CHAMPION: Kang Wins 2025 World Junior Curling Championships

SKIP
Bobae
Kang

Third
Jisoo
Kim

Second
Yujeong
Shim

Lead
Minseo
Kim

Bobae Kang (Jeonbuk, KOR) won 8-2 over Sara Messenzehl (Fuessen, GER) in the Final of the World Junior Curling Championships, held April 12 - 21, 2025 in Cortina d, Italy. To advance to the championship game, Kang won 7-6 over Moa Dryburgh (Sundbyberg , SWE) in the semifinals

Kang finished 6-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kang defeated Torhild Bjoernstad (Oppdal, NOR) 7-3, then went on to lose 9-7 against Ariane Oberson (Bern, SUI). Kang responded with a 9-4 win over Ziru Li (Beijing, CHN). Kang won 7-0 against Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT). Kang went on to lose 12-2 against Dryburgh. Kang responded with a 10-4 win over Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN). Kang won 7-4 against Allyson MacNutt (Halifax, CAN), then won 9-5 against Rebecca Mariani (Trentino, ITA). Kang went on to lose 10-9 against Messenzehl in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the World Junior Curling Championships Championship title, Kang earned 15.000 world rankings points. Kang move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 5.25 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with 139.188 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kang ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 139.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	54	21	0	0.720	5-0	7-2	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	564	463	335	8.21	5.94	2.27	4.81	3.88	1.71	1.53	1.31

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	266	313	86	31	8-3	25-2	66-9	1.18	0.32	0.42	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	298	150	249	43	6-6	8-13	17-48	0.50	0.84	0.57	0.33

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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