Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay Runner-Up at U.S. Steel Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division

Kazakhstan

SKIP
Abylay
Zhuzbay

Third
Adil
Zhumagozha

Second
Aidos
Alliyar

Lead
Dimitriy
Garagul

Games:	12
Record:	10W - 2L
PF/G:	14.02
PA/G:	5.46
Hammer Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.53

Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay lost 10-9 to Hong Kong's Jason Chang in the Final of the U.S. Steel Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division, held October 19 - 26 in Eveleth, Minnesota. To advance to the championship game, Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay won 10-7 over Guyana's Rayad Husain in the semifinals

Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay finished 9-1 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay defeated Saudi Arabia's Amar Masalmeh 16-0, then won 13-4 against Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta and 13-3 against Thailand's Teekawin Jearateetawit. Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay won 12-7 against Guyana's Rayad Husain, then won 12-4 against Mexico's Diego Tompkins and 10-2 against Ting-Li Lin (Taiwan, TPE). Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay won 14-0 against Nigeria's Harold Woods, then won 8-2 against Brazil's Marcelo Cabral de Mello and 10-3 against Hong Kong's Jason Chang. Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay went on to lose 11-9 against P.N. Raju (Hyderabad, IN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the U.S. Steel Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division, Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay take home 4.400 world rankings points. For week 14 of the event schedule, Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kazakhstan's Abylay 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

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