CHAMPION: Koe Wins 2019 Curling World Cup Grand Final

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Colton
Flasch

Lead
Denni
Neufeld

Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN) won 5-3 over Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in the Final of the Curling World Cup Grand Final, held May 8 - 12, 2019 in Beijing, China.

Koe finished 4-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe lost 6-2 to Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI), then responded with a 5-4 win over Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Koe won 9-2 against Ross Paterson (Glasgow, SCO). Koe went on to lose 9-3 against Schwaller. Koe responded with a 4-3 win over Ulsrud. Koe won 7-6 against Paterson in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curling World Cup Grand Final Championship title, Koe earned 64.526 world rankings points along with the $55,213CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 13.651 after improving upon their best so far this season. Koe ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 512.335 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

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