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2001 Pacific Curling Championships
Host city Jeonju, South Korea
ArenaJeonju Indoor Ice Rink
DatesNovember 6–10
Men's winner  Japan
Curling clubMiyota 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 clubSeoul 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 [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 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 [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 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

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