Team Sweden sets three World Youth Championships records en route to claim the top seed

    07/01/12

    2012 WYC

    Germany, Singapore and USA prevail in the final game; defending champion Korea eliminated; Sam Cooley (AUS) claims the gold medal in All Events, Marshall Kent (USA) takes silver and Daniel Fransson (SWE) gets bronze

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    Johan Helldén, Magnus Johnson Jr., Kim Bolleby and Daniel Fransson of Sweden (pictured left, l-r), who held an 117-pin lead in the Boys Team event after the first block on medium oil, set three World Youth Championships records for one, three and six games Saturday on the long pattern to easily claim the No. 1 seed for Sunday's four-player Team finals.

    The Swedes started their second three-game block at Blu-O Paragon Bowling Center in Bangkok, Thailand, with 892 followed by a WYC record 992 game. Heading into the sixth and last game, the Tre Kronor team built an insurmountable 348-pin lead over their nearest competitor.

    The teams from position two to six - Germany, defending champion Korea, United States, France and Singapore - were within 76 pins to make the last game an extra exciting issue. Only the top four out of 42 countries based on the six-game total advanced to the finals.

    Sweden closed things out with 874 for 2758 (229.83) and 5389 overall (224.54) to establish two records for three and six team games. They broke the previous records held by Malaysia since the 2008 WYC with 2694 and 5289 by 64 and 100 pins, respectively.

    2012WYCBoysTeamGermany.jpg2012WYCBoysTeamSingapore.jpgFransson led all 178 players with 1434 and an average of 239 which helped the Swede to grab the bronze medal in All Events. Johnson had 1338 and was followed by Bolleby with 1318 and Hellden with 1299.

    Germany's Andre Schröder, Dominic Buchmann, Christian Birlinger and Tobias Börding (pictured left) had to weather a strong charge by Singapore but was able to maintain second place with an 804 game and 4971 (207.13) total.

    Singapore's Basil Low, Keith Saw, Ng Chiew Pang and Mark Wong (right) finished with a huge 878 game to jump from sixth to third place with 4969 (207.04). Saw had the field-best 752 series on long oil including games of 246, 244 and 262. Low, who led in All Events since the Singles preliminaries, managed only 583 pins to slip all the way out of the medals to fourth place.

    2012WYCBoysTeamUSA.jpg2012WYCBoysTeamKorea.jpgJunior Team USA (left) with Andrew Koff Zack Hattori Chris Via and Singles champion Marshall Kent battled it out with Korea for the fourth and last place to advance.

    When the dust had settled, the Americans topped the Koreans, 782 to 758, to overcome a 16-pin deficit en route to finish fourth with 4913 (204.71).

    2012WYCBoysTeamFrance.jpg2012WYCBoysTeamUkraine.jpgDefending Team champion Korea (above right) with Doubles champions Kim Yeon-Sang and Hwang Dong-Jun and their team mates Ryu Ji-Hoon and Kim Ju-Young were eliminated and finished in fifth place with 4905 (204.38).

    The Philippines were sixth with 4868 (202.83), followed by Puerto Rico in seventh place with 4864 (202.67) and Japan in eighth place with 4833 (201.38). France (left) fell to ninth place with 4828 (201.17) behind a 734 last game. Rounding out the top 10 teams was Ukraine (right) with 4813 (200.54).

    2012WYCBoysAESamCooley.jpg2012WYCBoysAEMarshallKent.jpgSam Cooley of Australia (pictured left) rolled games of 203, 269 and 226 to move to the top of the All Events (combined results of the Singles, Doubles and Team preliminaries) leaderboard and to claim the gold medal with 3960 18-game total and an average of 220.

    Marshall Kent (right), United States, was just nine pins behind (215 in the last game) to earn the silver medal with 3951 (219.50). Bronze went to Daniel Fransson (below left) of Sweden, who was in 15th place heading into the team event, with 3945 (219,17), mere 15 pins shy of the gold medal.

    2012WYCBoysAEDanielFransson.jpg2012WYCBasilLow.jpgPrevious leader Basil Low of Singapore (right) slipped to fourth place with 3921 (217.83). Tobias Börding hit the cut number for 24th place with 3721 (206.72).

    The top 24 in All Events advance to Masters match play which will conclude the Championships on Monday and Tuesday.

    The Swedes are the only team that has all four players among the top 24 players from 17 countries (seven each from Europe and Asia, three from America), Finland, Germany, Korea and United States each has two players in the Masters, while Australia, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Thailand and Ukraine have one player each.

    The top four teams will return on Sunday, July first, for the semifinals (No. 1 vs. No. 4 and No. 2 vs. No. 3) and finals starting at 3 p.m. local time.

    The Masters Round of 24 is slated for Monday, July second, at 12.30 p.m. with the top eight advancing to Round Robin on Tuesday, July third, at 9 a.m. The semifinals and finals are scheduled for 1 and 3 p.m., respectively.

    2012WYCLogo.jpg 12th World Youth Championships takes place at Blu-O Paragon Bowling Center in Bangkok, Thailand, from June 22 - July 3, 2012.

    274 girls and boys from record 48 countries, who must not have reached their 21st birthday on January 1, 2012, will compete will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, four-player Team event, All Events and Masters in the ten-day event.

    The WTBA patterns "Mexico City" and "Atlanta" will be used in Bangkok. The 45-foot Mexico City pattern is the second-longest of the twelve WTBA certified lane pattern (four short, four medium and four long). With a length of 38 feet, the Atlanta pattern is the shortest of the four medium pattern.

    Singles is being played on "Mexico City" and Doubles will be contested on "Atlanta", while the Team event will feature both oil patterns (3 games on each pattern). The Masters will be staged on dual lane condition (one lane dressed with the medium pattern and the other lane dressed with the long pattern).

    The top four players and teams after six games in Singles, Doubles and Team, respectively, will advance to the semifinals. The No. 1 meets No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3. The winners will determine the World Youth Champion, while the losers will share the bronze medal. All matches are single-game matches.

    Photos courtesy of Thai Tenpin Bowling Association (TTBA).

     


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