The USA Stripes arrived for their final game knowing that they had no chance for the playoffs and were playing the local team from Shenzhen. The USA Stars were on hand to watch and root on the Stripes and due to the scheduling quirks, it was the first time on the entire trip that they were able to do so.
Aaron Zangl led the team strongly having a toucher in nearly every end and was holding 1 every time, if not 2 and was always in better position. Phil Dunn followed with his own strong position bowls, despite fighting a cold/flu since his second day in Hong Kong. Gary Fischer continued the strong play by the Stripes team to dash any lingering hopes that the Shenzhen team would have. After every end, the Stripes held shot on the switchover. Every end. That is incredible, and watching them bowl together in this match, I wondered how they ever lost a match. Followed by Jim Olson's strong bowling, the only way that Shenzhen scored any points was by an incredible shot on the final bowl by the Shenzhen skip. The Stripes would go on to win 16-3 and finish with a 3-3-1 record and a tie for third place in the group, which was officially given to Happy Valley who had beaten them earlier in the tournament.
The playoff teams ended up being Hong Kong, Causeway Bay, China-C, China-A, Malaysia-A, Zhongshan, and the only two non-Asian teams that ended up making it to the finals where South Africa defeated the Netherlands.
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