The curling men's world championship, which is competing for the next year's Beijing Olympics, will be held in the qualifying league on the 7th. It has become.

The World Curling Championships in Calgary, Canada, will feature a round-robin qualifying league of 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 were tied 2-2.



Then, in the middle of the final 10th end, the opponent admitted to losing, so he won 7-5.



Japan has a total of 4 wins and 6 losses in the qualifying league, and the ranking remains provisionally 9th.



Initially, the Japan Curling Association explained that when the match in Japan was over, it was decided to lose the qualifying league with three games remaining, but in response to the results of the matches of other teams that were held after that, the qualifying Fixed the possibility of tying in 6th place, which would break through the league.



The Japan Curling Association says, "I'm very sorry for giving you insufficient information."