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)
« 2000 2002 »

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							Taiwan CC [1]
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			Gyeong-buk CC
New Zealand	Sean Becker	Hans Frauenlob		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		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)	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)	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Final Standings[]

Place	Country	Skip	GP	W	L
	Japan	Hiroaki Kashiwagi	10	8	2
	New Zealand	Sean Becker	9	6	3
	Australia	Hugh Millikin	9	6	3
4	South Korea	Lee Dong-keun	8	2	6
5	Chinese Taipei		8	0	8

Women[]

Teams[]

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Curling club
Australia	Helen Wright						Victoria Curling Association
Chinese Taipei							Taiwan CC [2]
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				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		0	8

Playoffs[]

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

Semifinal[]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	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)	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
	South Korea	Kim Mi-yeon	10	8	2
	Japan	Akiko Katoh	9	8	1
	Australia	Helen Wright	9	4	5
4	New Zealand	Bridget Becker	8	2	6
5	Chinese Taipei		8	0	8

References[]

External links[]

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