| 2023 Korean Curling Championships | |
| Host City: | Gangneung, South Korea |
| Arena: | Gangneung Curling Centre |
| Dates: | June 22–30 |
| Men's Winner: | Gangwon Province |
| Curling Club: | Gangneung CC, Gangneung |
| Skip: | Park Jong-duk |
| Third: | Jeong Yeong-seok |
| Second: | Oh Seung-hoon |
| Lead: | Seong Ji-hoon |
| Coach: | Lee Ye-jun |
| Finalist: | Seoul City Hall (Jeong) |
| Women's Winner: | Gyeonggi Province |
| Curling Club2: | Uijeongbu CC, Uijeongbu |
| Skip2: | Gim Eun-ji |
| Third2: | Kim Min-ji |
| Second2: | Kim Su-ji |
| Lead2: | Seol Ye-eun |
| Alternate2: | Seol Ye-ji |
| Coach2: | Shin Dong-ho |
| Finalist2: | Gangneung City Hall (Kim) |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The 2023 Korean Curling Championships, Korea's national curling championships, were held from June 22 to 30 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea.[1] The winning teams on both the men's and women's sides became the Korean National Teams for the 2023–24 curling season. They represented Korea at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships and later the 2024 World Curling Championships. The championship was held in three rounds.[2]
The men's event was headed by 2022 national champions Seoul City Hall, skipped by Jeong Byeong-jin. During their time as the national team, Seoul City Hall led Korea to a silver medal at the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships as well as successful results on tour at the 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic and the Belgium Men's Challenger.[3] At the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship, they had a disappointing twelfth-place finish with a 1–11 record. Expected challengers for the 2023 national title were Gyeongbuk Sports Council (Kim Soo-hyuk), Gangwon Province (Park Jong-duk), and Uiseong-gun Office (Lee Jae-beom).
On the women's side, there were three teams separated from the rest of the pact, Chuncheon City Hall (Ha Seung-youn), Gyeonggi Province (Gim Eun-ji) and Gangneung City Hall (Kim Eun-jung). In 2022, Ha's Chuncheon City Hall rink upset both Gyeonggi and Gangneung to become the national team. During their reign, they claimed silver at the Pan Continental Curling Championships and finished ninth at the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship with a 5–7 record.[4] They also won silver at the 2023 Winter World University Games.[5] On tour, Chuncheon City Hall won the US Open of Curling and lost in the final of the S3 Group Curling Stadium Series. Gyeonggi Province entered the national championship as the fifth ranked team in the world after a breakthrough 2022–23 season while Gangneung City Hall were looking to reclaim the national title they last won in 2021.
The teams are listed as follows:[2] [6]
| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bongmyeong High School | Cheongju | ||||||
| Chuncheon Motors | Woo Song-jun | Chuncheon | |||||
| Gangwon Province | Gangwon | ||||||
| Gyeongbuk Sports Council | Uiseong | ||||||
| Seoul | |||||||
| Uiseong-gun Office | Kim Hyo-jun | Uiseong |
The first round of the championship was held from June 22 to 26. The top four teams overall advanced to the second round.
Final Round Robin Standings
| width=200 | Team | width=120 | Skip | width=20 | width=20 | width=30 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gangwon Province | 5 | 0 | – | 39 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | – | 43 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Gyeongbuk Sports Council | 3 | 2 | – | 32 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Bongmyeong High School | 2 | 3 | – | 25 | 42 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Uiseong-gun Office | 1 | 4 | – | 25 | 31 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Chuncheon Motors | 0 | 5 | – | 20 | 45 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 2 |
All draws are listed in Korea Standard Time .[2]
Thursday, June 22, 2:00 pm
Friday, June 23, 9:00 am
Saturday, June 24, 2:00 pm
Sunday, June 25, 9:00 am
Monday, June 26, 2:00 pm
The second round of the championship was held from June 27 to 28. The top two teams advanced to the best-of-five final round.
Final Round Robin Standings
| width=230 | Team | width=120 | Skip | width=20 | width=20 | width=30 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gangwon Province | 3 | 0 | – | 26 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | – | 18 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Gyeongbuk Sports Council | 1 | 2 | – | 21 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bongmyeong High School | 0 | 3 | – | 10 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
All draws are listed in Korea Standard Time .[2]
Tuesday, June 27, 9:00 am
Tuesday, June 27, 7:00 pm
Wednesday, June 28, 2:00 pm
The third round of the championship was held from June 29 to 30. The teams' head-to-head games in rounds one and two were counted towards their best-of-five score.
Thursday, June 29, 6:00 pm
| Place | Team | Skip | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gangwon Province | Park Jong-duk | ||
| Jeong Byeong-jin | |||
| Gyeongbuk Sports Council | Kim Soo-hyuk | ||
| 4 | Bongmyeong High School | Moon Hyeon | |
| 5 | Uiseong-gun Office | Lee Jae-beom | |
| 6 | Chuncheon Motors | Kim Hak-jun |
The teams are listed as follows:[2] [7]
| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bongmyeong High School | Yoon Ji-min | Cheongju | |||||
| Chuncheon City Hall | Chuncheon | ||||||
| Gangneung City Hall | Kim Yeong-mi | Gangneung | |||||
| Gyeongbuk Association | Uiseong | ||||||
| Gyeonggi Province | Seol Ye-ji | Uijeongbu | |||||
| Jeonbuk Province | Jeonbuk | ||||||
| Seoul | |||||||
| Songhyun High School | Hwang Ye-ji | Uijeongbu | |||||
| Uiseong County Office | Uiseong |
The first round of the championship was held from June 22 to 27. The top four teams overall advanced to the second round.
Final Round Robin Standings
| width=190 | Team | width=120 | Skip | width=20 | width=20 | width=30 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyeonggi Province | 8 | 0 | – | 54 | 31 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 31.7 | |||||||||||||
| Chuncheon City Hall | 6 | 2 | 1–0 | 61 | 38 | 32 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 25.4 | |||||||||||||
| Gangneung City Hall | 6 | 2 | 0–1 | 63 | 33 | 34 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 20.7 | |||||||||||||
| Gyeongbuk Association | 4 | 4 | – | 49 | 45 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 50.5 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 1–0 | 44 | 53 | 31 | 35 | 5 | 10 | 52.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeonbuk Province | 3 | 5 | 0–1 | 39 | 64 | 29 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 53.8 | |||||||||||||
| Uiseong County Office | 2 | 6 | 1–1 | 42 | 57 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 37.9 | |||||||||||||
| Bongmyeong High School | 2 | 6 | 1–1 | 45 | 54 | 29 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 40.8 | |||||||||||||
| Songhyun High School | 2 | 6 | 1–1 | 40 | 62 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 9 | 42.4 |
All draws are listed in Korea Standard Time .[2]
Thursday, June 22, 9:00 am
Thursday, June 22, 7:00 pm
Friday, June 23, 2:00 pm
Saturday, June 24, 9:00 am
Saturday, June 24, 7:00 pm
Sunday, June 25, 2:00 pm
Monday, June 26, 9:00 am
Monday, June 26, 7:00 pm
Tuesday, June 27, 2:00 pm
The second round of the championship was held from June 28 to 29. The top two teams advanced to the best-of-five final round.
Final Round Robin Standings
| width=230 | Team | width=120 | Skip | width=20 | width=20 | width=30 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyeonggi Province | 3 | 0 | – | 22 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Gangneung City Hall | 2 | 1 | – | 21 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Chuncheon City Hall | 1 | 2 | – | 18 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Gyeongbuk Association | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
All draws are listed in Korea Standard Time .[2]
Wednesday, June 28, 9:00 am
Wednesday, June 28, 7:00 pm
Thursday, June 29, 11:00 am
The third round of the championship was held from June 29 to 30. The teams' head-to-head games in rounds one and two were counted towards their best-of-five score.
Thursday, June 29, 6:00 pm
Friday, June 30, 11:00 am
| Place | Team | Skip | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gyeonggi Province | Gim Eun-ji | ||
| Gangneung City Hall | Kim Eun-jung | ||
| Chuncheon City Hall | Ha Seung-youn | ||
| 4 | Gyeongbuk Association | Kim Min-seo | |
| 5 | Park Yu-bin | ||
| 6 | Jeonbuk Province | Kim Ji-soo | |
| 7 | Uiseong County Office | Jeong Min-jae | |
| 8 | Bongmyeong High School | Park Seo-jin | |
| 9 | Songhyun High School | Kang Bo-bae |