2018 PACIFIC-ASIA CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
Host city	Gangneung, South Korea
Arena	Gangneung Curling Centre
Dates	November 3–10
Men's winner	Japan
Skip	Yuta Matsumura
Third	Tetsuro Shimizu
Second	Yasumasa Tanida
Lead	Shinya Abe
Alternate	Kosuke Aita
Coach	Bob Ursel
Finalist	China ( Zou)
Women's winner	South Korea
Skip	Kim Min-ji
Third	Kim Hye-rin
Second	Yang Tae-i
Lead	Kim Su-jin
Coach	Lee Sung-jun
Finalist	Japan ( Fujisawa)
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The 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships were held from November 3 to 10 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea. The top two men's and women's teams qualified for the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship and 2019 World Women's Curling Championship respectively. The third and fourth-placed teams qualified for the World Qualification Event, a chance to qualify for the World Curling Championships.^[1]

Men

Teams

Australia^[2]	China	Hong Kong	Japan	Kazakhstan
Fourth: Dean Hewitt Skip: Jay Merchant Second: Dustin Armstrong Lead: Steve Johns	Skip: Zou Qiang Third: Wang Zhiyu Second: Xu Jingtao Lead: Shao Zhilin Alternate: Jiang Dongxu	Skip: Jason Chang Third: Derek Leung Second: Justin Chen Lead: Martin Yan Alternate: Teddie Leung	Skip: Yuta Matsumura Third: Tetsuro Shimizu Second: Yasumasa Tanida Lead: Shinya Abe Alternate: Kosuke Aita	Fourth: Abylaikhan Zhuzbay Skip: Viktor Kim Second: Roman Kazimirchik Lead: Muzdybay Kudaibergenov Alternate: Azizbek Nadirbayev
South Korea	New Zealand	Qatar	Chinese Taipei
Skip: Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Jeong Byeong-jin Second: Lee Jeong-jae Lead: Lee Dong-hyeong Alternate: Hwang Hyeon-jun	Skip: Scott Becker Third: Simon Neilson Second: Anton Hood Lead: Warren Dobson Alternate: Peter Becker	Skip: Nassar Alyafei Third: Ahmed Al-Fahad Second: Abdulrahman Ali-Mohsen Lead: Abdulrahman Alyafei Alternate: Salim Ali	Skip: Randolph Shen Third: Nicholas Hsu Second: Brendon Liu Lead: Ting-Li Lin Alternate: Henry Cheng

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Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
China	Zou Qiang	8	0
Japan	Yuta Matsumura	7	1
New Zealand	Scott Becker	5	3
South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	5	3
Chinese Taipei	Randolph Shen	4	4
Hong Kong	Jason Chang	3	5
Australia	Jay Merchant	2	6
Kazakhstan	Viktor Kim	2	6
Qatar	Nassar Alyafei	0	8

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time ( UTC+09).

Draw 1

Saturday, November 3, 18:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea ( S. Kim)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	6
China ( Zou)	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan ( V. Kim)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	4
Hong Kong ( Chang)	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chinese Taipei ( Shen)	1	0	3	0	3	1	0	2	0	X	10
Qatar ( Alyafei)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan ( Matsumura)	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	7
Australia ( Merchant)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	3

Draw 2

Sunday, November 4, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan ( V. Kim)	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	6
Australia ( Merchant)	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan ( Matsumura)	2	1	0	0	4	2	3	X	X	X	12
New Zealand ( Becker)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hong Kong ( Chang)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
China ( Zou)	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	3	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Qatar ( Alyafei)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
South Korea ( S. Kim)	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	X	X	11

Draw 4

Sunday, November 4, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Qatar ( Alyafei)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3
Hong Kong ( Chang)	3	0	2	0	0	3	0	5	X	X	13

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea ( S. Kim)	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	X	7
Australia ( Merchant)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand ( Becker)	2	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	4	X	14
Kazakhstan ( V. Kim)	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chinese Taipei ( Shen)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
China ( Zou)	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	X	X	X	9

Draw 6

Monday, November 5, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand ( Becker)	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	X	8
Qatar ( Alyafei)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hong Kong ( Chang)	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	6
South Korea ( S. Kim)	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan ( V. Kim)	0	0	2	1	0	5	0	4	X	X	12
Chinese Taipei ( Shen)	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China ( Zou)	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	9
Japan ( Matsumura)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5

Draw 8

Tuesday, November 6, 08:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chinese Taipei ( Shen)	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	4
South Korea ( S. Kim)	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	2	2	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China ( Zou)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	4	X	X	9
Kazakhstan ( V. Kim)	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Qatar ( Alyafei)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Japan ( Matsumura)	3	1	2	0	4	0	5	X	X	X	15

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia ( Merchant)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
New Zealand ( Becker)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4

Draw 10

Tuesday, November 6, 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia ( Merchant)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
Chinese Taipei ( Shen)	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	2	X	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Qatar ( Alyafei)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	1
China ( Zou)	4	0	2	0	2	4	1	X	X	X	13

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Japan ( Matsumura)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	8
South Korea ( S. Kim)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand ( Becker)	0	2	1	2	0	3	0	2	0	X	10
Hong Kong ( Chang)	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	6

Draw 12

Wednesday, November 7, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan ( Matsumura)	2	0	3	1	0	3	X	X	X	X	9
Kazakhstan ( V. Kim)	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia ( Merchant)	0	0	3	3	3	0	4	X	X	X	13
Qatar ( Alyafei)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea ( S. Kim)	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	6
New Zealand ( Becker)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hong Kong ( Chang)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	3
Chinese Taipei ( Shen)	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	X	8

Draw 14

Wednesday, November 7, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China ( Zou)	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	8
New Zealand ( Becker)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chinese Taipei ( Shen)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	5
Japan ( Matsumura)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia ( Merchant)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4
Hong Kong ( Chang)	1	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea ( S. Kim)	2	0	3	1	3	0	4	1	1	X	15
Kazakhstan ( V. Kim)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3

Draw 16

Thursday, November 8, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hong Kong ( Chang)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	2
Japan ( Matsumura)	3	1	0	2	6	1	0	X	X	X	13

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand ( Becker)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	4
Chinese Taipei ( Shen)	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China ( Zou)	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	8
Australia ( Merchant)	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan ( V. Kim)	1	0	1	0	1	3	1	4	X	X	11
Qatar ( Alyafei)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2

Playoffs

Semifinals			Gold medal game

1	China	9

4	South Korea	6
			1	China	7

			2	Japan	9
2	Japan	8

3	New Zealand	3

Bronze medal game

4	South Korea	9

3	New Zealand	8

Semifinals

Friday, November 9, 09:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan ( Matsumura)	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	X	8
New Zealand ( Becker)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Friday, November 9, 19:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea ( S. Kim)	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	6
China ( Zou)	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	X	9

Bronze medal game

Saturday, November 10, 08:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea ( S. Kim)	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	1	9
New Zealand ( Becker)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	8

Gold medal game

Saturday, November 10, 16:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan ( Matsumura)	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	9
China ( Zou)	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	7

Women

Teams

Australia	China	Hong Kong	Japan
Skip: Tahli Gill Third: Laurie Weeden Second: Lynette Gill Lead: Kirby Gill Alternate: Jayna Gill	Fourth: Jiang Yilun Skip: Liu Sijia Second: Dong Ziqi Lead: Jiang Xindi Alternate: Wang Rui	Skip: Ling-Yue Hung Third: Julie Morrison Second: Ada Shang Lead: Ashura Wong Alternate: Grace Bugg	Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa Third: Chinami Yoshida Second: Yumi Suzuki Lead: Yurika Yoshida Alternate: Kotomi Ishizaki
Kazakhstan	South Korea	Qatar
Skip: Sitora Alliyarova Third: Anastassiya Spirikova Second: Angelina Ebauyer Lead: Regina Ebauyer Alternate: Yekaterina Kolykhalova	Skip: Kim Min-ji Third: Kim Hye-rin Second: Yang Tae-i Lead: Kim Su-jin	Skip: Mabarka Al-Abdulla Third: Lara Shaikhahmed Second: Sara Al-Qaet Lead: Amna Al-Qaet

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Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	6	0
China	Jiang Yilun	5	1
South Korea	Kim Min-ji	4	2
Hong Kong	Ling-Yue Hung	2	4
Australia	Tahli Gill	2	4
Kazakhstan	Sitora Alliyarova	2	4
Qatar	Mabarka Al-Abdulla	0	6

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time ( UTC+09).

Draw 3

Sunday, November 4, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
China ( Jiang)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	6
South Korea ( Kim)	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Qatar (Al-Abdulla)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2
Hong Kong ( Hung)	2	2	4	1	0	3	1	3	0	X	16

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan ( Fujisawa)	5	5	4	1	4	1	X	X	X	X	20
Australia ( Gill)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0

Draw 5

Monday, November 5, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan ( Fujisawa)	0	6	0	0	4	3	X	X	X	X	13
Kazakhstan ( Alliyarova)	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Qatar (Al-Abdulla)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0
China ( Jiang)	4	4	2	3	1	1	6	4	X	X	25

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea ( Kim)	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	X	9
Australia ( Gill)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Draw 7

Monday, November 5, 19:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China ( Jiang)	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	X	X	X	9
Kazakhstan ( Alliyarova)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hong Kong ( Hung)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	2
Japan ( Fujisawa)	3	0	3	1	3	0	2	X	X	X	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea ( Kim)	2	2	4	1	4	3	X	X	X	X	16
Qatar (Al-Abdulla)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0

Draw 9

Tuesday, November 6, 12:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hong Kong ( Hung)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	3
China ( Jiang)	3	0	2	1	0	1	5	X	X	X	12

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia ( Gill)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	2	11
Qatar (Al-Abdulla)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan ( Alliyarova)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	4
South Korea ( Kim)	0	3	0	3	0	5	1	0	X	X	12

Draw 11

Tuesday, November 6, 20:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Qatar (Al-Abdulla)	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
Japan ( Fujisawa)	3	0	5	4	2	5	X	X	X	X	19

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia ( Gill)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	1
China ( Jiang)	3	2	2	2	3	0	X	X	X	X	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hong Kong ( Hung)	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	6
Kazakhstan ( Alliyarova)	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	9

Draw 13

Wednesday, November 7, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kazakhstan ( Alliyarova)	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	8
Australia ( Gill)	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea ( Kim)	1	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	X	8
Hong Kong ( Hung)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
China ( Jiang)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	7
Japan ( Fujisawa)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	8

Draw 15

Thursday, November 8, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia ( Gill)	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	5
Hong Kong ( Hung)	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan ( Fujisawa)	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	X	7
South Korea ( Kim)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan ( Alliyarova)	1	4	3	1	0	2	X	X	X	X	11
Qatar (Al-Abdulla)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1

Playoffs

Semifinals			Gold medal game

1	Japan	13

4	Hong Kong	3
			1	Japan	8

			3	South Korea	12
2	China	4

3	South Korea	7

Bronze medal game

4	Hong Kong	3

2	China	8

Semifinals

Thursday, November 8, 19:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea ( Kim)	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	X	7
China ( Jiang)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	X	4

Friday, November 9, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan ( Fujisawa)	2	4	1	0	2	2	2	0	X	X	13
Hong Kong ( Hung)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	X	3

Bronze medal game

Saturday, November 10, 08:30

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hong Kong ( Hung)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3
China ( Jiang)	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	8

Gold medal game

Saturday, November 10, 12:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan ( Fujisawa)	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	8
South Korea ( Kim)	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	3	12

References

^ "Curling returns to 2018 Olympic Winter Games venue". World Curling Federation. June 19, 2018. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
^ Extended_Team_List_by_Country.pdf
^ ^a ^b "Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 14, 2018.

External links

Official website

[1] "Curling returns to 2018 Olympic Winter Games venue". World Curling Federation. June 19, 2018. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.

[2] Extended_Team_List_by_Country.pdf

[teams-3] "Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 14, 2018.

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2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

Host city	Gangneung, South Korea
Arena	Gangneung Curling Centre
Dates	November 3–10
Men's winner	Japan
Skip	Yuta Matsumura
Third	Tetsuro Shimizu
Second	Yasumasa Tanida
Lead	Shinya Abe
Alternate	Kosuke Aita
Coach	Bob Ursel
Finalist	China ( Zou)
Women's winner	South Korea
Skip	Kim Min-ji
Third	Kim Hye-rin
Second	Yang Tae-i
Lead	Kim Su-jin
Coach	Lee Sung-jun
Finalist	Japan ( Fujisawa)
« 2017 2019 »

Men

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 4

Draw 6

Draw 8

Draw 10

Draw 12

Draw 14

Draw 16

Playoffs

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Women

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 3

Draw 5

Draw 7

Draw 9

Draw 11

Draw 13

Draw 15

Playoffs

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

References

External links

Men

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 4

Draw 6

Draw 8

Draw 10

Draw 12

Draw 14

Draw 16

Playoffs

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Women

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 3

Draw 5

Draw 7

Draw 9

Draw 11

Draw 13

Draw 15

Playoffs

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

References

External links

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