The curling men's world championship, which is competing for the next year's Beijing Olympics, was held in the qualifying league on the 8th, and Japan beat South Korea 10-7 in the 11th round and China 7-6 in the 12th round. Was 6 wins and 6 losses.

Hokkaido Consadole, who has represented Japan in the Men's Curling World Championship in Calgary, Canada, faced the 11th and 12th rounds of the qualifying league on the 8th.



Japan, which ranked 6th in the world ranking, played against Korea Rep., Who ranked 8th in the world, in the 11th round, winning the competition for points and winning 10-7.



In the 12th round, the match against China, which is 13th in the world, continued to move forward and backward from the beginning, and Japan chasing 5 to 6 and 1 point in the final 10th end, scoring 2 points with a skillful shot of Yuta Matsumura who skipped. , 7 to 6 won in a come-from-behind victory.



As a result, Japan's total record in the qualifying league, which is round-robin for 14 teams, is 6 wins and 6 losses, and the ranking is provisionally 8th.



The top six teams in the qualifying league of this tournament will win the quota for the Beijing Olympics next year, and the teams that do not finish in the sixth place will go to the final qualifying and aim for the quota.