2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
Host cityAlmaty, Kazakhstan
ArenaAlmaty Arena
DatesNovember 7–13
Men's winner South Korea
SkipKim Chang-min
ThirdKim Soo-hyuk
SecondJeon Jae-ik
LeadKim Hak-kyun
CoachYoon So-min
Finalist Japan (Morozumi)
Women's winner Japan
SkipSayaka Yoshimura
ThirdKaho Onodera
SecondAnna Ohmiya
LeadYumie Funayama
CoachMasatsugu Odaka
Finalist South Korea (Kim)
« 2019

The 2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships was held from November 7 to 13 at the Almaty Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[1] The top men's team and the top two women's teams qualified for the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship and 2022 World Women's Curling Championship respectively. The next two placed teams of each gender qualified for the World Qualification Event, for a second chance to qualify for the World Curling Championships.[2]

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

 Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  Japan  Kazakhstan

Skip: Lin Ting-li
Third: Nelson Wang
Second: Yin Liu Luis
Lead: Cheng Kai-wen
Alternate: Victor Lee

Skip: Jason Chang
Third: Justin Chen
Second: Woody Cheng
Lead: Harry Yew

Skip: Yusuke Morozumi
Third: Masaki Iwai
Second: Ryotaro Shukuya
Lead: Kosuke Morozumi

Skip: Viktor Kim
Third: Adil Zhumagozha
Second: Aidos Alliyar
Lead: Azizbek Nadirbayev
Alternate: Dmitriy Garagul

 Qatar  Saudi Arabia  South Korea

Skip: Nasser Alyafei
Third: Abdulraham Mohsen
Second: Mouaaz Mlis
Lead: Mohammed Al-Keldi

Skip: Alastair Fyfe
Third: Munir Albeelbisi
Second: Hussain Hagawi
Lead: Suleiman Alaqel

Skip: Kim Chang-min
Third: Kim Soo-hyuk
Second: Jeon Jae-ik
Lead: Kim Hak-kyun

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L DSC
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 6 0 – 28.09
 South Korea Kim Chang-min 5 1 – 39.14
 Kazakhstan Viktor Kim 3 3 1–1 82.95
 Chinese Taipei Lin Ting-li 3 3 1–1 97.40
 Hong Kong Jason Chang 3 3 1–1 110.59
 Qatar Nasser Alyafei 1 5 – 93.32
 Saudi Arabia Alastair Fyfe 0 6 – 121.92
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Country Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan Kazakhstan Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea Record
4  Chinese Taipei — 9–6 4–11 6–8 11–4 13–5 8–9 3–3
5  Hong Kong 6–9 — 6–12 9–1 8–5 8–3 5–11 3–3
1  Japan 11–4 12–6 — 12–0 15–1 12–0 8–2 6–0
3  Kazakhstan 8–6 1–9 0–12 — 8–7 12–6 1–9 3–3
6  Qatar 4–11 5–8 1–15 7–8 — 9–4 1–14 1–5
7  Saudi Arabia 5–13 3–8 0–12 6–12 4–9 — 3–9 0–6
2  South Korea 9–8 11–5 2–8 9–1 14–1 9–3 — 5–1

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Alma-Ata Time (UTC+06:00).[4]

Draw 1

Sunday, November 7, 9:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 X 12
 Hong Kong (Chang) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 6

Draw 2

Sunday, November 7, 14:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saudi Arabia (Fyfe) 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X X X 3
 South Korea (C. Kim) (has hammer) 2 0 6 0 1 0 X X X X 9

Draw 3

Sunday, November 7, 19:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Lin) 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 8

Draw 4

Monday, November 8, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (C. Kim) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X X X 2
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 2 1 0 4 1 0 X X X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Qatar (Alyafei) 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 X 9
 Saudi Arabia (Fyfe) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Chang) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 6
 Chinese Taipei (Lin) (has hammer) 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 9

Draw 6

Monday, November 8, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Chang) (has hammer) 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 X 8
 Saudi Arabia (Fyfe) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Qatar (Alyafei) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 7
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Lin) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 4
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 2 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 X X 11

Draw 8

Tuesday, November 9, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Qatar (Alyafei) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1
 South Korea (C. Kim) (has hammer) 6 3 0 1 2 2 X X X X 14
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saudi Arabia (Fyfe) 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 X X 5
 Chinese Taipei (Lin) (has hammer) 3 1 0 1 0 5 0 3 X X 13
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 4 1 1 2 1 X 12
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0

Draw 10

Wednesday, November 10, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saudi Arabia (Fyfe) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 6
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 12
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Lin) 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 X X 11
 Qatar (Alyafei) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Chang) (has hammer) 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 X X 5
 South Korea (C. Kim) 1 2 0 4 1 0 2 1 X X 11

Draw 12

Wednesday, November 10, 19:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saudi Arabia (Fyfe) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 2 2 2 3 1 2 X X X X 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1
 South Korea (C. Kim) (has hammer) 2 1 1 3 2 0 X X X X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Qatar (Alyafei) (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
 Hong Kong (Chang) 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 8

Draw 14

Thursday, November 11, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 5 3 0 4 2 1 X X X X 15
 Qatar (Alyafei) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (C. Kim) (has hammer) 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 9
 Chinese Taipei (Lin) 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 1
 Hong Kong (Chang) (has hammer) 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 X X X 9

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  Japan 8
4  Chinese Taipei 3
1  Japan 5
2  South Korea 9
2  South Korea 7
3  Kazakhstan 4
Bronze medal game
   
4  Chinese Taipei 9
3  Kazakhstan 8

Semifinals

Friday, November 12, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (C. Kim) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 X 7
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 4

Friday, November 12, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 X X 8
 Chinese Taipei (Lin) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 3

Bronze medal game

Saturday, November 13, 9:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Lin) (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 9
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 8

Gold medal game

Saturday, November 13, 14:00

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

Final standings

Key
Team Advances to the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship
Team Advances to the 2022 World Qualification Event
Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei
4  Kazakhstan
5  Hong Kong
6  Qatar
7  Saudi Arabia

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

 Hong Kong  Japan  Kazakhstan  South Korea

Skip: Ling-Yue Hung
Third: Ada Shang
Second: Ashura Wong
Lead: Pianpian Hu

Skip: Sayaka Yoshimura
Third: Kaho Onodera
Second: Anna Ohmiya
Lead: Yumie Funayama

Skip: Angelina Ebauyer
Third: Sitora Alliyarova
Second: Tilsimay Alliyarova
Lead: Regina Ebauyer
Alternate: Ayazhan Zhumabek

Skip: Kim Eun-jung
Third: Kim Kyeong-ae
Second: Kim Cho-hi
Lead: Kim Seon-yeong
Alternate: Kim Yeong-mi

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L DSC
 Japan Sayaka Yoshimura 5 1 1–1 60.90
 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 5 1 1–1 66.34
 Kazakhstan Angelina Ebauyer 2 4 – 117.38
 Hong Kong Ling-Yue Hung 0 6 – 146.45
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Country Hong Kong Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Record
1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
4  Hong Kong — 7–10 5–11 6–11 6–9 2–10 1–9 0–6
1  Japan 10–7 11–5 — 11–3 7–2 9–5 6–8 5–1
3  Kazakhstan 11–6 9–6 3–11 2–7 — 2–12 4–9 2–4
2  South Korea 10–2 9–1 5–9 8–6 12–2 9–4 — 5–1

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Alma-Ata Time (UTC+06:00).[4]

Draw 1

Sunday, November 7, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Yoshimura) 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 2 0 X 10
 Hong Kong (Hung) (has hammer) 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 7

Draw 2

Sunday, November 7, 14:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Kazakhstan (Ebauyer) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 2
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 4 1 2 4 1 X X X 12

Draw 3

Sunday, November 7, 19:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Yoshimura) (has hammer) 1 2 0 4 1 0 3 X X X 11
 Kazakhstan (Ebauyer) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X X 3

Draw 4

Monday, November 8, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Yoshimura) 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 X 9
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 5

Draw 5

Monday, November 8, 14:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Hung) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 6
 Kazakhstan (Ebauyer) 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 2 2 X 11

Draw 7

Tuesday, November 9, 9:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 X X 10
 Hong Kong (Hung) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2

Draw 9

Tuesday, November 9, 19:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 8
 Japan (Yoshimura) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6

Draw 11

Wednesday, November 10, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Hung) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 X X 5
 Japan (Yoshimura) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 4 X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 X X 9
 Kazakhstan (Ebauyer) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4

Draw 12

Wednesday, November 10, 19:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Kazakhstan (Ebauyer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X X X 2
 Japan (Yoshimura) (has hammer) 3 1 0 2 1 0 X X X X 7

Draw 13

Thursday, November 11, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Kazakhstan (Ebauyer) 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 X 9
 Hong Kong (Hung) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 X 6

Draw 15

Thursday, November 11, 19:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Hung) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 2 2 1 3 0 X X X X 9

Playoffs

Semifinal Gold medal game
1  Japan 6
2  South Korea 10 2  South Korea 5
3  Kazakhstan 2

Semifinals

Saturday, November 13, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 2 X X 10
 Kazakhstan (Ebauyer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2

Gold medal game

Saturday, November 13, 14:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Yoshimura) (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 6
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 5

Final standings

Key
Team Advances to the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship
Team Advances to the 2022 World Qualification Event
Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kazakhstan
4  Hong Kong

References

  1. ^ "Almaty, Kazakhstan, to host the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2021". World Curling Federation. August 12, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "Event Info". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Schedule". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 13, 2021.