Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

Organizer| Sapporo Curling Association
Sponsor| Hokkaido Bank
Established| 2016
Host city| Sapporo, Japan
Arena| Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium [ja]
Website| hokkaidobank-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

2023 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]

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. Due to construction in the stadium, the event was not held for the 2024 season.[citation needed]

## Past champions

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### Men

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Year  | Winning team  | Runner-up team  | Purse (¥)

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2016[3] |  Karsten Sturmay, Tristan Steinke, Chris Kennedy, Caleb Boorse |  Wang Fengchun, Jiang Dongxu, Yuan Mingjie, Cheng Kuo | 850,000
2017[4] |  Kim Soo-hyuk, Kim Tae-hwan, Park Jong-duk, Nam Yoon-ho |  Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi | 1,700,000
2018[5] |  Go Aoki (Fourth), Masaki Iwai (Skip), Ryotaro Shukuya, Kouki Ogiwara |  Kohsuke Hirata (Fourth), Shingo Usui (Skip), Daiki Shikano, Yoshiya Miura | 1,700,000
2019[6] |  Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe |  Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick | 1,700,000
2020  | Cancelled[7]
2021[8] |  Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe |  Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi | 1,700,000
2022[9] |  Jeong Byeong-jin, Lee Jeong-jae, Kim Min-woo, Kim Tae-hwan |  Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi | 1,700,000
2023[10] |  Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Ryota Meguro, Yoshiya Miura, Kosuke Aita |  Park Jong-duk, Jeong Yeong-seok, Oh Seung-hoon, Seong Ji-hoon, Lee Ki-bok | 1,700,000

### Women

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Year  | Winning team  | Runner-up team  | Purse (¥)

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2016[11] |  Chelsea Carey, Amy Nixon, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters |  Gim Un-chi, Um Min-ji, Lee Seul-bee, Yeom Yoon-jung | 850,000
2017[12] |  Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida |  Kim Min-ji, Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin | 1,700,000
2018[13] |  Kim Min-ji, Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin |  Chiaki Matsumura, Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Hasumi Ishigooka | 1,700,000
2019[14] |  Jiang Yilun, Zhang Lijun, Dong Ziqi, Jiang Xindi |  Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida | 1,700,000
2020  | Cancelled[7]
2021[15] |  Tori Koana, Yuna Kotani, Mao Ishigaki, Arisa Kotani |  Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida | 1,700,000
2022[16] |  Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi |  Mayu Minami, Kana Ogawa, Momo Kaneta, Nao Kyoto | 1,700,000
2023[17] |  Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Sayaka Yoshimura |  Momoha Tabata, Miku Nihira, Sae Yamamoto, Mikoto Nakajima, Ayami Ito | 1,700,000

## References

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1. ^ "大会ご挨拶｜どうぎんカーリングクラシック".
2. ^ http://www.sapporo-curling.org/hbcc/download/yoko_kansen.pdf Archived 2017-08-31 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
3. ^ "2016 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
4. ^ "2017 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
5. ^ "2018 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
6. ^ "2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
7. ^ a b "【お知らせ】「どうぎんカーリングクラシック2020」開催中止のお知らせ" [[Notice] Notice of cancellation of "Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic 2020"]. Sapporo Curling Association (in Japanese). 19 May 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
8. ^ "2021 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
9. ^ "2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
10. ^ "2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
11. ^ "2016 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
12. ^ "2017 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
13. ^ "2018 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
14. ^ "2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
15. ^ "2021 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
16. ^ "2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
17. ^ "2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

## External links

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* Official website (in Japanese)
* Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic's channel on YouTube