Zhuzbay Runner-Up at 2025 Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division

SKIP
Abylay
Zhuzbay

Third
Madiyar
Korabayev

Second
Aidos
Alliyar

Lead
Ibragim
Tastemir

Abylay Zhuzbay (Almaty, KAZ) lost 9-3 to Marc Pfister (Manilla, PHI) in the Final of the Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division, held October 27 - November 2, 2024 in Lacombe, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Zhuzbay won 10-3 over Ian Robertson (Kingston, JAM) in the semifinals

Zhuzbay finished 8-2 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zhuzbay lost 9-8 to Robertson, then responded with a 12-3 win over Harold Woods (Accra, NGR). Zhuzbay won 7-2 against Marcelo Cabral de Mello (Sao Paolo, BRA), then won 11-3 against Jonathan Vargas (San Juan, PR) and 7-6 against Jason Chang (Hong Kong, HKG). Zhuzbay won 10-5 against P.N. Raju (Hyderabad, IN), then won 17-0 against Haggai Odhiambo Ogak (Nairobi, KEN) and 9-2 against Amar Masalmeh (Riyadh, KSA). Zhuzbay won 9-4 against Nasser Alyafei (Doha, QAT). Zhuzbay went on to lose 6-5 against Pfister in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division, Zhuzbay take home 2.750 world rankings points. For week 14 of the event schedule, Zhuzbay did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Zhuzbay ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2025: Jason Chang
Jason Chang, Ching Nam Cheng, Cheuk Hei Chung, Ronnie Ma, King Yu, Nathan Small
, HKG
2024: Marc Pfister
Marc Pfister, Christian Haller, Enrico Pfister, Alan Frei, Benjo Delarmente, Miguel Gutierrez
Manilla, PHI
2023: Xiu Yue Ma
Xiu Yue Ma, Qiang Zou, Zhi Yu Wang, Jiafeng Tian , Rui Liu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Rayad Husain
Rayad Husain, Jason Perreira, Baul Persaud, Khemraj Goberdhan
Georgetown, GUY

Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant (Photo: World Curling) took down the reigning gold medalists to stay on pace for top spot in the pool.

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