The 2009 Women's World Championships will conclude on Sunday with the Masters competition featuring the top 16 players in the All Events standings.

10 countries of the 45 present in Las Vegas will be represented in the finals which will be held in best-of-five match play format: 4 players from Doubles and Team World Champion Korea, 3 players from the host country United States including Singles World Champion Stefanie Nation, two players from Denmark, and one each from Colombia, Finland, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Sweden.

The No. 1 seed, All Events World Champion Clara Guerrero (pictured left), Colombia, will meet No. 16, Siti Safiyah Amirah, Malaysia, the No. 2 will meet the No. 15, No. 3 takes on No. 14 and so on. The winners will advance and the losers will be eliminated. In the Round of 8, the highest seed meets the lowest seed and so on.

The field will be trimmed to four and then two, who will determine the World Champion

Round of 16 Match-ups
#1 Clara Juliana Guerrero, Colombia vs. #16 Siti Safiyah Amirah, Malaysia
#2 Helen Johnsson, Sweden vs. #15 Putty Armein, Indonesia
#3 Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, United States vs. #14 Son Yun-Hee, Korea
#4 Rikke Rasmussen, Denmark vs. #13 Cherie Tan, Singapore
#5 Mai Ginge-Jensen, Denmark vs. #12 Liz Johnson, United States
#6 Krista Pöllänen, Finland vs. #11 Gang Hye-Eun, Korea
#7 Hwang Sun-Ok, Korea vs. #10 Stefanie Nation, United States
#8 Maki Nakano, Japan vs. #9 Jeon Eun-Hee, Korea

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.

Photos © Bowlindigital/Beat Grauwiler

 

August 2, 2009 - Masters competition and Banquet

07:00 - 08:00 Lane maintenance
08:00 - 10:00 Masters Round of 16
10:00 - 12:00 Masters Quarterfinals
12:00 - 14:00 Masters Semifinals
14:00 - @ Masters Final
Medal Ceremony for All Events and Masters
19:00 - 22:00 Banquet

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