On the 21st, Japan, which is participating in the Women's Curling World Championship, played against the United States in the 9th game of the qualifying league and against Sweden in the 10th game, losing both games, resulting in a total record of 3 wins and 7 losses, and was eliminated from the qualifying league. Ta.
At the Women's Curling World Championship, which is held in Canada, 13 teams compete in a round robin qualifying league, with the top six teams advancing to the playoffs.
On the 21st, SC Karuizawa Club, which represents Japan, played against the United States in the 9th game of the qualifying league.
In the first end, Japanese skip Miyu Ueno made an accurate draw shot to give Japan a two-point lead, but in the fourth end, with the score 3-1, Ueno's last shot was a mistake, giving the United States a four-point lead. They scored a point and the score was 3-5.
After that, the score was 5-7, and in the 9th end of the final stage, Ueno made a draw shot and scored 2 points to catch up, but in the 10th and final end, America lost 2 points and lost 7-9. .
In the following 10th match against Sweden, in the first end, Japan's skip Ueno made a shot that knocked out two of the opponent's stones, giving them a one-point lead. The end suffered from Sweden's accurate shots and lost two points, making it 1-3.
Japan got one point back in the 8th end, but Sweden added 2 points in the 9th end, and in the 10th and final end, Japan was in a position where they could only score 1 point, and they conceded defeat midway through and scored 3 points. We lost 5-5.
With this, SC Karuizawa Club, which is making its first appearance in the World Championship as a member of the Japanese national team, has a total record of 3 wins and 7 losses, and has been eliminated from the qualifying league with 2 games remaining.