2002 Pacific Curling Championships

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2002 Pacific Curling Championships
Host city Queenstown, New Zealand
DatesNovember 4–10
Men's winnerFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Curling clubGyeong-buk CC
Skip Lee Dong-keun
Third Park Jae-cheol
Second Ko Seung-wan
Lead Choi Min-suk
Alternate Kim Soo-hyuk
Coach Melissa Soligo
FinalistFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (Hugh Millikin)
Women's winnerFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Curling clubHokkaido-Kitami Curling Association
Skip Shinobu Aota
Third Yukari Okazaki
Second Eriko Minatoya
Lead Kotomi Ishizaki
Alternate Satomi Tsujii
FinalistFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim Mi-yeon)
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The 2002 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 4 to 10 in Queenstown, New Zealand.

Contents

South Korea's Lee Dong-keun won the men's event over Australia's Hugh Millikin (it was the first Pacific title for the South Korean men's team). On the women's side, Japan's Shinobu Aota defeated South Korea's Kim Mi-yeon in the final (it was the tenth Pacific title for the Japanese women and the second title for skip Shinobu Aota).

By virtue of winning, the South Korean men's team and the Japanese women's team qualified for the 2003 World Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Winnipeg, Canada.

Men

Teams

Country Skip ThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachCurling club
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hugh Millikin Ian Palangio John Theriault Stephen Johns Steve Hewitt New South Wales CC
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xu Xiaoming Wang Fengchun Zhu Yu Liu Rui Ma Yongjun Zhang Wei,
Tan Weidong
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Justin Hsu Nicholas Hsu Evan Lu Steve Koo
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi Kazuto Yanagizawa Jun Nakayama Keita Yanagizawa Takanori Ichimura Akinori Kashiwagi Miyota CC
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Lee Dong-keun Park Jae-cheol Ko Seung-wan Choi Min-suk Kim Soo-hyuk Melissa Soligo Gyeong-buk CC
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sean Becker Hans Frauenlob Jim Allan Lorne De Pape Dan Mustapic Ranfurly CC

Round robin

PlaceCountrySkip Flag of Japan.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg WinsLosses
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi*7:2
8:1
7:9
10:5
4:8
7:5
10:8
8:6
8:3
7:6
82
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Lee Dong-keun2:7
1:8
*4:6
7:4
7:6
9:4
8:3
7:4
9:1
6:5
73
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sean Becker9:7
5:10
6:4
4:7
*7:5
4:8
9:3
12:4
5:6
12:1
64
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hugh Millikin8:4
5:7
6:7
4:9
5:7
8:4
*8:9
6:4
11:1
7:3
46
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xu Xiaoming8:10
6:8
3:8
4:7
3:9
4:12
9:8
4:6
*9:4
11:5
37
6Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Justin Hsu3:8
6:7
1:9
5:6
6:5
1:12
1:11
3:7
4:9
5:11
*19
  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 5
2 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 9
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4
Bronze medal
   
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7

Semifinals

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Hiroaki Kashiwagi) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10201011017
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (Hugh Millikin)01030300108
Team12345678910Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Lee Dong-keun) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01020202029
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Sean Becker)10101010004

Bronze medal game

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Hiroaki Kashiwagi) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00110202118
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Sean Becker)12003010007

Final

Team12345678910Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Lee Dong-keun) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10011020005
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (Hugh Millikin)00100100002

Final standings

PlaceCountrySkipGPWL
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Lee Dong-keun 1293
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hugh Millikin 1266
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi 1293
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sean Becker 1266
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xu Xiaoming 1037
6Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Justin Hsu 1019

Women

Teams

Country Skip ThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachCurling club
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Helen Wright Lynn Hewitt Lyn Greenwood Ellen Weir Sandy Gagnon Victoria Curling Association
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Yue Qingshuang Zhou Yan Zhao Zhenzhen Zhan Jing Liu Yin
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shinobu Aota Yukari Okazaki Eriko Minatoya Kotomi Ishizaki Satomi Tsujii
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Mi-yeon Lee Hyun-jung Shin Mi-sung Park Ji-hyun Park Kyung-mi Elaine Dagg-Jackson,
Kim Hyun-kyung
Seoul CC
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Bridget Becker Helen Greer Natalie Campbell Kylie Petherick Catherine Inder Peter Becker Ranfurly CC

Round robin

PlaceCountrySkip Flag of Japan.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg WinsLosses
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shinobu Aota*2:12
6:5
11:5
11:4
10:5
11:1
6:5
8:3
71
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Mi-yeon12:2
5:6
*4:10
14:2
7:11
11:2
9:5
8:4
53
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Helen Wright5:11
4:11
10:4
2:14
*10:4
12:0
14:3
6:4
53
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Bridget Becker5:10
1:11
11:7
2:11
4:10
0:12
*12:6
10:6
35
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Yue Qingshuang5:6
3:8
5:9
4:8
3:14
4:6
6:12
6:10
*08
  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3
2 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 9
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4
Bronze medal
   
'Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4

Semifinals

Team12345678910Final
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Bridget Becker)100001010X3
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Shinobu Aota) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg021310001X8
Team12345678910Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim Mi-yeon)01020202029
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (Helen Wright) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10101010004

Bronze medal game

Team12345678910Final
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Bridget Becker) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg203110031X11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (Helen Wright)010002100X4

Final

Team12345678910Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim Mi-yeon)000010101X3
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Shinobu Aota) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg011103020X8

Final standings

PlaceCountrySkipGPWL
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Shinobu Aota 1091
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Mi-yeon 1064
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Bridget Becker 1046
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Helen Wright 1055
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Yue Qingshuang 808

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