• Source: Karuizawa International Curling Championships

    • The Karuizawa International Curling Championships is a curling bonspiel held annually since the Olympic Games in Nagano at the SCAP Karuizawa Arena in Kariuzawa, Japan. The bonspiel is held to commemorate the curling event at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, the first official curling event in the Olympic programme since the 1924 Winter Olympics. It is also held to help promote curling throughout Japan. The event was part of the World Curling Tour from 2014 to 2019.


    Format




    = Current format

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    A total of 16 teams (8 men's and 8 women's teams) are invited each year to participate in the championship. The teams play a two-pool round robin tournament with games of eight ends, and the top two teams in each pool advancing to the playoff round.


    = Previous format

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    Prior to 2013, a total of 16 teams (8 men's and 8 women's teams) were invited each year to participate in the championship. Five teams of each gender were chosen from foreign nations based on performances at the most recent World Curling Championships, while three teams were chosen from within Japan. The teams were chosen as follows:

    The eight teams of each gender played a round robin tournament with games of eight ends, and the top four teams of each gender played ten-end games in the final round.


    Champions (1999-2009)




    Past Champions (since 2010)




    Notes




    References




    External links


    Karuizawa CC Homepage
    Official website

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