Xueqing Fei (Beijing, CHN) won
8-7 over
Benny Kapp (Fuessen/Oberstdorf , GER) in the Final of the World Junior Curling Championships, held February 25 - March 4, 2023 in Fuessen, Germany. To advance to the championship game, Fei won
8-1 over
Orrin Carson (Dumfries, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships in Fuessen, Germany;
Fei finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fei lost
8-5 to
Switzerland's Jan Iseli, then responded with a
9-6 win over
Landan Rooney (Whitby, CAN). Fei went on to lose
6-5 against
Ethan Sampson (Chaska, USA). Fei lost
9-6 to
Serkan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR) where Fei responded with a
9-3 win over
Carson. Fei won
11-3 against
Eunbin Kim (Kyungil, KOR), then won
7-6 against
Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR) and
7-6 against
Giacomo Colli (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA). Fei won
4-3 against
Kapp in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the World Junior Curling Championships Championship title, Fei earned
30.000 world rankings points, moving up 445 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 112th place overall with
30.000 total points. Fei ranks 109th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
30.000 points earned so far this season.
