CHAMPION: Ueno/Yamaguchi Wins Obihiro Spring Cup

Miyu Ueno/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) won 10-7 over Moka Tanaka/Koei Sato (Obihiro, JPN) in the Final of the Obihiro Spring Cup, held June 26 - 29 in Obihiro, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Ueno/Yamaguchi won 6-5 over Arisa Funaki/Yuto Kamada (Aomori, JPN) in the semifinals of the Obihiro Spring Cup in Obihiro, Japan;

Ueno/Yamaguchi finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ueno/Yamaguchi defeated Chihiro Yuki/Genji Ohara (Obihiro, JPN) 11-2, then won 7-5 against Wakaba Matsuda/Shunya Matsuda (Sapporo, JPN) and 13-1 against Haruko Sakurai/Takanobu Iwasaki (Obihiro, JPN). Ueno/Yamaguchi won 8-5 against Yumeka Mori/Haruto Abe (Sapporo, JPN), then won 7-4 against Yuina Miura/Taiki Kudo (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Obihiro Spring Cup Championship title, Ueno/Yamaguchi earned 6.000 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. Ueno/Yamaguchi gained 5.25 points improving upon their best 1 events, though dropped 139 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 139thplace overall with 5.250 total points. Ueno/Yamaguchi ranks 417th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	11	6	0	0.647	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	124	124	85	10.00	6.85	3.15	5.40	4.60	1.85	1.49	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	62	89	18	0	2-0	12-1	12-1	1.44	0.29	0.42	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	62	35	67	0	1-1	3-6	6-10	0.56	1.08	0.60	0.32

Team Anna Hasselborg (Photo: World Curling) are back on top at the Olympics with a 6-5 victory over Switzerland in the gold medal game.