Changmin Kim (Uiseong, KOR) won
9-5 over
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, held November 7 - 13, 2021 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. To advance to the championship game, Kim won
7-4 over
Viktor Kim (Almaty, KAZ) in the semifinals of the 2022 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan;
Kim finished 5-1 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated
Alastair Fyfe (Riyadh, KSA) 9-3, then went on to lose
8-2 against
Morozumi. Kim responded with a
14-1 win over
Nassar Alyafei (Doha, QAT). Kim won
11-5 against
Hong Kong's Jason Chang, then won
9-1 against
Kim and
9-8 against
Ting-Li Lin (Taiwan, TPE) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships Championship title, Kim earned
12.825 world rankings points. Kim move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 3.544 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 35th overall with
92.468 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Kim ranks 39th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
46.030 points earned so far this season.
