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The Japan Curling Championships (') are the annual Japanese men's and women's
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championships, organized by the Japan Curling Association (JCA). The winners get to represent Japan at the men's and women's
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and the next season's
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.


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
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. * Teams that won the regional championships (top 3 of
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, 1 of Tohoku, 1 of
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, 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 (
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, Tohoku,
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, Chubu and Western Japan). * Winners of wild-card games by runner-up teams in regional championships.


Format

Round-robins by 9 teams and
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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
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See also

* Japan Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 1984 establishments in Japan