# 1998 Pacific Curling Championships

The 1998 Pacific Curling Championships were held from December 13 to 18 in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada.
New Zealand won the men's event over Japan (it was the first Pacific title for the New Zealand men). On the women's side, Japan defeated New Zealand in the final (it was the seventh Pacific title for the Japanese women).
By virtue of winning, the New Zealand men's team and the Japanese women's team qualified for the 1999 World Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
The event was originally to be played at a new curling facility in Dunedin, New Zealand, but construction delays forced the event to be held in Canada. The New Zealand Curling Association ran the event.

## Men
### Teams

| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Curling club |
| Australia | Hugh Millikin | Stephen Johns | John Theriault | Gerald Chick | | | Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney |
| Japan | Makoto Tsuruga | Kazuhito Hori | Hiroshi Sato | Naoki Kudo | Yoshiyuki Ohmiya | Glen Jackson | Tokoro CC |
| South Korea | Song He-dong | Kim Chang-min | Park Jae-cheol | Kim Su-hong | Jeong Tac-yeon | | Gyeong-buk CC |
| New Zealand | Sean Becker | Hans Frauenlob | Jim Allan | Lorne De Pape | Darren Carson | Edwin Harley | Ranfurly CC |

### Round Robin

| Place | Country | Skip | | | | | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | New Zealand | Sean Becker | * | 9:7 1:8 | 7:5 7:1 | 13:3 7:6 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Australia | Hugh Millikin | 7:9 8:1 | * | 7:5 4:7 | 23:5 12:2 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Japan | Makoto Tsuruga | 5:7 1:7 | 5:7 7:4 | * | 15:4 9:6 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | South Korea | Song He-dong | 3:13 6:7 | 5:23 2:12 | 4:15 6:9 | * | 0 | 6 |
    Teams to playoffs

### Playoffs

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| | | New Zealand | 10 |
| Australia | 6 | Japan | 6 |
| Japan | 8 | | |
Semifinal
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Australia (Hugh Millikin) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Japan (Makoto Tsuruga) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |
Final
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| New Zealand (Sean Becker) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 10 |
| Japan (Makoto Tsuruga) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

### Final standings

| Place | Country | Skip | GP | W | L |
| | New Zealand | Sean Becker | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| | Japan | Makoto Tsuruga | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| | Australia | Hugh Millikin | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | South Korea | Song He-dong | 6 | 0 | 6 |

## Women
### Teams

| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Curling club |
| Australia | Lynn Hewitt | Ellen Weir | Sarah Herbert | Lyn Greenwood | Sandy Gagnon | | Victoria Curling Association |
| Japan | Akiko Katoh | Yumie Hayashi | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Hori | Akemi Niwa | Elaine Dagg-Jackson | Tokoro CC |
| South Korea | Kim Mi-yeon | Lee So-jung | Shin Mi-sung | Kim Se-mi | Lee Hyun-jung | | Seoul CC |
| New Zealand | Lisa Anderson | Kylie Petherick | Karen Rawcliffe | Bridget Becker | Natalie Campbell | Edwin Harley | Alexandra CC |

### Round Robin

Final round robin results.
| Place | Country | Skip | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Japan | Akiko Katoh | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Australia | Lynn Hewitt | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | New Zealand | Lisa Anderson | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | South Korea | Kim Mi-yeon | 1 | 5 |
    Teams to playoffs

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | Japan | 13 |
| New Zealand | 9 | New Zealand | 6 |
| Australia | 6 | | |

### Final standings

| Place | Country | Skip | GP | W | L |
| | Japan | Akiko Katoh | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| | New Zealand | Lisa Anderson | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| | Australia | Lynn Hewitt | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | South Korea | Kim Mi-yeon | 6 | 1 | 5 |