| 2023 Korean Curling Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Gangneung, South Korea |
| Arena | Gangneung Curling Centre |
| Dates | June 22–30 |
| Men's winner | .svg){kind=small} Gangwon Province |
| Curling club | Gangneung CC, Gangneung |
| Skip | Park Jong-duk |
| Third | Jeong Yeong-seok |
| Second | Oh Seung-hoon |
| Lead | Seong Ji-hoon |
| Coach | Lee Ye-jun |
| Finalist |  Seoul City Hall (Jeong) |
| Women's winner |  Gyeonggi Province |
| Curling club | Uijeongbu CC, Uijeongbu |
| Skip | Gim Eun-ji |
| Third | Kim Min-ji |
| Second | Kim Su-ji |
| Lead | Seol Ye-eun |
| Alternate | Seol Ye-ji |
| Coach | Shin Dong-ho |
| Finalist |  Gangneung City Hall (Kim) |
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The 2023 Korean Curling Championships, Korea's national curling championships, were held from June 22 to 30 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea.[1] The winning teams on both the men's and women's sides became the Korean National Teams for the 2023–24 curling season. They represented Korea at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships and later the 2024 World Curling Championships. The championship was held in three rounds.[2]
The men's event was headed by 2022 national champions Seoul City Hall, skipped by Jeong Byeong-jin. During their time as the national team, Seoul City Hall led Korea to a silver medal at the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships as well as successful results on tour at the 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic and the Belgium Men's Challenger.[3] At the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship, they had a disappointing twelfth-place finish with a 1–11 record. Expected challengers for the 2023 national title were Gyeongbuk Sports Council (Kim Soo-hyuk), Gangwon Province (Park Jong-duk), and Uiseong-gun Office (Lee Jae-beom).
On the women's side, there were three teams separated from the rest of the pact, Chuncheon City Hall (Ha Seung-youn), Gyeonggi Province (Gim Eun-ji) and Gangneung City Hall (Kim Eun-jung). In 2022, Ha's Chuncheon City Hall rink upset both Gyeonggi and Gangneung to become the national team. During their reign, they claimed silver at the Pan Continental Curling Championships and finished ninth at the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship with a 5–7 record.[4] They also won silver at the 2023 Winter World University Games.[5] On tour, Chuncheon City Hall won the US Open of Curling and lost in the final of the S3 Group Curling Stadium Series. Gyeonggi Province entered the national championship as the fifth ranked team in the world after a breakthrough 2022–23 season while Gangneung City Hall were looking to reclaim the national title they last won in 2021.
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- ^ "Canada men win first Pan Continental Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. November 6, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ "Japan women claim first Pan Continental title". World Curling Federation. November 7, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ "Great Britain men and China women win FISU World University Games". World Curling Federation. January 22, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.