2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
Host cityGangneung, South Korea
ArenaGangneung Curling Centre
DatesNovember 3–10
Men's winner Japan
SkipYuta Matsumura
ThirdTetsuro Shimizu
SecondYasumasa Tanida
LeadShinya Abe
AlternateKosuke Aita
CoachBob Ursel
Finalist China (Zou)
Women's winner South Korea
SkipKim Min-ji
ThirdKim Hye-rin
SecondYang Tae-i
LeadKim Su-jin
CoachLee Sung-jun
Finalist Japan (Fujisawa)
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The 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships were held from November 3 to 10 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea. The top two men's and women's teams qualified for the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship and 2019 World Women's Curling Championship respectively. The third and fourth-placed teams qualified for the World Qualification Event, a chance to qualify for the World Curling Championships.[1]

Men

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Teams

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 Australia[2]  China  Hong Kong  Japan  Kazakhstan

Fourth: Dean Hewitt
Skip: Jay Merchant
Second: Dustin Armstrong
Lead: Steve Johns

Skip: Zou Qiang
Third: Wang Zhiyu
Second: Xu Jingtao
Lead: Shao Zhilin
Alternate: Jiang Dongxu

Skip: Jason Chang
Third: Derek Leung
Second: Justin Chen
Lead: Martin Yan
Alternate: Teddie Leung

Skip: Yuta Matsumura
Third: Tetsuro Shimizu
Second: Yasumasa Tanida
Lead: Shinya Abe
Alternate: Kosuke Aita

Fourth: Abylaikhan Zhuzbay
Skip: Viktor Kim
Second: Roman Kazimirchik
Lead: Muzdybay Kudaibergenov
Alternate: Azizbek Nadirbayev

 South Korea  New Zealand  Qatar  Chinese Taipei

Skip: Kim Soo-hyuk
Third: Jeong Byeong-jin
Second: Lee Jeong-jae
Lead: Lee Dong-hyeong
Alternate: Hwang Hyeon-jun

Skip: Scott Becker
Third: Simon Neilson
Second: Anton Hood
Lead: Warren Dobson
Alternate: Peter Becker

Skip: Nassar Alyafei
Third: Ahmed Al-Fahad
Second: Abdulrahman Ali-Mohsen
Lead: Abdulrahman Alyafei
Alternate: Salim Ali

Skip: Randolph Shen
Third: Nicholas Hsu
Second: Brendon Liu
Lead: Ting-Li Lin
Alternate: Henry Cheng

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Round-robin standings

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Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L
 China Zou Qiang 8 0
 Japan Yuta Matsumura 7 1
 New Zealand Scott Becker 5 3
 South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 5 3
 Chinese Taipei Randolph Shen 4 4
 Hong Kong Jason Chang 3 5
 Australia Jay Merchant 2 6
 Kazakhstan Viktor Kim 2 6
 Qatar Nassar Alyafei 0 8

Round-robin results

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All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09).

Draw 1

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Saturday, November 3, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (S. Kim) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 6
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 4
 Hong Kong (Chang) (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Shen) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 X 10
 Qatar (Alyafei) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 7
 Australia (Merchant) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3

Draw 2

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Sunday, November 4, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
 Australia (Merchant) (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 4 2 3 X X X 12
 New Zealand (Becker) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Chang) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Qatar (Alyafei) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
 South Korea (S. Kim) (has hammer) 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 X X 11

Draw 4

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Sunday, November 4, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Qatar (Alyafei) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
 Hong Kong (Chang) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 5 X X 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (S. Kim) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 X 7
 Australia (Merchant) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Zealand (Becker) 2 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 4 X 14
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Shen) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 X X X 9

Draw 6

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Monday, November 5, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Zealand (Becker) (has hammer) 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 X 8
 Qatar (Alyafei) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Chang) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 X 6
 South Korea (S. Kim) 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 4 X X 12
 Chinese Taipei (Shen) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 9
 Japan (Matsumura) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 5

Draw 8

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Tuesday, November 6, 08:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Shen) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 4
 South Korea (S. Kim) 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 2 X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 4 X X 9
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Qatar (Alyafei) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 3 1 2 0 4 0 5 X X X 15
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Merchant) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
 New Zealand (Becker) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4

Draw 10

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Tuesday, November 6, 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Merchant) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
 Chinese Taipei (Shen) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 X X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Qatar (Alyafei) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 4 0 2 0 2 4 1 X X X 13
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 8
 South Korea (S. Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Zealand (Becker) 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 X 10
 Hong Kong (Chang) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 6

Draw 12

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Wednesday, November 7, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 2 0 3 1 0 3 X X X X 9
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Merchant) (has hammer) 0 0 3 3 3 0 4 X X X 13
 Qatar (Alyafei) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (S. Kim) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6
 New Zealand (Becker) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Chang) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
 Chinese Taipei (Shen) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 X 8

Draw 14

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Wednesday, November 7, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 8
 New Zealand (Becker) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Shen) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Merchant) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
 Hong Kong (Chang) (has hammer) 1 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (S. Kim) (has hammer) 2 0 3 1 3 0 4 1 1 X 15
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3

Draw 16

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Thursday, November 8, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Chang) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X X 2
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 3 1 0 2 6 1 0 X X X 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Zealand (Becker) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
 Chinese Taipei (Shen) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 8
 Australia (Merchant) 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Kazakhstan (V. Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 4 X X 11
 Qatar (Alyafei) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2

Playoffs

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Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  China 9
4  South Korea 6
1  China 7
2  Japan 9
2  Japan 8
3  New Zealand 3
Bronze medal game
   
4  South Korea 9
3  New Zealand 8

Semifinals

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Friday, November 9, 09:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 X 8
 New Zealand (Becker) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3

Friday, November 9, 19:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (S. Kim) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 X 6
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 X 9

Bronze medal game

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Saturday, November 10, 08:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (S. Kim) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 9
 New Zealand (Becker) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 8

Gold medal game

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Saturday, November 10, 16:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 9
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 7

Women

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Teams

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 Australia  China  Hong Kong  Japan

Skip: Tahli Gill
Third: Laurie Weeden
Second: Lynette Gill
Lead: Kirby Gill
Alternate: Jayna Gill

Fourth: Jiang Yilun
Skip: Liu Sijia
Second: Dong Ziqi
Lead: Jiang Xindi
Alternate: Wang Rui

Skip: Ling-Yue Hung
Third: Julie Morrison
Second: Ada Shang
Lead: Ashura Wong
Alternate: Grace Bugg

Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa
Third: Chinami Yoshida
Second: Yumi Suzuki
Lead: Yurika Yoshida
Alternate: Kotomi Ishizaki

 Kazakhstan  South Korea  Qatar

Skip: Sitora Alliyarova
Third: Anastassiya Spirikova
Second: Angelina Ebauyer
Lead: Regina Ebauyer
Alternate: Yekaterina Kolykhalova

Skip: Kim Min-ji
Third: Kim Hye-rin
Second: Yang Tae-i
Lead: Kim Su-jin

Skip: Mabarka Al-Abdulla
Third: Lara Shaikhahmed
Second: Sara Al-Qaet
Lead: Amna Al-Qaet

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Round-robin standings

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Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 6 0
 China Jiang Yilun 5 1
 South Korea Kim Min-ji 4 2
 Hong Kong Ling-Yue Hung 2 4
 Australia Tahli Gill 2 4
 Kazakhstan Sitora Alliyarova 2 4
 Qatar Mabarka Al-Abdulla 0 6

Round-robin results

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All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09).

Draw 3

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Sunday, November 4, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 China (Jiang) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Qatar (Al-Abdulla) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2
 Hong Kong (Hung) (has hammer) 2 2 4 1 0 3 1 3 0 X 16
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) (has hammer) 5 5 4 1 4 1 X X X X 20
 Australia (Gill) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0

Draw 5

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Monday, November 5, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) (has hammer) 0 6 0 0 4 3 X X X X 13
 Kazakhstan (Alliyarova) 1 0 1 1 0 0 X X X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Qatar (Al-Abdulla) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
 China (Jiang) (has hammer) 4 4 2 3 1 1 6 4 X X 25
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 X 9
 Australia (Gill) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3

Draw 7

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Monday, November 5, 19:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Jiang) 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 X X X 9
 Kazakhstan (Alliyarova) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Hung) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X X 2
 Japan (Fujisawa) 3 0 3 1 3 0 2 X X X 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 2 2 4 1 4 3 X X X X 16
 Qatar (Al-Abdulla) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0

Draw 9

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Tuesday, November 6, 12:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Hung) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 3
 China (Jiang) (has hammer) 3 0 2 1 0 1 5 X X X 12
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Gill) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 2 11
 Qatar (Al-Abdulla) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Kazakhstan (Alliyarova) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X X 4
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 3 0 3 0 5 1 0 X X 12

Draw 11

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Tuesday, November 6, 20:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Qatar (Al-Abdulla) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1
 Japan (Fujisawa) (has hammer) 3 0 5 4 2 5 X X X X 19
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Gill) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1
 China (Jiang) (has hammer) 3 2 2 2 3 0 X X X X 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hong Kong (Hung) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
 Kazakhstan (Alliyarova) 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 9

Draw 13

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Wednesday, November 7, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Kazakhstan (Alliyarova) (has hammer) 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 8
 Australia (Gill) 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 X 8
 Hong Kong (Hung) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 China (Jiang) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 7
 Japan (Fujisawa) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 8

Draw 15

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Thursday, November 8, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Gill) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 5
 Hong Kong (Hung) 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) (has hammer) 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 X 7
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Kazakhstan (Alliyarova) (has hammer) 1 4 3 1 0 2 X X X X 11
 Qatar (Al-Abdulla) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X 1

Playoffs

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Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  Japan 13
4  Hong Kong 3
1  Japan 8
3  South Korea 12
2  China 4
3  South Korea 7
Bronze medal game
   
4  Hong Kong 3
2  China 8

Semifinals

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Thursday, November 8, 19:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 X 7
 China (Jiang) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 4

Friday, November 9, 14:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) (has hammer) 2 4 1 0 2 2 2 0 X X 13
 Hong Kong (Hung) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 X X 3

Bronze medal game

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Saturday, November 10, 08:30

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

Gold medal game

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Saturday, November 10, 12:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 8
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 12

References

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  1. ^ "Curling returns to 2018 Olympic Winter Games venue". World Curling Federation. June 19, 2018. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Extended_Team_List_by_Country.pdf
  3. ^ a b "Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
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