Xu Finishes Fourth at 2025 BKT Tires World Men's Curling Championship

BEI JING, China

SKIP
Xiao Ming
Xu

Third
Xueqing
Fei

Second
Zhi Yu
Wang

Lead
Zhichao
Li

Games:	15
Record:	9W - 6L
PF/G:	7.48
PA/G:	6.96
Hammer Efficiency:	0.34
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Xiao Ming Xu (BEI JING, CHN) lost 11-2 to Brad Jacobs (Edmonton, CAN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2025 BKT Tires World Men's Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. of the 2025 BKT Tires World Men's Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Xiao Ming Xu (BEI JING, CHN) lost 11-2 to Brad Jacobs (Edmonton, CAN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2025 BKT Tires World Men's Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Xu lost 7-3 to Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2025 BKT Tires World Men's Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; and won 8-7 over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2025 BKT Tires World Men's Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan;

Xu finished 8-4 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Xu defeated Niklas Edin (Karlstad , SWE) 9-5, then won 8-2 against Korey Dropkin (Duluth, USA) and 9-4 against Joel Retornaz (Cembra, ITA). Xu went on to lose 7-5 against Schwaller. Xu responded with a 11-10 win over Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER). Xu won 8-6 against Ramsfjell, then won 8-7 against Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Xu went on to lose 10-3 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Xu lost 8-2 to Jacobs. Xu lost 7-6 to Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) where Xu responded with a 10-1 win over Hyojun Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Xu won 9-2 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the BKT Tires World Men's Curling Championship, Xu take home 44.000 world rankings points. Xu move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 39.5 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 180.250 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Xu ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 180.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	56	27	0	0.675	9-2	7-5	5-2	1-1	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	631	538	382	8.53	6.05	2.47	4.68	4.01	1.82	1.51	1.32

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	303	381	71	42	12-1	29-1	74-14	1.26	0.23	0.44	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	328	157	311	41	6-7	19-11	12-64	0.48	0.95	0.59	0.26

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