The 2021

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was held from August 19 to 22 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in

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. It was one of the first events of the

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. The total purse for the event is ¥ 1,700,000 on both the men's and women's sides. In the men's final, the defending Japanese champions Team Consadole skipped by Yuta Matsumura defeated the

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rink TM

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7–2. Matsumura and Morozumi also met in the final of the

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, with Matsumura winning 6–4 after nine ends. Team Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, also of Karuizawa and the junior team of Takumi Maeda also qualified for the playoffs, with Yamaguchi winning the third place game 7–4 in an extra end. On the women's side, the

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rink, representing Fujikyu capped off a perfect 5–0 tournament by defeating Team

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skipped by

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5–4 in the final. Despite winning the event, Team Koana was not eligible to compete in the 2021 Japanese Olympic Curling Trials, as it was held in a best-of-five tournament between the Fujisawa rink and 2021 Japanese champions Team

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, representing

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. 2019 Japanese champions Team Seina Nakajima and Japanese junior champions Team Sae Yamamoto also qualified for the playoffs, with Nakajima taking the third place game by a score of 5–3.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC+09:00).

Draw 1

''Thursday, August 19, 3:30 pm''

Draw 3

''Friday, August 20, 10:00 am''

Draw 5

''Friday, August 20, 5:00 pm''

Playoffs

Source:

Semifinals

''Saturday, August 21, 1:30 pm''

Third place game

''Sunday, August 22, 10:00 am''

Final

''Sunday, August 22, 10:00 am''

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC+09:00).

Draw 2

''Thursday, August 19, 7:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Friday, August 20, 1:30 pm''

Draw 6

''Saturday, August 21, 10:00 am''

Playoffs

Source:

Semifinals

''Saturday, August 21, 5:00 pm''

Third place game

''Sunday, August 22, 4:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, August 22, 4:00 pm''

References

External links

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