The 2022 Korean Curling Championships (branded as the 2022 KB Financial Korean Curling Championships), Korea's national curling championships, were held from June 11 to 17 at the Jincheon National Training Centre in Jincheon, South Korea. The winning teams on both the men's and women's sides became the Korean National Teams for the 2022–23 curling season. They will represent Korea at the 2022 Pan-Continental Curling Championships and later the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship and 2023 World Men's Curling Championship if they reach qualification. Both the men's and women's events were played in a round robin format which qualified four teams for the playoffs.
Heading into the event, the men's side was headed by the champions of the 2021 Korean Curling Championships, Gyeongbuk Sports Council, which is skipped by Kim Chang-min. During their reign as national champions, the team won gold at the 2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and finished in eighth place at the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship with a 6–6 record. They also represented Korea at the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event, finishing in eighth with a 2–6 record. Expected challengers for the 2022 national title were Gangwon Province (Jeong Yeong-seok), Gyeonggido Curling Federation (Kim Jeong-min), Seoul City Hall (Jeong Byeong-jin) and Kyungil University (Lee Jae-beom).
The 2021 national champions Gangneung City Hall (Kim Eun-jung) lead the women's field of the 2022 championship. After a silver medal finish at the 2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, the team reached the final of the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship where they lost to Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni. At the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event, Gangneung City Hall were successful in qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics as they finished the event with a 7–3 record. At the Games, they placed eighth with a 4–5 record. Gyeonggi Province (Gim Eun-ji) and Chuncheon City Hall (Ha Seung-youn) challenged for the 2022 title.
Summary On the men's side, Seoul City Hall's team of Jeong Byeong-jin, Lee Jeong-jae, Kim Min-woo and Kim Tae-hwan won the title, defeating the reigning national champions Gyeongbuk Sports Council 7–3 in the final. Seoul City Hall went 6–1 through the round robin before winning both of their playoff matches to secure the title. The last time the team won the national title was in 2018.
The women's title was won by Chuncheon City Hall's Ha Seung-youn rink which defeated Gyeonggi Province's Gim Eun-ji 7–4 in the final. Ha, with Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i and Kim Su-jin previously won the national title with former skip Kim Min-ji, who transferred to Gim's Gyeonggi Province team in March of 2022. Chuncheon City Hall went 5–1 in the round robin and then knocked off the reigning champions Gangneung City Hall's Kim Eun-jung team in the semifinal.
Men
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Gangwon Province Jeong Yeong-seok Park Jong-duk Oh Seung-hoon Seong Ji-hoon Gangwon Gyeongbuk Sports Council Kim Soo-hyuk (Fourth) Kim Chang-min (Skip) Seong Se-hyeon Kim Hak-kyun Jeon Jae-ik Uiseong Gyeonggido Curling Federation Kim Jeong-min Kim San Choi Chi-won Park Se-won Kwon Dong-keun Gyeonggi-do Kyungil University Lee Jae-beom Kim Eun-bin Kim Hyo-jun Pyo Jeong-min Kim Jin-hoon Daegu Seoul City Hall Jeong Byeong-jin Lee Jeong-jae Kim Min-woo Kim Tae-hwan Seoul Seoul Physical Education High School Kang Min-jun Lee Ji-hoon Lee Hee-song Song Ye-song Seoul Uijeongbu High School Yang Woo-jin Jeong Hyun-wook Kim Min-sang Kim Hong-geon Kim Ye-chan Uijeongbu Uiseong High School Lee Jun-hwa Kim Dae-hyeon Kwon Jun-seo Kim Min-je Park Seong-min Uiseong
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs TeamSkip Gyeongbuk Sports Council Kim Chang-min 6 1 1–0 56 22 30 19 3 11 46.80 Seoul City Hall Jeong Byeong-jin 6 1 0–1 45 32 25 25 4 7 48.10 Gangwon Province Jeong Yeong-seok 5 2 – 50 34 27 23 6 9 29.60 Gyeonggido Curling Federation Kim Jeong-min 4 3 – 57 40 32 21 4 13 29.70 Kyungil University Lee Jae-beom 3 4 – 39 46 28 25 5 10 48.70 Uijeongbu High School Yang Woo-jin 2 5 1–0 33 46 22 28 3 4 46.50 Seoul PE High School Kang Min-jun 2 5 0–1 36 64 25 34 2 5 49.40 Uiseong High School Lee Jun-hwa 0 7 – 29 61 18 32 5 3 57.20
Round-robin results
All draws are listed in Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 2 Saturday, June 11, 14:00
Draw 4 Sunday, June 12, 9:00
Draw 6 Sunday, June 12, 19:00
Draw 8 Monday, June 13, 14:00
Draw 10 Tuesday, June 14, 9:00
Draw 12 Tuesday, June 14, 19:00
Draw 14 Wednesday, June 15, 14:00
Playoffs
Semifinals Thursday, June 16, 14:00
Bronze medal game Thursday, June 16, 19:00
Gold medal game Friday, June 17, 14:00
Final standings PlaceTeamSkip Seoul City Hall Jeong Byeong-jin Gyeongbuk Sports Council Kim Chang-min Gangwon Province Jeong Yeong-seok4 Gyeonggido Curling Federation Kim Jeong-min5 Kyungil University Lee Jae-beom6 Uijeongbu High School Yang Woo-jin7 Seoul Physical Education High School Kang Min-jun8 Uiseong High School Lee Jun-hwa
Women
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Bongmyeong High School Kim Min-seo Park Seo-jin Shim Yu-jeong Song Da-bin Jeong Anah Cheongju Chuncheon City Hall Ha Seung-youn Kim Hye-rin Yang Tae-i Kim Su-jin Chuncheon Gangneung City Hall Kim Eun-jung Kim Kyeong-ae Kim Cho-hi Kim Seon-yeong Kim Yeong-mi Gangneung Gyeonggi Province Gim Eun-ji Kim Min-ji Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-eun Seol Ye-ji Uijeongbu Jeonbuk Province Shin Ga-yeong Lee Ji-yeong Song Yu-jin Shin Eun-jin Jeonbuk Songhyun High School Kang Bo-bae Choi Ye-jin Park Han-byul Jo Ju-hee Kim Na-yeon Uijeongbu Uiseong Girls High School Bang Yu-jin Oh Ji-hyeon Kim Hae-jeong Kim Chae-rin Park Ye-rin Uiseong
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs TeamSkip Gyeonggi Province Gim Eun-ji 5 1 1–1 53 25 31 16 3 14 25.40 Chuncheon City Hall Ha Seung-youn 5 1 1–1 49 27 31 15 5 15 34.40 Gangneung City Hall Kim Eun-jung 5 1 1–1 48 34 28 24 2 8 35.90 Jeonbuk Province Shin Ga-yeong 2 4 1–0 39 45 24 29 3 8 34.80 Songhyun High School Kang Bo-bae 2 4 0–1 31 51 20 30 2 6 41.40 Uiseong Girls High School Bang Yu-jin 1 5 1–0 23 48 17 29 3 3 76.40 Bongmyeong High School Kim Min-seo 1 5 0–1 33 46 20 28 7 3 50.30
Round-robin results
All draws are listed in Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Saturday, June 11, 9:00
Draw 3 Saturday, June 11, 19:00
Draw 5 Sunday, June 12, 14:00
Draw 7 Monday, June 13, 9:00
Draw 9 Monday, June 13, 19:00
Draw 11 Tuesday, June 14, 14:00
Draw 13 Wednesday, June 15, 9:00
Playoffs
Semifinals Thursday, June 16, 9:00
Bronze medal game Thursday, June 16, 19:00
Gold medal game Friday, June 17, 9:00
Final standings PlaceTeamSkip Chuncheon City Hall Ha Seung-youn Gyeonggi Province Gim Eun-ji Jeonbuk Province Shin Ga-yeong4 Gangneung City Hall Kim Eun-jung5 Songhyun High School Kang Bo-bae6 Uiseong Girls High School Bang Yu-jin7 Bongmyeong High School Kim Min-seo
See also 2022 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
References
External links Korean Curling Media (@curling1spoon) on Instagram