Americans move to the top of the leaderboard as Squad 2 has finished the six-game preliminaries; Korea, Sweden and Denmark round out the top 4 at the moment; Mike Fagan shoots 798 to take the lead in All-Events
Team USA's Mika Fagan, Sean Rash and Marshall Kent (l-r), who started the second day of the Trios preliminaries at the Men's World Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in third place in their Squad and fourth overall, moved to the top of the leaderboard as Squad 2 has finished the six-game preliminaries. The Americans had games of 748, 706 and 652 on medium oil Thursday morning to set the pace with 4144 total and an overall average of 230.22.
The 2014 Men's World Championships will be held from December 4-15 at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 272 players, representing 49 countries, participate in the event which is hosted by World Bowling Tenpin, the Emirates Bowling Federation and Zayed Sports City. Maximum six men per country compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the 9-day competition.
Denmark, Canada, Sweden and USA hold the top 4 spots after the first three-game block on long oil; Squad 3 leaders Choi, Kang and Shin tie their team mates from Korea for fifth place; Singles champion Dan MacLelland leads in All-Events after 15 of 24 games
There were no changes to the leaderboard in the third squad of the Men's World Championships Trios qualifying Wednesday evening as squad leaders Choi Bokeum, Kang Heewon and Shin Seunghyeon (l-r) toppled 2032 pins, an average of 225.78, to tie their teammates from Korea for fifth place. Squad 1 leaders Carsten Warming Hansen, Frederik Øhrgaard and Thomas Larsen (r.) of Denmark emerged as overall leaders after the first block on long oil with 2158.
The 2014 Men's World Championships will be held from December 4-15 at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 272 players, representing 49 countries, participate in the event which is hosted by World Bowling Tenpin, the Emirates Bowling Federation and Zayed Sports City. Maximum six men per country compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the 9-day competition.
Squad 1 leader Denmark remains atop the qualifying leaderboard; Canada is second, Sweden third and the United States fourth as two of three squads have completed the first three-game block on long oil; Singles champion Dan MacLelland moves to the top in All-Events
David Simard, Francois Lavoie and Dan MacLelland (l-r) of Canada finished their three-game block on long oil Wednesday afternoon at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE with 2079 total and an average of 231.00 to beat out Sweden for the top spot in Squad 2 by one pin and to leap into second place in the Trios qualifying at the Men's World Championships. Squad 1 leader Denmark held on the lead with 2158 and an average of 239.78.
Øhrgaard, Hansen, Larsen average 239.78 for three games on long oil to take a commanding 183-pin lead after the first of three squads; Colombia's Manuel Otalora sets the pace in All-Events after 15/24 games
Carsten Warming Hansen, Frederik Øhrgaard and Thomas Larsen (l-r) of Denmark averaged 239.78 in the first block on long oil to take a commanding 183-pin lead after the first of three squads in the Trios event at the Men's World Championships. The Danes came out of the gates with a 732 game, and continued to strike as they added games of 686 and 740 for a three-game total of 2158, just 38 pins shy of the Championships record set by the United States in 2010 (2196).
The 2014 Men's World Championships will be held from December 4-15 at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 272 players, representing 49 countries, participate in the event which is hosted by World Bowling Tenpin, the Emirates Bowling Federation and Zayed Sports City. Maximum six men per country compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the 9-day competition.
Japan earns silver, Finland and Korea share the bronze
Koreans Choi Bokeum and Park Jongwoo (pictured left, l-r) defeated Daisuke Yoshida and Shusaku Asato of Japan in an exciting title match that went down to the last frame, 410-396, to claim the gold medal in Doubles at the Men's World Championships Tuesday afternoon at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Japanese earned the silver medal. Kimmo Lehtonen and Joonas Jehkinen of Finland and Korea's Shin Seunghyeon and Kang Heewon shared bronze.
Korea's Choi Bokeum and Park Jongwoo led Squad 4 to survive the cut to the top 4 in fourth place; Finland's Kimmo Lehtonen, Joonas Jehkinen earn the top seed; Biboy Rivera, Philippines, may miss the rest of the Men's World Championships in Abu Dhabi with the knee injury he suffered in practice for Squad 4 this morning
Squad 1 leaders Kimmo Lehtonen and Joonas Jehkinen of Finland remained unchallenged in Squad 4 on Tuesday morning to finish the Doubles preliminaries atop the leaderboard with 2729 total. Japan's Daisuke Yoshida and Shusaku Asato stayed in second place with 2725 while Shin Seunghyeon and Kang Heewon and Park Jongwoo and Choi Bokeum (pictured left) of Korea took the last two spots to advance to the medal round with 2717 and 2703, respectively.
Finland's Kimmo Lehtonen & Joonas Jehkinen survive a strong charge by the Squad 3 leaders; hold on to lead with Squad 4 to conclude the Doubles preliminaries on Tuesday morning
Japan's Daisuke Yoshida and Shusaku Asato, Korea's
Shin Seunghyeon and Kang Heewon, and Sweden's Daniel Fransson and Martin Larsen finished Squad 3 with some big scores to move into the top 4 in the Doubles preliminaries of the Men's World Championships Monday evening at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Kimmo Lehtonen and Joonas Jehkinen of Finland held the lead since Squad 1 with 2729 six-game total and an average of 227.42.
Squad 1 leaders Finland, United States and Malaysia hold on to the lead in the preliminaries with Squad 3 and 4 yet bowl their six-game block on the medium pattern; Kimmo Lehtonen (FIN) leads in All-Events with 2780 12-game total and an average of 231.67
French Canadians David Simard and Jonathan Simoneau (r-l) finished the second squad of Doubles with a big 493 game to crack the top 4 in the overall standings at the Men's World Championships Monday afternoon at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Simard had 1352 and Simoneau added 1257 on the Atlanta pattern to move into fourth place with 2609 total and an average of 217.42. The top three teams of Squad 1 remained atop the leaderboard.
The 2014 Men's World Championships will be held from December 4-15 at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 272 players from 49 countries participate in the event which is hosted by World Bowling Tenpin, the Emirates Bowling Federation and Zayed Sports City. Maximum six men per country compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the 9-day competition.
Finns average 227.42 in Squad 1 to lead teams from the United States, Malaysia and Korea; Lehtonen also leads the group of players who have completed 12 of 24 games in All Events with an average of 231.67
Kimmo Lehtonen and Joonas Jehkinen of Finland (r-l) paced a field of 33 teams Monday morning at Khalifa International Bowling Center averaging 227.42 for six games on the medium pattern to take the early lead in Men's World Championships Doubles. The lefties started with a game of 493 to take the lead and never look back. They added 480, 441, 462, 401 and 454 to set the pace with 2729 and were followed by duos from the United States, Malaysia and Korea were.
The 2014 Men's World Championships will be held from December 4-15 at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 272 players from 49 countries participate in the event which is hosted by World Bowling Tenpin, the Emirates Bowling Federation and Zayed Sports City. Maximum six men per country compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the 9-day competition.
No. 4 seed defeats UAE's Shaker Al-Hassan in the title match, 256-212; Tommy Jones (USA) and Sam Cooley (AUS) share the bronze medal
Dan MacLelland (l.) of Canada finished the title match against Shaker Al-Hassan (r.), United Arab Emirates, with nine consecutive strikes to start the Men's World Championships with victory in Singles Sunday at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. MacLelland defeated the local favorite, 256-212, to claim the gold medal. Al Hassan took the silver medal. Tommy Jones, United States, and Sam Cooley, Australia, shared bronze.
Tommy Jones (USA), Sam Cooley (AUS), Shaker Al Hassan (UAE) and Dan MacLelland (CAN) lead the 272-player leaderboard after six games qualifying on the long oil pattern
Three players of the last qualifying squad will join qualifying leader Tommy Jones (l.), United States, in the medal round of the Singles event of the Men's World Championships Sunday afternoon at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Sam Cooley (r.) of Australia led Squad 4 on Sunday morning with 1428 and was followed by UAS's Shaker Al Hassan (1422) and Dan MacLelland of Canada (1413) to move into 2nd to 4th place.
Swedes strikes out in final game for 259 and 1389 total; Tommy Jones (USA) holds on to the lead with 1434; Squad 1 leaders Glenn Morten Pedersen (NOR) and Shogo Wada (JPN) slip to third and fourth place; Squad 4 concludes qualifying Sunday at 9 a.m. GST
Martin Larsen of Sweden closed out his six-game series in Singles Squad 3 with a big 259 game to jump into second place in the overall qualifying standings Saturday evening at the Men's World Championships in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Tommy Jones (USA) remained atop the leaderboard with 1434 and an average of 239. Choi Bokeum of Korea, Larsen's compatriot Daniel Fransson and Manuel Otalora of Colombia (l-r) missed the top 4 in 10th, 14th and 15th place.
Team USA member shoots 1434 to win the squad by 72 pins; Squad 1 leaders Glenn Morten Pedersen (NOR), Shogo Wada (JPN) and Korea's Shin Seunghyeon and Kang Heewon are still in the hunt for the medals
Team USA's Tommy Jones averaged 239 in the second of four qualifying squads to overtake lead in the Men's World Championships Singles competition Saturday afternoon at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Jones, who toppled 1434 pins, to become the first player who cracked the 1400-bar. Petteri Salonen of Finland, England's Stu Williams and Martin Paulsson of Sweden were next to Jones in Squad 2 but missed the top 4 by nine pins or less.
The 2014 Men's World Championships will be held from December 4-15 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Khalifa International Bowling Center, UAE's national bowling facility, is located at Zayed Sports City. The venue was built for the 1999 World Championships. Nearly 1,000 spectators will be able to sit and enjoy the Men's World Championships at the 40-lane center which also features two pro shops, three restaurants and a billiard room.
Pedersen leads the first of four squads with 1381 (230.17); Shogo Wada (JPN) uses 297 game to sit in second place with 1371; Korea's Shin Seunghyeon and Kang Heewon are tied for third place at 1367
Glenn Morten Pedersen of Norway averaged 230.17 for six games to lead the opening qualifying squad in the Singles competition as the Men's World Championships got underway Saturday morning at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Pedersen set the early pace with 1381. Shogo Wada of Japan was second with 1371 including a 297 high game. With three more squads to go, Koreans Shin Seunghyeon and Kang Heewon were tied for third place at 1367.
Team USA's Mika Fagan, Sean Rash and Marshall Kent (l-r), who started the second day of the Trios preliminaries at the Men's World Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in third place in their Squad and fourth overall, moved to the top of the leaderboard as Squad 2 has finished the six-game preliminaries. The Americans had games of 748, 706 and 652 on medium oil Thursday morning to set the pace with 4144 total and an overall average of 230.22.
The 2014 Men's World Championships will be held from December 4-15 at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 272 players, representing 49 countries, participate in the event which is hosted by World Bowling Tenpin, the Emirates Bowling Federation and Zayed Sports City. Maximum six men per country compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the 9-day competition.
There were no changes to the leaderboard in the third squad of the Men's World Championships Trios qualifying Wednesday evening as squad leaders Choi Bokeum, Kang Heewon and Shin Seunghyeon (l-r) toppled 2032 pins, an average of 225.78, to tie their teammates from Korea for fifth place. Squad 1 leaders Carsten Warming Hansen, Frederik Øhrgaard and Thomas Larsen (r.) of Denmark emerged as overall leaders after the first block on long oil with 2158.
The 2014 Men's World Championships will be held from December 4-15 at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 272 players, representing 49 countries, participate in the event which is hosted by World Bowling Tenpin, the Emirates Bowling Federation and Zayed Sports City. Maximum six men per country compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the 9-day competition.
David Simard, Francois Lavoie and Dan MacLelland (l-r) of Canada finished their three-game block on long oil Wednesday afternoon at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE with 2079 total and an average of 231.00 to beat out Sweden for the top spot in Squad 2 by one pin and to leap into second place in the Trios qualifying at the Men's World Championships. Squad 1 leader Denmark held on the lead with 2158 and an average of 239.78.
Carsten Warming Hansen, Frederik Øhrgaard and Thomas Larsen (l-r) of Denmark averaged 239.78 in the first block on long oil to take a commanding 183-pin lead after the first of three squads in the Trios event at the Men's World Championships. The Danes came out of the gates with a 732 game, and continued to strike as they added games of 686 and 740 for a three-game total of 2158, just 38 pins shy of the Championships record set by the United States in 2010 (2196).
The 2014 Men's World Championships will be held from December 4-15 at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 272 players, representing 49 countries, participate in the event which is hosted by World Bowling Tenpin, the Emirates Bowling Federation and Zayed Sports City. Maximum six men per country compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the 9-day competition.
Koreans Choi Bokeum and Park Jongwoo (pictured left, l-r) defeated Daisuke Yoshida and Shusaku Asato of Japan in an exciting title match that went down to the last frame, 410-396, to claim the gold medal in Doubles at the Men's World Championships Tuesday afternoon at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Japanese earned the silver medal. Kimmo Lehtonen and Joonas Jehkinen of Finland and Korea's Shin Seunghyeon and Kang Heewon shared bronze.
Squad 1 leaders Kimmo Lehtonen and Joonas Jehkinen of Finland remained unchallenged in Squad 4 on Tuesday morning to finish the Doubles preliminaries atop the leaderboard with 2729 total. Japan's Daisuke Yoshida and Shusaku Asato stayed in second place with 2725 while Shin Seunghyeon and Kang Heewon and Park Jongwoo and Choi Bokeum (pictured left) of Korea took the last two spots to advance to the medal round with 2717 and 2703, respectively.
Japan's Daisuke Yoshida and Shusaku Asato, Korea's
Shin Seunghyeon and Kang Heewon, and Sweden's Daniel Fransson and Martin Larsen finished Squad 3 with some big scores to move into the top 4 in the Doubles preliminaries of the Men's World Championships Monday evening at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Kimmo Lehtonen and Joonas Jehkinen of Finland held the lead since Squad 1 with 2729 six-game total and an average of 227.42.
French Canadians David Simard and Jonathan Simoneau (r-l) finished the second squad of Doubles with a big 493 game to crack the top 4 in the overall standings at the Men's World Championships Monday afternoon at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Simard had 1352 and Simoneau added 1257 on the Atlanta pattern to move into fourth place with 2609 total and an average of 217.42. The top three teams of Squad 1 remained atop the leaderboard.
The 2014 Men's World Championships will be held from December 4-15 at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 272 players from 49 countries participate in the event which is hosted by World Bowling Tenpin, the Emirates Bowling Federation and Zayed Sports City. Maximum six men per country compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the 9-day competition.
Kimmo Lehtonen and Joonas Jehkinen of Finland (r-l) paced a field of 33 teams Monday morning at Khalifa International Bowling Center averaging 227.42 for six games on the medium pattern to take the early lead in Men's World Championships Doubles. The lefties started with a game of 493 to take the lead and never look back. They added 480, 441, 462, 401 and 454 to set the pace with 2729 and were followed by duos from the United States, Malaysia and Korea were.
The 2014 Men's World Championships will be held from December 4-15 at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 272 players from 49 countries participate in the event which is hosted by World Bowling Tenpin, the Emirates Bowling Federation and Zayed Sports City. Maximum six men per country compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the 9-day competition.
Dan MacLelland (l.) of Canada finished the title match against Shaker Al-Hassan (r.), United Arab Emirates, with nine consecutive strikes to start the Men's World Championships with victory in Singles Sunday at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. MacLelland defeated the local favorite, 256-212, to claim the gold medal. Al Hassan took the silver medal. Tommy Jones, United States, and Sam Cooley, Australia, shared bronze.
Three players of the last qualifying squad will join qualifying leader Tommy Jones (l.), United States, in the medal round of the Singles event of the Men's World Championships Sunday afternoon at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Sam Cooley (r.) of Australia led Squad 4 on Sunday morning with 1428 and was followed by UAS's Shaker Al Hassan (1422) and Dan MacLelland of Canada (1413) to move into 2nd to 4th place.
Martin Larsen of Sweden closed out his six-game series in Singles Squad 3 with a big 259 game to jump into second place in the overall qualifying standings Saturday evening at the Men's World Championships in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Tommy Jones (USA) remained atop the leaderboard with 1434 and an average of 239. Choi Bokeum of Korea, Larsen's compatriot Daniel Fransson and Manuel Otalora of Colombia (l-r) missed the top 4 in 10th, 14th and 15th place.
Team USA's Tommy Jones averaged 239 in the second of four qualifying squads to overtake lead in the Men's World Championships Singles competition Saturday afternoon at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Jones, who toppled 1434 pins, to become the first player who cracked the 1400-bar. Petteri Salonen of Finland, England's Stu Williams and Martin Paulsson of Sweden were next to Jones in Squad 2 but missed the top 4 by nine pins or less.
The 2014 Men's World Championships will be held from December 4-15 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Khalifa International Bowling Center, UAE's national bowling facility, is located at Zayed Sports City. The venue was built for the 1999 World Championships. Nearly 1,000 spectators will be able to sit and enjoy the Men's World Championships at the 40-lane center which also features two pro shops, three restaurants and a billiard room.
Glenn Morten Pedersen of Norway averaged 230.17 for six games to lead the opening qualifying squad in the Singles competition as the Men's World Championships got underway Saturday morning at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Pedersen set the early pace with 1381. Shogo Wada of Japan was second with 1371 including a 297 high game. With three more squads to go, Koreans Shin Seunghyeon and Kang Heewon were tied for third place at 1367.