The 1996 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 26 to 29 in Sydney, Australia.

Australia won the men's event over Japan (it was the sixth Pacific title for the Australian men). On the women's side, Japan defeated Australia in the final (it was the fifth Pacific title for the Japanese women).

By virtue of winning, the Australian men's team and the Japanese women's team qualified for the 1997 World and Curling Championships in Bern, Switzerland.

It was the first appearance at the Pacific championships for the men's and women's teams of South Korea.

Men

Teams Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Curling club Hugh Millikin Gerald Chick Stephen Johns Stephen Hewitt Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney Hiroshi Sato Makoto Tsuruga Kazuhito Hori Shinya Abe Hirohumi Kudo Park Kwon-il Song He-dong Lee Jac-in Kim Chang-gyu Peter Becker Sean Becker Jim Allan Ross A. Stevens Lorne De Pape Edwin Harley

Round Robin PlaceCountrySkip WinsLosses 1 Hugh Millikin * 9:8 3:614:0 7:431:213:1 5 1 2 Hiroshi Sato 8:9 6:3 * 9:611:313:115:7 5 1 3 Peter Becker0:14 4:7 6:93:11 * 20:114:7 2 4 4 Park Kwon-il2:311:131:137:151:207:14 * 0 6 Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

Semifinal

Final

Final standings Place Country Skip GP W L Hugh Millikin 7 6 1 Hiroshi Sato 8 6 2 Peter Becker 7 2 5 4 Park Kwon-il 6 0 6

Women

Teams Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Curling club Lynn Hewitt Linda Carter-Watts Ellen Weir Lyn Greenwood Christine Traquair Victoria Curling Association Mayumi Ohkutsu Akiko Katoh Yukari Kondo Yoko Mimura Akemi Niwa Lee So-jung Lee Hyun-jung Lee Im-sum Lim Jung-min Patsy Inder Helen Greer Wendy Becker Kylie Petherick Karen Rawcliffe

Round Robin PlaceCountrySkip WinsLosses 1 Mayumi Ohkutsu * W:L W:L - - - - ? ? 2 Lynn Hewitt L:W L:W * 7:3 L:W14:515:4 3 3 2 Patsy Inder - - 3:7 W:L * - - 3 3 4 Lee So-jung - - 5:144:15 - - * ? ? Team to final Teams to tie-break "-" – no data about game result

Tie-break

Final

Final standings Place Country Skip GP W L Mayumi Ohkutsu 7 ? ? Lynn Hewitt 8 4 4 Patsy Inder 7 3 4 4 Lee So-jung 6 ? ?

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