Zang Reaches 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) Semifinals

SKIP
Jia Liang
Zang

Third
De Xin
Ba

Second
Yanlong
Ma

Lead
Jin Bo
Wang

Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN) run at the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-5 loss to Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON). of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; Zang advanced through the quarterfinals with a 4-2 win over Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN). of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;

Zang finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zang defeated Mark Homan (Chelsea, QC) 8-7, then went on to lose 6-1 against Charley Thomas (Toronto, ON). Zang responded with a 7-1 win over Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL). Zang won 8-5 against Mark Fenner (Chaska, USA), then won 5-4 against Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

Zang earned 24.513 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena). Zang move up 14 spots after posting a net gain of 19.648 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 36th overall with 98.606 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Zang ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 59.680 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2009: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon
Gatineau, QC
2010: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Simon Collin, Steeve Villeneuve
Saguenay, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2012: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Craig Savill, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2018: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON

Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant (Photo: World Curling) took down the reigning gold medalists to stay on pace for top spot in the pool.

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