🔨 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 X 9
Hokkaido Tsubasa Nakagawa 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Shinya Abe 🔨 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 7
Hokkaido Takumi Maeda 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
India P. N. Raju 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii 🔨 0 4 0 1 1 0 X X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Kouki Ogiwara 🔨 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 7
Hokkaido Toshiya Ilda 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 5

Draw 3

Thursday, August 27, 6:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 X 4
Hokkaido Shinya Abe 🔨 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Tsubasa Nakagawa 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Hokkaido Kouki Ogiwara 0 4 0 2 1 2 X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Toshiya Ilda 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Nagano Prefecture Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 🔨 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Yuto Abe 🔨 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
India P. N. Raju 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4

Draw 5

Thursday, August 28, 12:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 🔨 2 0 3 0 4 0 X X 9
Hokkaido Kouki Ogiwara 0 1 0 1 0 2 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Toshiya Ilda 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 🔨 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Shinya Abe 🔨 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 X 9
Hokkaido Yuto Abe 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Takumi Maeda 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5

Draw 7

Thursday, August 28, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Takumi Maeda 🔨 2 2 2 0 3 X X X 9
India P. N. Raju 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii 🔨 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 6
Hokkaido Yuto Abe 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Kouki Ogiwara 🔨 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 X 5
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 🔨 1 3 2 2 2 1 X X 11
Hokkaido Tsubasa Nakagawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0

Draw 9

Friday, August 29, 12:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Tsubasa Nakagawa 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 X 6
Hokkaido Toshiya Ilda 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
Nagano Prefecture Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 🔨 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Yuto Abe 🔨 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Hokkaido Takumi Maeda 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
India P. N. Raju 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Hokkaido Shinya Abe 🔨 0 1 2 1 0 4 X X 8

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Hokkaido Shinya Abe 6
B2 Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 2
A1 Hokkaido Shinya Abe 5
B1 Nagano Prefecture Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 7
B1 Nagano Prefecture Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 7
A2 Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii 2 Third place game
B2 Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 8
A2 Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii 4

Semifinals

Sunday, August 30, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Shinya Abe 🔨 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 X 6
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 🔨 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 X 7
Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2

Third place game

Sunday, August 30, 12:30 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Kohsuke Hirata 🔨 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 X 8
Nagano Prefecture Kaito Fujii 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 4

Final

Sunday, August 30, 4:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Shinya Abe 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5
Nagano Prefecture Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 🔨 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 7

Women

Teams

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

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Himari IchiyamaYoshino MitsukariHiori IchiyamaMoeka NakagawaShinyuki TsuchiyaHokkaido Obihiro
Kang Bo-baeKim Kyeong-aeShim Yu-jeongKim Ji-sooKim Min-seoSouth Korea Jeonbuk
Kim Su-hyeon[a]Park Han-byulBang Yu-jinKim Hae-jeongKim Eun-jungSouth Korea Uiseong
Ikue KitazawaSeina NakajimaMinori SuzukiHasumi IshigookaChiaki MatsumuraNagano Prefecture Nagano
Yuina MiuraKohane TsurugaRin SuzukiAone NakamuraMinami ChibaHokkaido Sapporo
Miku NihiraMomoha TabataSae YamamotoMikoto NakajimaHokkaido Sapporo
Park You-beenPark Seo-jinYang Tae-iKim Su-jinSouth Korea Chuncheon
Kotoka SegawaSuzune YasuiYuna SakumaAira InadaYumeka MoriHokkaido Sapporo
Kotone Suzuki (Fourth)Moka Tanaka (Skip)Minami NakaoAkari HashimotoHana IkedaHokkaido Sapporo
Miyu UenoYui Ueno–[b]Asuka KanaiNagano Prefecture Karuizawa

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[11]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool AWLW–LPFPADSC
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno311–0281933.8
South Korea Team Kim310–1232049.7
Hokkaido Moka Tanaka22–192574.9
Hokkaido Kotoka Segawa131–0212848.8
South Korea Park You-been130–1262553.2
Pool BWLW–LPFPADSC
Hokkaido Miku Nihira40–16837.5
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa221–1241727.2
Hokkaido Yuina Miura221–1141739.4
Hokkaido Himari Ichiyama221–1122482.5
South Korea Kang Bo-bae04–00199.6

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[8][12]

Draw 2

Thursday, August 27, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Yuina Miura 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Hokkaido Miku Nihira 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Moka Tanaka 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
South Korea Park You-been 🔨 2 0 2 2 1 0 4 X 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Kotoka Segawa 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 X 4
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 🔨 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 🔨 0 3 0 4 6 1 X X 14
Hokkaido Himari Ichiyama 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2

Draw 4

Thursday, August 28, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Hokkaido Moka Tanaka 🔨 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Miku Nihira 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 8
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 🔨 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
Sheet C Final
Hokkaido Himari Ichiyama 🔨 W
South Korea Kang Bo-bae L
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Team Kim 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 6
Hokkaido Kotoka Segawa 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 4

Draw 6

Thursday, August 28, 4:00 pm

Sheet A Final
South Korea Kang Bo-bae L
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 🔨 W
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Himari Ichiyama 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 1 8
Hokkaido Yuina Miura 🔨 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Moka Tanaka 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
South Korea Team Kim 🔨 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Park You-been 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 X 6
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 🔨 2 0 1 0 2 3 0 X 8

Draw 8

Friday, August 29, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Park You-been 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 X 5
Hokkaido Kotoka Segawa 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 X 8
South Korea Team Kim 🔨 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 🔨 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 6
Hokkaido Yuina Miura 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet D Final
South Korea Kang Bo-bae L
Hokkaido Miku Nihira 🔨 W

Draw 10

Friday, August 29, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Miku Nihira 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 X 5
Hokkaido Himari Ichiyama 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Kotoka Segawa 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 6
Hokkaido Moka Tanaka 🔨 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Team Kim 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 8
South Korea Park You-been 🔨 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet D Final
Hokkaido Yuina Miura 🔨 W
South Korea Kang Bo-bae L

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 5
B2 Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 3
A1 Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 8
B1 Hokkaido Miku Nihira 5
B1 Hokkaido Miku Nihira 6
A2 South Korea Team Kim 3 Third place game
B2 Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 5
A2 South Korea Team Kim 4

Semifinals

Sunday, August 30, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 🔨 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 5
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hokkaido Miku Nihira 🔨 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 6
South Korea Team Kim 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3

Third place game

Sunday, August 30, 12:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Ikue Kitazawa 🔨 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5
South Korea Team Kim 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4

Final

Sunday, August 30, 4:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nagano Prefecture Miyu Ueno 🔨 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 8
Hokkaido Miku Nihira 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 5

Notes

  1. ↑ Kim Su-hyeon skipped Team Kim.
  2. ↑ Team Ueno played with three players.

References

  1. ↑ "Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup 2026". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Men's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Women's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Regarding Withdrawal from Team Participation". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 28, 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Teams List". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Men's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Men's Preliminary Round". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Schedule". Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Men's Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Women's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Women's Preliminary Round". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Women's Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
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