Curling Pacific Asia Cup 2015

The  curling Pacific Asia Championships  2015  were from 8 to November 14 in  Almaty , Kazakhstan , instead.

South Korea won the women and Japan won the men. The top two teams qualified for the  World Cup of Women in 2016 and the World Championship for Men in 2016 .

Men

Teams

Eight teams took part in the men's championship.

Australia	People's Republic of China	Chinese Taipei	Hong Kong
Skip: Ian Palangio Third: Jay Merchant Second: Dean Hewitt Lead: Derek Smith	Skip: Zang Jialiang Third: Xu Xiaoming Second: Ba Dexin Lead: Wang Jinbo Alternate: Zou Dejia	Skip: Randolph Shen Third: Nicholas Hsu Second: Brendon Liu Lead: Lin Ting-li	Skip: John Li Third: Ko Yuk-hang Second: Justin Wan Lead: Chan Chun-kuen Alternate: Law Cho- kam
Japan	Kazakhstan	New Zealand	South Korea
Skip: Yūsuke Morozumi Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Tetsurō Shimizu Lead: Kōsuke Morozumi Alternate: Kohsuke Hirata	Skip: Viktor Kim Third: Abylaikhan Zhuzbay Second: Daniel Kim Lead: Muzdybay Kudaibergenov Alternate: Abilay Nurumbetov	Skip: Peter de Boer Third: Sean Becker Second: Scott Becker Lead: Brett Sargon	Skip: Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Kim Tae-hwan Second: Park Jong-duk Lead: Nam Yoon-ho Alternate: Yoo Min-hyeon

Round robin

In the men's round robin, each team played once against each other team.

date	time	encounter	result
9.11.	14:30	Chinese Taipei - Hong Kong	20: 2
		Japan - People's Republic of China	6: 8
		South Korea - Australia	7: 4
		Kazakhstan - New Zealand	2:10
11/10	9:00	Japan - Chinese Taipei	7: 6
		Australia - New Zealand	6: 5
		People's Republic of China - Hong Kong	25: 0
		South Korea - Kazakhstan	12: 2
11/10	14:30	People's Republic of China - Australia	6: 5
		Kazakhstan - Chinese Taipei	3:10
		New Zealand - Japan	5: 6
		Hong Kong - South Korea	1:20
11.11.	9:00	Kazakhstan - Japan	3:15
		Hong Kong - Australia	3:16
		Chinese Taipei - South Korea	6: 9
		New Zealand - People's Republic of China	1: 8

date	time	encounter	result
11.11.	14:30	South Korea - People's Republic of China	8: 6
		Chinese Taipei - New Zealand	5: 7
		Hong Kong - Kazakhstan	2:16
		Australia - Japan	3: 9
11/12	9:00	Australia - Kazakhstan	9: 2
		New Zealand - South Korea	5: 8
		People's Republic of China - Chinese Taipei	7: 2
		Japan - Hong Kong	19: 2
11/12	14:30	Hong Kong - New Zealand	2:20
		South Korea - Japan	7: 8
		Kazakhstan - People's Republic of China	3:13
		Chinese Taipei - Australia	9: 5

key
	Playoff place
	Tiebreaker

country	Skip	Victories	Dutch
Japan	Yūsuke Morozumi	6th	1
People's Republic of China	Zang Jialiang	6th	1
South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	6th	1
Australia	Ian Palangio	3	4th
New Zealand	Peter de Boer	3	4th
Chinese Taipei	Randolph Shen	3	4th
Kazakhstan	Viktor Kim	1	6th
Hong Kong	John Li	0	7th

Tiebreaker

November 13, 2:30 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Australia		0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4th
New Zealand		0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	3	X	9

Playoffs

	Semifinals					final
	1	Japan	7th
	4th	New Zealand	6th
						1	Japan	7th
						3	South Korea	11
	2	People's Republic of China	6th
	3	South Korea	8th
						3rd place match
						4th	New Zealand	4th
						2	People's Republic of China	5

Semifinals

November 13, 7:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Japan		2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7th
New Zealand		0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
People's Republic of China		0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	6th
South Korea		0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	6th

3rd place match

November 14, 9:00 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
New Zealand		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	4th
People's Republic of China		0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	5

final

November 14, 9:00 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Japan		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	X	7th
South Korea		1	1	2	0	4th	0	2	0	1	X	11

Final score

space	country
1	South Korea
2	Japan
3	People's Republic of China
4th	New Zealand
5	Australia
6th	Chinese Taipei
7th	Kazakhstan
8th	Hong Kong

South Korea and Japan qualified for the 2016 World Cup in Basel .

Women

Teams

Five teams took part in the women's championship.

People's Republic of China	Japan	Kazakhstan	New Zealand	South Korea
Skip: Liu Sijia Third: Liu Jinli Second: Yu Xinna Lead: Wang Rui Alternate: Jie Mei	Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa Third: Chinami Yoshida Second: Yūmi Suzuki Lead: Yurika Yoshida Alternate: Kotomi Ishizaki	Skip: Olga Ten Third: Olga Panina Second: Nargiz Issayeva Lead: Regina Lankina Alternate: Anastassya Spirikova	Skip: Chelsea Farley Third: Thivya Jeyaranjan Second: Tessa Farley Lead: Eleanor Adviento Alternate: Emily Whelan	Fourth: Gim Un-chi Third: Lee Seul-bee Second: Um Min-ji Skip: Kim Ji-sun Alternate: Yeom Yoon-jung

Round robin

In the women's round robin, each team played twice against each other.

date	time	encounter	result
8.11.	16.30	People's Republic of China - Japan	3:10
		Kazakhstan - South Korea	0:20
9.11.	9:00	South Korea - New Zealand	10: 3
		People's Republic of China - Kazakhstan	11: 0
9.11.	14:30	New Zealand - People's Republic of China	2: 9
		Japan - Kazakhstan	11: 3
11/10	9:00	Japan - New Zealand	9: 3
		South Korea - People's Republic of China	4: 6
11/10	14:30	New Zealand - Kazakhstan	9:10
		South Korea - Japan	7: 2

date	time	encounter	result
11.11.	9:00	South Korea - Kazakhstan	14: 3
		Japan - People's Republic of China	5: 4
11.11.	14:30	Kazakhstan - People's Republic of China	1:13
		New Zealand - South Korea	5:13
11/12	9:00	Japan - South Korea	1: 9
		Kazakhstan - New Zealand	6: 8
11/12	14:30	People's Republic of China - South Korea	8: 7
		New Zealand - Japan	3: 7
11/13	9:00	Kazakhstan - Japan	2:11
		People's Republic of China - New Zealand	12: 1

key
	Playoff place
	Tiebreaker

Country	Skip	W.	L.
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	6th	2
South Korea	Kim Ji-sun	6th	2
People's Republic of China	Liu Sijia	6th	2
Kazakhstan	Olga Ten	1	7th
New Zealand	Chelsea Farley	1	7th

Tiebreaker

November 13, 7:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Kazakhstan		0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	10
New Zealand		1	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6th

Playoffs

	Semifinals					final
	1	Japan	10
	4th	Kazakhstan	2
						1	Japan	8th
						2	South Korea	7th
	2	South Korea	7th
	3	People's Republic of China	6th
						3rd place match
						4th	Kazakhstan	0
						3	People's Republic of China	16

Semifinals

November 14, 9:00 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Japan		1	1	1	4th	0	0	3	0	X	X	10
Kazakhstan		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	2

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
South Korea		1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	7th
People's Republic of China		0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	6th

3rd place match

November 14, 2:30 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Kazakhstan		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0
People's Republic of China		2	2	2	3	0	3	1	3	X	X	16

final

November 14, 2:30 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Japan		2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	8th
South Korea		0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	7th

Final score

space	country
1	Japan
2	South Korea
3	People's Republic of China
4th	Kazakhstan
5	New Zealand

Japan and South Korea qualified for the 2016 World Cup in Swift Current .

Web links

• Official website