CHAMPION: Hong Kong's Jason Chang Wins U.S. Steel Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division

Hong Kong

SKIP
Jason
Chang

Third
Ching Nam
Cheng

Second
Cheuk Hei
Chung

Lead
Ronnie
Ma

Games:	12
Record:	10W - 2L
PF/G:	10.19
PA/G:	5.51
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.28
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Hong Kong's Jason Chang won 10-9 over Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay in the Final of the U.S. Steel Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division, held October 19 - 26 in Eveleth, Minnesota. To advance to the championship game, Hong Kong's Jason Chang won 6-5 over P.N. Raju (Hyderabad, IN) in the semifinals of the U.S. Steel Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division in Eveleth, Minnesota;

Hong Kong's Jason Chang finished 8-2 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hong Kong's Jason Chang lost 6-5 to Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta, then responded with a 15-3 win over Nigeria's Harold Woods. Hong Kong's Jason Chang won 11-2 against Brazil's Marcelo Cabral de Mello, then won 10-3 against Mexico's Diego Tompkins and 14-0 against Thailand's Teekawin Jearateetawit. Hong Kong's Jason Chang won 10-5 against Saudi Arabia's Amar Masalmeh, then won 7-6 against Raju and 10-3 against Ting-Li Lin (Taiwan, TPE). Hong Kong's Jason Chang went on to lose 10-3 against Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay. Hong Kong's Jason Chang responded with a 8-7 win over Guyana's Rayad Husain in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the U.S. Steel Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division Championship title, Hong Kong's Jason Chang earned 6.000 world rankings points. Hong Kong's Jason Chang move up 56 spots after posting a net gain of 5.219 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 146th overall with 9.650 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Hong Kong's Jason Chang ranks 133rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.525 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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