1997 Pacific Curling Championships

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

1997 Pacific Curling Championships
Host city	Karuizawa, Japan
Arena	Karuizawa Kazakoshi Park Arena
Dates	December 3–7
Men's winner	Australia
Curling club	Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney
Skip	Hugh Millikin
Third	John Theriault
Second	Stephen Johns
Lead	Trevor Schumm
Finalist	Japan (Yoshiyuki Ohmiya)
Women's winner	Japan
Skip	Mayumi Ohkutsu
Third	Akiko Katoh
Second	Yukari Kondo
Lead	Akemi Niwa
Alternate	Yoko Mimura
Finalist	New Zealand (Helen Greer)
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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 Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

Men

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Curling club
Australia	Hugh Millikin	John Theriault	Stephen Johns	Trevor Schumm			Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney
Japan	Yoshiyuki Ohmiya	Hirohumi Kudo	Hiroshi Sato	Makoto Tsuruga	Hisaaki Nakamine
South Korea	Song He-dong	Lim Sung-min	Kang Il-jin	Kim Young-tae	Jun Sung-il	Kim Kyung-doo
New Zealand	Sean Becker	Hans Frauenlob	Ross A. Stevens	Lorne De Pape	Darren Carson	Edwin Harley

Round Robin

Place	Country	Skip					Wins	Losses
1	Australia	Hugh Millikin	*	6:4 6:5	13:2 11:2	15:1 13:3	6	0
2	Japan	Yoshiyuki Ohmiya	4:6 5:6	*	7:5 8:4	18:0 12:3	4	2
3	New Zealand	Sean Becker	2:13 2:11	5:7 4:8	*	10:4 10:3	2	4
4	South Korea	Song He-dong	1:15 3:13	0:18 3:12	4:10 3:10	*	0	6

  Teams to final

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yoshiyuki Ohmiya)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Australia (Hugh Millikin)	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	X	10

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	GP	W	L
	Australia	Hugh Millikin	7	7	0
	Japan	Yoshiyuki Ohmiya	7	4	3
	New Zealand	Sean Becker	6	2	4
4	South Korea	Song He-dong	6	0	6

Women

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
Japan	Mayumi Ohkutsu	Akiko Katoh	Yukari Kondo	Akemi Niwa	Yoko Mimura
South Korea	Lee Hyun-jung	Choi Yun-mi	Jang Ji-young	Park Sun-nam	Yoon Hye-kyung
New Zealand	Helen Greer	Lisa Gavreau	Patsy Inder	Kylie Petherick	Karen Rawcliffe

Round Robin

Place	Country	Skip				Wins	Losses
1	Japan	Mayumi Ohkutsu	*	9:5 12:1	21:1 18:2	4	0
2	New Zealand	Helen Greer	5:9 1:12	*	11:2 8:2	2	2
3	South Korea	Lee Hyun-jung	1:21 2:18	2:11 2:8	*	0	4

  Teams to final

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Helen Greer)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	2
Japan (Mayumi Ohkutsu)	0	2	1	1	2	3	0	X	X	X	9

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	GP	W	L
	Japan	Mayumi Ohkutsu	5	5	0
	New Zealand	Helen Greer	5	2	3
	South Korea	Lee Hyun-jung	4	0	4