Background Facts

Please note that the information is calculated as of the tournament start date and is not updated thereafter.

Teams

	Association	Latest result		Best Result
	Australia	2	Hugh Millikin (2004)	1	Hugh Millikin (1997), Hugh Millikin (1996), Hugh Millikin (1995), Hugh Millikin (1994), Hugh Millikin (1993), Hugh Millikin (1992), Hugh Millikin (1991)
	China	4	Xiaoming Xu (2004)	4	Xiaoming Xu (2004)
	Japan	3	Hiroaki Kashiwagi (2004)	1	Hiroaki Kashiwagi (2001), Makoto Tsuruga (1999)
	Korea	5	Jong Chul Beak (2004)	1	Dongkeun Lee (2002)
	New Zealand	1	Sean Becker (2004)	1	Sean Becker (2004), Sean Becker (2003), Dan Mustapic (2000), Sean Becker (1998)
	Chinese Taipei	6	Brendon Liu (2004)	5	Po-Hen Hu (2001)

Experience

Participations

Hugh Millikin (AUS)	14
Lorne Depape (NZL)	10
Sean Becker (NZL)	10
Hans Frauenlob (NZL)	8
Makoto Tsuruga (JPN)	4
Yoshiyuki Ohmiya (JPN)	4
Ian Palangio (AUS)	4

Championships

Hugh Millikin (AUS)	7
Lorne Depape (NZL)	4
Hans Frauenlob (NZL)	4
Sean Becker (NZL)	4
Dan Mustapic (NZL)	2
Warren Dobson (NZL)	2
Makoto Tsuruga (JPN)	1

Finals played

Hugh Millikin (AUS)	12
Lorne Depape (NZL)	5
Hans Frauenlob (NZL)	5
Sean Becker (NZL)	5
Makoto Tsuruga (JPN)	4
Yoshiyuki Ohmiya (JPN)	4
Ian Palangio (AUS)	3

Medals won

Hugh Millikin (AUS)	14
Lorne Depape (NZL)	9
Sean Becker (NZL)	9
Hans Frauenlob (NZL)	7
Makoto Tsuruga (JPN)	4
Yoshiyuki Ohmiya (JPN)	4
Ian Palangio (AUS)	4

Games Played

Hugh Millikin (AUS)	99
Sean Becker (NZL)	77
Hans Frauenlob (NZL)	66
Lorne Depape (NZL)	62
Ian Palangio (AUS)	39
Makoto Tsuruga (JPN)	31
Nicholas Hsu (TPE)	21

Games Won

Hugh Millikin (AUS)	73
Sean Becker (NZL)	44
Hans Frauenlob (NZL)	42
Lorne Depape (NZL)	36
Ian Palangio (AUS)	23
Makoto Tsuruga (JPN)	20
Dan Mustapic (NZL)	13

Rookies

Mike Woloschuk (AUS)

Hongchen Li (CHN)

Yuji Hirama (JPN)

Kazuhiko Ikawa (JPN)

Tsuyoshi Ryutaki (JPN)

Ian Lu (TPE)

Men-Ju Wu (TPE)

Ages

Players with age known: 14 of 29

Average age of the field: 34.6 years

Youngest

Xiaoming Xu ()	21y 2m
Rui Liu ()	23y 8m
Yongjun Ma ()	24y 2m
Makoto Tsuruga ()	28y 0m
Se Young Yang ()	28y 6m
Jong Chul Beak ()	30y 1m
Hongchen Li ()	30y 1m

Oldest

Lorne Depape ()	50y 7m
Hugh Millikin ()	48y 4m
Yoshiyuki Ohmiya ()	46y 10m
Dan Mustapic ()	45y 3m
Hans Frauenlob ()	45y 0m
Ian Palangio ()	33y 0m
Sean Becker ()	30y 4m

Youngest skips

Xiaoming Xu ()	21y 2m
Jong Chul Beak ()	30y 1m
Sean Becker ()	30y 4m
Yoshiyuki Ohmiya ()	46y 10m

Oldest skips

Hugh Millikin ()	48y 4m
Yoshiyuki Ohmiya ()	46y 10m
Sean Becker ()	30y 4m
Jong Chul Beak ()	30y 1m