The 2013 China Open was held from September 18 to 24 in

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. The Canadian representatives, Team McEwen, won the men's event, defeating China's Liu Rui 6–5 in the event final. The team, consisting of Mike McEwen, B. J. Neufeld,

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and

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topped the round robin with a 6–1 record, only losing one game to Sweden's Oskar Eriksson. They then beat Scotland's

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to advance to the final where they faced China's Liu. The Canadian team led the game early 4–1 before the Chinese tied it up at five all after eight. Following a blank in the ninth end, the McEwen rink scored one in the tenth end to secure the victory. On the women's side, South Korea's Team Kim defeated Canada's Team Carey 9–6 in the final. The team, with

Kim Ji-sun Kim Ji-sun (born June 27, 1987) is a South Korean curler from Gyeonggi Province. She was the skip of the 2014 South Korean Olympic Curling Team. Career Kim was a member of the silver medal-winning Korean team that won a silver medal at the 2 ...

Gim Un-chi Gim Eun-ji also known as Gim Un-chi (born January 23, 1990) is a Korean curler from Gyeonggi-do. She currently skips the Gyeonggi Province curling team. Career Gim played as lead in her first world championship at the 2011 Capital One World ...

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and Lee Seul-bee just narrowly qualified for the playoffs. After a 3–4 round robin record, the team from

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beat the Chinese

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rink 9–6 in a tiebreaker to qualify. They then beat the undefeated

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Chinese rink 8–7 in the semifinal before taking on the

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rink in the final. After a tight first half, steals in ends six, seven and eight ultimately led to the Korean team's victory.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC+08:00).

Draw 1

''Thursday, September 19, 2:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Friday, September 20, 9:30 am''

Draw 3

''Friday, September 20, 6:30 pm''

Draw 4

''Saturday, September 21, 2:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Sunday, September 22, 9:30 am''

Draw 6

''Sunday, September 22, 6:30 pm''

Draw 7

''Monday, September 23, 2:00 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Monday, September 23, 6:30 pm''

Playoffs

Source:

Semifinals

''Tuesday, September 24, 9:30 am''

Bronze medal game

''Tuesday, September 24, 2:30 pm''

Final

''Tuesday, September 24, 2:30 pm''

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC+08:00).

Draw 1

''Thursday, September 19, 9:30 am''

Draw 2

''Thursday, September 19, 6:30 pm''

Draw 3

''Friday, September 20, 2:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Saturday, September 21, 9:30 am''

Draw 5

''Saturday, September 21, 6:30 pm''

Draw 6

''Sunday, September 22, 2:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Monday, September 23, 9:30 am''

Tiebreaker

''Monday, September 23, 6:30 pm''

Playoffs

Source:

Semifinals

''Tuesday, September 24, 9:30 am''

Bronze medal game

''Tuesday, September 24, 2:30 pm''

Final

''Tuesday, September 24, 2:30 pm''

References

External links

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