Zhuzbay Reaches 2025 Asian Winter Games Quarters

Almaty, Kazakhstan

SKIP
Abylay
Zhuzbay

Third
Aidos
Alliyar

Second
Adil
Zhumagozha

Lead
Yermek
Mussainov

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	7.50
PA/G:	10.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Abylay Zhuzbay (Almaty, KAZ) qualified for the 2025 Asian Winter Games playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-5 against Jason Chang (Hong Kong, HKG). of the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China;

Zhuzbay finished 2-2 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zhuzbay defeated Ting-Li Lin (Taiwan, TPE) 10-5, then went on to lose 4-1 against Marc Pfister (Manilla, PHI). Zhuzbay lost 12-2 to JaeBeom Lee (Uiseong, KOR) where Zhuzbay responded with a 6-3 win over Kyrgystan's Aibek Asanaliev in their final qualifying round match.

Zhuzbay earned 3.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Asian Winter Games, moving up 58 spots the World Ranking Standings into 191st place overall with 5.750 total points. Zhuzbay ranks 191st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	11	9	0	0.550	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	149	144	109	9.66	7.32	2.35	5.17	4.50	1.87	1.63	0.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	69	91	28	3	4-3	9-0	11-1	1.32	0.41	0.36	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	80	53	81	2	3-1	2-7	11-15	0.66	1.01	0.53	0.36

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