De Jia Zou (Harbin, CHN) lost
6-4 to
Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, ) in the Final of the Avonair Cash Spiel, held September 29 - October 1, 2017 at the Avonair Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Zou won
6-5 over
Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2017 Avonair Cash Spiel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won
5-1 over
Tracy Steinke (Dawson Creek, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Avonair Cash Spiel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;
Zou finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zou defeated
Thomas Usselman (Edmonton, AB) 6-5, then won
8-2 against
Jeremy Harty (Calgary, AB) and
6-4 against
Mike Hutchings (Morinville, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Avonair Cash Spiel, Zou take home
16.558 world rankings points along with the $2,300CDN prize, moving up 51 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 102nd place overall with
32.744 total points. Zou ranks 29th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
32.744 points earned so far this season.
