Zou Runner-Up at 2019 Curling World Cup Grand Final

Beijing, China

Fourth
De Xin
Ba

SKIP
Qiang
Zou

Second
Zhi Yu
Wang

Lead
Jingtao
Xu

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	5.66
PA/G:	6.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.12

Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) lost 5-3 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN) in the Final of the Curling World Cup Grand Final, held May 8 - 12, 2019 in Beijing, China.

Zou finished 4-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zou defeated Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) 7-6, then went on to lose 7-3 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Zou responded with a 7-5 win over Matt Dunstone (Regina, CAN). Zou went on to lose 5-0 against Edin. Zou responded with a 6-3 win over Shuster. Zou won 4-3 against Dunstone in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curling World Cup Grand Final, Zou take home 47.319 world rankings points along with the $33,666CDN prize. Zou move up 24 spots after posting a net gain of 44.266 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 28th overall with 127.520 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Zou ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 127.520 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

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