2001 Pacific Curling Championships

The 2001 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 6 to 10 at the Jeonju Indoor Ice Rink in Jeonju, South Korea.

2001 Pacific Curling Championships
Host cityJeonju, South Korea
ArenaJeonju Indoor Ice Rink
DatesNovember 6–10
Men's winner Japan
Curling clubMiyota CC
SkipHiroaki Kashiwagi
ThirdKazuto Yanagizawa
SecondJun Nakayama
LeadKeita Yanagizawa
AlternateTakanori Ichimura
Finalist New Zealand (Sean Becker)
Women's winner South Korea
Curling clubSeoul CC
SkipKim Mi-yeon
ThirdLee Hyun-jung
SecondShin Mi-sung
LeadPark Ji-hyun
CoachElaine Dagg-Jackson
Finalist Japan (Akiko Katoh)
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Japan's Hiroaki Kashiwagi won the men's event over New Zealand's Sean Becker (it was the second Pacific title for the Japanese men's team and the first title for skip Hiroaki Kashiwagi). On the women's side, South Korea's Kim Mi-yeon defeated Japan's Akiko Katoh in the final (it was the first Pacific title for the South Korean women).

By virtue of winning, the Japanese men's team and the South Korean women's team qualified for the 2002 World Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States.

It was the first appearance at the Pacific championships for the men's and women's teams of Chinese Taipei.

Men edit

Teams edit

Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Curling club
  Australia Hugh Millikin Ian Palangio John Theriault Stephen Johns New South Wales CC
  Chinese Taipei Po-Hen Hu Yu-Feng Lin Yu-Ting Lai Chia-Hua Ku Taiwan CC [1]
  Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi Kazuto Yanagizawa Jun Nakayama Keita Yanagizawa Takanori Ichimura Miyota CC
  South Korea Lee Dong-keun Kim Soo-hyuk Choi Min-suk Park Jae-cheol Hong Jun-pyo Glen Jackson Gyeong-buk CC
  New Zealand Sean Becker Hans Frauenlob Tom Telfer Lorne De Pape Ranfurly CC

Round robin standings edit

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L
  New Zealand Sean Becker 6 2
  Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi 6 2
  Australia Hugh Millikin 6 2
  South Korea Lee Dong-keun 2 6
  Chinese Taipei Po-Hen Hu 0 8

Playoffs edit

Semifinal Final
1   New Zealand 5
2   Japan 6 2   Japan 6
3   Australia 4

Semifinal edit

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Kashiwagi) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 6
  Australia (Millikin)   0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4

Final edit

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  New Zealand (Becker) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 5
  Japan (Kashiwagi)   0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6

Final standings edit

Place Country Skip GP W L
    Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi 10 8 2
    New Zealand Sean Becker 9 6 3
    Australia Hugh Millikin 9 6 3
4   South Korea Lee Dong-keun 8 2 6
5   Chinese Taipei Po-Hen Hu 8 0 8

Women edit

Teams edit

Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Curling club
  Australia Helen Wright Lynn Hewitt Lyn Greenwood Ellen Weir Sandy Gagnon Victoria Curling Association
  Chinese Taipei Li-Lin Cheng Jamie Wan Wen Huang Zhao Zhenzhen Zhan Jing Taiwan CC [2]
  Japan Akiko Katoh Yumie Hayashi Ayumi Onodera Mika Konaka Kotomi Ishizaki Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Tokoro Curling Association, Hokkaido
  South Korea Kim Mi-yeon Lee Hyun-jung Shin Mi-sung Park Ji-hyun Elaine Dagg-Jackson Seoul CC
  New Zealand Bridget Becker Kylie Petherick Natalie Campbell Catherine Inder Peter Becker Pioneer CC

Round robin standings edit

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L
  Japan Akiko Katoh 8 0
  South Korea Kim Mi-yeon 6 2
  Australia Helen Wright 4 4
  New Zealand Bridget Becker 2 6
  Chinese Taipei Li-Lin Cheng 0 8

Playoffs edit

Semifinal Final
1   Japan 5
2   South Korea 13 2   South Korea 7
3   Australia 6

Semifinal edit

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   0 2 0 2 0 3 0 4 2 X 13
  Australia (Wright) 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 6

Final edit

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Katoh)   0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
  South Korea (Kim) 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 7

Final standings edit

Place Country Skip GP W L
    South Korea Kim Mi-yeon 10 8 2
    Japan Akiko Katoh 9 8 1
    Australia Helen Wright 9 4 5
4   New Zealand Bridget Becker 8 2 6
5   Chinese Taipei Li-Lin Cheng 8 0 8

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