The 2023 WCT Japan New Year Medalist Curling in Miyota (

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: WCTジャパンニューイヤーメダリストカーリング in 御代田 2023) was held from December 30 to January 1 at the Curling Hall Miyota in

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. The total purse for the event was ¥ 2,000,000. It was the fifth event on the World Curling Tour Japan for the

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. The event was won by the German rink of

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and

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from

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, who after losing their first game, won five straight games to claim the event title. In the final, they defeated Karuizawa's

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, who they had lost to the in opening draw. To reach the final, Team Jentsch won 6–5 over Canada's

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in the quarterfinals and then beat Sapporo's

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7–4 in the semifinals. Team Kanai had a direct berth to the semifinals by finishing 3–0 in pool play and beat Sapporo's Mayu Minami 6–1 to advance to the final. Miyota's Wakaba Kawamura also qualified for the playoffs but was eliminated 7–4 by Team Minami in the quarterfinals. Miyota's

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and Yuri Nakajima rounded out the field of eight teams.

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

''Friday, December 30, 9:00 am''

Draw 2

''Friday, December 30, 2:30 pm''

Draw 3

''Friday, December 30, 6:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Friday, December 30, 9:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Saturday, December 31, 9:00 am''

Draw 6

''Saturday, December 31, 2:30 pm''

Playoffs

Source:

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, December 31, 6:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Sunday, January 1, 8:00 am''

Final

''Sunday, January 1, 1:00 pm''

Notes

References

External links

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