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 StandingsCountry | Skip | W | L |
Liu Rui | 5 | 1 | |
Kim Chang-min | 5 | 1 | |
Yusuke Morozumi | 4 | 2 | |
Hugh Millikin | 4 | 2 | |
Randolph Shen | 2 | 4 | |
Peter de Boer | 1 | 5 | |
Viktor Kim | 0 | 6 |
Round Robin Results
All draw times listed in New Zealand Standard Time.Draw 2
Sunday, November 18, 14:00Draw 5
Monday, November 19, 14:00Draw 7
Tuesday, November 20, 9:30Draw 9
Tuesday, November 20, 19:00Draw 11
Wednesday, November 21, 14:00Draw 14
Thursday, November 22, 14:00Draw 16
Friday, November 23, 9:30Playoffs
Semifinals
Game 2
Saturday, November 24, 9:00Game 3
Saturday, November 24, 14:00Bronze Medal Game
Sunday, November 25, 14:00Gold Medal Game
Sunday, November 25, 14:00Women
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 StandingsCountry | Skip | W | L |
Wang Bingyu | 9 | 1 | |
Kim Eun-jung | 8 | 2 | |
Satsuki Fujisawa | 6 | 4 | |
Kim Forge | 3 | 7 | |
Bridget Becker | 3 | 7 | |
Olga Ten | 1 | 9 |
Round Robin Results
All draw times listed in New Zealand Standard Time.Draw 1
Sunday, November 18, 9:30Draw 3
Sunday, November 18, 19:00Draw 4
Monday, November 19, 9:30Game forfeited by Kazakhstan due to time expiry. Kazakhstan had been leading 9–7 at the time.