Liu Runner-Up at 2017 CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Xiao Ming
Xu

Second
De Xin
Ba

Lead
Jia Liang
Zang

Rui Liu (HARBIN, CHN) lost 5-2 to Grant Hardie (Dumfries, SCO) in the Final of the CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship, held March 15 - 19, 2017 in Aberdeen, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Liu won 6-3 over Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2017 CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland; and won 7-2 over Gustav Eskilsson (Skellefteï¿½, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland;

Liu finished 4-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated Alexey Stukalskiy (Moscow, RUS) 6-4, then went on to lose 6-4 against David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO). Liu lost 7-6 to Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) where Liu responded with a 7-2 win over Andrew Hutcheon (Aberdeen, SCO). Liu won 6-5 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA), then won 4-3 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Jar, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship, Liu take home 34.179 world rankings points along with the $4,973CDN prize. Liu move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 31.992 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 27th overall with 251.147 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Liu ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 153.885 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: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2022: Sixten Totzek
Sixten Totzek, Marc Muskatewitz , Joshua Sutor, Dominik Greindl
Munich, GER
2020: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2018: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2017: Grant Hardie
Grant Hardie, Blair Fraser, Dave Reid, Duncan Menzies
Dumfries, SCO
2016: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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