Pacific Asian Curling Championships

The Curling Pacific Asia Championships (until 2010: Curling Pacific Championships ) are a curling tournament that has been held every November or December since 1991. The tournaments are organized by the World Curling Federation . From 2004 to 2016, the two best-placed teams in the tournament were given a starting place for the World Championships , provided that this tournament is played in America or Europe; otherwise - as before 2004 - only the winner was qualified. In 2017 , the top three teams in the men and women qualified for the 2018 World Cup. Since 2018 , the two finalists each qualify directly for the World Cup, while the participants in the game for third place receive starting places for the World Cup qualifying tournament.

Teams from Australia, China, Hong Kong (for the first time in 2015), Japan, Kazakhstan (for the first time in 2012), Qatar (for the first time in 2016), New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan are taking part in the Pacific Asian Championships. Individual tournaments have been held in Canada, but Canada itself never participated.

Tournament format

Usually a round- robin preliminary round is held first , since 2007 for women and in 2008 for men occasionally also as a double round tournament. Since 2016, only one simple round-robin tournament has been played for men due to the high number of teams (nine in total) and there was no double-round tournament for women in 2016 and 2018 either. Based on the placements in this preliminary round, the medals and qualification places for the World Cup will be awarded in a play-off .

The semifinals 1st place against 4th place and 2nd place against 3rd place were sometimes played in the best-of-five mode , but the two matches between the teams in the preliminary round were counted as results. As part of the semi-finals, only a maximum of three more games were actually played. Since 2013 only one semi-final game (1st against 4th and 2nd against 3rd) has been played.

In the women's tournament, the play-off phase was shortened several times and only a single game for second place was played or a page playoff with a total of two games for first, second and third place.

Men's championships

Pacific Championships (until 2010)

year	venue	gold	silver	bronze
1991	Sagamihara (Japan)	Australia	Japan	New Zealand
1992	Karuizawa (Japan)	Australia	Japan	-
1993	Adelaide (Australia)	Australia	Japan	New Zealand
1994	Christchurch (New Zealand)	Australia	Japan	New Zealand
1995	Tokoro (Japan)	Australia	Japan	New Zealand
1996	Sydney (Australia)	Australia	Japan	New Zealand
1997	Karuizawa (Japan)	Australia	Japan	New Zealand
1998	Qualicum Beach (Canada)	New Zealand	Japan	Australia
1999	Tokoro (Japan)	Japan	Australia	New Zealand
2000	Esquimalt (Canada)	New Zealand	Australia	Japan
2001	Jeonju (South Korea)	Japan	New Zealand	Australia
2002	Queenstown (New Zealand)	South Korea	Australia	Japan
2003	Aomori (Japan)	New Zealand	Australia	South Korea
2004	Chuncheon (South Korea)	New Zealand	Australia	Japan
2005	Taipei (Taiwan)	Australia	Japan	New Zealand
2006	Tokyo (Japan)	Australia	South Korea	People's Republic of China
2007	Beijing (China)	People's Republic of China	Australia	New Zealand
2008	Naseby (New Zealand)	People's Republic of China	Japan	New Zealand
2009	Karuizawa (Japan)	People's Republic of China	Japan	South Korea
2010	Uiseong (South Korea)	South Korea	People's Republic of China	Japan

Pacific Asian Championships

year	venue	gold	silver	bronze
2011	Nanjing (China)	People's Republic of China	New Zealand	South Korea
2012	Naseby (New Zealand)	People's Republic of China	Japan	Australia
2013	Shanghai (China)	People's Republic of China	Japan	South Korea
2014	Karuizawa (Japan)	People's Republic of China	Japan	South Korea
2015	Almaty (Kazakhstan)	South Korea	Japan	People's Republic of China
2016	Uiseong (South Korea)	Japan	People's Republic of China	South Korea
2017	Erina (Australia)	South Korea	People's Republic of China	Japan
2018	Gangneung (South Korea)	Japan	People's Republic of China	South Korea
2019	Shenzhen (China)	South Korea	Japan	People's Republic of China

Women's championships

Pacific Championships (until 2010)

year	venue	gold	silver	bronze
1991	Sagamihara (Japan)	Japan	?	?
1993	Adelaide (Australia)	Japan	?	?
1994	Christchurch (New Zealand)	Japan	Australia	New Zealand
1995	Tokoro (Japan)	Japan	?	?
1996	Sydney (Australia)	Japan	?	?
1997	Karuizawa (Japan)	Japan	New Zealand	South Korea
1998	Qualicum Beach (Canada)	Japan	Australia	?
1999	Tokoro (Japan)	Japan	?	?
2000	Esquimalt (Canada)	Japan	South Korea	New Zealand
2001	Jeonju (South Korea)	South Korea	Japan	Australia
2002	Queenstown (New Zealand)	Japan	South Korea	New Zealand
2003	Aomori (Japan)	Japan	South Korea	New Zealand
2004	Chuncheon (South Korea)	Japan	People's Republic of China	South Korea
2005	Taipei (Taiwan)	Japan	People's Republic of China	South Korea
2006	Tokyo (Japan)	People's Republic of China	South Korea	Japan
2007	Beijing (China)	People's Republic of China	Japan	South Korea
2008	Naseby (New Zealand)	People's Republic of China	South Korea	Japan
2009	Karuizawa (Japan)	People's Republic of China	Japan	South Korea
2010	Uiseong (South Korea)	People's Republic of China	South Korea	Australia

Pacific Asian Championships

year	venue	gold	silver	bronze
2011	Nanjing (China)	People's Republic of China	South Korea	New Zealand
2012	Naseby (New Zealand)	People's Republic of China	Japan	South Korea
2013	Shanghai (China)	South Korea	People's Republic of China	Japan
2014	Karuizawa (Japan)	People's Republic of China	South Korea	Japan
2015	Almaty (Kazakhstan)	Japan	South Korea	People's Republic of China
2016	Uiseong (South Korea)	South Korea	People's Republic of China	Japan
2017	Erina (Australia)	South Korea	Japan	People's Republic of China
2018	Gangneung (South Korea)	South Korea	Japan	People's Republic of China
2019	Shenzhen (China)	People's Republic of China	Japan	South Korea

Web links

• Results of the Pacific Championships and Pacific Asia Championships