Zou1-4 at 2018 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic

Beijing, China

SKIP
Qiang
Zou

Third
Zhi Yu
Wang

Second
Jingtao
Xu

Lead
Zhilin
Shao

Games:	5
Record:	1W - 4L
PF/G:	5.88
PA/G:	8.82
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.47
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.07

Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) finished 1-4 in the 24 team Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic qualifying round, held November 23 - 26, 2018 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. In their opening game, Zou lost 7-2 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB), droppimg another game, 7-4 to Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK). Zou lost 6-5 to Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO) where Zou responded with a 7-4 win over Neil Dangerfield (Victoria, BC). Zou went on to lose 6-2 against Tyler Tardi (Langley, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Zou earned 3.053 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Zou gained 0.45999999999999 points improving upon their best 6 events, though dropped 5 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 58thplace overall with 79.753 total points. Zou ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 55.626 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	1	4	0	0.200	1-3	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	34	20	30	5.88	8.82	-2.94	3.24	5.59	1.82	1.58	1.18

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	19	19	15	0	1-0	1-1	4-4	1.00	0.79	0.32	0.47

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	15	1	15	4	0-0	0-1	0-3	0.07	1.00	0.60	0.07

2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Glen Muirhead
Glen Muirhead, Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2017: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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