Zou Reaches 2017 KW Fall Classic Semifinals

Harbin, China

SKIP
De Jia
Zou

Third
Qiang
Zou

Second
Jingtao
Xu

Lead
Zhilin
Shao

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.46
PA/G:	6.73
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

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 Ontario's Andrew Fairfull. of the 2017 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;

Zou finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . 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 Ontario's Brent Gray, then won 7-4 against Ontario's Ian Dickie 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

2023: Alex Champ
Alex Champ, Charlie Richard, DJ Ronaldson, Scott Clinton
Toronto, ON
2022: Michael Fournier
Michael Fournier, Kevin Flewwelling, Sean Harrison, Zander Elmes
Toronto, ON
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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