The curling men's world championship, which is competing for the next year's Beijing Olympics, was held in the qualifying league on the 7th, and Japan won the 9th and 10th rounds with a total of 4 wins and 6 losses, but 3 games It was decided to lose the qualifying league, and I couldn't get the quota for the Olympics in this tournament.
The World Curling Championships in Calgary, Canada, will be a round-robin qualifying league with 14 teams, with the top six teams qualifying for next year's Beijing Olympics.
Hokkaido Consadole, who has participated as a representative of Japan, faced the 9th and 10th rounds of the qualifying league on the 7th.
In the 9th round, Japan, which is 6th in the world ranking, played against Denmark, which is the 10th in the world, and proceeded to the advantage by scoring multiple points from the beginning, and the opponent admitted losing when it became 10 to 6 in the 9th end. I won.
In the 10th round, Japan took the initiative by playing against the 14th-ranked Netherlands in the world and stealing 2 points each in the 5th and 6th ends, which reached a tie of 2 to 2.
Then, in the middle of the final 10th end, the opponent admitted to losing, so he won 7-5.
Japan made a total of 4 wins and 6 losses in the qualifying league, and the ranking was the same as the provisional 9th place, but it was decided to lose the qualifying league with 3 games remaining.
As a result, Japanese men will not be able to win the Beijing Olympics in the World Championships, and will aim to win in the final qualifying, which will compete for the remaining three or four slots to be held in the future.