Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

Takumi Maeda with Asei Nakahara at third, Hiroki Maeda and Uryu Kamikawa on the front end wins the 2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup.

PLAYOFF BRACKET TEAM PROFILE

Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 3 -- 3:00am ET
	Hirata	1	Final
	Maeda	5	(7)

Eastern Time (ET)

	Hirata	1	Final
	Maeda	5	(7)

Eastern Time (ET)

	Hirata	1	Final
	Maeda	5	(7)

Eastern Time (ET)


Final Ranking

Team		Prize (CDN)	Points
1.	Takumi Maeda	$9,406	16.500
2.	Kohsuke Hirata	$4,703	12.100
3.	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	$1,881	9.900
4.	Shinya Abe	$---	8.800

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Event Purse: $1,700,000

Entry Fee: TBA

Location

Hokkaido, Japan

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