The 1997 Pacific Curling Championships were held from December 3 to 7 at the Karuizawa Kazakoshi Park Arena in

Karuizawa is a resort town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 20,323 in 9897 households, and a population density of 130 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Karuizawa is one of the oldest and most ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. Australia won the men's event over Japan (it was the seventh Pacific title for the Australian men). On the women's side, Japan defeated New Zealand in the final (it was the sixth Pacific title for the Japanese women). By virtue of winning, the Australian men's team and the Japanese women's team qualified for the 1998 World and Curling Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

Men

Teams

Round Robin

: Teams to final

Final

Final standings

Women

Teams

Round Robin

: Teams to final

Final

Final standings

References

General

Specific

Pacific Curling Championships, 1997 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships International curling competitions hosted by Japan 1997 in Japanese sport Sport in Nagano Prefecture December 1997 sports events in Asia Karuizawa, Nagano {{Japan-sport-stub