CHAMPION: Han/Zou Wins 2023 Omnium Services Financiers Richard April

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	11.22
PA/G:	5.12
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Yu Han/Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) won 5-4 over Ying Yang/Jiafeng Tian (Beijing, CHN) in the Final of the Omnium Services Financiers Richard April, held November 10 - 12, 2023 in Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Han/Zou won 8-2 over Lauren Cheal/Greg Cheal (Sherbrooke, QC) in the semifinals of the 2023 Omnium Services Financiers Richard April in Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec; and won 9-1 over Kelly Tremblay/Pierre Lanoue (Boucherville, MTL) in the quarterfinals.

Han/Zou finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Han/Zou defeated Cheal/Cheal 7-6, then won 6-5 against Tyler Parmiter/Ronnie Burgess (Fredericton, NB) and 11-3 against Lisianne Ouellet/Guillaume Rousseau (RiviÃ¨re-du-Loup, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Omnium Services Financiers Richard April Championship title, Han/Zou earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $800CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 33.126 total points. Han/Zou ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	19	5	1	0.792	4-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	170	178	102	10.47	6.00	4.47	6.24	3.71	1.68	1.62	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	75	101	31	1	3-2	11-1	14-5	1.35	0.41	0.38	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	95	77	71	0	2-1	5-5	11-13	0.81	0.75	0.58	0.53

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