Korean Curling Championships Explained

Korean Curling Championships
Established:Men's: 2001
Women's: 2003
Current Host City:Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province
Current Arena:Uijeongbu Curling Stadium
Current Men's Champion: Uiseong-gun Office (Lee Jae-beom)
Current Women's Champion: Gyeonggi Province (Gim Eun-ji)
Current:2024 Korean Curling Championships

The Korean Curling Championships (branded as the KB Financial Korean Curling Championships from 2012 to 2022) are the annual Korean men's and women's curling championships, organized by the Korean Curling Federation (KCF). The winners of the championship qualify for the Korean National Team. Until 2022, they earned the right to represent South Korea at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (PACC) and the World Curling Championships if they reached qualification. Every four years, the winners also qualify to represent South Korea at the Winter Olympic Games if the country received a berth. The championship also qualifies the winners for the Asian Winter Games if it is held during the season they are the national team.

Starting in 2022, the winners of the championships qualified for the Pan Continental Curling Championships, which replaced the PACC.[1] If the team placed in the top five at the Pan-Continental, then they qualified for the upcoming World Championship.

The national championship is usually held in June or July, making it the first event of the new curling season.

Results

The earliest known results from the Korean Curling Championships are from 2011.

Women

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: World Curling Federation Members confirm new Pan-Continental Curling Championships. World Curling Federation. September 11, 2021. June 20, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2016 Korean Curling Championships – Men. CurlingZone. June 20, 2022.
  3. News: Korean curling team hopes to win medals - and attention. Korea JoongAng Daily. August 13, 2017. June 20, 2022.
  4. Web site: 2019 Korean Curling Championships – Men. CurlingZone. July 10, 2023.
  5. Web site: 2020 Korean Curling Championships – Men. CurlingZone. June 20, 2022.
  6. Web site: 2021 Korean Curling Championships – Men. CurlingZone. June 20, 2022.
  7. News: New Champions in Korea. The Curling News. Sports Illustrated. June 20, 2022. June 20, 2022.
  8. Web site: 2023 Korean Curling Championships – Men. CurlingZone. June 30, 2023.
  9. Web site: 2024 Korean Curling Championships – Men. CurlingZone. June 8, 2024.
  10. News: The curling Cinderella story must continue. Korea JoongAng Daily. March 27, 2012. June 20, 2022.
  11. News: Women's curling loses, but goes fighting. Korea JoongAng Daily. February 17, 2014. June 20, 2022.
  12. News: Sweeping away challenges, curlers regroup. Korea JoongAng Daily. May 6, 2015. June 20, 2022.
  13. Web site: 2016 Korean Curling Championships – Women. CurlingZone. June 20, 2022.
  14. News: Women's curling team now No. 2 in the world. Korea JoongAng Daily. March 28, 2019. June 20, 2022.
  15. Web site: 2019 Korean Curling Championships – Women. CurlingZone. July 10, 2023.
  16. Web site: 2020 Korean Curling Championships – Women. CurlingZone. June 20, 2022.
  17. Web site: 2021 Korean Curling Championships – Women. CurlingZone. June 20, 2022.
  18. Web site: 2023 Korean Curling Championships – Women. CurlingZone. June 30, 2023.
  19. Web site: 2024 Korean Curling Championships – Women. CurlingZone. June 8, 2024.

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