Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) won
5-4 over
Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, held August 4 - 7, 2022 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won
6-5 over
Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR) in the semifinals
Yoshimura finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura lost
7-6 to
Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN), then responded with a
4-2 win over
Sae Yamamoto (Sapporo, JPN). Yoshimura won
6-2 against
Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic Championship title, Yoshimura earned
18.750 world rankings points along with the $9,498CDN first prize cheque. Yoshimura gained 57.259 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 37 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 37thplace overall with
57.259 total points. Yoshimura ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
18.750 points earned so far this season.
