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 Australia 5 Ian Palangio (2015) 1 Hugh Millikin (2006), Hugh Millikin (2005), Hugh Millikin (1997), Hugh Millikin (1996), Hugh Millikin (1995), Hugh Millikin (1994), Hugh Millikin (1993), Hugh Millikin (1992), Hugh Millikin (1991)
China China 3 Jialiang Zang (2015) 1 Jialiang Zang (2014), Rui Liu (2013), Rui Liu (2012), Rui Liu (2011), Fengchun Wang (2010), Fengchun Wang (2009), Fengchun Wang (2008), Fengchun Wang (2007)
Hong Kong, China Hong Kong, China 8 John Li (2015) 8 John Li (2015)
Japan Japan 2 Yusuke Morozumi (2015) 1 Hiroaki Kashiwagi (2001), No Name (1999)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 7 Viktor Kim (2015) 7 Viktor Kim (2015), Viktor Kim (2014), Aleksandr Orlov (2012)
Korea Korea 1 Soo-Hyuk Kim (2015) 1 Soo-Hyuk Kim (2015), Dong-Keun Lee (2002)
New Zealand New Zealand 4 Peter de Boer (2015) 1 Sean Becker (2004), Sean Becker (2003), Dan Mustapic (2000), Sean Becker (1998)
Qatar Qatar - - - -
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 6 Randolph Shen (2015) 5 Randolph Shen (2013), Randolph Shen (2012), Randolph Shen (2011), Randolph Shen (2010), Nicholas Hsu (2005), Po-Hen Hu (2001)
Experience
Participations
Sean Becker (NZL) 18
Ian Palangio (AUS) 14
Nicholas Hsu (TPE) 14
Brendon Liu (TPE) 13
Xiaoming Xu (CHN) 12
Jialiang Zang (CHN) 10
Rui Liu (CHN) 9
Championships
Jialiang Zang (CHN) 8
Xiaoming Xu (CHN) 7
Rui Liu (CHN) 6
Sean Becker (NZL) 4
Ian Palangio (AUS) 2
Soo-Hyuk Kim (KOR) 2
Warren Dobson (NZL) 2
Finals played
Jialiang Zang (CHN) 8
Xiaoming Xu (CHN) 7
Ian Palangio (AUS) 6
Rui Liu (CHN) 6
Yusuke Morozumi (JPN) 6
Tetsuro Shimizu (JPN) 6
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (JPN) 6
Medals won
Sean Becker (NZL) 13
Jialiang Zang (CHN) 10
Ian Palangio (AUS) 9
Xiaoming Xu (CHN) 9
Rui Liu (CHN) 7
Yusuke Morozumi (JPN) 6
Tetsuro Shimizu (JPN) 6
Games Played
Sean Becker (NZL) 161
Ian Palangio (AUS) 135
Xiaoming Xu (CHN) 124
Nicholas Hsu (TPE) 108
Brendon Liu (TPE) 98
Rui Liu (CHN) 94
Scott Becker (NZL) 79
Games Won
Xiaoming Xu (CHN) 91
Sean Becker (NZL) 87
Rui Liu (CHN) 68
Ian Palangio (AUS) 65
Jialiang Zang (CHN) 53
Yusuke Morozumi (JPN) 48
Tetsuro Shimizu (JPN) 48
Rookies
Tianyu Zhang (CHN)
Jason Chang (HKG)
Derek Leung (HKG)
Teddie Leung (HKG)
Martin Yan (HKG)
Dmitriy Garagul (KAZ)
Renas Akhmad (KAZ)
Anton Hood (NZL)
Nabeel Abdulrahman Al-Yafei (QAT)
Ahmed Saad Alfahad (QAT)
Abdulaziz Al-Majid (QAT)
Jaber Al-Ozali (QAT)
Abdulrahman Mohamed (QAT)
Ages

Players with age known: 36 of 44

Average age of the field: 31.4 years

Youngest
Anton Hood () 16y 9m
Derek Leung () 19y 7m
Abdulaziz Al-Majid () 20y 3m
Dmitriy Garagul () 20y 3m
Tianyu Zhang () 20y 4m
Abdulrahman Mohamed () 21y 8m
Dean Hewitt () 21y 11m
Oldest
Viktor Kim () 61y 3m
John Li () 58y 11m
Teddie Leung () 55y 0m
Peter de Boer () 45y 2m
Ian Palangio () 43y 11m
Sean Becker () 41y 3m
Derek Smith () 37y 3m
Youngest skips
Yusuke Morozumi () 31y 9m
Soo-Hyuk Kim () 32y 6m
Nasser AlYafei () 33y 0m
Jason Chang () 34y 5m
Oldest skips
Viktor Kim () 61y 3m
Peter de Boer () 45y 2m
Ian Palangio () 43y 11m
Rui Liu () 34y 7m