[[3:42.5000]] Xu Reaches Crown Royal Players' Championship Semifinals

Crown Royal Players' Championship

Curling Scores

M: 2026 Winter Olympics - Men
Cortina dAmpezzo, ITA
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: M8 -- Mon, Feb 16 -- 2:05pm CET
GBR (Mouat) 6  Final
NOR (Ramsfjell) 7  (10) WATCH on CBC Gem: gem.cbc.ca
CZE (Klima) 2  Final
CAN (Jacobs) 8  (8) WATCH on CBC Gem: gem.cbc.ca
SWE (Edin) 3  Final
GER (Muskatewitz) 7  (10)
ITA (Retornaz) 4  Final
CHN (Xu) 11  (7) WATCH on CBC Gem: gem.cbc.ca
M: Curling Stadium Martensville International
Martensville, SK
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 15 -- 3:30pm CT
McEwen 3  Final
McDonald 4  (8) WATCH on Youtube: CurlingZone
D: Winter Olympics - Mixed Doubles
Cortina dAmpezzo, ITA
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Tue, Feb 10 -- 6:05pm CET
Wran/Wran 6  Final
Thie/Drop 5  (8) WATCH on CBC Gem: gem.cbc.ca
D: GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Royal Montreal
Montreal, QC
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 15 -- 3:15pm ET
Woo/Wenz 3  Final
Powe/Saun 8  (6)
Mass/Dost 10  Final
Cull/Gara 2  (6)
M: Northern Ontario Mixed Doubles Championship
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 1:00pm ET
Bowm/Bowm 4  Final
Wrig/Sinc 8  (8) WATCH on Youtube: Curling Stadium Soo
M: CYCA Ray Kingsmith Memorial Bonspiel
Airdrie, AB
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 4:00pm MT
Padget 2  Final
Abbs 3  (8)
M: CYCA Ray Kingsmith Memorial Bonspiel
Airdrie, AB
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 4:00pm MT
Miller 2  Final
Stockdale 7  (6)
M: Bunge Manitoba Men's Championship
Selkirk, MB
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 3:00pm CT
Calvert 10  Final
McDonald 7  (EE) WATCH on Youtube: Curl Manitoba
M: Nova Scotia Mixed Doubles Provincials
Liverpool, NS
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 3:00pm AT
Carm/Weag 2  Final
Chri/Mosh 6  (7)
M: Quebec Mixed Doubles Championship
Sorel-Tracy, QC
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 3:30pm ET
Gion/Desj 2  Final
Sans/Caro 8  (6) WATCH on Youtube: Curling Quebec
M: Saskatchewan Mixed Doubles Provincials
Nipawin, SK
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 2:00pm MT
Reme/Derk 6  Final
Mart/Layc 9  (EE) WATCH on Link: Team Remeshylo/Derksen
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Xu Reaches Crown Royal Players' Championship Semifinals

Jan 6 - 11, 2026

Beijing, China
Player Photo
SKIP
Xiao Ming
Xu
   Player Photo
Third
Xueqing
Fei
   Player Photo
Second
Zhichao
Li
   Player Photo
Lead
Jingtao
Xu
  
Games: 7  
Record: 5W - 2L  
PF/G: 8.18  
PA/G: 7.09  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.50  
Steal Defense: 0.12  
Force Efficiency: 0.43  
Steal Efficiency: 0.21  
Xiao Ming Xu (Beijing, CHN) run at the Crown Royal Players' Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Kyle Waddell (Hamilton, SCO). of the Crown Royal Players' Championship in Steinbach, Manitoba; Xu advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-5 win over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). of the Crown Royal Players' Championship in Steinbach, Manitoba;
 
Xu are currently . In their opening game, Xu plays Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) on Tuesday at 12:30pm John Shuster (Duluth, MN) on Wednesday at 5pm Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) on Thursday at 9:30am and Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) at 5pm and Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) at 5pm.
 
Xu earned 42.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Crown Royal Players' Championship. Xu move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 28.475 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 11th overall with 216.731 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Xu ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 194.200 points earned so far this season.
 

Statistics

 RECORD W L T PCT HMR STL 1PT EEH EES 
 2026 42 34 0 0.553 4-1 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 
 SCORING ENDs PF PA PF/G PA/G +/- EF/G EA/G PF/E PA/E BE/G 
 2026 569 467 396 8.21 6.96 1.25 4.80 4.13 1.71 1.69 1.07 
 WITH HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E HE SD 
 2026 261 343 59 23 7-1 17-4 87-9 1.31 0.23 0.47 0.15 
 WITHOUT HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E FE SE 
 2026 308 124 337 38 4-7 10-27 15-65 0.40 1.09 0.49 0.24 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  1 vs. Casper (MN) - WTR:6 Jan 6, 11:30am CT
  6 vs. Shuster (MN) - WTR:10 Jan 7, 04:00pm CT
  8 vs. Schwaller (SUI) - WTR:3 Jan 8, 08:30am CT
  10 vs. Mouat (SCO) - WTR:1 Jan 8, 04:00pm CT
  12 vs. Edin (SWE) - WTR:9 Jan 9, 08:30am CT

Curling Scores

M: 2026 Winter Olympics - Men
Cortina dAmpezzo, ITA
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: M8 -- Mon, Feb 16 -- 2:05pm CET
GBR (Mouat) 6  Final
NOR (Ramsfjell) 7  (10) WATCH on CBC Gem: gem.cbc.ca
CZE (Klima) 2  Final
CAN (Jacobs) 8  (8) WATCH on CBC Gem: gem.cbc.ca
SWE (Edin) 3  Final
GER (Muskatewitz) 7  (10)
ITA (Retornaz) 4  Final
CHN (Xu) 11  (7) WATCH on CBC Gem: gem.cbc.ca
M: Curling Stadium Martensville International
Martensville, SK
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 15 -- 3:30pm CT
McEwen 3  Final
McDonald 4  (8) WATCH on Youtube: CurlingZone
D: Winter Olympics - Mixed Doubles
Cortina dAmpezzo, ITA
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Tue, Feb 10 -- 6:05pm CET
Wran/Wran 6  Final
Thie/Drop 5  (8) WATCH on CBC Gem: gem.cbc.ca
D: GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Royal Montreal
Montreal, QC
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 15 -- 3:15pm ET
Woo/Wenz 3  Final
Powe/Saun 8  (6)
Mass/Dost 10  Final
Cull/Gara 2  (6)
M: Northern Ontario Mixed Doubles Championship
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 1:00pm ET
Bowm/Bowm 4  Final
Wrig/Sinc 8  (8) WATCH on Youtube: Curling Stadium Soo
M: CYCA Ray Kingsmith Memorial Bonspiel
Airdrie, AB
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 4:00pm MT
Padget 2  Final
Abbs 3  (8)
M: CYCA Ray Kingsmith Memorial Bonspiel
Airdrie, AB
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 4:00pm MT
Miller 2  Final
Stockdale 7  (6)
M: Bunge Manitoba Men's Championship
Selkirk, MB
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 3:00pm CT
Calvert 10  Final
McDonald 7  (EE) WATCH on Youtube: Curl Manitoba
M: Nova Scotia Mixed Doubles Provincials
Liverpool, NS
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 3:00pm AT
Carm/Weag 2  Final
Chri/Mosh 6  (7)
M: Quebec Mixed Doubles Championship
Sorel-Tracy, QC
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 3:30pm ET
Gion/Desj 2  Final
Sans/Caro 8  (6) WATCH on Youtube: Curling Quebec
M: Saskatchewan Mixed Doubles Provincials
Nipawin, SK
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Feb 8 -- 2:00pm MT
Reme/Derk 6  Final
Mart/Layc 9  (EE) WATCH on Link: Team Remeshylo/Derksen
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