Zou Reaches 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) Quarters

Beijing, China

SKIP
Qiang
Zou

Third
Zhi Yu
Wang

Second
Jingtao
Xu

Lead
Zhilin
Shao

Games:	4
Record:	3W - 1L
PF/G:	9.67
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) qualified for the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 4-2 against Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN). of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;

Zou finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zou defeated Steven Munroe (Levis, QC) 6-3, then won 13-6 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) and 8-5 against Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

Zou earned 17.303 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena). Zou move up 10 spots after posting a net gain of 13.282 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 64th overall with 65.148 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Zou ranks 45th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.979 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

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