The 2020 Korean Curling Championships (branded as the 2020 KB Financial Korean Curling Championships), Korea's national

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championships, were held from November 19 to 24 at the

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. The winning teams on both the men's and women's sides became the Korean National Teams for the

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. They represented Korea at the

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and the

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. Both the men's and women's events were played in a round robin format which qualified four teams for the playoffs. The 2020 championship was originally scheduled to be held from May 18 to July 7. The format was to follow the same three round selection process as the 2017 Olympic Trials as the winners were to represent Korea at the

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before the event got cancelled. Due to the

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and positive tests, the championship was pushed back to September 7 to 24. The scheduled was shortened to just one round, with a best-of-five final between the top two teams. However, due to the Korean Curling Federation being disciplined for fraudulent recruitment and improper use of funds, the championship was postponed once again. Following a board meeting, the event was finally decided for November 19 to 24, however, with no crowds due to the pandemic. The event was held in a single round robin with a page playoff to determine the winner.

Medalists

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draws are listed in

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( UTC+09:00).

Draw 2

''Thursday, November 19, 20:00''

Draw 4

''Friday, November 20, 12:00''

Draw 6

''Friday, November 20, 21:00''

Draw 8

''Saturday, November 21, 12:00''

Draw 10

''Saturday, November 21, 21:00''

Draw 12

''Sunday, November 22, 12:00''

Draw 14

''Sunday, November 22, 21:00''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Monday, November 23, 12:00''

3 vs. 4

''Monday, November 23, 12:00''

Semifinal

''Monday, November 23, 16:00''

Bronze medal game

''Tuesday, November 24, 12:00''

Gold medal game

''Tuesday, November 24, 12:00''

Final standings

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draws are listed in

( UTC+09:00).

Draw 1

''Thursday, November 19, 15:00''

Draw 3

''Friday, November 20, 7:30''

Draw 5

''Friday, November 20, 16:30''

Draw 7

''Saturday, November 21, 7:30''

Draw 9

''Saturday, November 21, 16:30''

Draw 11

''Sunday, November 22, 7:30''

Draw 13

''Sunday, November 22, 16:30''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Monday, November 23, 12:00''

3 vs. 4

''Monday, November 23, 12:00''

Semifinal

''Monday, November 23, 16:00''

Bronze medal game

''Tuesday, November 24, 12:00''

Gold medal game

''Tuesday, November 24, 12:00''

Final standings

References

External links

Korean Curling Media (@curling1spoon) on Instagram
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