Japan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Japan at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro
February 19–26
Competitors 146 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Go Tanaka
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold Silver Bronze Total
23 21 23 67
Asian Winter Games appearances

Japan is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2] This will mark the fourth time the country plays host to the Asian Winter Games.[3]

Japan is scheduled to compete in all five sports (eleven disciplines).[4]

Ice hockey player Go Tanaka was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.[5]

Competitors

The following table lists the Japanese delegation per sport and gender.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 4 4 8
Biathlon 6 612
Cross-country skiing 4 4 8
Curling 5 5 10
Figure skating 6 6 12
Freestyle skiing 4 4 8
Ice hockey 23 21 44
Short track speed skating 5 5 10
Ski jumping 4 N/A 4
Snowboarding 4 6 10
Speed skating 10 10 20
Total 75 71 146

Alpine skiing

Japan's alpine skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men
Women

Biathlon

Men
Women

Cross-country skiing

Japan's cross-country skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men
Women

Curling

Japan has entered both a men's and women's teams.[7][8]

Men's tournament

Japan's men's curling team consists of five athletes.[8]

Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
 Skip W L
 China Liu Rui 5 0
 South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 4 1
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 3 2
 Chinese Taipei Randolph Shen 2 3
 Kazakhstan Victor Kim 1 4
 Qatar Nabeel Alyafei 0 5
Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draw 3

Semifinals

Wednesday, February 22, 1:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 6

 South Korea (Soo-hyuk) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5

Gold medal match

Friday, February 24, 1:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Rui) 1st, gold medalist(s) 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 2 X X 11

 Japan (Morozumi) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X 4

Women's tournament

Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
 Skip W L
 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 3 0
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 2 1
 China Wang Bingyu 2 1
 Kazakhstan Ramina Yunicheva 1 2
 Qatar Maryam Binali 0 4
Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draw 3

Figure skating

Japan's figure skating team consists of twelve athletes.[9][10] On February 7, 2017, it was announced that Kaori Sakamoto would replace Satoko Miyahara, because the latter had sustained an injury to her hip.[11]

Singles
Athlete Event SP FP Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Shoma Uno Men's 92.43 2 188.84 1 281.27 1st, gold medalist(s)
Takahito Mura 90.32 4 172.99 4 263.31 4
Kaori Sakamoto Women's WD
Rika Hongo 60.98 2 100.39 4 161.37 4
Mixed
Athlete(s) Event SP/SD FP/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Pairs WD
Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata 48.78 5 81.75 6 130.53 5
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Ice dancing 64.74 2 94.40 2 159.14 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Ibuki Mori / Kentaro Suzuki 48.84 5 75.28 5 124.12 5

Freestyle skiing

Japan's freestyle skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men
Women

Ice hockey

Japan as the host nation has entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team will compete in the top division.[12][13]

Men's tournament

Japan was represented by the following 23 athletes:[14]

Legend
  • G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward

Rank
Team
 Pld W OW OL L GF GA GD Pts
1st, gold medalist(s)  Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 0 19 0 +19 9
2nd, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 3 2 0 0 1 14 6 +8 6
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 3 1 0 0 2 15 11 +4 3
4  China 3 0 0 0 3 0 32 –32 0
22 February 2017
19:00
Japan 14–0
(5–0, 4–0, 5–0)		 ChinaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,197
24 February 2017
19:00
Japan 1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)		 South KoreaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,118
26 February 2017
12:30
Kazakhstan 7–0
(4–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 JapanTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,631

Women's tournament

Japan was represented by the following 21 athletes:[15]

Legend
  • G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward

Rank
Team
 Pld W OW OL L GF GA GD Pts
1st, gold medalist(s)  Japan 5 5 0 0 0 98 1 +97 15
2nd, silver medalist(s)  China 5 3 0 1 1 46 12 +34 10
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Kazakhstan 5 3 0 0 2 31 14 +17 9
4  South Korea 5 2 1 0 2 37 6 +31 8
5  Thailand 5 1 0 0 4 5 84 –79 3
6  Hong Kong 5 0 0 0 5 4 104 –100 0
18 February 2017
12:00
Kazakhstan 0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)		 JapanTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,200
20 February 2017
19:00
Japan 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 South KoreaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,221
21 February 2017
19:00
Japan 46–0
(17–0, 18–0, 11–0)		 Hong KongTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 513
23 February 2017
19:00
Thailand 0–37
(0–18, 0–13, 0–6)		 JapanTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 348
25 February 2017
19:00
Japan 6–1
(5–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 ChinaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,807

Short track speed skating

Japan's speed skating team consists of 10 athletes (five men and five women). The team was officially unveiled on January 9, 2017.[16]


Men
Women

Ski jumping

Japan's ski jumping team will consist of four athletes (all men, as women's events are not scheduled to be held). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men

Snowboarding

Japan's snowboarding team will consist of ten athletes (four men and six women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men
Women

Speed skating

Japan's speed skating team consists of 20 athletes (ten men and ten women). The team was officially unveiled on January 15, 2017.[17]

Men
Women

References

  1. ↑ "Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "OCA welcomes record number of teams, athletes to Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Goddard, Emily (5 August 2014). "Sapporo Asian Winter Games dates confirmed for February 2017". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC". www.sapporo2017.org. 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Team Japan unites for Asian Winter Games with eye on building momentum for 2020 Olympics". Japan Times. Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "2017 冬季アジア札幌大会派遣候補選手一覧" [2017 Winter Asia Sapporo Tournament Candidate list]. www.ski-japan.or.jp/ (in Japanese). Ski Association of Japan. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Curling Playing Schedule for the 8th Asian Winter Games Sapporo 2017" (PDF). www.sapporo2017.org/. 2017 Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Asian Winter Games return to Sapporo for the third time". www.worldcurling.org/. World Curling Federation. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "世界フィギュア選手権ほか　代表選手" [World Figure Championships and other players] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. 27 December 2016.
  10. ↑ Wong, Jackie (25 December 2016). "2017 ISU Championships: List of announced entrants". www.rockerskating.com/. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Asian Winter Games: Miyahara to miss Asian Games due to hip injury". Kyodo News. Tokyo, Japan. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Entry list for hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games". www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/. National Teams of Ice hockey. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  13. ↑ Morgan, Liam (4 January 2017). "Sapporo 2017 confirm entrants in men's and women's ice hockey tournaments". www.insidethegames.biz/. Dunsar Media Ltd. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Japan". www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/. National teams of Ice hockey. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Team Rosters - Women's tournament" (PDF). www.info.sapporo2017.org/. Sapporo Organizing Committee for the 2017 Asian Winter Games. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "ショートトラック 国際競技会派遣選手団" [Short Track International Competition Dispatch Team] (PDF). www.skatingjapan.or.jp/ (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  17. ↑ "第 8 アジア冬季競技大会派遣選手団" [The 8th Asian Winter Games Dispatched team] (PDF). www.skatingjapan.or.jp/ (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
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