The top two women's berths, China and Japan, qualified for the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship in Riga, Latvia, while the top two men's berths, China and Japan, qualified for the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia.

The men's tournament will have seven teams competing in a single round-robin format, while the women's tournament will have six teams competing in a double round-robin format.

At the conclusion of the round robin tournaments, the top four men's and women's teams will play in the semifinals.

The medal round, as in previous years, will consist of single games.

[4] The teams are listed as follows:[5][6] Skip: Hugh Millikin Second: Sean Hall Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Angus Young Third: Xu Xiaoming Second: Zang Jialiang Lead: Ba Dexin Alternate: Zou Dejia Third: Brendon Liu Second: Nicholas Hsu Lead: Justin Hsu Alternate: Steve Koo Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Tetsuro Shimizu Lead: Kosuke Morozumi Alternate: Yoshiro Shimizu Skip: Viktor Kim Second: Daniel Alex Kim Lead: Ilya Kuznetsov Alternate: Marat Smailov Third: Sean Becker Second: Scott Becker Lead: Kenny Thomson Alternate: Philip Dowling Third: Kim Min-chan Second: Seong Se-hyeon Lead: Seo Young-seon Alternate: Oh Eun-su Final round-robin standings All draw times listed in New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12).