Korean Curling Championships

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{{Short description|Korean National Curling Championships}}

{{Infobox curling event|2024|2024

| Name = Korean Curling Championships

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| Established = Men's: 2001
Women's: 2003

| Current host city = Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province

| Current arena = Uijeongbu Curling Stadium

| Current men's champion = 24px Uiseong-gun Office (Lee Jae-beom)

| Current women's champion = 24px Gyeonggi Province (Gim Eun-ji)

| Current = 2024 Korean Curling Championships

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The Korean Curling Championships (branded as the KB Financial Korean Curling Championships from 2012 to 2022) are the annual Korean men's and women's curling championships, organized by the Korean Curling Federation (KCF). The winners of the championship qualify for the Korean National Team. Until 2022, they earned the right to represent South Korea at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (PACC) and the World Curling Championships if they reached qualification. Every four years, the winners also qualify to represent South Korea at the Winter Olympic Games if the country received a berth.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} The championship also qualifies the winners for the Asian Winter Games if it is held during the season they are the national team.

Starting in 2022, the winners of the championships qualified for the Pan Continental Curling Championships, which replaced the PACC.{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2021/09/pccc-introduction/|title=World Curling Federation Members confirm new Pan-Continental Curling Championships|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=September 11, 2021|access-date=June 20, 2022}} If the team placed in the top five at the Pan-Continental, then they qualified for the upcoming World Championship.

The national championship is usually held in June or July, making it the first event of the new curling season.

Results

The earliest known results from the Korean Curling Championships are from 2011.

=Men=

class="wikitable"

! Year

!style="background:gold;"|Gold

!style="background:silver;"|Silver

!style="background:#c96;"|Bronze

! Host

rowspan=2| 2011

|rowspan=2| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Chang-min, Kim Min-chan, Seong Se-hyeon, Seo Young-seon, Oh Eun-su

|rowspan=2| Team: 24px Gyeonggi-do Curling Federation
Choi Min-suk, Shin Dong-ho, Lee Seung-jun, Jeong Jae-suk, Ahn Jae-sung

| Team: 24px Gangwon Provincial Office
Kim Soo-hyuk, Kim Tae-hwan, Nam Yoon-ho, Lee Ye-jun

|rowspan=2| Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province

Team: 24px Chungbuk Curling Competition Federation
Im Sung-min, Moon Sung-kwan, Park Man, Lee Seung-hang, Kim Kwang-sik
2012

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Chang-min, Kim Min-chan, Seong Se-hyeon, Seo Young-seon, Oh Eun-su

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi-do Curling Federation
Choi Min-suk, Shin Dong-ho, Lee Seung-jun, Jeong Jae-suk, Ahn Jae-sung

| Team: 24px Soongsil University
Kim Jeong-min, Kim San, Jang Jin-young, Seo Min-guk, Kim Woo-ram

| Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province

2013

| Team: 24px Gangwon Provincial Office
Kim Soo-hyuk, Kim Tae-hwan, Park Jong-duk, Nam Yoon-ho, Lee Ye-jun

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Chang-min, Kim Min-chan, Seong Se-hyeon, Seo Young-seon, Oh Eun-su

| Team: 24px Chuncheon Machinery Technical High School
Lee Ki-jeong, Lee Ki-bok, Kim Hak-kyun, Lee Dong-hyeong, Jeong Byeong-jin

| Chuncheon, Gangwon Province

2014

| Team: 24px Gangwon Provincial Office
Kim Soo-hyuk, Park Jong-duk, Kim Tae-hwan, Nam Yoon-ho, Yoo Min-hyeon

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Seong Se-hyeon, Oh Eun-su, Kim Chi-gu, Seo Young-seon, Kim Min-chan

| Team: 24px Seoul Physical Education High School
Kim Min-woo, Hwang Hyeon-jun, Lee Jeong-jae, Jo Jang-won, Cheon Do-kyung

| Chongju, North Pyongan Province

2015

| Team: 24px Gangwon Provincial Office
Kim Soo-hyuk, Park Jong-duk, Kim Tae-hwan, Yoo Min-hyeon, Nam Yoon-ho

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi-do Curling Federation
Lee Seung-jun, Shin Dong-ho, Kwon Young-il, Ahn Jae-sung, Jeong Jae-seok

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Seong Se-hyeon, Oh Eun-su, Kim Chi-gu, Seo Young-seon, Kim Min-chan

| Icheon, Gyeonggi Province

2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=4302&view=Main#1|title=2016 Korean Curling Championships – Men|website=CurlingZone|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

| Team: 24px Gangwon Provincial Office
Kim Soo-hyuk, Kim Tae-hwan, Park Jong-duk, Nam Yoon-ho, Yoo Min-hyeon

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Chang-min, Seong Se-hyeon, Oh Eun-su, Kim Chi-gu

| Team: 24px Bongmyeong High School
Hong Joon-young, Lee Gun, Lee Jae-ho, Jeon Byeong-hwa, Shin Jae-hwan

| Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province

2017{{Cite news|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2017/08/13/Baseball/Korean-curling-team-hopes-to-win-medals-and-attention/3037084.html?detailWord=|title=Korean curling team hopes to win medals - and attention|publisher=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=August 13, 2017|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Chang-min, Seong Se-hyeon, Oh Eun-su, Lee Ki-bok, Kim Min-chan

| Team: 24px Gangwon Provincial Office
Kim Soo-hyuk, Kim Tae-hwan, Park Jong-duk, Nam Yoon-ho, Yoo Min-hyeon

| Team: 24px Uiseong Sports Club
Kim Ho-gun, Jeon Jae-ik, Choi Jeong-wook, Woo Kyung-ho

| Icheon, Gyeonggi Province

2018

| Team: 24px Seoul City Hall
Kim Soo-hyuk, Lee Jeong-jae, Hwang Hyeon-jun, Jeong Byeong-jin, Lee Dong-hyeong

| Team: 24px Gangwon Provincial Office
Park Jong-duk, Nam Yoon-ho, Yoo Min-hyeon, Kim Jeong-min

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi-do Curling Federation
Kim Seung-min, Chung Young-suk, Oh Seung-hoon, Jeong Min-suk

| Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province

2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6232&view=Main#1|title=2019 Korean Curling Championships – Men|website=CurlingZone|access-date=July 10, 2023}}

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Chang-min, Lee Ki-jeong, Kim Hak-kyun, Lee Ki-bok

| Team: 24px Seoul City Hall
Kim Soo-hyuk, Lee Jeong-jae, Jeong Byeong-jin, Hwang Hyeon-jun, Lee Dong-hyeong

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi-do Curling Federation
Jeong Yeong-seok, Kim Seung-min, Oh Seung-hoon, Park Se-won, Jeong Min-seok

| Gangneung, Gangwon Province

2020{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6806&view=Main#1|title=2020 Korean Curling Championships – Men|website=CurlingZone|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi-do Curling Federation
Jeong Yeong-seok, Kim San, Park Se-won, Lee Jun-hyung, Kim Seung-min

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Chang-min, Lee Ki-jeong, Lee Ki-bok, Kim Hak-kyun

| Team: 24px Seoul City Hall
Kim Soo-hyuk, Lee Jeong-jae, Jeong Byeong-jin, Kim Tae-hwan

| Gangneung, Gangwon Province

2021{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6992&eventtypeid=81&view=Main#1|title=2021 Korean Curling Championships – Men|website=CurlingZone|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Soo-hyuk, Kim Chang-min, Jeon Jae-ik, Kim Hak-kyun

| Team: 24px Gangwon Provincial Office
Lee Ki-jeong, Park Jong-duk, Oh Seung-hoon, Lee Ki-bok, Seong Yu-jin

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi-do Curling Federation
Jeong Yeong-seok, Kim Jeong-min, Park Se-won, Lee Jun-hyung, Seo Min-guk

| Gangneung, Gangwon Province

2022{{Cite news|url=https://www.si.com/curling/news/new-champions-in-korea|title=New Champions in Korea|publisher=The Curling News|website=Sports Illustrated|date=June 20, 2022|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

| Team: 24px Seoul City Hall
Jeong Byeong-jin, Lee Jeong-jae, Kim Min-woo, Kim Tae-hwan

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Chang-min, Kim Soo-hyuk, Seong Se-hyeon, Kim Hak-kyun, Jeon Jae-ik

| Team: 24px Gangwon Provincial Office
Jeong Yeong-seok, Park Jong-duk, Oh Seung-hoon, Seong Ji-hoon

| Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province

2023{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=8074&eventtypeid=81&view=Main#1|title=2023 Korean Curling Championships – Men|website=CurlingZone|access-date=June 30, 2023}}

| Team: 24px Gangwon Provincial Office
Park Jong-duk, Jeong Yeong-seok, Oh Seung-hoon, Seong Ji-hoon

| Team: 24px Seoul City Hall
Jeong Byeong-jin, Lee Jeong-jae, Kim Min-woo, Kim Tae-hwan

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Soo-hyuk, Kim Chang-min, Kim Hak-kyun, Jeon Jae-ik

| Gangneung, Gangwon Province

2024{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=8617&eventtypeid=81&view=Main#1|title=2024 Korean Curling Championships – Men|website=CurlingZone|access-date=June 8, 2024}}

| Team: 24px Uiseong-gun Office
Lee Jae-beom, Kim Hyo-jun, Pyo Jeong-min, Kim Eun-bin, Kim Jin-hun

| Team: 24px Gangwon Provincial Office
Park Jong-duk, Jeong Yeong-seok, Oh Seung-hoon, Lee Ki-bok, Seong Ji-hoon

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Soo-hyuk, Kim Chang-min, Yoo Min-hyeon, Kim Hak-kyun, Jeon Jae-ik

| Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province

=Women=

class="wikitable"

! Year

!style="background:gold;"|Gold

!style="background:silver;"|Silver

!style="background:#c96;"|Bronze

! Host

rowspan=2| 2011{{Cite news|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2012/03/27/Baseball/The-curling-Cinderella-story-must-continue/2950554.html|title=The curling Cinderella story must continue|publisher=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=March 27, 2012|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

|rowspan=2| Team: 24px Gyeonggi-do Athletic Association
Kim Ji-sun, Lee Seul-bee, Shin Mi-sung, Gim Un-chi, Lee Hyun-jung

|rowspan=2| Team: 24px Jeonbuk Provincial Office
Kim Ji-seok, Jung Jin-sook, Park Mi-hee, Joo Yun-hwa, Kang Yu-ri

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Eun-jung, Kim Min-jung, Kim Yeong-mi, Lee Seon-mi, Oh Eun-jin

|rowspan=2| Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province

Team: 24px Sungshin Women's University
Ahn Jin-hee, Um Min-ji, Shin Su-yeon, Jeong Mi-yeon
2012

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi, Kim Min-jung

| Team: 24px Sungshin Women's University
Ahn Jin-hee, Um Min-ji, Shin Su-yeon, Jeong Mi-yeon

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi-do Athletic Association
Kim Ji-sun, Lee Seul-bee, Shin Mi-sung, Gim Un-chi, Lee Hyun-jung

| Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province

2013{{Cite news|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2014/02/17/Baseball/Womens-curling-loses-but-goes-fighting/2985081.html|title=Women's curling loses, but goes fighting|publisher=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=February 17, 2014|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi Provincial Gouvernment
Kim Ji-sun, Lee Seul-bee, Um Min-ji, Gim Un-chi, Shin Mi-sung

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi, Kim Min-jung

| Team: 24px Soongsil University
Kim Su-ji, Park Jung-hwa, Jung Hae-jin, Kim Hye-in

| Chuncheon, Gangwon Province

2014

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi, Kim Min-jung

| Team: 24px Soongsil University
Kim Su-ji, Park Jung-hwa, Woo Soo-bin, Kim Hye-in, Kim Ye-hyeon

| Team: 24px Jeonbuk Curling Federation
Ahn Jin-hee, Kang Yu-ri, Kim Eun-bi, Hwang Bo-ram, Kim Ji-sook

| Chongju, North Pyongan Province

2015{{Cite news|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2015/05/06/Baseball/Sweeping-away-challenges-curlers-regroup/3003886.html?detailWord=|title=Sweeping away challenges, curlers regroup|publisher=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=May 6, 2015|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi Provincial Gouvernment
Gim Un-chi, Lee Seul-bee, Um Min-ji, Yeom Yoon-jung, Kim Ji-sun

| Team: 24px Soongsil University
Kim Su-ji, Park Jung-hwa, Woo Soo-bin, Kim Hye-in, Kim Ye-hyeon

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi, Kim Min-jung

| Icheon, Gyeonggi Province

2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=4303&view=Main#1|title=2016 Korean Curling Championships – Women|website=CurlingZone|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi, Kim Cho-hi

| Team: 24px Song Hyun High School B
Kim Min-ji, Kim Hye-rin, Kim Ji-yeon, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi Provincial Gouvernment
Gim Un-chi, Lee Seul-bee, Um Min-ji, Kim Ji-sun, Yeom Yoon-jung

| Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province

2017

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi

| Team: 24px Song Hyun High School E
Kim Min-ji, Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin, Kim Myung-joo

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi Provincial Gouvernment
Gim Un-chi, Um Min-ji, Lee Seul-bee, Yeom Yoon-jung, Seol Ye-eun

| Icheon, Gyeonggi Province

2018{{Cite news|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3061141|title=Women's curling team now No. 2 in the world|publisher=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=March 28, 2019|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

| Team: 24px Chuncheon City Hall
Kim Min-ji, Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi, Kim Cho-hi

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi Provincial Gouvernment
Gim Un-chi, Um Min-ji, Seol Ye-eun, Seol Ye-ji

| Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province

2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6233&view=Main#1|title=2019 Korean Curling Championships – Women|website=CurlingZone|access-date=July 10, 2023}}{{YouTube|OHdXaedk7Dk|Video 2019 Korean Women's Curling Finals:Chuncheon City Hall (Kim Min-ji) vs Gyeonggi Provincial Gouvernment (Gim Un-chi)}}

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi Provincial Gouvernment
Gim Un-chi, Um Min-ji, Kim Su-ji, Seol Ye-eun, Seol Ye-ji

| Team: 24px Chuncheon City Hall
Kim Min-ji, Ha Seung-youn, Kim Hye-rin, Kim Su-jin, Yang Tae-i

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Cho-hi, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi, Kim Eun-jung

| Gangneung, Gangwon Province

2020{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6807&view=Main#1|title=2020 Korean Curling Championships – Women|website=CurlingZone|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

| Team: 24px Gyeongbuk Athletic Association
Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Cho-hi, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi Provincial Gouvernment
Gim Un-chi, Seol Ye-ji, Kim Su-ji, Seol Ye-eun

| Team: 24px Chuncheon City Hall
Kim Min-ji, Ha Seung-youn, Kim Hye-rin, Kim Su-jin, Yang Tae-i

| Gangneung, Gangwon Province

2021{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6993&eventtypeid=81&view=Main#1|title=2021 Korean Curling Championships – Women|website=CurlingZone|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

| Team: 24px Gangneung City Hall
Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Cho-hi, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi

| Team: 24px Chuncheon City Hall
Kim Min-ji, Ha Seung-youn, Kim Hye-rin, Kim Su-jin, Yang Tae-i

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi Provincial Gouvernment
Gim Un-chi, Seol Ye-ji, Kim Su-ji, Seol Ye-eun, Park Yu-bin

| Gangneung, Gangwon Province

2022

| Team: 24px Chuncheon City Hall
Ha Seung-youn, Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi Provincial Gouvernment
Gim Eun-ji, Kim Min-ji, Kim Su-ji, Seol Ye-eun, Seol Ye-ji

| Team: 24px Jeonbuk Provincial Office
Shin Ga-yeong, Lee Ji-yeong, Song Yu-jin, Shin Eun-jin

| Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province

2023{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=8075&eventtypeid=81&view=Main#1|title=2023 Korean Curling Championships – Women|website=CurlingZone|access-date=June 30, 2023}}

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi Provincial Gouvernment
Gim Eun-ji, Kim Min-ji, Kim Su-ji, Seol Ye-eun, Seol Ye-ji

| Team: 24px Gangneung City Hall
Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Cho-hi, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi

| Team: 24px Chuncheon City Hall
Ha Seung-youn, Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin

| Gangneung, Gangwon Province

2024{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=8616&eventtypeid=81&view=Main#1|title=2024 Korean Curling Championships – Women|website=CurlingZone|access-date=June 8, 2024}}

| Team: 24px Gyeonggi Provincial Gouvernment
Gim Eun-ji, Kim Min-ji, Kim Su-ji, Seol Ye-eun, Seol Ye-ji

| Team: 24px Chuncheon City Hall
Ha Seung-youn, Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin, Park Seo-jin

| Team: 24px Gangneung City Hall
Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Cho-hi, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi

| Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province

See also

References