Japan, which participates in the curling women's world championship, played two games in the qualifying league on the 20th, and both won and won the third straight victory from the opening.
On the 20th of the Curling Women's World Championship in Canada, Chubu Electric Power, who has represented Japan, played against Italy in the second round of the qualifying league and the United States in the third round.
In the match against Italy in the 2nd round, Japan, who made a big end to score 3 points in the 6th end and caught the flow, succeeded in continuous stealing in the 7th end and the 8th end, and then the opponent admitted to losing. I won 9-2.
The following match with the United States was a difficult development in which the opponent lost 3 points to the 7th end of the 2-point lead and allowed a reversal, but after that, he regained 2 points in the 9th end chasing 2 points with 4 to 6. After tying the score, he stealed one point in the final 10th end with a disadvantageous first strike and beat the United States 7-6.
As a result, Japan has won the world championship qualifying league for the third consecutive time since the opening.
After this, Japan was scheduled to play against Scotland and Germany on the 21st, but the World Curling Federation announced that Scotland abstained from the tournament due to a series of infections with the new coronavirus on Scottish players.
For this reason, Scottish opponents, including Japan, will be a bye.