2016 Pacific Asian Curling Championship

The 2016 Pacific Asian Curling Championships took place in Uiseong , South Korea , from November 5th to 12th .

South Korea won the women and Japan won the men. For the men, the two best-placed teams (Japan and China) qualified for the 2017 World Cup , while for the women, only the winning team could qualify, as the 2017 Women's World Cup took place in Beijing and the Chinese team had already been set as hosts.

Men

Teams

Nine teams took part in the men's championship.

Australia	People's Republic of China	Chinese Taipei
Skip: Ian Palangio Third: Jay Merchant Second: Dean Hewitt Lead: Derek Smith	Skip: Liu Rui Third: Xu Xiaoming Second: Zou Qiang Lead: Zang Jialiang Alternate: Zhang Tianyu	Skip: Randolph Shen Third: Nicholas Hsu Second: Brendon Liu Lead: Ting-Li Lin Alternate: Steve Koo
Hong Kong	Japan	Kazakhstan
Skip: Jason Chang Third: Derek Leung Second: John Li Lead: Teddie Leung Alternate: Martin Yan	Skip: Yūsuke Morozumi Third: Tetsurō Shimizu Second: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Lead: Kōsuke Morozumi Alternate: Koshuke Hirata	Skip: Viktor Kim Third: Abylaikhan Zhuzbay Second: Muzdybay Kudaibergenov Lead: Dimitriy Garagul Alternate: Renas Akhmad
Qatar	New Zealand	South Korea
Skip: Abdulrahman Nabil Third: Sadd Alfahd Ahmed Second: Abdulaziz Almajed Lead: Jaber Al-Othali Alternate: Abdulrahman Mohamed Zain	Skip: Peter de Boer Third: Sean Becker Second: Scott Becker Lead: Warren Dobson	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
5.11.	17:30	New Zealand - Chinese Taipei	3: 8
		South Korea - Hong Kong	12: 3
		Kazakhstan - People's Republic of China	2: 7
		Qatar - Japan	1:19
6.11.	9:00	Chinese Taipei - South Korea	2: 8
		New Zealand - Qatar	16: 3
		Hong Kong - Japan	7:10
		People's Republic of China - Australia	7: 5
6.11.	19:00	Japan - Australia	6: 1
		Kazakhstan - Chinese Taipei	5: 9
		South Korea - Qatar	22: 2
		New Zealand - Hong Kong	10: 3
7.11.	14:00	Qatar - Hong Kong	5: 9
		People's Republic of China - Japan	7: 4
		Australia - Chinese Taipei	3: 7
		Kazakhstan - South Korea	L: W *
8.11.	9:00	South Korea - People's Republic of China	6: 4
		Hong Kong - Australia	6: 5
		New Zealand - Kazakhstan	9: 2
		Chinese Taipei - Qatar	21: 0

date	time	encounter	result
8.11.	19:00	Australia - New Zealand	2: 8
		Qatar - Kazakhstan	8:10
		Japan - South Korea	6: 5
		Hong Kong - People's Republic of China	5:10
9.11.	14:00	Kazakhstan - Japan	3:13
		Chinese Taipei - People's Republic of China	4: 6
		Qatar - Australia	2:17
		South Korea - New Zealand	8: 5
11/10	8:00	People's Republic of China - Qatar	10: 2
		Japan - New Zealand	7: 5
		Chinese Taipei - Hong Kong	8: 3
		Australia - Kazakhstan	13: 2
11/10	16:00	Hong Kong - Kazakhstan	10: 8
		Australia - South Korea	3: 6
		People's Republic of China - New Zealand	7: 3
		Japan - Chinese Taipei	5: 9

* Kazakhstan abandoned the game because of a referee decision.

key
	Playoff place

country	Skip	Victories	Dutch
South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	7th	1
People's Republic of China	Liu Rui	7th	1
Chinese Taipei	Randolph Shen	6th	2
Japan	Yūsuke Morozumi	6th	2
New Zealand	Peter de Boer	4th	4th
Hong Kong	Jason Chang	3	5
Australia	Ian Palangio	2	6th
Kazakhstan	Victor Kim	1	7th
Qatar	Abdulrahman Nabil	0	8th

Playoffs

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

Semifinals

November 11, 7:00 p.m.

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

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
People's Republic of China		5	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	X	X	11
Chinese Taipei		0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	X	5

3rd place match

November 12, 14:00

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

final

November 12, 14:00

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

Final score

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

Japan and the People's Republic of China qualified for the 2017 World Cup in Edmonton .

Women

Teams

Eight teams took part in the women's championship.

Australia	People's Republic of China	Hong Kong
Skip: Jennifer Westhagen Third: Lauren Wagner Second: Kristen Tsourlenes Lead: Stephanie Barr Alternate: Anne Powell	Skip: Wang Bingyu Third: Zhou Yan Second: Liu Jinli Lead: Yang Ying Alternate: Mei Jie	Skip: Ling-Yue Hung Third: Julie Morrison Second: Ada Shang Lead: Ashura Wong
Japan	Qatar	Kazakhstan
Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa Third: Chinami Yoshida Second: Yūmi Suzuki Lead: Yurika Yoshida Alternate: Mari Motohashi	Skip: Mubarkah Al-Abdulla Third: Kholoud Al-Moukdad Second: Reham Al-Moukdad Lead: Lara Chakh	Skip: Ramina Yunicheva Third: Anastassiya Surgay Second: Kamila Bakanova Lead: Diana Torkina Alternate: Sitora Alliyarova
New Zealand	South Korea
Skip: Chelsea Farley Third: Thivya Jeyaranjan Second: Emma Sutherland Lead: Holly Thompson Alternate: Elizabeth Matthews	Skip: Kim Eun-jung Third: Kim Kyeong-ae Second: Kim Seon-yeong Lead: Kim Yeong-mi Alternate: Kim Cho-hi

Round robin

date	time	encounter	result
6.11.	14:00	Qatar - Japan	1:20
		People's Republic of China - South Korea	L: W
		Australia - Kazakhstan	19: 4
		Hong Kong - New Zealand	8: 7
7.11.	9:00	South Korea - Hong Kong	14: 3
		Kazakhstan - Qatar	18: 1
		New Zealand - Japan	7: 8
		People's Republic of China - Australia	14: 5
7.11.	19:00	Australia - South Korea	1:23
		Qatar - New Zealand	0:21
		Hong Kong - People's Republic of China	2:18
		Japan - Kazakhstan	14: 1
8.11.	14:00	People's Republic of China - Kazakhstan	20: 1
		Hong Kong - Japan	3:15
		Qatar - Australia	1:21
		New Zealand - South Korea	9: 2

date	time	encounter	result
9.11.	9:00	Hong Kong - Qatar	14: 4
		South Korea - Kazakhstan	17: 1
		People's Republic of China - New Zealand	11: 1
		Australia - Japan	5: 8
9.11.	19:00	Japan - People's Republic of China	6: 7
		New Zealand - Australia	6: 5
		South Korea - Qatar	30: 0
		Kazakhstan - Hong Kong	4:16
11/10	12:00	Kazakhstan - New Zealand	1:11
		Australia - Hong Kong	7: 6
		Japan - South Korea	6: 4
		Qatar - People's Republic of China	2:22

* In addition, the season for China ran out and South Korea won the game.

key
	Playoff place

country	Skip	Victories	Dutch
South Korea	Kim Eun-jung	6th	1
People's Republic of China	Wang Bingyu	6th	1
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	6th	1
New Zealand	Chelsea Farley	4th	3
Australia	Jennifer Westhagen	3	4th
Hong Kong	Ling-Yue Hung	2	5
Kazakhstan	Ramina Yunicheva	1	6th
Qatar	Mubarkah Al-Abdulla	0	7th

Playoffs

	Semifinals					final
	1	South Korea	12
	4th	New Zealand	4th
						1	South Korea	5
						2	People's Republic of China	3
	2	People's Republic of China	6th
	3	Japan	3
						3rd place match
						4th	New Zealand	3
						3	Japan	10

Semifinals

November 11, 10:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
New Zealand		0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	4th
South Korea		2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	5	X	12

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

3rd place match

November 12th 9:00 am

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

final

November 12th 9:00 am

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

Final score

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

South Korea qualified for the 2017 World Cup in Beijing . China was already qualified as the host country.

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Teams, Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2016, World Curling Federation . Retrieved December 16, 2017
2. ↑ Teams, Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2016, World Curling Federation . Retrieved December 20, 2017