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2002 Pacific Curling Championships
Host city Queenstown, New Zealand
DatesNovember 4–10
Men's winner  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
Finalist  Australia ( Hugh Millikin)
Women's winner  Japan
Curling clubHokkaido-Kitami Curling Association
Skip Shinobu Aota
Third Yukari Okazaki
Second Eriko Minatoya
Lead Kotomi Ishizaki
Alternate Satomi Tsujii
Finalist  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.

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 Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Curling club
  Australia Hugh Millikin Ian Palangio John Theriault Stephen Johns Steve Hewitt New South Wales CC
  China Xu Xiaoming Wang Fengchun Zhu Yu Liu Rui Ma Yongjun Zhang Wei,
Tan Weidong
  Chinese Taipei Justin Hsu Nicholas Hsu Evan Lu Steve Koo
  Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi Kazuto Yanagizawa Jun Nakayama Keita Yanagizawa Takanori Ichimura Akinori Kashiwagi Miyota CC
  South Korea Lee Dong-keun Park Jae-cheol Ko Seung-wan Choi Min-suk Kim Soo-hyuk Melissa Soligo Gyeong-buk CC
  New Zealand Sean Becker Hans Frauenlob Jim Allan Lorne De Pape Dan Mustapic Ranfurly CC

Round robin

Place Country Skip Japan South Korea New Zealand Australia China Chinese Taipei Wins Losses
1   Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi * 7:2
8:1
7:9
10:5
4:8
7:5
10:8
8:6
8:3
7:6
8 2
2   South Korea Lee Dong-keun 2:7
1:8
* 4:6
7:4
7:6
9:4
8:3
7:4
9:1
6:5
7 3
3   New Zealand Sean Becker 9:7
5:10
6:4
4:7
* 7:5
4:8
9:3
12:4
5:6
12:1
6 4
4   Australia Hugh Millikin 8:4
5:7
6:7
4:9
5:7
8:4
* 8:9
6:4
11:1
7:3
4 6
5   China Xu Xiaoming 8:10
6:8
3:8
4:7
3:9
4:12
9:8
4:6
* 9:4
11:5
3 7
6   Chinese Taipei Justin Hsu 3:8
6:7
1:9
5:6
6:5
1:12
1:11
3:7
4:9
5:11
* 1 9
  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1   Japan 7
4   Australia 8
  Australia 2
  South Korea 5
2   South Korea 9
3   New Zealand 4
Bronze medal
   
  Japan 8
  New Zealand 7

Semifinals

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Hiroaki Kashiwagi) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7
  Australia (Hugh Millikin) 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Lee Dong-keun) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 9
  New Zealand (Sean Becker) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4

Bronze medal game

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

Final

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Lee Dong-keun) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
  Australia (Hugh Millikin) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

Final standings

Place Country Skip GP W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)   South Korea Lee Dong-keun 12 9 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Australia Hugh Millikin 12 6 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi 12 9 3
4   New Zealand Sean Becker 12 6 6
5   China Xu Xiaoming 10 3 7
6   Chinese Taipei Justin Hsu 10 1 9

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
  China Yue Qingshuang Zhou Yan Zhao Zhenzhen Zhan Jing Liu Yin
  Japan Shinobu Aota Yukari Okazaki Eriko Minatoya Kotomi Ishizaki Satomi Tsujii
  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
  New Zealand Bridget Becker Helen Greer Natalie Campbell Kylie Petherick Catherine Inder Peter Becker Ranfurly CC

Round robin

Place Country Skip Japan South Korea Australia New Zealand China Wins Losses
1   Japan Shinobu Aota * 2:12
6:5
11:5
11:4
10:5
11:1
6:5
8:3
7 1
2   South Korea Kim Mi-yeon 12:2
5:6
* 4:10
14:2
7:11
11:2
9:5
8:4
5 3
3   Australia Helen Wright 5:11
4:11
10:4
2:14
* 10:4
12:0
14:3
6:4
5 3
4   New Zealand Bridget Becker 5:10
1:11
11:7
2:11
4:10
0:12
* 12:6
10:6
3 5
5   China Yue Qingshuang 5:6
3:8
5:9
4:8
3:14
4:6
6:12
6:10
* 0 8
  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1   Japan 8
4   New Zealand 3
  Japan 8
  South Korea 3
2   South Korea 9
3   Australia 4
Bronze medal
   
'  New Zealand 11
  Australia 4

Semifinals

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Zealand (Bridget Becker) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
  Japan (Shinobu Aota) (has hammer) 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim Mi-yeon) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 9
  Australia (Helen Wright) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4

Bronze medal game

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Zealand (Bridget Becker) (has hammer) 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 X 11
  Australia (Helen Wright) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 4

Final

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim Mi-yeon) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3
  Japan (Shinobu Aota) (has hammer) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 X 8

Final standings

Place Country Skip GP W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)   Japan Shinobu Aota 10 9 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   South Korea Kim Mi-yeon 10 6 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   New Zealand Bridget Becker 10 4 6
4   Australia Helen Wright 10 5 5
5   China Yue Qingshuang 8 0 8

References