Becker Finishes Fourth at 2020 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

Naseby, New Zealand

SKIP
Scott
Becker

Third
Anton
Hood

Second
Brett
Sargon

Lead
Warren
Dobson

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	11.01
PA/G:	7.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Scott Becker (Naseby, NZL) lost 9-4 to Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in Shenzhen, China. of the 2020 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in Shenzhen, China; Scott Becker (Naseby, NZL) lost 9-4 to Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in Shenzhen, China. Becker lost 10-6 to Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Becker finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Becker lost 10-4 to Zou, then responded with a 9-3 win over Sean Hall (Melbourne, AUS). Becker won 15-1 against Nassar Alyafei (Doha, QAT). Becker went on to lose 8-2 against Kim. Becker responded with a 8-7 win over Randie Shen (Taipei City, TPE). Becker went on to lose 8-7 against Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN). Becker responded with a 18-3 win over Tijani Cole (Lagos, NGR). Becker won 14-4 against Jason Chang (Hong Kong, HKG), then won 11-4 against Abylay Zhuzbay (Almaty, KAZ) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Becker take home 11.782 world rankings points, moving up 96 spots the World Ranking Standings into 163rd place overall with 19.579 total points. Becker ranks 145th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.782 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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