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 4 Hugh Millikin (2017) 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 2 Dejia Zou (2017) 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 7 Jason Chang (2017) 6 Jason Chang (2016)
Japan Japan 3 Yusuke Morozumi (2017) 1 Yusuke Morozumi (2016), Hiroaki Kashiwagi (2001), No Name (1999)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 9 Viktor Kim (2017) 7 Viktor Kim (2015), Viktor Kim (2014), Aleksandr Orlov (2012)
Korea Korea 1 Chang-Min Kim (2017) 1 Chang-Min Kim (2017), Soo-Hyuk Kim (2015), Dongkeun Lee (2002)
New Zealand New Zealand 5 Sean Becker (2017) 1 Sean Becker (2004), Sean Becker (2003), Dan Mustapic (2000), Sean Becker (1998)
Qatar Qatar 8 Nabeel Abdulrahman Al-Yafei (2017) 8 Nabeel Abdulrahman Al-Yafei (2017)
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 6 Randolph Shen (2017) 4 Randolph Shen (2016)
Experience
Participations
Nicholas Hsu (TPE) 16
Stephen Johns (AUS) 15
Brendon Liu (TPE) 15
Warren Dobson (NZL) 10
Scott Becker (NZL) 9
Tetsuro Shimizu (JPN) 9
Randolph Shen (TPE) 9
Championships
Stephen Johns (AUS) 4
Soo-Hyuk Kim (KOR) 2
Warren Dobson (NZL) 2
Tetsuro Shimizu (JPN) 1
Qiang Zou (CHN) 1
Scott Becker (NZL) 0
Nicholas Hsu (TPE) 0
Finals played
Stephen Johns (AUS) 10
Tetsuro Shimizu (JPN) 7
Soo-Hyuk Kim (KOR) 3
Qiang Zou (CHN) 3
Shinya Abe (JPN) 2
Warren Dobson (NZL) 2
Scott Becker (NZL) 1
Medals won
Stephen Johns (AUS) 13
Tetsuro Shimizu (JPN) 8
Soo-Hyuk Kim (KOR) 6
Peter Becker (NZL) 5
Warren Dobson (NZL) 5
Scott Becker (NZL) 3
Qiang Zou (CHN) 3
Games Played
Nicholas Hsu (TPE) 126
Stephen Johns (AUS) 119
Brendon Liu (TPE) 116
Tetsuro Shimizu (JPN) 92
Scott Becker (NZL) 87
Randolph Shen (TPE) 77
Soo-Hyuk Kim (KOR) 75
Games Won
Stephen Johns (AUS) 76
Tetsuro Shimizu (JPN) 65
Soo-Hyuk Kim (KOR) 47
Scott Becker (NZL) 41
Nicholas Hsu (TPE) 30
Warren Dobson (NZL) 29
Brendon Liu (TPE) 29
Rookies
Dustin Armstrong (AUS)
Dongxu Jiang (CHN)
Zhi Yu Wang (CHN)
Justin Chen (HKG)
Yasumasa Tanida (JPN)
Kosuke Aita (JPN)
Roman Kazimirchik (KAZ)
Azizbek Nadirbayev (KAZ)
Hyeonjun Hwang (KOR)
Byeong Jin Jeong (KOR)
Donghyeong Lee (KOR)
Jeong Jae Lee (KOR)
Simon Neilson (NZL)
Abdulrahman Ali-Mohsen (QAT)
Henry Cheng (TPE)
Ages

Players with age known: 28 of 44

Average age of the field: 33.2 years

Youngest
Anton Hood () 18y 9m
Kosuke Aita () 20y 1m
Salem Ali () 20y 4m
Derek Leung () 21y 7m
Simon Neilson () 21y 9m
Zhi Yu Wang () 22y 2m
Zhilin Shao () 23y 4m
Oldest
Peter Becker () 69y 4m
Viktor Kim () 63y 3m
Teddie Leung () 56y 11m
Roman Kazimirchik () 55y 6m
Stephen Johns () 53y 0m
Shinya Abe () 38y 9m
Ahmed Saad Alfahad () 37y 1m
Youngest skips
Qiang Zou () 27y 2m
Scott Becker () 33y 11m
Soo-Hyuk Kim () 34y 5m
Nasser AlYafei () 35y 0m
Oldest skips
Viktor Kim () 63y 3m
Jay Merchant () 36y 5m
Jason Chang () 36y 5m
Nasser AlYafei () 35y 0m