Jeong Seung-Joo comes from behind to win Daejeon International Bowling Tournament
08/26/11
In an all-Korean TV Stepladder final, third seeded Jeong Seung-Joo (pictured left) won three consecutive matches to claim the title in the World Bowling Tour's Daejeon International Bowling Tournament, Friday afternoon at Daejeon World Cup Stadium Bowling Center in Daejeon, Korea.
In the title match, Seung-Joo defeated Korea Professional Bowlers Association member Kim Young-Kwan (right), 229-188, to earn 50 million Korean Won or approximately USD46,000. Young-Kwan, who led the tournament after 36 games with an average of 240.17, had to settle for second place worth 25 million KW.
The top six players after 36 games - four men and two women - advanced to the stepladder finals. Women received seven pins handicap each game. In a high-scoring opening shootout match, Kim Min-Hee (269) ousted fellow county woman Jeon Gui-Ae
(left, 248) and Korean men's national team member Lim Dong-Sung (236).
Min-Hee, seeded fourth, fell to Seung-Joo in the next match, 228-202. Seung-Joo carried the momentum into the semifinal match against Kim Jun-Soo (right), defeating the No. 2 seed, 258-194, for the right to bowl tournament leader Young-Kwan for the title.
Jun-Soo received 12 million KW for third place, Min-Hee got 9 million for fourth, Gui-Ae pocketed 7 million for fifth and Dong-Sung garnered 5 million for sixth place.
The top international players in the 225-player field, seven-time PBA champion Robert Smith (r.), United States, and reigning PBA Player of the Year and current World Bowling Tour men's ranking leader, Mika Koivuniemi (l.), Finland, missed the cut to the top 6 finals in seventh and eighth place, resp.
The Daejeon International Bowling Tournament, the sixth stop of the inaugural World Bowling Tour, was held at Daejeon World Cup Stadium Bowling Center in Daejeon, Korea, from Aug. 8-26, 2011.
Daejeon, located in the center of the country, is South Korea's fifth largest metropolis with a population of over 1.5 million in 2010. The Stadium was constructed in preparation for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
The tournament organized by the Korea Professional Bowling Association (KPBA) offered total prize money of 200 million South Korean Won (KW) or approximately 184,000 U.S. Dollar. 30 million Won were distributed in the preliminaries and the remaining 170 million were the payout for the main event.
The winner walked away with the 50 million KW top prize or approx. $46,000. The first runner-up received 25 million with 12 million going to the third-place finisher, while fourth and fifth place were worth 9 and 7 million won, resp.
The top 125 qualifiers joined a group of one hundred players made up from members of KPBA, Korean National Team, DBC, Japan Professional Bowlers Association (JPBA), Japan Bowling Congress (JBC) and invited international players, who were automatically seeded into the finals.
Those 225 players bowled three blocks of six games over three days on a 44 feet oil pattern to cut to the top 48 who advanced to semifinal round to bowl another six game block with the previous pinfall total being carried forward.
The top 12 after 24 games advanced to twelve games round robin match play to determine the top six players who made the TV stepladder finals.
The No. 4, 5 and 6 seed squared off in the opening shoot-out match. The winner took on the No. 3 seed; the winner of that match bowled the No. 2 seed for the right to bowl the tournament leader for the title.
The top 50 men and the top 50 women also earned points for the World Bowling Tour ranking (current standings).
Results and photos courtesy of Asian Bowling Federation.
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Daejeon International Bowling Tournament is underway in Korea
Daejeon World Cup Stadium Bowling Center in Daejeon, Korea (Aug. 8-26, 2011)
Championship Round:
1. Jeong Seung-Joo, Korea, 715 (3 games), KW 50,000,000
2. Kim Young-Kwan, KPBA, 188 (1 game), KW 25,000,000
3. Kim Jun-Soo, Korea, 194 (1 game), KW 12,000,000
4. Kim Min-Hee (F), Korea, 471 (2 games), KW 9,000,000
5. Jeon Gui-Ae (F), Korea, 248 (1 game), KW 7,000,000
6. Lim Dong-Sung, KNT, 236 (1 game) KW 5,000,000
Pictured right from left - Front row: No. 1 seed Young-Kwan, No. 2 seed Jun-Soo and No. 3 seed Seung-Joo. Back row: No. 4 seed Min-Hee, No. 5 seed Dong-Sung and No. 6 seed Gui-Ae.
Playoff Results:
First Match: #4 Min-Hee (269) def. #5 Dong-Sung (236) and #6 Gui-Ae (248)
Second Match: #3 Seung-Joo def. Min-Hee, 228-202
Third Match: Seung-Joo def. #2 Jun-Soo, 258-194
Championship: Seung-Joo def. #1 Young-Kwan, 229-188
Women (F) received seven pins handicap each game.
1. Jeong Seung-Soo, Korea, KW50,000,000, $46,000
2. Kim Young-Kwan, KPBA, KW25,000,000, $23,000
3. Kim Jun-Soo, Korea, KW12,000,000, $11,040
4. Kim Min-Hee (F), Korea, KW9,000,000, $8,280
5. Jeon Gui-Ae (F), Korea, KW7,000,000, $6,440
6. Lim Dong-Sung, KNT, KW5,000,000, $4,600
7. Robert Smith, United States, KW4,500,000, $4,140
8. Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, KW4,000,000, $3,680
9. Kim Kyung-Min, Korea, KW3,600,000, $3,312
10. Sasaki Tomoyuki, JBC, KW3,400,000, $3,128
11. Kim Hyun-Bum, KPBA, KW3,200,000, $2,944
12. Kim Taek-Yeon, Korea, KW3,000,000, $2,760
13. Takahashi Toshihiko, JBC, KW2,600,000, $2,392
14. Jeong Tae-Hwa, KPBA, KW2,500,000, $2,300
15. Kang Sung-Yu, KPBA, KW2,400,000, $2,208
16. Kim Byung-Hak, KPBA, KW2,300,000, $2,116
17. Kim Jin-Hyuk, Korea, KW2,100,000, $1,932
18. Bae Seong-Hee (F), Korea, KW2,000,000, $1,840
19. Lee Na-Young (F), Korea, KW1,900,000, $1,748
20. Park Hee-Jeong, Korea, KW1,800,000, $1,656
21. Jeong Jae-Young, Korea, KW1,700,000, $1,564
22. Cha ln-Hwa (F), Korea, KW1,600,000, $1,472
23. Park Bong-Joo, Korea, KW1,500,000, $1,380
24. Choi Hyun-Sook (F), Korea, KW1,400,000, $1,288
25. Kim Ji-Hae (F), Korea, KW1,030,000, $948
26. Kim Ji-Myung, KPBA, KW1,000,000, $920
27. Jeong Jae-Hoon, Korea, KW970, $892
28. Go Young-Sun (F), KPBA, KW940, $865
29. Jeon Sang-Hoon, KPBA, KW910, $837
30. Min Gyeong-Jong, KPBA, KW880, $810
31. Choi Tae-Seung, Korea, KW850, $782
32. Park Geun-Woo, Korea, KW820, $754
33. Baek Seung-Jun, KPBA, KW790, $727
34. Kim Hyun-Seok, Korea, KW760, $699
35. An Hyun-Im (F), Korea, KW730, $672
36. Park Soo-Young, KPBA, KW700, $644
37. Seo Sang-Chun, Korea, KW620, $570
38. Kim Min-Seon (F), Korea, KW600, $552
39. Lee Moon-Gi, KPBA, KW580, $534
40. Park Sang-Pil, KPBA, KW560, $515
41. Gong Byung-Hee, Korea, KW530, $488
42. Ou Young-Jun, KPBA, KW530, $488
43. Kim Tae-Kyu, Korea, KW500, $460
44. Jeong Young-Jin, Korea, KW480, $442
45. Moon Byung-Ryul, KPBA, KW460, $423
46. Kim Eun-Ok (F), KPBA, KW440, $405
47. Park Kyung-Sin, KPBA, KW420, $386
48. Jang Seong-Man, Korea, KW400, $368
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Daejeon World Cup Stadium Bowling Center in Daejeon, Korea (Aug. 8-26, 2011)
In an all-Korean TV Stepladder final, third seeded Jeong Seung-Joo (pictured left) won three consecutive matches to claim the title in the World Bowling Tour's Daejeon International Bowling Tournament, Friday afternoon at Daejeon World Cup Stadium Bowling Center in Daejeon, Korea. In the title match, Seung-Joo defeated Korea Professional Bowlers Association member Kim Young-Kwan (right), 229-188, to earn 50 million Korean Won or approximately USD46,000. Young-Kwan, who led the tournament after 36 games with an average of 240.17, had to settle for second place worth 25 million KW.
The top six players after 36 games - four men and two women - advanced to the stepladder finals. Women received seven pins handicap each game. In a high-scoring opening shootout match, Kim Min-Hee (269) ousted fellow county woman Jeon Gui-Ae
(left, 248) and Korean men's national team member Lim Dong-Sung (236). Min-Hee, seeded fourth, fell to Seung-Joo in the next match, 228-202. Seung-Joo carried the momentum into the semifinal match against Kim Jun-Soo (right), defeating the No. 2 seed, 258-194, for the right to bowl tournament leader Young-Kwan for the title.
Jun-Soo received 12 million KW for third place, Min-Hee got 9 million for fourth, Gui-Ae pocketed 7 million for fifth and Dong-Sung garnered 5 million for sixth place. The top international players in the 225-player field, seven-time PBA champion Robert Smith (r.), United States, and reigning PBA Player of the Year and current World Bowling Tour men's ranking leader, Mika Koivuniemi (l.), Finland, missed the cut to the top 6 finals in seventh and eighth place, resp.
The Daejeon International Bowling Tournament, the sixth stop of the inaugural World Bowling Tour, was held at Daejeon World Cup Stadium Bowling Center in Daejeon, Korea, from Aug. 8-26, 2011. Daejeon, located in the center of the country, is South Korea's fifth largest metropolis with a population of over 1.5 million in 2010. The Stadium was constructed in preparation for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
The tournament organized by the Korea Professional Bowling Association (KPBA) offered total prize money of 200 million South Korean Won (KW) or approximately 184,000 U.S. Dollar. 30 million Won were distributed in the preliminaries and the remaining 170 million were the payout for the main event.
The winner walked away with the 50 million KW top prize or approx. $46,000. The first runner-up received 25 million with 12 million going to the third-place finisher, while fourth and fifth place were worth 9 and 7 million won, resp.
The top 125 qualifiers joined a group of one hundred players made up from members of KPBA, Korean National Team, DBC, Japan Professional Bowlers Association (JPBA), Japan Bowling Congress (JBC) and invited international players, who were automatically seeded into the finals.
Those 225 players bowled three blocks of six games over three days on a 44 feet oil pattern to cut to the top 48 who advanced to semifinal round to bowl another six game block with the previous pinfall total being carried forward.
The top 12 after 24 games advanced to twelve games round robin match play to determine the top six players who made the TV stepladder finals.
The No. 4, 5 and 6 seed squared off in the opening shoot-out match. The winner took on the No. 3 seed; the winner of that match bowled the No. 2 seed for the right to bowl the tournament leader for the title.
The top 50 men and the top 50 women also earned points for the World Bowling Tour ranking (current standings).
Results and photos courtesy of Asian Bowling Federation.
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Daejeon International Bowling Tournament
Daejeon World Cup Stadium Bowling Center in Daejeon, Korea (Aug. 8-26, 2011)
Championship Round:1. Jeong Seung-Joo, Korea, 715 (3 games), KW 50,000,000
2. Kim Young-Kwan, KPBA, 188 (1 game), KW 25,000,000
3. Kim Jun-Soo, Korea, 194 (1 game), KW 12,000,000
4. Kim Min-Hee (F), Korea, 471 (2 games), KW 9,000,000
5. Jeon Gui-Ae (F), Korea, 248 (1 game), KW 7,000,000
6. Lim Dong-Sung, KNT, 236 (1 game) KW 5,000,000
Pictured right from left - Front row: No. 1 seed Young-Kwan, No. 2 seed Jun-Soo and No. 3 seed Seung-Joo. Back row: No. 4 seed Min-Hee, No. 5 seed Dong-Sung and No. 6 seed Gui-Ae.
Playoff Results:
First Match: #4 Min-Hee (269) def. #5 Dong-Sung (236) and #6 Gui-Ae (248)
Second Match: #3 Seung-Joo def. Min-Hee, 228-202
Third Match: Seung-Joo def. #2 Jun-Soo, 258-194
Championship: Seung-Joo def. #1 Young-Kwan, 229-188
Women (F) received seven pins handicap each game.
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Final Standings - Top 48 of 225 players (Cashers)
1. Jeong Seung-Soo, Korea, KW50,000,000, $46,000
2. Kim Young-Kwan, KPBA, KW25,000,000, $23,000
3. Kim Jun-Soo, Korea, KW12,000,000, $11,040
4. Kim Min-Hee (F), Korea, KW9,000,000, $8,280
5. Jeon Gui-Ae (F), Korea, KW7,000,000, $6,440
6. Lim Dong-Sung, KNT, KW5,000,000, $4,600
7. Robert Smith, United States, KW4,500,000, $4,140
8. Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, KW4,000,000, $3,680
9. Kim Kyung-Min, Korea, KW3,600,000, $3,312
10. Sasaki Tomoyuki, JBC, KW3,400,000, $3,128
11. Kim Hyun-Bum, KPBA, KW3,200,000, $2,944
12. Kim Taek-Yeon, Korea, KW3,000,000, $2,760
13. Takahashi Toshihiko, JBC, KW2,600,000, $2,392
14. Jeong Tae-Hwa, KPBA, KW2,500,000, $2,300
15. Kang Sung-Yu, KPBA, KW2,400,000, $2,208
16. Kim Byung-Hak, KPBA, KW2,300,000, $2,116
17. Kim Jin-Hyuk, Korea, KW2,100,000, $1,932
18. Bae Seong-Hee (F), Korea, KW2,000,000, $1,840
19. Lee Na-Young (F), Korea, KW1,900,000, $1,748
20. Park Hee-Jeong, Korea, KW1,800,000, $1,656
21. Jeong Jae-Young, Korea, KW1,700,000, $1,564
22. Cha ln-Hwa (F), Korea, KW1,600,000, $1,472
23. Park Bong-Joo, Korea, KW1,500,000, $1,380
24. Choi Hyun-Sook (F), Korea, KW1,400,000, $1,288
25. Kim Ji-Hae (F), Korea, KW1,030,000, $948
26. Kim Ji-Myung, KPBA, KW1,000,000, $920
27. Jeong Jae-Hoon, Korea, KW970, $892
28. Go Young-Sun (F), KPBA, KW940, $865
29. Jeon Sang-Hoon, KPBA, KW910, $837
30. Min Gyeong-Jong, KPBA, KW880, $810
31. Choi Tae-Seung, Korea, KW850, $782
32. Park Geun-Woo, Korea, KW820, $754
33. Baek Seung-Jun, KPBA, KW790, $727
34. Kim Hyun-Seok, Korea, KW760, $699
35. An Hyun-Im (F), Korea, KW730, $672
36. Park Soo-Young, KPBA, KW700, $644
37. Seo Sang-Chun, Korea, KW620, $570
38. Kim Min-Seon (F), Korea, KW600, $552
39. Lee Moon-Gi, KPBA, KW580, $534
40. Park Sang-Pil, KPBA, KW560, $515
41. Gong Byung-Hee, Korea, KW530, $488
42. Ou Young-Jun, KPBA, KW530, $488
43. Kim Tae-Kyu, Korea, KW500, $460
44. Jeong Young-Jin, Korea, KW480, $442
45. Moon Byung-Ryul, KPBA, KW460, $423
46. Kim Eun-Ok (F), KPBA, KW440, $405
47. Park Kyung-Sin, KPBA, KW420, $386
48. Jang Seong-Man, Korea, KW400, $368
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