The 2022 Korean Curling Championships (branded as the 2022 KB Financial Korean Curling Championships), Korea's national

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championships, were held from June 11 to 17 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 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

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, Gyeongbuk Sports Council, which is skipped by

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. During their reign as national champions, the team won gold at the

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and finished in eighth place at the

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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 (

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), Gyeonggido Curling Federation ( Kim Jeong-min),

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(

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) and Kyungil University (

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). 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

, the team reached the final of the

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where they lost to Switzerland's

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. At the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event, Gangneung City Hall were successful in qualifying for the

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as they finished the event with a 7–3 record. At the Games, they placed eighth with a 4–5 record. Gyeonggi Province (

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) and Chuncheon City Hall ( Ha Seung-youn) challenged for the 2022 title.

Summary

On the men's side,

's team of

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, 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

7–4 in the final. Ha, with

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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:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in

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( 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

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

''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

References

External links

Korean Curling Media (@curling1spoon) on Instagram
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Summary

Men

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 2

Draw 4

Draw 6

Draw 8

Draw 10

Draw 12

Draw 14

Playoffs

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

Women

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 3

Draw 5

Draw 7

Draw 9

Draw 11

Draw 13

Playoffs

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

See also

References

External links