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 2021âÂÂ22 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.
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 10âÂÂ0 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 10âÂÂ3 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 5âÂÂ2 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 6âÂÂ5 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.
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.
The teams are listed as follows:
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.
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All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time ().
Tuesday, July 27, 9:00 am
Tuesday, July 27, 2:00 pm
Tuesday, July 27, 7:00 pm
Wednesday, July 28, 9:00 am
Wednesday, July 28, 2:00 pm
Wednesday, July 28, 7:00 pm
Thursday, July 29, 9:00 am
Thursday, July 29, 2:00 pm
Thursday, July 29, 7:00 pm
Friday, July 30, 9:00 am
Friday, July 30, 2:00 pm
Friday, July 30, 7:00 pm
Saturday, July 31, 9:00 am
Saturday, July 31, 2:00 pm
Saturday, July 31, 7:00 pm
Sunday, August 1, 9:00 am
Sunday, August 1, 2:00 pm
Sunday, August 1, 7:00 pm
Monday, August 2, 9:00 am
Monday, August 2, 2:00 pm
Monday, August 2, 7:00 pm
Tuesday, August 3, 9:00 am
Tuesday, August 3, 2:00 pm
Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 pm
Wednesday, August 4, 9:00 am
Wednesday, August 4, 7:00 pm
Thursday, August 5, 9:00 am
Thursday, August 5, 5:00 pm
Friday, August 6, 10:00 am
Friday, August 6, 10:00 am
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.
Final round-robin standings
All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time ().
Friday, August 6, 5:00 pm
Saturday, August 7, 9:00 am
Saturday, August 7, 2:30 pm
Saturday, August 7, 8:00 pm
Sunday, August 8, 9:00 am
Sunday, August 8, 2:30 am
Monday, August 9, 9:00 am
Monday, August 9, 2:30 pm
July 10âÂÂ19, Uijeongbu Curling Stadium, Uijeongbu
The teams are listed as follows:
Final round-robin standings
All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time ().
Saturday, July 10, 9:00 am
Saturday, July 10, 1:00 pm
Saturday, July 10, 4:30 pm
Monday, July 12, 1:00 pm
Monday, July 12, 8:00 pm
Tuesday, July 13, 1:00 pm
Tuesday, July 13, 8:00 pm
Wednesday, July 14, 8:00 pm
Thursday, July 15, 4:00 pm
Thursday, July 15, 7:30 pm
Friday, July 16, 4:30 pm
Friday, July 16, 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 17, 9:00 am
Saturday, July 17, 1:00 pm
Saturday, July 17, 4:30 pm
Monday, July 19, 4:30 pm
July 10âÂÂ11, Cheongju Curling Stadium, Cheongju
The teams are listed as follows:
All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time ().
Saturday, July 10, 10:00 am
Saturday, July 10, 3:00 pm
Saturday, July 10, 3:00 pm
Sunday, July 11, 3:00 pm
July 12âÂÂ15, Gangneung Curling Centre, Gangneung
The teams are listed as follows:
Final round-robin standings
All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time ().
Tuesday, July 13, 10:00 am
Tuesday, July 13, 5:00 pm
Wednesday, July 14, 10:00 am
Wednesday, July 14, 5:00 pm
Thursday, July 15, 10:00 am
July 13âÂÂ16, Uiseong Curling Centre, Uiseong
The teams are listed as follows:
Final round-robin standings
All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time ().
Tuesday, July 13, 2:00 pm
Tuesday, July 13, 5:30 pm
Wednesday, July 14, 9:30 am
Wednesday, July 14, 2:00 pm
Wednesday, July 14, 5:30 pm
Thursday, July 15, 9:30 am
Thursday, July 15, 2:00 pm
Thursday, July 15, 5:30 pm
Friday, July 16, 9:30 am
Friday, July 16, 2:00 pm
July 16âÂÂ17, Uiseong Curling Centre, Uiseong
The teams are listed as follows:
After Draw 3
All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time ().
Friday, July 16, 5:30 pm
Saturday, July 17, 9:30 am
Saturday, July 17, 2:30 pm