CHAMPION: Lee Wins 2025 Korean National Curling Championship

Uiseong, Korea

SKIP
JaeBeom
Lee

Third
Hyojun
Kim

Second
Jeongmin
Pyo

Lead
Jinhun
Kim

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	9.63
PA/G:	5.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

JaeBeom Lee (Uiseong, KOR) won 10-5 over Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR) in the Final of the Korean National Curling Championship, held June 9 - 17, 2024 in Gangneung, Korea. To advance to the championship game, Lee won 8-7 over Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gyeongbuk, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2025 Korean National Curling Championship in Gangneung, Korea;

Lee finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lee defeated GunWoo Park (Incheon, KOR) 9-4, then won 11-1 against Jinhan Yoo (Uiseong, KOR) and 9-7 against ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR). Lee went on to lose 8-4 against Kim. Lee responded with a 14-6 win over Jihoo Yoon (Bongmyeong, KOR). Lee went on to lose 5-4 against Park. Lee lost 0-0 to Jeong in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Korean National Curling Championship Championship title, Lee earned 15.000 world rankings points. For week 1 of the event schedule, Lee did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Lee ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	35	50	0	0.412	2-3	1-13	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	624	447	463	7.16	7.42	-0.26	4.23	4.36	1.69	1.70	1.41

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	305	326	113	41	11-2	17-11	64-12	1.07	0.37	0.35	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	319	121	350	47	6-8	4-26	20-74	0.38	1.10	0.46	0.23

2025: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Chang-Min Kim, Minhyeon Yoo, Hak Kyun Kim, Jae Ik Jeon, So Min Yoon
Gyeong-Buk, KOR
2024: JaeBeom Lee
JaeBeom Lee, Hyojun Kim, Jeongmin Pyo, Jinhun Kim, Jinhoon Kim
Uiseong, KOR
2023: Jongduk Park
Jongduk Park, Yeongseok Jeong, Seunghoon Oh, Jihoon Seong
Gangwon, KOR
2022: ByeongJin Jeong
ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, MinWoo Kim, Taehwan Kim
Seoul, KOR
2021: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Chang-Min Kim, Jae Ik Jeon, Hak Kyun Kim , So Min Yoon
Uiseong, KOR
2020: Yeongseok Jeong
Yeongseok Jeong, San Kim, Saewon Park, Seung Min Kim
Gyeonggido, KOR
2019: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Kijeong Lee, Hak Kyun Kim, Kibok Lee
Uiseong, KOR
2018: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, DonghYeong Lee, Hyeonjun Hwang, Jae Ho Lee
Seoul, KOR
2017: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Se-Hyeon Seong, Eun Soo Oh, Kibok Lee, Min-Chan Kim, Myungsup Lim
Uiseong, KOR
2016: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Taehwan Kim, Jongduk Park, Yoonho Nam, Minhyeon Yoo, Se-Young Yang
Gangwon, KOR
2015: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Jongduk Park, Taehwan Kim, Minhyeon Yoo , Se-Young Yang
Gang Won, KOR

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