2002 Pacific Curling Championships
The 2002 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 4 to 10 in Queenstown, New Zealand.
| 2002 Pacific Curling Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Queenstown, New Zealand |
| Dates | November 4–10 |
| Men's winner | South Korea |
| Curling club | Gyeong-buk CC |
| Skip | Lee Dong-keun |
| Third | Park Jae-cheol |
| Second | Ko Seung-wan |
| Lead | Choi Min-suk |
| Alternate | Kim Soo-hyuk |
| Coach | Melissa Soligo |
| Finalist | Australia (Hugh Millikin) |
| Women's winner | Japan |
| Curling club | Hokkaido-Kitami Curling Association |
| Skip | Shinobu Aota |
| Third | Yukari Okazaki |
| Second | Eriko Minatoya |
| Lead | Kotomi Ishizaki |
| Alternate | Satomi Tsujii |
| Finalist | South Korea (Kim Mi-yeon) |
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South Korea's Lee Dong-keun won the men's event over Australia's Hugh Millikin (it was the first Pacific title for the South Korean men's team). On the women's side, Japan's Shinobu Aota defeated South Korea's Kim Mi-yeon in the final (it was the tenth Pacific title for the Japanese women and the second title for skip Shinobu Aota).
By virtue of winning, the South Korean men's team and the Japanese women's team qualified for the 2003 World Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Winnipeg, Canada.
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