2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships - Japan men win Gold

Japan has won the men's 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 

They defeated China 5-3.

Fourth: Yusuke Morozumi, Third: Tetsuro Shimizu, 

Second: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Lead: Kosuke Morozumi, 

Alternate: Koshuke Hirata and Coach: Hatomi Nagaoka

In the Bronze Medal Game South Korea defeated Chinese Taipei 8-6.

Japan and China will compete at the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship 

2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships - South Korea women win Gold

South Korea has won the women's 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 

They defeated China 5-3

Fourth:Eunjung Kim, Third:Kyeong-Ae Kim, 

Second: Seonyeong Kim, Lead: Yeongmi Kim,

Alternate: Chohi Kim and Coach: Minjung Kim

In the Bronze Medal Game Japan defeated New Zealand 10-3.

South Korea will join China at the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship

2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships - Men's Medal Games are set

The men's playoffs at the  2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships continue.

Men

Semifinals - Friday, November 11, 19:00

#1 South Korea (S. Kim) lost to Japan (Morozumi) 6-5. Japan advances to the Gold Medal Game. South Korea advances to the Bronze Medal Game.

#2 China (Rui) defeated Chinese Taipei (Shen) 11-5. China advances to the Gold Medal Game. Chinese Taipei advances to the Bronze Medal Game.

Bronze Medal Game - Saturday, November 12, 14:00

South Korea (S. Kim) plays Chinese Taipei (Shen)

Gold Medal Game - Saturday, November 12, 14:00

Japan (Morozumi) plays China (Rui)

The top two teams from the men's tournament will qualify for the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship 

2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships - Women's Medal Games are set

The women's playoffs at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships continue.

Semifinals - Results

#1 South Korea (Kim) defeated New Zealand (Jeyaranjan) 12-4. South Korea advances to the Gold Medal Game. New Zealand advances to the Bronze Medal Game.

#2 China (Wang) defeated Japan (Fujisawa) 6-3. China advances to the Gold Medal Game. Japan advances to the Bronze Medal Game.

Bronze Medal Game - Saturday, November 12, 9:00

New Zealand (Jeyaranjan) plays Japan (Fujisawa)

Gold Medal Game - Saturday, November 12, 9:00

South Korea (Kim) plays China (Wang)

The top finisher will join China at the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship

2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships - Playoffs are set

The playoffs at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships are set.

Men

Semifinals - Friday, November 11, 19:00

#1 South Korea (S. Kim) vs. Japan (Morozumi). The winner advances to the Gold Medal Game. The loser advances to the Bronze Medal Game.

#2 China (Rui) vs. Chinese Taipei (Shen). The winner advances to the Gold Medal Game. The loser advances to the Bronze Medal Game.

Bronze Medal Game - Saturday, November 12, 14:00

The loser of Semifinal #1 plays the loser of Semifinal #2.

Gold Medal Game - Saturday, November 12, 14:00

The winner of Semifinal #1 plays the winner of Semifinal #2.

The top two teams from the men's tournament will qualify for the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship 

Women

Semifinals - Friday, November 11, 14:00

#1 South Korea (Kim) vs. New Zealand (Jeyaranjan) . The winner advances to the Gold Medal Game. The loser advances to the Bronze Medal Game.

#2 China (Wang) vs. Japan (Fujisawa). The winner advances to the Gold Medal Game. The loser advances to the Bronze Medal Game.

Bronze Medal Game - Saturday, November 12, 9:00

The loser of Semifinal #1 plays the loser of Semifinal #2.

Gold Medal Game - Saturday, November 12, 9:00

The winner of Semifinal #1 plays the winner of Semifinal #2.

The top finisher will join China at the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship

2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships - Draw

Here is the draw for the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships taking place in Uiseong, South Korea, Nov. 6–12.

Date	Draw	Time	Sheet A	Sheet B	Sheet C	Sheet D
Sat. Nov 5	M1	5:30 PM	NZL v TPE	KOR v HKG	KAZ v CHN	QAT v JPN
Sun. Nov 6	M2	9:00 AM	TPE v KOR	NZL v QAT	HKG v JPN	CHN v AUS
	w1	2:00 PM	qat v jpn	chn v kor	aus v kaz	hkg v nzl
	M3	7:00 PM	JPN v AUS	KAZ v TPE	KOR v QAT	NZL v HKG
Mon. Nov 7	w2	9:00 AM	kor v hkg	kaz v qat	nzl v jpn	chn v aus
	M4	2:00 PM	QAT v HKG	CHN v JPN	AUS v TPE	KAZ v KOR
	w3	7:00 PM	aus v kor	qat v nzl	hkg v chn	jpn v kaz
Tue. Nov 8	M5	9:00 AM	KOR v CHN	HKG v AUS	NZL v KAZ	TPE v QAT
	w4	2:00 PM	chn v kaz	hkg v jpn	qat v aus	nzl v kor
	M6	7:00 PM	AUS v NZL	QAT v KAZ	JPN v KOR	HKG v CHN
Wed. Nov 9	w5	9:00 AM	hkg v qat	kor v kaz	chn v nzl	aus v jpn
	M7	2:00 PM	KAZ v JPN	TPE v CHN	QAT v AUS	KOR v NZL
	w6	7:00 PM	jpn v chn	nzl v aus	kor v qat	kaz v hkg
Thu. Nov 10	M8	9:00 AM	CHN v QAT	JPN v NZL	TPE v HKG	AUS v KAZ
	w7	2:00 PM	kaz v nzl	aus v hkg	jpn v kor	qat v chn
	M9	7:00 PM	HKG v KAZ	AUS v KOR	CHN v NZL	JPN v TPE
Fri. Nov 11	M/w	7:00 PM	Tie-breaker Games (if required)
	w	2:00 PM	Women's Semi-finals (1 v 4 and 2 v 3)
	M	7:00 PM	Men's Semi-finals (1 v 4 and 2 v 3)
Sat. Nov 12	w	9:00 AM	Women's Gold and Bronze Medal Games
	M	2:00 PM	Men's Gold and Bronze Medal Games

2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships - Women's Teams

Here are the women's team competing at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships taking place in Uiseong, South Korea, Nov. 6–12.

Australia

Fourth - Jennifer Westhagen 

Third - Lauren Wagner 

Second - Kristen Tsourlenes

Lead - Stephanie Barr

Alternate - Anne Powell

Coach - Mathew Panoussi

China

Fourth - Bingyu Wang

Third - Yan Zhou

Second - Jinli Liu

Lead - Ying Yang

Alternate - Jie Mei

Coach - Weidong Ta

Hong Kong

Fourth - Ling-Yue Hung

Third - Julie Morrison 

Second - Wing In Shang

Lead - Yuen Ting Wong

Coach - Rick Collins

Japan

Fourth - Satsuki Fujisawa

Third - Chinami Yoshida

Second - Yumi Suzuki

Lead - Yurika Yoshida

Alternate - Mari Motohashi

Coach - James Lind

Kazakhstan 

Fourth - Ramina Yunicheva 

Third - Anastassiya Surgay 

Second - Kamila Bakanova

Lead - Diana Torkina

Alternate - Sitora Alliyarova

Coach - Viktor Kim

Korea

Fourth - Kim Eunjung 

Third - Kim Kyeong-Ae 

Second - Kim Seonyeong

Lead - Kim Yeongmi

Alternate - Kim Chohi

Coach - Kim Minjung

New Zealand

Fourth - Thivya Jeyaranjan

Third - Chelsea Farley

Second - Emma Sutherland

Lead - Holly Thompson

Alternate - Elizabeth Matthews

Coach - Elizabeth Matthews

Qatar

Fourth - Mubarkah Al-Abdulla

Third - Kholoud Al-Moukdad

Second - Reham Al-Moukdad

Lead - Lara Chakh (Vice)

Coach - Lajos Belleli

2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships - Men's Teams

Here are the men's team competing at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships taking place in Uiseong, South Korea, Nov. 6–12.

Australia
Fourth - Ian Palangio
Third - Jay Merchant
Second - Dean Hewitt
Lead - Derek Smith
Coach - Archie Merchant

China 

Fourth - Rui Liu
Third - Xiaoming Xu
Second - Qiang Zou
Lead - Jialiang Zang
Alternate - Tianyu Zhang
Coach - Marcel Rocque

Hong Kong

Fourth - Jason Chang
Third - Derek Leung
Second - John Li
Lead - Teddie Leung
Alternate - Martin Yan
Coach - Rick Collins

Japan 

Fourth - Yusuke Morozumi
Third - Tetsuro Shimizu
Second - Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Lead - Kosuke Morozumi
Alternate - Koshuke Hirata
Coach - Hatomi Nagaoka

Kazakhstan 

Fourth - Viktor Kim
Third - Abylaikhan Zhuzbay
Second - Muzdybay Kudaibergenov
Lead - Dimitriy Garagul
Alternate - Renas Akhmad
Coach - Viktor Kim

Korea

Fourth - Kim Soo Hyuk
Third - Kim Tae Hwan
Second - Park Jong Duk
Lead - Nam Yoon Ho
Alternate -Yoo Min Hyeon
Coach - Yang Se Young

New Zealand

Fourth - Peter De Boer
Third - Sean Becker
Second - Scott Becker
Lead - Warren Dobson
Alternate - Anton Hood
Coach - Peter Becker

Qatar

Fourth - Abdulrahman Nabil
Third - Sadd Alfahd Ahmed
Second - Abdulaziz Almajed
Lead - Jaber Al-Othali
Alternate - Abdulrahman Mohamed Zain
Coach - Lajos Belleli

Chinese Taipei

Fourth - Randolph Shen
Third - Nicholas Hsu
Second - Brendon Liu
Lead - Ting-Li Lin
Alternate - Steve Koo
Coach - Greg Monkman