CHAMPION: Abe Wins 2026 Karuizawa International

Sapporo, Japan

Fourth
Tetsuro
Shimizu

SKIP
Shinya
Abe

Second
Hayato
Sato

Lead
Haruto
Ouchi

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	11.76
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) won 6-4 over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held March 12 - 15, 2026 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Abe won 6-5 over ByeongJin Jeong (Uiseong, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2026 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan, Japan;

Abe are currently . In their opening game, Abe plays.

For winning the Karuizawa International Championship title, Abe earned 28.500 world rankings points along with the $6,015CDN first prize cheque. Abe move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 25.95 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 47th overall with 91.825 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Abe ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 91.825 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	32	22	0	0.593	0-1	2-2	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	396	282	262	7.12	6.62	0.51	4.34	4.17	1.64	1.59	1.49

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	192	196	56	31	1-1	10-2	55-5	1.02	0.29	0.41	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	204	86	206	28	3-3	6-15	11-44	0.42	1.01	0.49	0.26

2026: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Shinya Abe, Hayato Sato, Haruto Ouchi, Sota Tsuruga, Makoto Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
2024: Marc Muskatewitz
Marc Muskatewitz, Benny Kapp, Felix Messenzehl, Johannes Scheuerl
Fuessen, GER
2023: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker , Siyu Liu
St. John's, NL
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Mike McEwen, Matt Wozniak, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, CAN
2017: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
2015: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyun Sung, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR