Naif Oqab and Hussain Al-Suwaidi earned the No. 1 seed for the Doubles finals in the 3rd Asian Indoor Games with a 46-28 win in roll off over Choi Bok-Eum and Kim Tae-Young. The Arabs met the Koreans once again in the title match and captured the gold medal with a 431-430 victory.

Choi/Kim received the silver medal. Ryan Lalisang and Hengky Susanto, Indonesia, who lost in the semifinals to the eventual winners, 493-422, as well as Eric Tseng and Wu Siu Hong, Hong Kong, who fell to the Koreans, 492-385, shared the bronze medal.

The 3rd Asian Indoor Games drew 73 men and 49 women from 20 countries, who will bowl for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles and 4-Player team event. The championships will continue on Wednesday with the Women's Doubles competition.

 

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Men's Doubles - Single-elimination Finals

Championship Round:
1. Naif Oqab/Hussain Al-Suwaidi, UAE
2. Choi Bok-Eum/Kim Tae-Young, Korea
3. Eric Tseng/Wu Siu Hong, Hong Kong
(tie) Ryan Lalisang/Hengky Susanto, Indonesia
5. Jang Dong-Chul/Cho Young Seon, Korea
6. Benjamin Lim/Mark Wong, Singapore
7. Hisashi Obara/Shogo Wada, Japan
8. Somjed Kusonpithak/Yannaphon Larp-apharat, Thailand

Playoff Results:
One game, winners advance, losers eliminated.
Quarterfinal:
#1 Oqab 235/Al-Suwaidi 234 def. #8 Kusonpithak 186/Yannaphon 193, 469-379
#2 Choi 186/Kim 246 def. #7 Obara 203/Wada 179, 432-382
#6 Lalisang 223/Susanto 204 def. #3 Jang 206/Cho 214, 427-420
#4 Tseng 196/Wu 220 def. #5 Lim 212/Wong 184, 416-396

Semifinal:
#1 Oqab 277/Al-Suwaidi 216 def. #6 Lalisang 188/Susanto 223, 493-422
#2 Choi 269/Kim 223 def. #4 Tseng 189/Wu 196, 492-385

Championship:
#1 Oqab 218/Al-Suwaidi 213 def. #2 Choi 237/Kim 193, 431-430.

 

Men's Doubles - Standings after Qualifying

The top 8 advanced to the single-elimination finals.

Pos	Country/Player	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Avg.
1.	UAE	432	427	438	1297	501	500	446	1447	2744	228.67
	Hussain Al-Suwaidi	186	234	248	668	255	243	246	744	1412	235.33
	Naif Oqab	246	193	190	629	246	257	200	703	1332	222.00
2.	Korea	462	482	487	1431	405	406	502	1313	2744	228.67
	Choi Bok-Eum	214	224	220	658	191	211	258	660	1318	219.67
	Kim Tae-Young	248	258	267	773	214	195	244	653	1426	237.67
3.	Korea	416	489	466	1371	424	441	413	1278	2649	220.75
	Jang Dong-Chul	181	247	246	674	178	173	197	548	1222	203.67
	Cho Young Seon	235	242	220	697	246	268	216	730	1427	237.83
4.	Hong Kong	432	345	448	1225	468	523	402	1393	2618	218.17
	Eric Tseng	206	182	201	589	255	233	204	692	1281	213.50
	Wu Siu Hong	226	163	247	636	213	290	198	701	1337	222.83
5.	Singapore	448	439	435	1322	385	420	471	1276	2598	216.50
	Benjamin Lim	224	204	280	708	166	257	257	680	1388	231.33
	Mark Wong	224	235	155	614	219	163	214	596	1210	201.67
6.	Indonesia	419	451	474	1344	436	395	389	1220	2564	213.67
	Ryan Lalisang	204	216	258	678	222	189	188	599	1277	212.83
	Hengky Susanto	215	235	216	666	214	206	201	621	1287	214.50
7.	Japan	419	472	412	1303	437	375	417	1229	2532	211.00
	Hisashi Obara	208	279	164	651	198	179	179	556	1207	201.17
	Shogo Wada	211	193	248	652	239	196	238	673	1325	220.83
8.	Thailand	410	420	436	1266	420	442	391	1253	2519	209.92
	Somjed Kusonpithak	203	215	189	607	227	183	190	600	1207	201.17
	Yannaphon Larp-apharat	207	205	247	659	193	259	201	653	1312	218.67
9.	Kuwait	432	416	441	1289	339	452	438	1229	2518	209.83
	Mohamad Al-Zaidan	204	194	204	602	160	226	263	649	1251	208.50
	Khaled Al-Dubyyan	228	222	237	687	179	226	175	580	1267	211.17
10.	Qatar	403	456	425	1284	356	482	396	1234	2518	209.83
	Khalid Al-Dosari	194	214	200	608	167	279	180	626	1234	205.67
	Salem Al-Marzouqi	209	242	225	676	189	203	216	608	1284	214.00
11.	Phlippines	449	390	408	1247	422	454	382	1258	2505	208.75
	Biboy Rivera	248	174	204	626	215	234	182	631	1257	209.50
	Chester King	201	216	204	621	207	220	200	627	1248	208.00
12.	Saudi Arabia	372	519	386	1277	435	394	397	1226	2503	208.58
	Khalid Al-Hamdan	167	268	192	627	182	210	196	588	1215	202.50
	Faisal Al-Juraifani	205	251	194	650	253	184	201	638	1288	214.67
13.	Qatar	468	361	393	1222	426	420	428	1274	2496	208.00
	Mubarak Al-Muraikhi	237	184	204	625	214	176	236	626	1251	208.50
	Mansour Al-Awami	231	177	189	597	212	244	192	648	1245	207.50
14.	Hong Kong	388	374	436	1198	428	364	493	1285	2483	206.92
	Cyrus Cheung	198	180	235	613	194	182	225	601	1214	202.33
	Wicky Yeung	190	194	201	585	234	182	268	684	1269	211.50
15.	Thailand	465	373	431	1269	416	409	386	1211	2480	206.67
	Sithiphol Kunaksorn	227	190	215	632	192	191	204	587	1219	203.17
	Surasak Manuwong	238	183	216	637	224	218	182	624	1261	210.17
16.	Japan	456	400	370	1226	410	422	419	1251	2477	206.42
	Yoshinao Masatoki	290	223	222	735	202	217	202	621	1356	226.00
	Masaru Ito	166	177	148	491	208	205	217	630	1121	186.83
17.	Kuwait	406	418	384	1208	440	380	448	1268	2476	206.33
	Basil Al-Anzi	192	206	184	582	195	202	267	664	1246	207.67
	Abbas Jassim Darwish	214	212	200	626	245	178	181	604	1230	205.00
18.	India	454	418	380	1252	408	426	383	1217	2469	205.75
	Dilbir Singh	208	213	191	612	191	192	212	595	1207	201.17
	Vijayakrishna Dasari	246	205	189	640	217	234	171	622	1262	210.33
19.	Phlippines	425	420	414	1259	409	421	361	1191	2450	204.17
	Jonas Baltasar	194	205	193	592	247	204	179	630	1222	203.67
	Raoul Miranda	231	215	221	667	162	217	182	561	1228	204.67
20.	Macau	381	446	440	1267	403	403	369	1175	2442	203.50
	Choi Io Fai	183	213	207	603	201	212	213	626	1229	204.83
	Jose Manuel Machon	198	233	233	664	202	191	156	549	1213	202.17
21.	Malaysia	362	396	454	1212	386	392	450	1228	2440	203.33
	Kang Bo Long	204	198	206	608	187	187	203	577	1185	197.50
	Kelvin Keong	158	198	248	604	199	205	247	651	1255	209.17
22.	Singapore	395	386	395	1176	449	371	433	1253	2429	202.42
	Basil Low	227	172	214	613	225	201	234	660	1273	212.17
	Lionel Lim Guo Liang	168	214	181	563	224	170	199	593	1156	192.67
23.	Malaysia	376	404	428	1208	418	396	394	1208	2416	201.33
	Rodson Tong	184	191	197	572	193	222	200	615	1187	197.83
	Muhd Syafiq Ridhwan	192	213	231	636	225	174	194	593	1229	204.83
24.	UAE	427	419	424	1270	377	366	390	1133	2403	200.25
	Sayed Ibrahim	201	195	236	632	194	174	187	555	1187	197.83
	Shaker Al-Hassan	226	224	188	638	183	192	203	578	1216	202.67
25.	Macau	413	391	441	1245	364	399	330	1093	2338	194.83
	Man Si Kei	182	189	184	555	191	231	179	601	1156	192.67
	Leong Kin Keong	231	202	257	690	173	168	151	492	1182	197.00
26.	Indonesia	319	399	447	1165	373	366	412	1151	2316	193.00
	Dennis Pulunggono	151	213	244	608	191	174	219	584	1192	198.67
	Rangga Yudhira	168	186	203	557	182	192	193	567	1124	187.33
27.	Oman	397	346	387	1130	401	338	370	1109	2239	186.58
	Moosa Al Maimani	188	177	210	575	211	173	203	587	1162	193.67
	Mohamed Al Hashimi	209	169	177	555	190	165	167	522	1077	179.50
28.	Uzbekistan	357	391	391	1139	364	354	375	1093	2232	186.00
	Sergey Sapov	170	199	214	583	188	169	183	540	1123	187.17
	Viktor Smirnov	187	192	177	556	176	185	192	553	1109	184.83
29.	Kazakhstan	373	359	370	1102	370	386	365	1121	2223	185.25
	Gennadiy Vologin	179	169	164	512	180	211	213	604	1116	186.00
	Roshonok German	194	190	206	590	190	175	152	517	1107	184.50
30.	Vietnam	348	386	353	1087	412	377	326	1115	2202	183.50
	Nguyen Thanh Pho	171	191	164	526	194	172	158	524	1050	175.00
	Ngo Xuan Giang	177	195	189	561	218	205	168	591	1152	192.00
31.	Uzbekistan	420	381	307	1108	370	381	340	1091	2199	183.25
	Bakhtiyor Dalabaev	201	204	140	545	169	177	201	547	1092	182.00
	Kudrat Khilyamov	219	177	167	563	201	204	139	544	1107	184.50
32.	Saudi Arabia	361	411	373	1145	364	347	340	1051	2196	183.00
	Fahad Al-Juraifani	169	213	184	566	190	175	171	536	1102	183.67
	Ammar Tarrad	192	198	189	579	174	172	169	515	1094	182.33
33.	India	360	369	345	1074	413	378	331	1122	2196	183.00
	Abhishek Maheshwari	179	167	181	527	202	199	141	542	1069	178.17
	Rojmohan Palalnippan	181	202	164	547	211	179	190	580	1127	187.83
34.	Vietnam	308	381	395	1084	357	383	340	1080	2164	180.33
	Tran Minh Binh	149	212	200	561	166	172	191	529	1090	181.67
	Le Cong Hung	159	169	195	523	191	211	149	551	1074	179.00
35.	Oman	345	354	348	1047	406	327	313	1046	2093	174.42
	Said Al Hinai	166	178	168	512	232	180	139	551	1063	177.17
	Ghalib Al-Busaidy	179	176	180	535	174	147	174	495	1030	171.67
36.	Kazakhstan	326	294	365	985	326	310	353	989	1974	164.50
	Konstantin Izhboldin	165	179	219	563	166	175	178	519	1082	180.33
	Makhmut Iskhakov	161	115	146	422	160	135	175	470	892	148.67

Oqab def. Kim, 46-28, in a two-frame roll-off to break the tie for first place.