Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) lost 7-3 to Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan. of the 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan; Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) lost 7-3 to Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan. Sato lost
6-3 to
Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Sato finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sato lost
8-1 to
Yanagisawa, then responded with a
7-3 win over
Kotaro Noguchi (Sendai-shi, JPN). Sato won
6-5 against
ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR). Sato went on to lose
6-4 against
Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, Sato take home
12.000 world rankings points, moving up 5 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 43rd place overall with
78.250 total points. Sato ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
12.000 points earned so far this season.
