2001 Pacific Curling Championships | |
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Host city | Jeonju, South Korea |
Arena | Jeonju Indoor Ice Rink |
Dates | November 6–10 |
Men's winner | Japan |
Curling club | Miyota CC |
Skip | Hiroaki Kashiwagi |
Third | Kazuto Yanagizawa |
Second | Jun Nakayama |
Lead | Keita Yanagizawa |
Alternate | Takanori Ichimura |
Finalist | New Zealand (Sean Becker) |
Women's winner | South Korea |
Curling club | Seoul CC |
Skip | Kim Mi-yeon |
Third | Lee Hyun-jung |
Second | Shin Mi-sung |
Lead | Park Ji-hyun |
Coach | Elaine Dagg-Jackson |
Finalist | Japan (Akiko Katoh) |
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The 2001 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 6 to 10 at the Jeonju Indoor Ice Rink in Jeonju, South Korea.
Japan's Hiroaki Kashiwagi won the men's event over New Zealand's Sean Becker (it was the second Pacific title for the Japanese men's team and the first title for skip Hiroaki Kashiwagi). On the women's side, South Korea's Kim Mi-yeon defeated Japan's Akiko Katoh in the final (it was the first Pacific title for the South Korean women).
By virtue of winning, the Japanese men's team and the South Korean women's team qualified for the 2002 World Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States.
It was the first appearance at the Pacific championships for the men's and women's teams of Chinese Taipei.