Japan, who is participating in the men's curling world championship, defeated the United States in the 8th game of the qualifying league on the 3rd, but lost to Scotland in the 9th game, resulting in a total record of 3 wins and 6 losses.
The men's curling world championship, held in Switzerland, involves 13 teams competing in a round robin qualifying league, with the top six teams advancing to the playoffs.
On the 3rd, Japan faced the United States in the 8th game of the qualifying league, and Scotland, who won this tournament last year, in the 9th game.
In the third end of the match against the United States, Japan was at a disadvantage, batting first, but Force's Tetsuro Shimizu applied pressure with an accurate last shot that flicked away the opponent's stones, causing the opponent to make mistakes. We scored a point and took the lead.
After this, the score was tied, and in the 8th end, 4-4, Shimizu made an exquisite shot that knocked out two of his opponent's stones with his last shot, giving him a two-point lead. Japan played well and defeated the USA 6-5, earning their third win of the tournament.
In the following match against Scotland, in the third end with Japan leading 2-0, they faced a crisis in which they lost multiple points due to an unfavorable lead, but Shimizu of the Force made a shot that knocked out three of the opponent's stones with his last shot and conceded one point. The score was 2-1.
After that, in the 8th end, with Japan leading 4-3, each side scored 2 points, and Shimizu's last shot was a mistake, but Scotland hit a shot that deflected Japan's stones, giving them 3 points at once. They were robbed and allowed a reversal of 4-6.
Japan could not catch up and lost to Scotland 5-7, resulting in a total of 3 wins and 6 losses in the preliminary league.