The 2021 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Korea's national mixed doubles curling championships, was held July 27 to August 9, 2021 at the Jincheon National Training Centre in Jincheon, South Korea. The winning pair of Kim Min-ji and Lee Ki-jeong were the Korean National Mixed Doubles Team for the 2021–22 curling season. They represented South Korea at the Olympic Qualification Event in hopes of reaching the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The championship was held in two rounds.
Summary Due to a rule change in eligibility that allowed men's and women's teams to compete in the mixed doubles discipline, over fifty teams registered in this years championship, a huge increase from the five that competed in 2020. After the qualifiers, the field was narrowed down to just thirty-one teams, and thirty once one team had to drop out. Like the men's and women's championships, the event was scheduled to be held in three rounds. The first round was held in a triple-knockout bracket, which qualified eight teams for the playoffs and the second round. Kim Min-ji and Lee Ki-jeong (Gangwon A) won the first round, qualifying through the A Event and going undefeated en route to winning the round. They defeated Jang Yeong-seo and Jeong Byeong-jin (Seoul Federation), who had also qualified through the A-side 10–0 in the final. Two C Event qualifiers made up the third place game, with Shin Ga-yeong and Park Jun-ha (Jeonbuk B) winning the game 10–3 over reigning mixed doubles champions Kim Ji-yoon and Moon Si-woo (Gyeonggi D). Kim Su-ji and Kim Jeong-min (Gyeonggi C), Yang Tae-i and Lee Ki-bok (Gangwon C), Um Min-ji and Nam Yoon-ho (Jeonbuk A) and Kim Hye-rin and Seong Yu-jin (Gangwon B) all advanced to the second round as well. Round 2 was held in a round robin between the eight qualifying teams. Through the second round, Kim Min-ji and Lee Ki-jeong dominated the field, winning all seven of their games. This meant that no third round was needed as Kim and Lee had won both the first and second round, scoring all ten available points. Yang Tae-i and Lee Ki-bok finished second through the round with a 5–2 record, earning themselves four points. As they had gotten one point from the first round, they finished the tournament with five points, which was tied with Seoul Federation and Gyeonggi D in second place. However, due to Kim and Moon having the worst Draw Shot Challenge of the three teams, they finished in fourth. Gangwon C and Seoul Federation then played a second place game to determine the national team backup, with the team from Seoul coming away as 6–5 winners. Shin Ga-yeong and Park Jun-ha finished in fifth place with four points, followed by Um Min-ji and Nam Yoon-ho in sixth with three points and Kim Hye-rin and Seong Yu-jin tied with Kim Su-ji and Kim Jeong-min in seventh with eight points.
Medalists Team Gangwon-do Curling Federation Team AKim Min-jiLee Ki-jeong Seoul FederationJang Yeong-seoJeong Byeong-jin Gangwon-do Curling Federation Team CYang Tae-iLee Ki-bok
Format Due to a rule change in eligibility, everyone who competed at the 2021 Korean Curling Championships was also eligible to compete in the mixed doubles national championship. A series of qualifiers from different regions of Korea were held to narrow the field down from over fifty teams to just thirty teams. The first round is open to all teams that qualified through their regional qualifiers and the second round is open to the eight teams that made the playoffs from the first round. If one team wins both the first and second rounds, then no third round is needed. The third and final round is a best-of-seven series between the winners of rounds one and two to determine the national champion and Olympic representative.
Teams receive points based on their placement in each round. The winner receives five points, the runner-up gets four, third place earns three, fourth place picks up two and the rest of the teams receive one point.
Qualification process Regional Qualifiers Vacancies Qualified Gyeonggi Qualifier 8 Kim Su-ji / Kim Jeong-min Seol Ye-ji / Park Se-won Park Jeong-hwa / Seo Min-guk Jeong Jae-hee / Yang Woo-jin Seol Ye-eun / Lee Jun-hyung Kim Ji-yoon / Moon Si-woo Gim Un-chi / Jeong Yeong-seok Park You-been / Kwon Dong-keun Cheongju Qualifier 4 Shim Yu-jeong / Kwon Oh-woo Kim Min-seo / Lee Tae-hoon Park Seo-jin / Moon Hyeon Lee Yun-ji / Heo Su Gangwon Qualifier 3 Kim Min-ji / Lee Ki-jeong Kim Hye-rin / Seong Yu-jin Yang Tae-i / Lee Ki-bok Gyeongbuk Qualifier 6 Jang Hye-ji / Jeon Byeong-wook Jeong Min-jae / Kim Hyo-jun Lee Eun-chae / Kim Jin-hun Kang Min-hyo / Choi Won-yeong Ahn Jeong-yeon / Kim Eun-bin Yang Seung-hee / Lee Jun-hwa Jeonbuk Qualifier 4 Um Min-ji / Nam Yoon-ho Lee Ji-yeong / Seo Seung-ho Song Yu-jin / Kang Geon Shin Ga-yeong / Park Jun-ha Daejeon Region 2 Oh Eun-jin / Hwang Hyeon-jun Kim Min-hee / Kim Chan-guk Seoul Region 2 Lee Ga-hee / Baek Jong-cheol Jang Yeong-seo / Jeong Byeong-jin Incheon Region 1 Lim Su-jin / Kwak Byeong-hun Busan Region 1 Lim Ye-jin / Lee Don-gin TOTAL 30
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Female Male Ahn Jeong-yeon Kim Eun-bin Gim Un-chi Jeong Yeong-seok Jang Hye-ji Jeon Byeong-wook Jang Yeong-seo Jeong Byeong-jin Jeong Jae-hee Yang Woo-jin Jeong Min-jae Kim Hyo-jun Kang Min-hyo Choi Won-yeong Kim Hye-rin Seong Yu-jin Kim Ji-yoon Moon Si-woo Kim Min-hee Kim Chan-guk Kim Min-ji Lee Ki-jeong Kim Min-seo Lee Tae-hoon Kim Su-ji Kim Jeong-min Lee Eun-chae Kim Jin-hun Lee Ga-hee Baek Jong-cheol Lee Ji-yeong Seo Seung-ho Lee Yun-ji Heo Su Lim Ye-jin Lee Don-gin Oh Eun-jin Hwang Hyeon-jun Park Jeong-hwa Seo Min-guk Park Seo-jin Moon Hyeon Park You-been Kwon Dong-keun Seol Ye-eun Lee Jun-hyung Seol Ye-ji Park Se-won Shim Yu-jeong Kwon Oh-woo Shin Ga-yeong Park Jun-ha Song Yu-jin Kang Geon Um Min-ji Nam Yoon-ho Yang Seung-hee Lee Jun-hwa Yang Tae-i Lee Ki-bok
Round 1 The first round of the championship was held from July 27 to August 6. The eight teams that qualified for the playoffs advanced to the second round.
Knockout brackets
Source:
A event
B event
C event
Knockout results All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Tuesday, July 27, 9:00 am
Draw 2 Tuesday, July 27, 2:00 pm
Draw 3 Tuesday, July 27, 7:00 pm
Draw 4 Wednesday, July 28, 9:00 am
Draw 5 Wednesday, July 28, 2:00 pm
Draw 6 Wednesday, July 28, 7:00 pm
Draw 7 Thursday, July 29, 9:00 am
Draw 8 Thursday, July 29, 2:00 pm
Draw 9 Thursday, July 29, 7:00 pm
Draw 10 Friday, July 30, 9:00 am
Draw 11 Friday, July 30, 2:00 pm
Draw 12 Friday, July 30, 7:00 pm
Draw 13 Saturday, July 31, 9:00 am
Draw 14 Saturday, July 31, 2:00 pm
Draw 15 Saturday, July 31, 7:00 pm
Draw 16 Sunday, August 1, 9:00 am
Draw 17 Sunday, August 1, 2:00 pm
Draw 18 Sunday, August 1, 7:00 pm
Draw 19 Monday, August 2, 9:00 am
Draw 20 Monday, August 2, 2:00 pm
Draw 21 Monday, August 2, 7:00 pm
Draw 22 Tuesday, August 3, 9:00 am
Draw 23 Tuesday, August 3, 2:00 pm
Draw 24 Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 pm
Draw 25 Wednesday, August 4, 9:00 am
Draw 26 Wednesday, August 4, 7:00 pm
Playoffs
Quarterfinals Thursday, August 5, 9:00 am
Semifinals Thursday, August 5, 5:00 pm
Bronze medal game Friday, August 6, 10:00 am
Gold medal game Friday, August 6, 10:00 am
Points standings Team Points Kim Min-ji / Lee Ki-jeong 5 Jang Yeong-seo / Jeong Byeong-jin 4 Shin Ga-yeong / Park Jun-ha 3 Kim Ji-yoon / Moon Si-woo 2 Kim Hye-rin / Seong Yu-jin 1 Kim Su-ji / Kim Jeong-min 1 Um Min-ji / Nam Yoon-ho 1 Yang Tae-i / Lee Ki-bok 1
Round 2 The second round of the championship is currently being held from August 6 to 9. As Round 1 champions Kim Min-ji and Lee Ki-jeong won the round, no third round was needed.
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyNational TeamTeams to Second Place Game Team W L Kim Min-ji / Lee Ki-jeong 7 0 – 26.3 Yang Tae-i / Lee Ki-bok 5 2 – 32.4 Kim Ji-yoon / Moon Si-woo 4 3 – 47.9 Um Min-ji / Nam Yoon-ho 3 4 1–0 33.1 Kim Hye-rin / Seong Yu-jin 3 4 0–1 25.5 Jang Yeong-seo / Jeong Byeong-jin 2 5 1–1 41.0 Kim Su-ji / Kim Jeong-min 2 5 1–1 47.7 Shin Ga-yeong / Park Jun-ha 2 5 1–1 55.9
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Friday, August 6, 5:00 pm
Draw 2 Saturday, August 7, 9:00 am
Draw 3 Saturday, August 7, 2:30 pm
Draw 4 Saturday, August 7, 8:00 pm
Draw 5 Sunday, August 8, 9:00 am
Draw 6 Sunday, August 8, 2:30 am
Draw 7 Monday, August 9, 9:00 am
Points standings Team Total Kim Min-ji / Lee Ki-jeong 5 5 10 Yang Tae-i / Lee Ki-bok 1 4 5 Jang Yeong-seo / Jeong Byeong-jin 4 1 5 Kim Ji-yoon / Moon Si-woo 2 3 5 Shin Ga-yeong / Park Jun-ha 3 1 4 Um Min-ji / Nam Yoon-ho 1 2 3 Kim Hye-rin / Seong Yu-jin 1 1 2 Kim Su-ji / Kim Jeong-min 1 1 2
Playoff
Second place game Monday, August 9, 2:30 pm
Qualification
Gyeonggi Qualifier July 10–19, Uijeongbu Curling Stadium, Uijeongbu
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Female Male Gim Un-chi Jeong Yeong-seok Jang Hye-ri Ji Seok-hwan Jeong Jae-hee Yang Woo-jin Kang Bo-bae Kim Min-sang Kim Ji-su Jeong Hyeon-wuk Kim Ji-yoon Moon Si-woo Kim Su-ji Kim Jeong-min Kim Ye-hyeon Kim Seung-min Lee Eun-chae Kim Hong-geon Lee Su-hyeon Choi Chi-won Lee Yu-seon Park Seo-yun Park Jeong-hwa Seo Min-guk Park You-been Kwon Dong-keun Seol Ye-eun Lee Jun-hyung Seol Ye-ji Park Se-won
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to National ChampionshipTeams to Tiebreakers Pool A W L Jeong Jae-hee / Yang Woo-jin 5 2 2–1; 1–0 62.98 Park Jeong-hwa / Seo Min-guk 5 2 2–1; 0–1 45.11 Seol Ye-ji / Park Se-won 5 2 1–2; 1–0 39.90 Gim Un-chi / Jeong Yeong-seok 5 2 1–2; 0–1 48.41 Lee Su-hyeon / Choi Chi-won 3 4 1–0 96.15 Jang Hye-ri / Ji Seok-hwan 3 4 0–1 50.34 Lee Eun-chae / Kim Hong-geon 2 5 – 54.93 Kang Bo-bae / Kim Min-sang 0 7 – 52.77 Pool B W L Kim Su-ji / Kim Jeong-min 6 0 – 38.28 Seol Ye-eun / Lee Jun-hyung 4 2 1–0 28.30 Kim Ji-yoon / Moon Si-woo 4 2 0–1 48.08 Park You-been / Kwon Dong-keun 3 3 1–0 27.82 Kim Ji-su / Jeong Hyeon-wuk 3 3 0–1 58.90 Kim Ye-hyeon / Kim Seung-min 1 5 – 72.37 Lee Yu-seon / Park Seo-yun 0 6 – 53.49
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Saturday, July 10, 9:00 am
Draw 2 Saturday, July 10, 1:00 pm
Draw 3 Saturday, July 10, 4:30 pm
Draw 4 Monday, July 12, 1:00 pm
Draw 5 Monday, July 12, 8:00 pm
Draw 6 Tuesday, July 13, 1:00 pm
Draw 7 Tuesday, July 13, 8:00 pm
Draw 8 Wednesday, July 14, 8:00 pm
Draw 9 Thursday, July 15, 4:00 pm
Draw 10 Thursday, July 15, 7:30 pm
Draw 11 Friday, July 16, 4:30 pm
Draw 12 Friday, July 16, 7:30 pm
Draw 13 Saturday, July 17, 9:00 am
Draw 14 Saturday, July 17, 1:00 pm
Draw 15 Saturday, July 17, 4:30 pm
Tiebreakers Monday, July 19, 4:30 pm
Cheongju Qualifier July 10–11, Cheongju Curling Stadium, Cheongju
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Female Male Cho Da-hye Shim Ju-hwan Kim Min-seo Lee Tae-hoon Kim Su-bin Lim Byeong-hyeon Lee Yun-ji Heo Su Park Seo-jin Moon Hyeon Shim Yu-jeong Kwon Oh-woo Shin Eun-ji Park Gyeong-ho
Qualifier results All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Game 1 Saturday, July 10, 10:00 am
Game 2 Saturday, July 10, 3:00 pm
Game 3 Saturday, July 10, 3:00 pm
Game 4 Sunday, July 11, 3:00 pm
Gangwon Qualifier July 12–15, Gangneung Curling Centre, Gangneung
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Female Male Ha Seung-youn Park Sang-woo Kim Eun-bee Lee Ye-jun Kim Hye-rin Seong Yu-jin Kim Min-ji Lee Ki-jeong Kim Su-jin Oh Seung-hoon Yang Tae-i Lee Ki-bok
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to National Championship Team W L Kim Min-ji / Lee Ki-jeong 5 0 Kim Hye-rin / Seong Yu-jin 4 1 Yang Tae-i / Lee Ki-bok 3 2 Ha Seung-youn / Park Sang-woo 2 3 Kim Su-jin / Oh Seung-hoon 1 4 Kim Eun-bee / Lee Ye-jun 0 5
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Tuesday, July 13, 10:00 am
Draw 2