Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR) won
7-4 over
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Gangneung Invitational 2025, held March 6 - 9, 2025 at the Gangneung Curling Center in Gangneung, Korea. To advance to the championship game, Kim won
8-7 over
Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2025 Gangneung Invitational 2025 in Gangneung, Korea; and won
7-2 over
Marianne Roervik (Lillehammer, NOR) in the quarterfinals.
Kim finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated
Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU) 8-3, then won
7-6 against
Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, USA) and
9-1 against
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Kim won
6-5 against
Bobae Kang (Jeonbuk, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Gangneung Invitational 2025 Championship title, Kim earned
41.250 world rankings points along with the $15,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 5th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 20.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kim ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
294.625 points earned so far this season.
