On the 4th, the 7th day of the tournament, the top 4 teams from the qualifiers played off in the Japan Curling Championships. In the men's event, SC Karuizawa, aiming for the tournament's consecutive title and 10th victory, beat the Kitami Association 11-9 after extra time. won and advanced to the final on the 5th.
The Japanese curling championship held in Kitami City, Hokkaido, has 9 teams each for men and women. A playoff took place.
In the men's match, the hometown Kitami Association, who ranked 1st in the preliminaries for the Hokkaido block team, played against SC Karuizawa Club, who ranked 2nd in the preliminaries.
SC Karuizawa was leading 2-4 in the 4th end, third player Takeshi Yamaguchi scored an exquisite draw shot by placing a stone behind the corner guard, and skipper Riku Yanagisawa made the final shot into the house. I showed a ′′ double takeaway ′′ that knocks out the opponent's two stones, and I took 2 points and caught up with the tie.
After that, the Kitami Association led again, and in the final 10th end with a score of 8 to 9, SC Karuizawa Club equalized at the last minute due to a miss shot by the opponent, and the game went into extra time.
Even in extra time, SC Karuizawa Club's Skip Yanagisawa scored a draw shot in the house, but the opponent's Skip could not get close to the last shot and took 2 points, SC Karuizawa Club 11 games. We won 9 and advanced to the final on the 5th.
The defeated Kitami Association will face Consadole in the semi-finals in the afternoon, and the winning team will advance to the final.
Yanagisawa, skipper of SC Karuizawa Club, commented, “It was a tough match from the beginning, but we were saved by a mistake by our opponent. I want to take it," he said.