On the 9th, the final round of the qualifying league was held at the Men's Curling World Championship, which is competing for the quota for the Beijing Olympics next year, and Japan lost to Sweden 2-7.

As a result, Japan was eliminated from the qualifying league in 9th place, and the Beijing Olympics qualification slot will be aimed at in the final qualifying scheduled to be held in the future.

The Curling World Championships in Calgary, Canada, will be a round-robin qualifying league with 14 teams, with the top 6 teams qualifying for next year's Beijing Olympics.



Hokkaido Consadole, who participates as a representative of Japan, faced the final round of the qualifying league on the 9th.



Japan, which ranked 6th in the world ranking, played against Sweden, which won the championship in the previous tournament, and lost 3 points in the 1st end. At the 6th end, which was greeted by 7-7, he returned 1 point and made 2-7, and he admitted losing.



As a result, Japan was eliminated from the qualifying league in 9th place with a total record of 6 wins and 7 losses, and could not win the quota for the Beijing Olympics given to the top 6 teams.



Japan will aim to win a quota in the final qualifying that will be held in the future.

Skip Matsumura "I want to remake the team and head for the final qualifying"

Yuta Matsumura, who skips the Japanese team, told the post-match interview that "I couldn't cut down the top team and ended up with a disappointing result. I will reconfirm what I was able to do and what I was missing." I looked back.



Regarding aiming to win the Olympic qualifying slot in the final qualifying, "The road is still going on, so I would like to recreate the team again and head for the final qualifying, and the Olympics after that will be curling not only for ourselves but also for Japan. It's a place to go for, so I'd like to do my best to achieve that, "he said with enthusiasm.