In the world final qualifying round for the Beijing Olympics next year, Japanese men lost to Italy in the 7th round of the qualifying league on the 16th and were ranked 5th or lower, so they did not get the quota for the Olympics. ..
In the final qualifying round for the Beijing Olympics in Curling held in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, nine teams including the men's representative from Japan, Consadore, participate in the qualifying league, where they play round-robin.
So far, Japan, which is in 4th place with 3 wins and 3 losses in the qualifying league, played against Italy in 2nd place with 5 wins and 1 loss in the qualifying league in the 7th round on the 16th.
In the first end of the match, Japan scored one goal with a disadvantageous first attack and started well, but after that, it led Italy to score multiple goals with a steadily advantageous second attack against Japan who could not score multiple goals. It was spread out.
In the 8th end, which was 3 to 7 and 4 points behind, Yuta Matsumura, who skipped, aimed for 3 points at once in the last shot, but Stone deviated to only 1 point.
Japan, who continued to make mistakes in the 9th end, lost 2 points and admitted to losing here, losing 4-9.
As a result, the total results of the Japanese qualifying league were 3 wins and 4 losses, and the 5th place and below were confirmed, and the Olympic quota was not won.
Shinya Abe "In the development of being separated from each other"
Shinya Abe, who is the lead of the Japanese national team Consadole, looked back on the match against Italy and said, "The ice situation was difficult to change during the match. In addition, when we were in the second attack, we couldn't score multiple points.
And, for the final race, he said, "I want to win firmly at the end."