Hayaki Kasai (Sapporo, JPN) won
8-4 over
Syunta Kobayashi (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship, held November 29 - December 3, 2023 at the Kitami Curling Club in Kitami, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Kasai won
7-4 over
Harunobu Kawahira (Obihiro, JPN) in the semifinals
Kasai finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kasai defeated
Kentaro Koike (Hirosaki, JPN) 8-4, then won
9-4 against
Kota Kimura (Wakkanai, JPN) and
12-3 against
Daichi Sato (Tokyo, JPN). Kasai won
18-0 against
Hideaki Kurokawa (Nagano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship Championship title, Kasai earned
3.750 world rankings points. For week 19 of the event schedule, Kasai did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Kasai ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
