2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
Host city	Karuizawa, Japan
Arena	Karuizawa Ice Park
Dates	November 8–15
Men's winner	China
Skip	Zang Jialiang
Third	Zou Dejia
Second	Ba Dexin
Lead	Zou Qiang
Alternate	Wang Jinbo
Finalist	Japan (Yusuke Morozumi)
Women's winner	China
Skip	Liu Sijia
Third	Lie Jinli
Second	Yu Xinna
Lead	Wang Rui
Alternate	Mei Jie
Coach	Zhang Wei
Finalist	South Korea (Kim Eun-jung)

The 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships were held from November 8 to 15 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Japan.

The top two finishers in the men's tournament, Japan and China, earned berths to the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, while the top finisher in the women's tournament, China, will join hosts Japan at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship in Sapporo, Japan.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[1]

Australia	China	Chinese Taipei	Japan
Skip: Ian Palangio Third: Jay Merchant Second: Dean Hewitt Lead: Steve Johns	Skip: Zang Jialiang Third: Zou Dejia Second: Ba Dexin Lead: Zou Qiang Alternate: Wang Jinbo	Skip: Randie Shen Third: Nicholas Hsu Second: Brendon Liu Lead: Lin Ting-li Alternate: Quinn Yu	Skip: Yusuke Morozumi Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Tetsuro Shimizu Lead: Kosuke Morozumi
Kazakhstan	New Zealand[2]	South Korea
Fourth: Aleksandr Orlov Skip: Viktor Kim Second: Ilya Kuznetsov Lead: Muzdybay Kudaibergenov Alternate: Abylay Zhuzbay	Auckland CC, Auckland Fourth: Scott Becker Skip: Kenny Thomson Second: Rupert Jones Lead: Warren Dobson	Skip: Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Kim Tae-hwan Second: Park Jong-duk Lead: Nam Yoon-ho Alternate: Yoo Min-hyeon

Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Country	Skip	W	L
Japan	Yusuke Morozumi	6	0
South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	5	1
China	Zang Jialiang	4	2
New Zealand	Kenny Thomson	2	4
Australia	Ian Palangio	2	4
Chinese Taipei	Randie Shen	2	4
Kazakhstan	Viktor Kim	0	6

Chinese Taipei were eliminated from the tiebreaker based on the draw shot challenge results.

Round Robin Results

All draw times listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).^[3]

Draw 3

Monday, November 10, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Thomson)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	2
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Palangio)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	6
South Korea (S. Kim)	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	6	1	3	0	2	0	2	X	X	X	14
Kazakhstan (V. Kim)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Draw 4

Monday, November 10, 15:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	5
South Korea (S. Kim)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zang)	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	X	12
New Zealand (Thomson)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
Australia (Palangio)	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	8

Draw 5

Tuesday, November 11, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zang)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	5
Australia (Palangio)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	4
Japan (Morozumi)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan (V. Kim)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0
South Korea (S. Kim)	0	5	0	1	3	2	X	X	X	X	11

Draw 6

Tuesday, November 11, 15:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	X	X	11
Kazakhstan (V. Kim)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Palangio)	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	5
New Zealand (Thomson)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	0	1	3	0	5	0	1	X	X	X	10
China (Zang)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Draw 7

Wednesday, November 12, 9:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zang)	3	0	4	1	3	1	X	X	X	X	12
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan (V. Kim)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	4
Australia (Palangio)	2	0	3	0	1	0	5	X	X	X	11

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (S. Kim)	2	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	X	X	9
New Zealand (Thomson)	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	X	X	4

Draw 8

Wednesday, November 12, 15:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan (V. Kim)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
China (Zang)	4	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	X	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Thomson)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Japan (Morozumi)	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (S. Kim)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	6
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

Draw 9

Thursday, November 13, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Thomson)	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	X	9
Kazakhstan (V. Kim)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (S. Kim)	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	9
China (Zang)	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Palangio)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
Japan (Morozumi)	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	X	X	9

Tiebreaker

Thursday, November 13, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Palangio)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	7
New Zealand (Thomson)	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Gold Medal Game
	1	Japan	9	6
	4	Australia	3	4
								1	Japan	5
								3	China	7
	2	South Korea	9	6	6
	3	China	8	8	7

	Bronze Medal Game
	4	Australia	4
	2	South Korea	7

Semifinals

Game 2

Friday, November 14, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	6
Australia (Palangio)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (S. Kim)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	6
China (Zang)	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	8

Game 3

Friday, November 14, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
South Korea (S. Kim)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	6
China (Zang)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	7

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, November 15, 14:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (S. Kim)	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	7
Australia (Palangio)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, November 15, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
China (Zang)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	7

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[1]

Australia	China	Japan	New Zealand[2]	South Korea
Skip: Kim Forge Third: Sandy Gagnon Second: Kate Montenay Lead: Jenny Riordan	Skip: Liu Sijia Third: Lie Jinli Second: Yu Xinna Lead: Wang Rui Alternate: Mei Jie	Skip: Ayumi Ogasawara Third: Sayaka Yoshimura Second: Kaho Onodera Lead: Yumie Funayama Alternate: Anna Ohmiya	Auckland CC, Auckland Fourth: Thivya Jeyaranjan Skip: Chelsea Farley Second: Tessa Farley Lead: Eleanor Adviento Alternate: Waverley Taylor	Skip: Kim Eun-jung Third: Kim Kyeong-ae Second: Kim Seon-yeong Lead: Kim Yeong-mi Alternate: Kim Min-jung

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Country	Skip	W	L
South Korea	Kim Eun-jung	8	0
China	Liu Sijia	5	3
Japan	Ayumi Ogasawara	5	3
Australia	Kim Forge	1	7
New Zealand	Chelsea Farley	1	7

Round Robin Results

All draw times listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).^[3]

Draw 1

Sunday, November 9, 9:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Farley)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	4
South Korea (Kim)	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	X	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Forge)	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	X	7
Japan (Ogasawara)	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	X	10

Draw 2

Sunday, November 9, 16:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6
Japan (Ogasawara)	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Farley)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2
China (Liu)	2	1	1	1	0	4	0	3	X	X	12

Draw 3

Monday, November 10, 9:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Liu)	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	7
Japan (Ogasawara)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	2	0	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	X	10
Australia (Forge)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

Draw 4

Monday, November 10, 15:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Forge)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	6
China (Liu)	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Ogasawara)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	8
New Zealand (Farley)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	6

Draw 5

Tuesday, November 11, 9:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Farley)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	8
Australia (Forge)	2	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	1	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	X	7
China (Liu)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Draw 6

Tuesday, November 11, 15:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	X	X	X	9
New Zealand (Farley)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Ogasawara)	6	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	9
Australia (Forge)	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	X	3

Draw 7

Wednesday, November 12, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Liu)	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	X	9
New Zealand (Farley)	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Ogasawara)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	7

Draw 8

Wednesday, November 12, 15:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Forge)	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Ogasawara)	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	X	7
China (Liu)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	X	4

Draw 9

Thursday, November 13, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Farley)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	4
Japan (Ogasawara)	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Liu)	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	X	9
Australia (Forge)	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	X	6

Draw 10

Thursday, November 13, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
China (Liu)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Forge)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	X	5
New Zealand (Farley)	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	X	8

Tiebreaker

Thursday, November 13, 19:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Forge)	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	X	6
New Zealand (Farley)	0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	X	11

Playoffs

	Semifinals									Gold Medal Game
	1	South Korea	9	9	10
	4	New Zealand	4	2	7
										1	South Korea	6
										2	China	7
	2	China	7	4	7	8
	3	Japan	4	7	6	7

	Bronze Medal Game
	4	New Zealand	4
	3	Japan	8

Semifinals

Game 3

Friday, November 14, 9:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	2	X	10
New Zealand (Farley)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Liu)	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	7
Japan (Ogasawara)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Game 4

Friday, November 14, 14:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Liu)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	8
Japan (Ogasawara)	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	7

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, November 15, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Ogasawara)	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	X	8
New Zealand (Farley)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	4

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, November 15, 9:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	6
China (Liu)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	7

References

External links

• Official website