2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships

2023 Pan Continental
Curling Championships
2023 Pan Continental ; Curling Championships
Host city	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Arena	Kelowna Curling Club
Dates	October 29 – November 4
Men's winner	Canada
Curling club	St. John's CC, St. John's
Skip	Brad Gushue
Third	Mark Nichols
Second	E. J. Harnden
Lead	Geoff Walker
Alternate	Jim Cotter
Coach	Caleb Flaxey
Finalist	South Korea (Park)
Women's winner	South Korea
Curling club	Uijeongbu CC, Uijeongbu
Skip	Gim Eun-ji
Third	Kim Min-ji
Second	Kim Su-ji
Lead	Seol Ye-eun
Alternate	Seol Ye-ji
Coach	Shin Dong-ho & ; Guy Hemmings
Finalist	Japan (Fujisawa)
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Host cityKelowna, British Columbia, Canada

ArenaKelowna Curling Club

DatesOctober 29 – November 4

Men's winner Canada

The 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships were held from October 29 to November 4 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, British Columbia.^[1] The event was used to qualify teams for the 2024 World Curling Championships. Both men's and women's events consisted of an A Division and B Division.^[2]

In the men's competition, the top five teams from the A Division (Canada, South Korea, Japan, the United States, New Zealand) secured qualification for the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship, which was held in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Conversely, the team ranked lowest in the A Division (Guyana) was being relegated to the B Division in the following year. Additionally, the top finisher in the B Division (China) earned promotion to the A Division for the 2024 championship.

On the women's side, Canada automatically qualified as the host nation for the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship, which will be held in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Furthermore, the top four teams from the A Division (South Korea, Japan, the United States, New Zealand) also secured qualification for the championship. Similar to the men's division, the team with the lowest ranking in the A Division (Australia) faced relegation to the B Division for the subsequent year while the top finisher in the B Division (China) was promoted to the A Division for the 2024 championship.

On September 23, the Kazakh men's and women's team withdrew from the competition. Because the women's team had qualified for the A Division, the Mexican women's team took their place.^[3] The empty spot in the B Divisions was filled by the Philippines men's and women's teams who made their first-ever appearance at a World Curling Federation event.

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A Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Canada Brad Gushue Mark Nichols E. J. Harnden Geoff Walker Jim Cotter	South Korea Park Jong-duk Jeong Yeong-seok Oh Seung-hoon Seong Ji-hoon Lee Ki-bok	Japan Riku Yanagisawa Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Takeru Yamamoto Satoshi Koizumi Shingo Usui
Women	South Korea Gim Eun-ji Kim Min-ji Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-eun Seol Ye-ji	Japan Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kotomi Ishizaki	United States Tabitha Peterson Cory Thiesse Tara Peterson Becca Hamilton Vicky Persinger

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships A Division	7	Canada South Korea United States Japan New Zealand Chinese Taipei Australia
2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships B Division	1	Guyana
TOTAL	8

Australia^[6]	Canada^[7]	Chinese Taipei^[8]	Guyana
Fourth: Dean Hewitt Skip: Jay Merchant Second: Tanner Davis Lead: Justin Grundy Alternate: Thomas Bence	Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: E. J. Harnden Lead: Geoff Walker Alternate: Jim Cotter	Skip: Randolph Shen Third: Nicholas Hsu Second: Brendon Liu Lead: Ting-Li Lin Alternate: Naihung Wang	Skip: Rayad Husain Third: Baul Persaud Second: Darryl Narain Lead: Khemraj Goberdhan
Japan^[9]	New Zealand^[10]	South Korea^[11]	United States^[12]
Skip: Riku Yanagisawa Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Takeru Yamamoto Lead: Satoshi Koizumi Alternate: Shingo Usui	Skip: Anton Hood Third: Ben Smith Second: Brett Sargon Lead: Hunter Walker Alternate: Peter de Boer	Skip: Park Jong-duk Third: Jeong Yeong-seok Second: Oh Seung-hoon Lead: Seong Ji-hoon Alternate: Lee Ki-bok	Fourth: Korey Dropkin Skip: Andrew Stopera Second: Mark Fenner Lead: Thomas Howell Alternate: Ben Richardson

Key
	Teams to Playoffs and Qualified for the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship
	Team Qualified for the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship
	Team Relegated to 2024 B Division

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC
Canada	Brad Gushue	6	1	1–0	54	24	32	18	3	12	87.7%	21.03
Japan	Riku Yanagisawa	6	1	0–1	55	27	27	19	5	6	87.2%	11.98
South Korea	Park Jong-duk	5	2	–	50	42	29	29	3	4	81.0%	72.74
United States	Andrew Stopera	4	3	1–0	52	26	27	18	7	12	86.0%	39.66
New Zealand	Anton Hood	4	3	0–1	45	36	24	24	8	6	78.3%	29.88
Australia	Jay Merchant	2	5	–	40	52	27	31	1	4	76.1%	37.28
Chinese Taipei	Randolph Shen	1	6	–	26	56	19	28	2	4	71.5%	100.94
Guyana	Rayad Husain	0	7	–	15	74	15	33	2	2	55.9%	89.83

Pos.	Country									Record
6	Australia	—	4–9	6–3	9–4	6–11	6–8	6–9	3–8	2–5
1	Canada	9–4	—	8–1	11–1	6–3	8–2	5–8	7–5	6–1
7	Chinese Taipei	3–6	1–8	—	9–3	2–12	3–10	6–9	2–8	1–6
8	Guyana	4–9	1–11	3–9	—	2–9	1–11	4–6	0–19	0–7
2	Japan	11–6	3–6	12–2	9–2	—	6–4	10–5	4–2	6–1
5	New Zealand	8–6	2–8	10–3	11–1	4–6	—	8–5	2–7	4–3
3	South Korea	9–6	8–5	9–6	6–4	5–10	5–8	—	8–3	5–2
4	United States	8–3	5–7	8–2	19–0	2–4	7–2	3–8	—	4–3

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yanagisawa)	3	0	2	3	0	4	X	X	X	X	12
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Guyana (Husain)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0
United States (Stopera)	3	5	3	3	2	3	X	X	X	X	19

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Hood)	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	8
Australia (Merchant)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Park)	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	1	9
Australia (Merchant)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Canada (Gushue)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	7
United States (Stopera)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Hood)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	4
Japan (Yanagisawa)	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Guyana (Husain)	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	4
Australia (Merchant)	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	X	X	9

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	3	0	1	1	0	3	1	X	X	9
Guyana (Husain)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Semifinals			Gold medal game

1	Canada	8

4	United States	3
			1	Canada	8

			3	South Korea	3
2	Japan	7

3	South Korea	8	Bronze medal game


			4	United States	6

			2	Japan	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yanagisawa)	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	7
South Korea (Park)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	8

Player percentages
Japan		South Korea
Satoshi Koizumi	71%	Seong Ji-hoon	88%
Takeru Yamamoto	83%	Oh Seung-hoon	79%
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	91%	Jeong Yeong-seok	90%
Riku Yanagisawa	74%	Park Jong-duk	81%
Total	80%	Total	84%

Player percentages
United States		Japan
Thomas Howell	95%	Satoshi Koizumi	75%
Mark Fenner	88%	Takeru Yamamoto	91%
Andrew Stopera	79%	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	91%
Korey Dropkin	84%	Riku Yanagisawa	90%
Total	86%	Total	87%

Key
	Teams Advance to the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship
	Team Relegated to 2024 B Division

Brazil^[15]	China	Hong Kong	India
Skip: Márcio Rodrigues Third: Vítor Melo Second: Kyron Suhan Lead: Nuno Rodrigues Alternate: Marcelo Mello	Skip: Ma Xiuyue Third: Zou Qiang Second: Wang Zhiyu Lead: Tian Jiafeng Alternate: Li Zhichao	Skip: Jason Chang Third: Martin Yan Second: Ching Nam Cheng Lead: Cheuk Hei Chung Alternate: Chi Lap Ma	Skip: P. N. Raju Third: Girithar Anthay Suthakaran Second: Kishan Vasant Lead: Vinay Goenka Alternate: Sudheer Reddy
Kenya	Mexico	Philippines	Saudi Arabia
Skip: Oliver Echenje Third: Simon Karanja Second: Daniel Odhiambo Lead: Joseph Kabochi Alternate: Evans Kinoti	Skip: Diego Tompkins Third: Ismael Abreu Second: Chris Barajas Lead: Mateo Tompkins	Skip: Marc Pfister Third: Christian Haller Second: Enrico Pfister Lead: Alan Frei Alternate: Benjo Delarmente	Skip: Amar Masalmeh Third: Hussain Hagawi Second: Mohammed Aldaraan Lead: Suleiman Alaqel Alternate: Mohammad Alyuzbashi

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
China	Ma Xiuyue	7	0	–	28.30
Philippines	Marc Pfister	6	1	–	33.99
Hong Kong	Jason Chang	5	2	–	89.19
Mexico	Diego Tompkins	4	3	–	57.79
India	P. N. Raju	3	4	–	73.83
Saudi Arabia	Amar Masalmeh	2	5	–	161.31
Brazil	Márcio Rodrigues	1	6	–	98.14
Kenya	Oliver Echenje	0	7	–	154.61

Pos.	Country									Record
7	Brazil	—	3–9	4–13	2–9	16–2	1–12	2–11	7–12	1–6
1	China	9–3	—	13–3	11–3	14–1	10–4	9–4	8–2	7–0
3	Hong Kong	13–4	3–13	—	8–6	11–2	6–3	5–12	11–8	5–2
5	India	9–2	3–11	6–8	—	11–0	1–12	5–12	11–3	3–4
8	Kenya	2–16	1–14	2–11	0–11	—	2–16	1–16	4–18	0–7
4	Mexico	12–1	4–10	3–6	12–1	16–2	—	4–12	6–4	4–3
2	Philippines	11–2	4–9	12–5	12–5	16–1	12–4	—	16–0	6–1
6	Saudi Arabia	12–7	2–8	8–11	3–11	18–4	4–6	0–16	—	2–5

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Tompkins)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	4
Philippines (Pfister)	1	0	3	0	4	1	0	3	X	X	12

Sheet G	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saudi Arabia (Masalmeh)	4	0	5	0	6	2	1	X	X	X	18
Kenya (Echenje)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	4

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saudi Arabia (Masalmeh)	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	X	8
Hong Kong (Chang)	0	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	X	11

A division

Qualification

Teams

Round robin standings

Round robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Playoffs

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Player percentages

Final standings

B division

Teams

Round robin standings

Round robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Playoffs

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

A division

Qualification

Teams

Round robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Playoffs

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Player percentages

Final standings

B division

Teams

Round robin standings

Round robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Playoffs

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Final standings

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Sheet G	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Philippines (Pfister)	2	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	X	12
India (Raju)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	X	5

Sheet H	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Tompkins)	0	0	0	3	2	1	6	X	X	X	12
Brazil (Rodrigues)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hong Kong (Chang)	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	5
Philippines (Pfister)	2	0	3	1	0	2	4	0	X	X	12

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saudi Arabia (Masalmeh)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
India (Raju)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	4	2	X	11

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kenya (Echenje)	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	2
Brazil (Rodrigues)	7	1	0	4	1	3	X	X	X	X	16

Semifinals			Gold medal game

1	China	7

4	Mexico	1
			1	China	8

			2	Philippines	4
2	Philippines	9

3	Hong Kong	5	Bronze medal game


			4	Mexico	7

			3	Hong Kong	10

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships A Division	7 6	Japan South Korea Canada United States New Zealand Australia ~~Kazakhstan~~
2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships B Division	1 2	Chinese Taipei Mexico
TOTAL	8

Australia^[6]	Canada^[7]	Chinese Taipei^[17]	Japan^[9]
Skip: Jennifer Westhagen Third: Sara Westman Second: Kristen Tsourlenes Lead: Carlee Millikin Alternate: Helen Williams	Skip: Kerri Einarson Third: Val Sweeting Second: Shannon Birchard Lead: Briane Harris Alternate: Dawn McEwen	Skip: Cynthia Lu Third: Amanda Chou Second: Heidi Lin Lead: Sharyin Huang Alternate: Jennifer Ying	Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa Third: Chinami Yoshida Second: Yumi Suzuki Lead: Yurika Yoshida Alternate: Kotomi Ishizaki
Mexico	New Zealand	South Korea^[18]	United States^[12]
Skip: Adriana Camarena Third: Estefana Quintero Second: Veronica Huerta Lead: Karla Martínez	Skip: Jessica Smith Third: Courtney Smith Second: Bridget Becker Lead: Natalie Thurlow Alternate: Holly Thompson	Skip: Gim Eun-ji Third: Kim Min-ji Second: Kim Su-ji Lead: Seol Ye-eun Alternate: Seol Ye-ji	Skip: Tabitha Peterson Third: Cory Thiesse Second: Tara Peterson Lead: Becca Hamilton Alternate: Vicky Persinger

Key
	Teams to Playoffs and Qualified for the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship
	Team Qualified for the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship
	Team Relegated to 2024 B Division

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC
South Korea	Gim Eun-ji	6	1	1–1	69	27	32	17	4	12	82.8%	23.15
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	6	1	1–1	58	28	32	15	4	13	80.9%	24.36
United States	Tabitha Peterson	6	1	1–1	57	32	32	26	2	10	83.6%	38.81
Canada	Kerri Einarson	4	3	–	65	35	31	24	3	11	83.1%	57.51
New Zealand	Jessica Smith	2	5	1–0	40	62	23	32	1	4	65.5%	57.92
Chinese Taipei	Cynthia Lu	2	5	0–1	28	59	22	30	2	8	58.4%	61.37
Mexico	Adriana Camarena	1	6	1–0	22	71	17	34	1	2	58.4%	89.58
Australia	Jennifer Westhagen	1	6	0–1	35	60	24	35	2	5	67.7%	51.22