2002 Pacific Curling Championships

The 2002 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 4 to 10 in Queenstown, New Zealand.

2002 Pacific Curling Championships
Host cityQueenstown, New Zealand
DatesNovember 4–10
Men's winner South Korea
Curling clubGyeong-buk CC
SkipLee Dong-keun
ThirdPark Jae-cheol
SecondKo Seung-wan
LeadChoi Min-suk
AlternateKim Soo-hyuk
CoachMelissa Soligo
Finalist Australia (Hugh Millikin)
Women's winner Japan
Curling clubHokkaido-Kitami Curling Association
SkipShinobu Aota
ThirdYukari Okazaki
SecondEriko Minatoya
LeadKotomi Ishizaki
AlternateSatomi Tsujii
Finalist South Korea (Kim Mi-yeon)
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South Korea's Lee Dong-keun won the men's event over Australia's Hugh Millikin (it was the first Pacific title for the South Korean men's team). On the women's side, Japan's Shinobu Aota defeated South Korea's Kim Mi-yeon in the final (it was the tenth Pacific title for the Japanese women and the second title for skip Shinobu Aota).

By virtue of winning, the South Korean men's team and the Japanese women's team qualified for the 2003 World Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Winnipeg, Canada.

Men edit

Teams edit

Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Curling club
  Australia Hugh Millikin Ian Palangio John Theriault Stephen Johns Steve Hewitt New South Wales CC
  China Xu Xiaoming Wang Fengchun Zhu Yu Liu Rui Ma Yongjun Zhang Wei,
Tan Weidong
  Chinese Taipei Justin Hsu Nicholas Hsu Evan Lu Steve Koo
  Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi Kazuto Yanagizawa Jun Nakayama Keita Yanagizawa Takanori Ichimura Akinori Kashiwagi Miyota CC
  South Korea Lee Dong-keun Park Jae-cheol Ko Seung-wan Choi Min-suk Kim Soo-hyuk Melissa Soligo Gyeong-buk CC
  New Zealand Sean Becker Hans Frauenlob Jim Allan Lorne De Pape Dan Mustapic Ranfurly CC

Round robin edit

Place Country Skip             Wins Losses
1   Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi * 7:2
8:1
7:9
10:5
4:8
7:5
10:8
8:6
8:3
7:6
8 2
2   South Korea Lee Dong-keun 2:7
1:8
* 4:6
7:4
7:6
9:4
8:3
7:4
9:1
6:5
7 3
3   New Zealand Sean Becker 9:7
5:10
6:4
4:7
* 7:5
4:8
9:3
12:4
5:6
12:1
6 4
4   Australia Hugh Millikin 8:4
5:7
6:7
4:9
5:7
8:4
* 8:9
6:4
11:1
7:3
4 6
5   China Xu Xiaoming 8:10
6:8
3:8
4:7
3:9
4:12
9:8
4:6
* 9:4
11:5
3 7
6   Chinese Taipei Justin Hsu 3:8
6:7
1:9
5:6
6:5
1:12
1:11
3:7
4:9
5:11
* 1 9
  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs edit

Semifinals Final
      
1   Japan 7
4   Australia 8
  Australia 2
  South Korea 5
2   South Korea 9
3   New Zealand 4
Bronze medal
   
  Japan 8
  New Zealand 7

Semifinals

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Hiroaki Kashiwagi)   1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7
  Australia (Hugh Millikin) 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Lee Dong-keun)   0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 9
  New Zealand (Sean Becker) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4

Bronze medal game

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

Final

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Lee Dong-keun)   1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
  Australia (Hugh Millikin) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

Final standings edit

Place Country Skip GP W L
    South Korea Lee Dong-keun 12 9 3
    Australia Hugh Millikin 12 6 6
    Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi 12 9 3
4   New Zealand Sean Becker 12 6 6
5   China Xu Xiaoming 10 3 7
6   Chinese Taipei Justin Hsu 10 1 9

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
  China Yue Qingshuang Zhou Yan Zhao Zhenzhen Zhan Jing Liu Yin
  Japan Shinobu Aota Yukari Okazaki Eriko Minatoya Kotomi Ishizaki Satomi Tsujii
  South Korea Kim Mi-yeon Lee Hyun-jung Shin Mi-sung Park Ji-hyun Park Kyung-mi Elaine Dagg-Jackson,
Kim Hyun-kyung
Seoul CC
  New Zealand Bridget Becker Helen Greer Natalie Campbell Kylie Petherick Catherine Inder Peter Becker Ranfurly CC

Round robin edit

Place Country Skip           Wins Losses
1   Japan Shinobu Aota * 2:12
6:5
11:5
11:4
10:5
11:1
6:5
8:3
7 1
2   South Korea Kim Mi-yeon 12:2
5:6
* 4:10
14:2
7:11
11:2
9:5
8:4
5 3
3   Australia Helen Wright 5:11
4:11
10:4
2:14
* 10:4
12:0
14:3
6:4
5 3
4   New Zealand Bridget Becker 5:10
1:11
11:7
2:11
4:10
0:12
* 12:6
10:6
3 5
5   China Yue Qingshuang 5:6
3:8
5:9
4:8
3:14
4:6
6:12
6:10
* 0 8
  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs edit

Semifinals Final
      
1   Japan 8
4   New Zealand 3
  Japan 8
  South Korea 3
2   South Korea 9
3   Australia 4
Bronze medal
   
'  New Zealand 11
  Australia 4

Semifinals

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Zealand (Bridget Becker) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
  Japan (Shinobu Aota)   0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim Mi-yeon) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 9
  Australia (Helen Wright)   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4

Bronze medal game

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Zealand (Bridget Becker)   2 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 X 11
  Australia (Helen Wright) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 4

Final

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim Mi-yeon) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3
  Japan (Shinobu Aota)   0 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 X 8

Final standings edit

Place Country Skip GP W L
    Japan Shinobu Aota 10 9 1
    South Korea Kim Mi-yeon 10 6 4
    New Zealand Bridget Becker 10 4 6
4   Australia Helen Wright 10 5 5
5   China Yue Qingshuang 8 0 8

References edit