The Japan Curling Championships ('' ja, 日本カーリング選手権'') are the annual Japanese men's and women's
curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...
championships, organized by the
Japan Curling Association (JCA). The winners get to represent Japan at the men's and women's
World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...
and the next season's
Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
The Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (formerly the Pacific Curling Championships) are an annual curling tournament, held every year in November or December. The top team receives a berth to the World Curling Championships, while the second-place ...
.
Summary
Qualification
The following teams have the right to participate to this championship.
; In 2019 (2018–2019 season)
* Last year's winners and runner-up teams.
* Teams represented Japan at
2018 Winter Olympics
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.
* Teams that won the regional championships (top 3 of
Hokkaido
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
The la ...
, 1 of
Tohoku, 1 of
Kanto
Kantō (Japanese)
Kanto is a simplified spelling of , a Japanese word, only omitting the diacritics.
In Japan
Kantō may refer to:
*Kantō Plain
*Kantō region
*Kantō-kai, organized crime group
*Kanto (Pokémon), a geographical region in the ' ...
, 1 of
Chubu and 1 of Western Japan).
; After 2020 (after 2019–2020 season)
* Last year's winners and runner-up teams.
* Top ranked teams in top 50 on
WCT ranking at end of last October (without last year's winners and runner-up teams).
* Teams that won the regional championships (
Hokkaido
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
The la ...
,
Tohoku,
Kanto
Kantō (Japanese)
Kanto is a simplified spelling of , a Japanese word, only omitting the diacritics.
In Japan
Kantō may refer to:
*Kantō Plain
*Kantō region
*Kantō-kai, organized crime group
*Kanto (Pokémon), a geographical region in the ' ...
,
Chubu and Western Japan).
* Winners of
wild-card games by runner-up teams in regional championships.
Format
Round-robins by 9 teams and
Page playoffs
The Page playoff system is a playoff format used primarily in softball and curling at the championship level, the Indian Premier League and Pakistan Super League cricket tournaments. Teams are Single-elimination tournament#Seeding, seeded using a ...
by qualified 4 teams.
Team names
In Japan, curling teams have historically used freely nicknames instead of the skip name. However, the restricted the names that teams could use in the championship tournament in 2005, to one of the following: the skip's surname, organization name, association name, residential regional name, or the school name for the championships.
Championships
Results
Men
Women
References
External links
Japan Curling Association{in lang, ja
See also
*
Japan Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The Japan Mixed Doubles Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed doubles curling in Japan. It has been held annually since the 2007–2008 season, organized by the Japan Curling Association (JCA). The winners get to re ...
1984 establishments in Japan