2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships


The 2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships were held from November 18 to 25 at the Naseby Curling Club in Naseby, New Zealand. The championships acted as the Pacific zone qualifiers for the World Curling Championships. The top two women's berths, China and Japan, qualified for the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship in Riga, Latvia, while the top two men's berths, China and Japan, qualified for the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia.

Competition format

This edition of the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships will have a different competition format from previous Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, per World Curling Federation regulations. The men's tournament will have seven teams competing in a single round robin format, while the women's tournament will have six teams competing in a double round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin tournaments, the top four men's and women's teams will play in the semifinals. The semifinal rounds will be best-of-three games for the men and best-of-five games for the women. For the men's semifinals, the game that the teams played in the round robin will be counted as the first game in the best-of-three series, while for the women's semifinals, the two games that the teams played in the round robin will be counted as the first and second games in the best-of-five series. The medal round, as in previous years, will consist of single games.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
Fourth: Ian Palangio
Skip: Hugh Millikin
Second: Sean Hall
Lead: Stephen Johns
Alternate: Angus Young
Skip: Liu Rui
Third: Xu Xiaoming
Second: Zang Jialiang
Lead: Ba Dexin
Alternate: Zou Dejia
Skip: Randolph Shen
Third: Brendon Liu
Second: Nicholas Hsu
Lead: Justin Hsu
Alternate: Steve Koo
Skip: Yusuke Morozumi
Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Second: Tetsuro Shimizu
Lead: Kosuke Morozumi
Alternate: Yoshiro Shimizu
Fourth: Alexandr Orlov
Skip: Viktor Kim
Second: Daniel Alex Kim
Lead: Ilya Kuznetsov
Alternate: Marat Smailov
Skip: Peter de Boer
Third: Sean Becker
Second: Scott Becker
Lead: Kenny Thomson
Alternate: Philip Dowling
Skip: Kim Chang-min
Third: Kim Min-chan
Second: Seong Se-hyeon
Lead: Seo Young-seon
Alternate: Oh Eun-su

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings
CountrySkipWL
Liu Rui51
Kim Chang-min51
Yusuke Morozumi42
Hugh Millikin42
Randolph Shen24
Peter de Boer15
Viktor Kim06

Round Robin Results

All draw times listed in New Zealand Standard Time.

Draw 2

Sunday, November 18, 14:00

Draw 5

Monday, November 19, 14:00

Draw 7

Tuesday, November 20, 9:30

Draw 9

Tuesday, November 20, 19:00

Draw 11

Wednesday, November 21, 14:00

Draw 14

Thursday, November 22, 14:00

Draw 16

Friday, November 23, 9:30

Playoffs

Semifinals

Game 2
Saturday, November 24, 9:00
Game 3
Saturday, November 24, 14:00

Bronze Medal Game

Sunday, November 25, 14:00

Gold Medal Game

Sunday, November 25, 14:00

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
Fourth: Laurie Weeden
Skip: Kim Forge
Second: Lyn Gill
Lead: Blair Murray
Skip: Wang Bingyu
Third: Liu Yin
Second: Yue Qingshuang
Lead: Zhou Yan
Alternate: Liu Jinli
Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa
Third: Miyo Ichikawa
Second: Emi Shimizu
Lead: Chiaki Matsumura
Alternate: Miyuki Satoh
Skip: Olga Ten
Third: Olga Zaitseva
Second: Nadira Yunussova
Lead: Marina Pestryakova
Alternate: Jane Olga Kim
Skip: Bridget Becker
Third: Brydie Donald
Second: Marisa Jones
Lead: Kelsi Heath
Alternate: Thivya Jeyaranjan
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
CountrySkipWL
Wang Bingyu91
Kim Eun-jung82
Satsuki Fujisawa64
Kim Forge37
Bridget Becker37
Olga Ten19

Round Robin Results

All draw times listed in New Zealand Standard Time.

Draw 1

Sunday, November 18, 9:30

Draw 3

Sunday, November 18, 19:00

Draw 4

Monday, November 19, 9:30
Game forfeited by Kazakhstan due to time expiry. Kazakhstan had been leading 9–7 at the time.

Draw 6

Monday, November 19, 19:00

Draw 8

Tuesday, November 20, 14:00

Draw 10

Wednesday, November 21, 9:30

Draw 12

Wednesday, November 21, 19:00

Draw 13

Thursday, November 22, 9:30

Draw 15

Thursday, November 22, 19:00

Draw 17

Friday, November 23, 14:00

Tiebreaker

Friday, November 23, 18:30

Playoffs

Semifinals

Game 3
Saturday, November 24, 9:00
Game 4
Saturday, November 24, 14:00

Bronze Medal Game

Sunday, November 25, 9:30

Gold Medal Game

Sunday, November 25, 9:30