Curling's Beijing Olympics World Final Qualifying was held on the 7th in a mixed doubles qualifying league match, where Japan's Chiaki Matsumura and Yasumasa Tanida beat the New Zealand pair 9-5 to score 2 in total. It was 3 wins and 3 losses.
In the mixed doubles of Curling's Beijing Olympics World Final Qualifiers in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, 14 teams are competing for two slots.
The pair of Japanese players Matsumura and Yata is divided into two groups and fights in a round robin qualifying league so far, with 1 win and 3 losses after 4 games, and the 5th round on the 7th played against the New Zealand pair. ..
The match was a battle for points from the beginning, but Japan chose power play aiming for a large number of points in the 7th end, which chased 4 to 5 and 1 point, and scored 2 points to reverse.
Japan gained momentum and scored 3 points at once in the final 8th end to decide the match, winning 9-5 against the New Zealand pair and scoring a total of 2 wins and 3 losses.
The Japanese pair Matsumura and Tanida will face the Finnish pair in the final round of the qualifying league on the 8th.