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 and 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 Hugh Millikin Stephen Johns John Theriault Gerald Chick Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney Makoto Tsuruga Kazuhito Hori Hiroshi Sato Naoki Kudo Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Glen Jackson Tokoro CC Song He-dong Kim Chang-min Park Jae-cheol Kim Su-hong Jeong Tac-yeon Gyeong-buk CC Sean Becker Hans Frauenlob Jim Allan Lorne De Pape Darren Carson Edwin Harley Ranfurly CC
Round Robin PlaceCountrySkip WinsLosses 1 Sean Becker * 9:7 1:8 7:5 7:113:3 7:6 5 1 2 Hugh Millikin 7:9 8:1 * 7:5 4:723:512:2 4 2 3 Makoto Tsuruga 5:7 1:7 5:7 7:4 * 15:4 9:6 3 3 4 Song He-dong3:13 6:75:232:124:15 6:9 * 0 6 Teams to playoffs
Playoffs
Semifinal
Final
Final standings Place Country Skip GP W L Sean Becker 7 6 1 Makoto Tsuruga 8 4 4 Hugh Millikin 7 4 3 4 Song He-dong 6 0 6
Women
Teams Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Curling club Lynn Hewitt Ellen Weir Sarah Herbert Lyn Greenwood Sandy Gagnon Victoria Curling Association Akiko Katoh Yumie Hayashi Ayumi Onodera Mika Hori Akemi Niwa Elaine Dagg-Jackson Tokoro CC Kim Mi-yeon Lee So-jung Shin Mi-sung Kim Se-mi Lee Hyun-jung Seoul CC Lisa Anderson Kylie Petherick Karen Rawcliffe Bridget Becker Natalie Campbell Edwin Harley Alexandra CC
Round Robin Final round robin results. PlaceCountrySkipWinsLosses 1 Akiko Katoh 6 0 2 Lynn Hewitt 3 3 3 Lisa Anderson 2 4 4 Kim Mi-yeon 1 5 Teams to playoffs
Playoffs
Final standings Place Country Skip GP W L Akiko Katoh 7 7 0 Lisa Anderson 8 3 5 Lynn Hewitt 7 3 4 4 Kim Mi-yeon 6 1 5
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