2017 Pacific Asian Curling Championship

The 2017 Pacific Asian Curling Championships took place November 2-9 in Erina , New South Wales , Australia .

The team from South Korea won the men and women . The top three teams qualified for the 2018 World Cup. In addition to South Korea, these are the teams from China and Japan for both women and men . It was the first time that three teams could qualify; so far there have only been two.

Men

Teams

Nine teams took part in the men's championship.

Australia	People's Republic of China	Chinese Taipei
Fourth: Dean Hewitt Third: Ian Palangio Second: Christopher Ordog Skip: Hugh Millikin Alternate: Jay Merchant	Skip: Zou Dejia Third: Zou Qiang Second: Xu Jingtao Lead: Shao Zhilin Alternate: Ma Yanlong	Skip: Randolph Shen Third: Nicolas Hsu Second: Brendon Liu Lead: Ting-Li Lin
Hong Kong	Japan	Kazakhstan
Skip: Jason Chang Third: Derek Leung Second: Teddie Leung Lead: Martin Yan Alternate: John Li	Skip: Yūsuke Morozumi Third: Tetsurō Shimizu Second: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Lead: Kōsuke Morozumi Alternate: Kohsuke Hirata	Skip: Viktor Kim Third: Abylaikhan Zhuzbay Second: Joan Akhmad Lead: Dinislam Aimishev
Qatar	New Zealand	South Korea
Skip: Nabeel Alyafei Third: Ahmed Al-Fahad Second: Abdulrahman Alyafei Lead: Ali Salem	Skip: Sean Becker Third: Warren Dobson Second: Brett Sargon Lead: Anton Hood Alternate: Hamish Walker	Skip: Kim Chang-min Third: Seong Se-hyeon Second: Oh Eun-su Lead: Lee Ki-bok Alternate: Kim Min-chan

Round robin

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

date	time	encounter	result
2.11.	18:30	New Zealand - People's Republic of China	3: 8
		Chinese Taipei - Japan	2:12
		Hong Kong - Australia	6:11
		South Korea - Kazakhstan	9: 2
3.11.	9:00	Kazakhstan - Japan	3: 8
		Australia - Qatar	18: 2
		New Zealand - South Korea	5: 8
		Hong Kong - Chinese Taipei	5:15
	19:00	South Korea - Chinese Taipei	9: 6
		People's Republic of China - Kazakhstan	10: 5
		Japan - Qatar	19: 1
		Australia - New Zealand	9: 3
4.11.	14:00	Qatar - New Zealand	3:15
		Hong Kong - South Korea	6: 8
		Chinese Taipei - Kazakhstan	12: 5
		People's Republic of China - Japan	5: 8
5.11.	09:00	Japan - Hong Kong	10: 1
		New Zealand - Chinese Taipei	10: 2
		Australia - People's Republic of China	8: 6
		Kazakhstan - Qatar	5: 8

date	time	encounter	result
5.11.	19:00	Chinese Taipei - Australia	5:10
		Qatar - People's Republic of China	2:12
		South Korea - Japan	5:11
		New Zealand - Hong Kong	8: 5
6.11.	14:00	People's Republic of China - South Korea	6: 5
		Kazakhstan - Hong Kong	9: 8
		Qatar - Chinese Taipei	2: 8
		Japan - Australia	9: 2
7.11.	09:00	Hong Kong - Qatar	10: 4
		South Korea - Australia	5: 6
		Kazakhstan - New Zealand	1: 7
		Chinese Taipei - People's Republic of China	4: 9
	19:00	Australia - Kazakhstan	10: 2
		Japan - New Zealand	9: 1
		People's Republic of China - Hong Kong	9: 3
		Qatar - South Korea	4:12

key
	Playoff place

country	Skip	Victories	Dutch
Japan	Yūsuke Morozumi	8th	0
Australia	Hugh Millikin	7th	1
People's Republic of China	Zou Dejia	6th	2
South Korea	Kim Chang-min	5	3
New Zealand	Sean Becker	4th	4th
Chinese Taipei	Randie Shen	3	5
Hong Kong	Jason Chang	1	7th
Qatar	Nabeel Alyafei	1	7th
Kazakhstan	Viktor Kim	1	7th

Playoffs

	Semifinals					final
	1	Japan	7th
	4th	South Korea	8th
							South Korea	9
							People's Republic of China	8th
	2	Australia	6th
	3	People's Republic of China	7th

	3rd place match
	Japan		11
	Australia		4th

Semifinals

November 8, 7:00 p.m.

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

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

3rd place match

November 9, 2:00 p.m.

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

final

November 9, 2 p.m.

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

Final score

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

South Korea, the People's Republic of China and Japan have qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Las Vegas .

Women

Teams

Six teams took part in the women's championship.

Australia	People's Republic of China	Hong Kong
Skip: Helen Williams Third: Kim Forge Second: Ashleigh Street Lead: Michelle Fredericks Armstrong Alternate: Anne Powell	Skip: Jiang Yilun Third: Jiang Xindi Second: Yao Mingyue Lead: Yan Hui Alternate: Xu Meng	Skip: Ling-Yue Hung Third: Julie Morrison Second: Ada Shang Lead: Ashura Wong Alternate: Grace Bugg
Japan	New Zealand	South Korea
Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa Third: Chinami Yoshida Second: Mari Motohashi Lead: Yurika Yoshida Alternate: Yūmi Suzuki	Skip: Bridget Becker Third: Jessica Smith Second: Thivya Jeyaranjan Lead: Holly Thompson Alternate: Emma Sutherland	Skip: Kim Eun-jung Third: Kim Kyeong-ae Second: Kim Seon-yeong Lead: Kim Yeong-mi Alternate: Kim Cho-hi

Round robin

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

date	time	encounter	result
3.11.	9:00	Japan - People's Republic of China	5: 8
	14:00	Australia - Hong Kong	3:11
		South Korea - New Zealand	10: 1
		Japan - People's Republic of China	3: 5
	19:00	Australia - People's Republic of China	3: 9
4.11.	9:00	Australia - South Korea	2: 9
		New Zealand - Japan	2:11
		Hong Kong - People's Republic of China	6: 9
	19:00	Japan - Hong Kong	11: 3
		People's Republic of China - South Korea	3: 9
		New Zealand - Australia	7: 6
5.11.	09:00	Hong Kong - New Zealand	7: 8
	14:00	New Zealand - People's Republic of China	3: 9
		Australia - Japan	2: 8
		South Korea - Hong Kong	11: 1
	19:00	South Korea - Australia	10: 2

date	time	encounter	result
6.11.	09:00	Hong Kong - Australia	10: 4
		New Zealand - South Korea	4: 9
		People's Republic of China - Japan	9: 4
	19:00	South Korea - Japan	9: 4
		Hong Kong - New Zealand	10: 7
		People's Republic of China - Australia	11: 4
7.11.	09:00	People's Republic of China - Hong Kong	10: 1
	14:00	South Korea - People's Republic of China	11: 6
		Japan - Hong Kong	15: 1
		Australia - New Zealand	5:10
	19:00	New Zealand - Japan	4:10
8.11.	8:30	People's Republic of China - New Zealand	9: 3
		Japan - Australia	8: 2
		Hong Kong - South Korea	4: 7

key
	Playoff place

country	Skip	Victories	Dutch
South Korea	Kim Eun-jung	10	0
People's Republic of China	Jiang Yilun	8th	2
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	6th	4th
Hong Kong *	Ling-Yue Hung	3	7th
New Zealand *	Bridget Becker	3	7th
Australia	Helen Williams	0	10

* Both teams beat each other in the Round Robin, which is why a Draw Shot Challenge was used to determine who would be the fourth team to make the playoffs. The challenge was won by Hong Kong.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					final
	1	South Korea	14th
	4th	Hong Kong	2
							South Korea	11
							Japan	6th
	2	People's Republic of China	5
	3	Japan	6th

	3rd place match
	Hong Kong		3
	People's Republic of China		8th

Semifinals

November 8, 2 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Hong Kong		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	2
South Korea		4th	2	6th	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	14th

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

3rd place match

9th November 9:00 a.m.

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

final

November 9, 9 a.m.

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

Final score

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

South Korea, Japan and the People's Republic of China have qualified for the 2018 World Cup in North Bay , Canada .

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Curling Championships to grow after Annual General Assembly, World Curling Federation . Retrieved November 14, 2017
2. ↑ Teams, Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2017, World Curling Federation . Retrieved November 14, 2017
3. ↑ Teams, Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2017, World Curling Federation . Retrieved November 14, 2017.
4. ↑ Hong Kong reach Pacific-Asia semi-finals for the very first time, World Curling Federation . Retrieved November 14, 2017