2001 Pacific Curling Championships

2001 Pacific Curling Championships
Host city	Jeonju, South Korea
Arena	Jeonju Indoor Ice Rink
Dates	November 6–10
Men's winner	Japan
Curling club	Miyota CC
Skip	Hiroaki Kashiwagi
Third	Kazuto Yanagizawa
Second	Jun Nakayama
Lead	Keita Yanagizawa
Alternate	Takanori Ichimura
Finalist	New Zealand (Sean Becker)
Women's winner	South Korea
Curling club	Seoul CC
Skip	Kim Mi-yeon
Third	Lee Hyun-jung
Second	Shin Mi-sung
Lead	Park Ji-hyun
Coach	Elaine Dagg-Jackson
Finalist	Japan (Akiko Katoh)
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The 2001 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 6 to 10 at the Jeonju Indoor Ice Rink in Jeonju, South Korea.

Japan's Hiroaki Kashiwagi won the men's event over New Zealand's Sean Becker (it was the second Pacific title for the Japanese men's team and the first title for skip Hiroaki Kashiwagi). On the women's side, South Korea's Kim Mi-yeon defeated Japan's Akiko Katoh in the final (it was the first Pacific title for the South Korean women).

By virtue of winning, the Japanese men's team and the South Korean women's team qualified for the 2002 World Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States.

It was the first appearance at the Pacific championships for the men's and women's teams of Chinese Taipei.

Men

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Curling club
Australia	Hugh Millikin	Ian Palangio	John Theriault	Stephen Johns			New South Wales CC
Chinese Taipei	Po-Hen Hu	Yu-Feng Lin	Yu-Ting Lai	Chia-Hua Ku			Taiwan CC
Japan	Hiroaki Kashiwagi	Kazuto Yanagizawa	Jun Nakayama	Keita Yanagizawa	Takanori Ichimura		Miyota CC
South Korea	Lee Dong-keun	Kim Soo-hyuk	Choi Min-suk	Park Jae-cheol	Hong Jun-pyo	Glen Jackson	Gyeong-buk CC
New Zealand	Sean Becker	Hans Frauenlob	Tom Telfer	Lorne De Pape			Ranfurly CC

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
New Zealand	Sean Becker	6	2
Japan	Hiroaki Kashiwagi	6	2
Australia	Hugh Millikin	6	2
South Korea	Lee Dong-keun	2	6
Chinese Taipei	Po-Hen Hu	0	8

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	New Zealand	5
	2	Japan	6			2	Japan	6
	3	Australia	4

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Kashiwagi)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	6
Australia (Millikin) (has hammer)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	4

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	5
Japan (Kashiwagi) (has hammer)	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	GP	W	L
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Japan	Hiroaki Kashiwagi	10	8	2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	New Zealand	Sean Becker	9	6	3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Australia	Hugh Millikin	9	6	3
4	South Korea	Lee Dong-keun	8	2	6
5	Chinese Taipei	Po-Hen Hu	8	0	8

Women

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Curling club
Australia	Helen Wright	Lynn Hewitt	Lyn Greenwood	Ellen Weir	Sandy Gagnon		Victoria Curling Association
Chinese Taipei	Li-Lin Cheng	Jamie Wan Wen Huang	Zhao Zhenzhen	Zhan Jing			Taiwan CC
Japan	Akiko Katoh	Yumie Hayashi	Ayumi Onodera	Mika Konaka	Kotomi Ishizaki	Yoshiyuki Ohmiya	Tokoro Curling Association, Hokkaido
South Korea	Kim Mi-yeon	Lee Hyun-jung	Shin Mi-sung	Park Ji-hyun		Elaine Dagg-Jackson	Seoul CC
New Zealand	Bridget Becker	Kylie Petherick	Natalie Campbell	Catherine Inder		Peter Becker	Pioneer CC

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
Japan	Akiko Katoh	8	0
South Korea	Kim Mi-yeon	6	2
Australia	Helen Wright	4	4
New Zealand	Bridget Becker	2	6
Chinese Taipei	Li-Lin Cheng	0	8

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Japan	5
	2	South Korea	13			2	South Korea	7
	3	Australia	6

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim) (has hammer)	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	4	2	X	13
Australia (Wright)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	6

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Katoh) (has hammer)	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	7

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	GP	W	L
1st place, gold medalist(s)	South Korea	Kim Mi-yeon	10	8	2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Japan	Akiko Katoh	9	8	1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Australia	Helen Wright	9	4	5
4	New Zealand	Bridget Becker	8	2	6
5	Chinese Taipei	Li-Lin Cheng	8	0	8

External links

• Men's results from the World Curling Federation
• Women's results from the World Curling Federation