Competition in the 2009 Women's World Championships in Las Vegas continues Saturday with the five-player team event. All teams will bowl two three-game blocks, 3 each on the WTBA Athens and Stockholm pattern, before the field is cut to the top four, who will advance to the finals.

You find the patterns here.

Among the favorites are defending champion Malaysia, back-to-back runner-up United States, the Asian champion from Korea, Denmark, which has reached all finals thus far and Chinese Taipei, the surprise winner in the Trios event yesterday.

Semifinal and final action kicks off at 9:30 p.m. EDT and will be streamed live on bowl.com.

The No. 1 seed will bowl the No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3 in the semifinals. The winners will bowl for the title and the losers will share the bronze medal. All matches are one-game matches.

The team preliminaries will also decide about the medalists in All Events (combined results from Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team) and the players, who will advance to the Masters finals on Sunday.

Through 18 games, Colombia's Clara Juliana Guerrero is the All Events leader with 3946. Sweden's Helen Johnsson is second with 3928, and Rikke Rasmussen from Denmark is third with 3909.

After 24 games, the top 16 players in the All Events standings will advance to Masters competition, which is scheduled for Sunday morning.

The 2009 Women's World Championships consists of six disciplines. Players will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team and Masters competition before the event concludes Sunday. Medals also will be awarded for All Events.

The World Championships is being held on 60 specially constructed lanes inside Cashman Center and includes the world's largest mobile video scoreboard, an investment of nearly $6 million, spectator seating, office, vendor and pro shop space, a scale room, squad room, registration area and shipping department.

USBC plans to live stream portions of the event on bowl.com, and bowling fans around the world will be able to watch the finals and select semifinals.

 

Saturday, August 1, 2009 - Team event - Preliminaries and Finals

07:00 - 08:00 Lane maintenance
08:00 - 12:00 Team (Block 1) - 3 games (short pattern)
12:00 - 14:00 Lane maintenance
Lunch break at Cashman Center; Lunch provided by USBC for athletes and coaches
14:00 - 18:00 Team (Block 2) - 3 games medium pattern)
18:00 - 18:30 Lane maintenance
18:30 - Team - Semifinals, Final and Medal Ceremony)

 

WTBA World Women's Championships live stream schedule

All times Pacific)

Thursday, July 30, 2009
5:30 p.m. Singles semifinals and finals
7:00 p.m. Doubles semifinals and finals

Friday, July 31, 2009
6:30 p.m. Trios semifinals and finals

Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009
6:30 p.m. Team semifinals and finals

Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009
12 p.m. Masters semifinals and finals

 

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