Zang Reaches 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) Semifinals

Harbin, China

SKIP
Jia Liang
Zang

Third
De Xin
Ba

Second
Yanlong
Ma

Lead
Jin Bo
Wang

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.76
PA/G:	6.73
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN) run at the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-5 loss to Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON). of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; Zang advanced through the quarterfinals with a 4-2 win over Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN). of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;

Zang finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zang defeated Mark Homan (Chelsea, QC) 8-7, then went on to lose 6-1 against Charley Thomas (Toronto, ON). Zang responded with a 7-1 win over Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL). Zang won 8-5 against Mark Fenner (Chaska, USA), then won 5-4 against Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

Zang earned 24.513 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena). Zang move up 14 spots after posting a net gain of 19.648 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 36th overall with 98.606 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Zang ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 59.680 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

2009: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon
Gatineau, QC
2010: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Simon Collin, Steeve Villeneuve
Saguenay, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2012: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Craig Savill, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2018: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON

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