2011 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships Explained

2011 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
Host City:Nanjing, China
Arena:Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
Dates:November 19–26
Men's Winner:
Curling Club:Harbin CC, Harbin
Skip:Liu Rui
Third:Xu Xiaoming
Second:Ba Dexin
Lead:Chen Lu'an
Alternate:Zang Jialiang
Coach:Lorne Hamblin
Finalist: (Peter de Boer)
Women's Winner:
Curling Club2:Harbin CC, Harbin
Skip2:Wang Bingyu
Third2:Sun Yue
Second2:Yue Qingshuang
Lead2:Zhou Yan
Alternate2:Liu Jinli
Coach2:Zhang Wei
Finalist2: (Kim Ji-sun)

The 2011 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships were held from November 19 to 26 at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in Nanjing, China. The Pacific Championships acted as the Pacific Zone qualifiers for the 2012 World Curling Championships. The top two women's berths (China and Korea) qualified for the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta, while the top two men's berths (China and New Zealand) qualified for the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland.

Men

Teams

Skip: Hugh Millikin
Third: Wyatt Buck
Second: Matthew Panoussi
Lead: Vaughan Rosier
Coach: Gwyn Buck
Skip: Liu Rui
Third: Xu Xiaoming
Second: Ba Dexin
Lead: Chen Lu'an
Alternate: Zang Jialiang
Coach: Lorne Hamblin
Skip: Randolph Shen
Third: Brendon Liu
Second: Nicholas Hsu
Lead: Justin Hsu
Alternate: Steve Koo
Coach: Greg Monkman
Skip: Makoto Tsuruga
Third: Yuki Sawamukai
Second: Yusaku Shibaya
Lead: Ryosuke Haneishi
Alternate: Taichi Teramachi
Coaches: Hitoshi Matsudaira,
Shinya Abe
Skip: Kim Chang-min
Third: Kim Min-chan
Second: Seong Se-hyeon
Lead: Seo Young-seon
Alternate: Oh Eun-su
Coach: Kim Kyung-doo
Skip: Peter de Boer
Third: Sean Becker
Second: Scott Becker
Lead: Kenny Thomson
Alternate: Phil Dowling
Coach: Peter Becker

Round Robin Standings

CountrySkipWL
9 1
7 3
5 5
5 5
3 7
1 9

Round Robin Results

Draw 1

Saturday, November 19, 14:30

Draw 2

Sunday, November 20, 10:00

Draw 3

Sunday, November 20, 19:00

Draw 4

Monday, November 21, 10:00

Draw 5

Monday, November 21, 19:00

Draw 6

Tuesday, November 22, 10:00

Draw 7

Tuesday, November 22, 19:00

Draw 8

Wednesday, November 23, 10:00

Draw 9

Wednesday, November 23, 19:00

Draw 10

Thursday, November 24, 14:30

Playoffs

Note: First two games of semifinals best-of-five are taken from round-robin games.

Semifinals

Game 3

Friday, November 25, 9:00

Game 4

Friday, November 25, 14:00

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, November 26, 12:00

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, November 26, 12:00

Women

Round Robin Standings

CountrySkipWL
5 1
5 1
2 4
0 6

Round Robin Results

Draw 1

Saturday, November 19, 19:00

Draw 2

Sunday, November 20, 14:30

Draw 3

Monday, November 21, 14:30

Draw 4

Tuesday, November 22, 14:30

Draw 5

Wednesday, November 23, 10:00

Draw 6

Thursday, November 24, 10:00

Playoffs

Note: First two games of semifinals best-of-five are taken from round-robin games.

Semifinals

Game 3

Friday, November 25, 9:00

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, November 26, 12:00

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, November 26, 12:00

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