Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

The Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's curling tour. It is held annually in early August at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan.[1] The total purse for the event is ¥ 1,700,000 with the winning team receiving ¥ 1,000,000.[2]

Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic
OrganizerSapporo Curling Association
SponsorHokkaido Bank
Established2016
Host citySapporo, Japan
ArenaHokkaido Bank Curling Stadium
Websitehokkaidobank-curling.jp
Men's purse¥ 1,700,000
Women's purse¥ 1,700,000
Current champions (2023)
Men Kohsuke Hirata
Women Yuna Kotani
Current edition

Typically this event allows in-person spectators, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, they weren't permitted in 2021 and 2022. In its place they will be providing streaming from their Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic's channel on YouTube.

The event hosted an international field from 2016 to 2019. Following its cancellation in 2020, only Japanese teams attended the 2021 event. In 2022 and 2023, teams from Japan and South Korea competed.

Past champions

Men
Year Winning team Runner-up team Purse (¥)
2016[3]Canada Karsten Sturmay, Tristan Steinke, Chris Kennedy, Caleb BoorseChina Wang Fengchun, Jiang Dongxu, Yuan Mingjie, Cheng Kuo850,000
2017[4]South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk, Kim Tae-hwan, Park Jong-duk, Nam Yoon-ho Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi1,700,000
2018[5] Go Aoki (Fourth), Masaki Iwai (Skip), Ryotaro Shukuya, Kouki Ogiwara Kohsuke Hirata (Fourth), Shingo Usui (Skip), Daiki Shikano, Yoshiya Miura1,700,000
2019[6] Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya AbeCanada Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick1,700,000
2020 Cancelled[7]
2021[8] Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi1,700,000
2022[9]South Korea Jeong Byeong-jin, Lee Jeong-jae, Kim Min-woo, Kim Tae-hwan Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi1,700,000
2023[10] Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Ryota Meguro, Yoshiya Miura, Kosuke AitaSouth Korea Park Jong-duk, Jeong Yeong-seok, Oh Seung-hoon, Seong Ji-hoon, Lee Ki-bok1,700,000

Women
Year Winning team Runner-up team Purse (¥)
2016[11]Canada Chelsea Carey, Amy Nixon, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine PetersSouth Korea Gim Un-chi, Um Min-ji, Lee Seul-bee, Yeom Yoon-jung850,000
2017[12] Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika YoshidaSouth Korea Kim Min-ji, Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin1,700,000
2018[13]South Korea Kim Min-ji, Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin Chiaki Matsumura, Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Hasumi Ishigooka1,700,000
2019[14]China Jiang Yilun, Zhang Lijun, Dong Ziqi, Jiang Xindi Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida1,700,000
2020 Cancelled[7]
2021[15] Tori Koana, Yuna Kotani, Mao Ishigaki, Arisa Kotani Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida1,700,000
2022[16] Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi Mayu Minami, Kana Ogawa, Momo Kaneta, Nao Kyoto1,700,000
2023[17] Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Sayaka Yoshimura Momoha Tabata, Miku Nihira, Sae Yamamoto, Mikoto Nakajima, Ayami Ito1,700,000

References
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  2. http://www.sapporo-curling.org/hbcc/download/yoko_kansen.pdf
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