Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | |
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Established | 2016 |
2024 host city | Jincheon, South Korea |
2024 arena | Jincheon National Training Centre |
2024 champion | Gangwon B (Kim Kyeong-ae / Seong Ji-hoon) |
Current edition | |
The Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (branded as the KB Financial Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship) are the annual Korean mixed doubles curling championships, organized by the Korean Curling Federation (KCF). The winners of the championship qualify for the Korean National Team.
Until 2019, the winning pair automatically earned the right to represent South Korea at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Beginning in 2020, the World Curling Federation reduced the World Championship field to twenty teams with the bottom four teams being relegated to the next years World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event. [1] Based on the results of the previous year, the winning team now either qualifies directly for the World Championship or is sent to the Qualification Event where they need to place in the top four to qualify. [2]
Every four years, the winners also qualify to represent South Korea at the Winter Olympic Games if the country received a berth through world championship points. [3] Starting in 2024, the championship also qualifies the winners for the Asian Winter Games if it is held during the season they are the national team.
The national championship is usually held in July or August following the Korean Curling Championships team competition.
In 2020, a rule change in eligibility allowed men's and women's team players to also compete in the mixed doubles discipline, resulting in a thirty-one team field for the 2021 championship. [4]
Um Min-ji is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She was the alternate on the Kim Ji-sun team that represented South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Kim Min-ji is a South Korean curler. She currently plays third on the Gyeonggi Province curling team skipped by Gim Eun-ji. She is a 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling champion.
Kim Seon-yeong, nicknamed "Sunny" is a South Korean curler. She was the second, but now plays lead on Team Kim Eun-jung. The Kim team represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where they won a silver medal.
Kim Cho-hi, nicknamed Chocho is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She was the alternate, but now plays second for Team Kim Eun-jung. The Kim team represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where they won a silver medal.
Kim Hye-rin is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She currently plays third on the Chuncheon City Hall curling team, skipped by Ha Seung-youn. While playing for Kim Min-ji, She won a gold medal at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and a silver medal at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships.
Yang Tae-i is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She currently plays second on the Chuncheon City Hall curling team, skipped by Ha Seung-youn. While playing with Kim Min-ji, she won a gold medal at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and a silver medal at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships.
Kim Su-jin is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She currently plays lead on the Chuncheon City Hall curling team, skipped by Ha Seung-youn. While playing with Kim Min-ji, she won a gold medal at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and a silver medal at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships.
Kim Su-ji is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She currently plays second on the Gyeonggi Province curling team, skipped by Gim Eun-ji.
Seol Ye-eun is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She currently plays lead on the Gyeonggi Province curling team, skipped by Gim Eun-ji.
Seol Ye-ji is a South Korean curler. She was the third, but is now the alternate on the Gyeonggi Province curling team, skipped by Gim Eun-ji.
Ha Seung-youn is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She is the skip of the Chuncheon City Hall curling team. While playing with Kim Min-ji, she won a silver medal at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships.
The 2021 Korean Curling Championships, Korea's national curling championships, were held from June 23 to July 3 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea. The winning teams on both the men's and women's sides became the Korean National Teams for the 2021–22 curling season. They represented Korea at the 2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, 2022 World Women's Curling Championship, 2022 World Men's Curling Championship and the Olympic Qualification Event in attempts to reach the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. The championship was held in two rounds.
The 2021 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Korea's national mixed doubles curling championships, was held July 27 to August 9, 2021 at the Jincheon National Training Centre in Jincheon, South Korea. The winning team will be the Korean National Mixed Doubles Team for the 2021–22 curling season. They will represent South Korea at the Olympic Qualification Event in hopes of reaching the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event, attempting to reach the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The championship was held in two rounds.
The 2022 Korean Curling Championships, Korea's national curling championships, were held from June 11 to 17 at the Jincheon National Training Centre in Jincheon, South Korea. The winning teams on both the men's and women's sides became the Korean National Teams for the 2022–23 curling season. They will represent Korea at the 2022 Pan-Continental Curling Championships and later the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship and 2023 World Men's Curling Championship if they reach qualification. Both the men's and women's events were played in a round robin format which qualified four teams for the playoffs.
The Korean Curling Championships are the annual Korean men's and women's curling championships, organized by the Korean Curling Federation (KCF). The winners of the championship qualify for the Korean National Team. Until 2022, they earned the right to represent South Korea at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (PACC) and the World Curling Championships if they reached qualification. Every four years, the winners also qualify to represent South Korea at the Winter Olympic Games if the country received a berth. The championship also qualifies the winners for the Asian Winter Games if it is held during the season they are the national team.
The 2022 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Korea's national mixed doubles curling championship, was held from July 12 to 15 at the Jincheon National Training Centre in Jincheon, South Korea. The winning pair of Kim Ji-yoon and Jeong Byeong-jin became the Korean National Team for the 2022–23 curling season. They represented Korea on home soil at the 2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship where they finished in sixteenth with a 3–7 record. Through regional qualifiers, the field was narrowed down from over thirty teams to just fifteen who competed in the national championship. The preliminary round was held in a round robin format which qualified the top team in each of the four pools for the playoff round.
The 2024 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Korea's national mixed doubles curling championship, was held from July 20 to 28 at the Jincheon National Training Centre in Jincheon, South Korea. The winning pair of Kim Kyeong-ae and Seong Ji-hoon became the Korean National Team for the 2024–25 curling season. They will represent Korea at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China. Through regional qualifiers, the field was narrowed down from over fifty teams to twenty-one who competed in the national championship. The preliminary round was held in a round robin format which will qualify the top eight teams overall for the playoff round. For the first time in championship history, players from different regions were able to compete together, forming a composite team. Notable examples of this included Gangwon's Park Jong-duk competing in Seoul, Chuncheon's Yang Tae-i competing in Gyeongbuk and Gyeongbuk's Kim Chang-min competing in Gangwon, though he did not qualify for the national championship.
Kim Ji-yoon is a South Korean curler from Seoul. She currently plays lead on the Seoul City Hall curling team skipped by Lee Eun-chae. She also plays mixed doubles with Jeong Byeong-jin and has participated in three World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships.
Moon Si-woo is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. In 2021, he represented South Korea at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship alongside Kim Ji-yoon.
Seong Ji-hoon is a South Korean curler from Gangwon Province. He is currently the alternate on the Gangwon Provincial Office curling team skipped by Park Jong-duk.