2003 Pacific Curling Championships

2003 Pacific Curling Championships
Host cityAomori, Japan
DatesNovember 23–29
Men's winner New Zealand
SkipSean Becker
ThirdHans Frauenlob
SecondJim Allan
LeadLorne De Pape
AlternateWarren Dobson
CoachPeter Becker
Finalist Australia (Hugh Millikin)
Women's winner Japan
SkipShinobu Aota
ThirdYukari Okazaki
SecondEriko Minatoya
LeadKotomi Ishizaki
AlternateMari Motohashi
CoachFuji Miki & Itaru Fujiwara
Finalist South Korea (Kim Mi-yeon)
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The 2003 Pacific Curling Championships were held in Aomori, Japan November 23 to 29.

New Zealand's Sean Becker won the men's event over Australia's Hugh Millikin. On the women's side, Japan's Shinobu Aota defeated South Korea's Kim Mi-yeon in the final.

By virtue of winning, the New Zealand men's team and the Japanese women's team qualified for the 2004 World Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Gävle, Sweden.

Men's

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Final round-robin standings

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Country Skip W L
 South Korea Lee Dong-keun 5 0
 Australia Hugh Millikin 3 2
 Japan Hiroaki Kashiwagi 3 2
 New Zealand Sean Becker 3 2
 China Wang Haicheng 1 4
 Chinese Taipei Niscolas Hsu 0 5

Playoffs

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Semifinals Finals
        
1  South Korea 5 3
4  New Zealand 6 6
4  New Zealand 6
2  Australia 5
2  Australia 6 6 10
3  Japan 7 3 5 Bronze medal
1  South Korea 11
3  Japan 4

Women's

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Final round-robin standings

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Country Skip W L
 Japan Shinobu Aota 5 0
 Australia Helen Wright 4 1
 South Korea Kim Mi-yeon 3 2
 New Zealand Bridget Becker 1 4
 China Song Kelu 1 4
 Chinese Taipei Li-Lin Cheng 1 4

Tiebreakers

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Playoffs

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Semifinals Finals
        
1  Japan 14 11
4  New Zealand 1 5
1  Japan 7
3  South Korea 3
2  Australia 4 4
3  South Korea 9 11 Bronze medal
2  Australia 3
4  New Zealand 13
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