Zou Reaches 2017 KW Fall Classic Semifinals

SKIP
De Jia
Zou

Third
Qiang
Zou

Second
Jingtao
Xu

Lead
Zhilin
Shao

De Jia Zou (Harbin, CHN) run at the 2017 KW Fall Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Matthew Hall (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON). of the 2017 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Zou advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-6 win over Andrew Fairfull (Ontario). of the 2017 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;

Zou finished 4-1 in the 18 team KW Fall Classic qualifying round, held September 21 - 24, 2017 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. In their opening game, Zou defeated David Misun (Martin, SVK) 6-2, then went on to lose 9-3 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Zou responded with a 9-3 win over Rob Lobel (Toronto, ON). Zou won 6-5 against Brent Gray (Ontario), then won 7-4 against Ian Dickie (Ontario) in their final qualifying round match.

Zou earned 13.662 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the KW Fall Classic, moving up 176 spots the World Ranking Standings into 153rd place overall with 16.186 total points. Zou ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.186 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

2021: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle , Greg Drummond
Stirling, SCO
2020: Paul Moffatt
Paul Moffatt, Ben Shane, John Gabel, Kyle Forster
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2019: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN
2018: Alexey Timofeev
Alexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Artem Shmakov, Sergei Glukhov
St. Petersburg, RUS
2017: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Jeff Wanless, Joey Hart, David Hart
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2016: Richard Krell
Richard Krell, Evan Lilly, Jonah Mondloch, Robert Currie
Waterloo, ON
2015: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Xiao Ming Xu
Harbin, CHN
2014: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Scott Brandon, Shane Konings
London, ON
2013: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Connor Duhaime, Simon Barrick
London, ON
2012: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Travis Fanset, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2011: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
Guelph, ON
2010: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Chris Ciasnocha, Tyler Morgan, Jamie Farnell
Kingston, ON
2009: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Bradford, ON
2008: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Churchill, ON

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