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356 players from 65 countries competed in the 2010 WTBA Men's World Championships at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring Germany for gold, silver and bronze medals in six events - Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Team, All Events and Masters.

The six Team USA members (pictured left) dominated the Championships like no other country before in the history of the modern game. Bill O'Neill (Singles, Team, All Events), Chris Barnes (Team, Masters), Rhino Page (Trios, Team), Patrick Allen (Trios, Team), Wes Malott (Trios, Team), and Tommy Jones (Team) won all but one gold medal plus 2 silver and 4 bronze medals, a total of 11 out of 23 medals.

O'Neil led the individual medals tally with three gold and one bronze. Barnes claimed the most medals by receiving 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze.

Nine countries shared the remaining 12 medals. The sixth gold medal went to Mathias Ã…rup and Martin Paulsson (right, l-r), who captured the title in the Doubles competition. Just two countries other than the United States earned more than one medal. Korea got 1 silver and two bronze and the host country of Germany earned two bronze medals.

Malaysia, Mexico and Finland walked a way with a silver medal each, while England, Chinese Taipei and Colombia brought home one bronze medal each.

 

2010 Men's World Championships Medalists

Singles
1. Bill O'Neill, United States
2. Choi Bok-Eum, Korea
3. Dominic Barrett, England
3. Chris Barnes, United States

Doubles
1. Martin Paulsson/Mathias Ã…rup, Sweden
2. Alex Liew/Muhd Nur Aiman, Malaysia,
3. Bodo Konieczny/Jens Nickel, Germany
3. Patrick Allen/Rhino Page, United States

Trios
1. Patrick Allen, Rhino Page, Wes Malott - United States
2. Ernesto Franco, Jorge Rosado, Alejandro Cruz - Mexico
3. Bill O'Neill, Chris Barnes, Tommy Jones - United States
3. Cheng Hsing-Chao, Hung Kun-Yi, Wu Hao-Ming - Chinese Taipei

Team
1. United States - Bill O'Neill,, Chris Barnes, Wes Malott, Patrick Allen, Tommy Jones and Rhino Page
2. Finland - Petteri Salonen, Joonas Jähi, Pasi Uotila, Mika Koivuniemi, Osku Palermaa and Juhani Tonteri
3. Bodo Konieczny, Marco Baade, Pascal Winternheimer, Achim Grabowski, Jens Nickel and Michael Holzapfel
(tie) Jaime Monroy, David Romero, Fabio Garcia, Manuel Otalora, Andres Gomez and Juan Rodriguez

All Events
1. Bill O'Neill, United States
2. Chris Barnes, United States
3. Jang Dong-Chul, Korea

Masters
1. Chris Barnes, United States
2. Patrick Allen, United States
3. Wes Malott, United States
3. Choi Bok-Eum, Korea

 

2010 Men's World Championships - Medal Tally

 

 

 

 

118.200 people follow the Men's World Championships by watching Bowlingdigital's Live Streaming

Bowlingdigital.com has provided live streaming broadcasts of the official, practice, the opening ceremonies, the complete preliminaries in Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team event, the semifinals, finals and award ceremonies in Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team as well as each round of the Masters competition plus the award ceremonies in Masters and All Events.

The broadcast length on Ustream.TV was 3 days, 16 hours, 45 minutes plus another 14 hours, 15 minutes on Bambuser.com for a total broadcast length of 4 days and 7 hours.

A total of 118.200 unique viewers followed the 2010 Men's World Championships by watching the live streaming broadcasts on UStream TV. Bowlingdigital has recorded 45 videos on UStream:

The first two day featuring six broadcasts of the Official Practice (2), Opening Ceremonies and Singles Squad 1-3 were recorded on Bambuser.com and drew another 14.112 live views.

The Live Coverage of the 2010 Men's World Championships drew readers from 146 countries.

The Bowlingdigital crew consisted of six people: Flavio Cuva (camera, video, cut), Beat Grauwiler (slow motion, video mixer), Brian Voss (color commentator), Ted Thompson (lane expert), Lucas Wiseman (commentator), and Herbert Bickel (producer, commentator).

L-R Bowlingdigital's TV commentators: Lucas Wiseman, Brian Voss, Ted Thompson and Herbert Bickel.

Live Streaming was sponsored by Kegel, the official lane maintenance provider of the MWC, co-sponsored by the brands of Ebonite and supported by the German Bowling Federation (DBU) and the host bowling center, Dream-Bowl Palace.

 

 

 

Shortcuts to videos recorded on UStream.TV

Masters Award Ceremonies
Masters Final
Masters Semifinals
Team Award Ceremonies
Masters Round of 8
Masters Round of 16
Team Event Championship Match
Team Event Semifinals
All Events Award Ceremonies
Team Preliminaries Squad 1 (2nd block) part 1
Team Preliminaries Squad 2 (2nd block) part 2
Team Preliminaries Squad 2 (2nd block) part 1
Team Preliminaries Squad 2 part 2
Team Preliminaries Squad 2 part 1
Team Preliminaries Squad 1 part 2
Team Preliminaries Squad 1 part 1
Trios Championship Match
Trios Semifinals
Trios Preliminaries Squad 1 (2nd block)
Trios Preliminaries Squad 3 (2nd block)
Trios Preliminaries Squad 2 (2nd block) part 2
Trios Preliminaries Squad 2 (2nd Block) part 1
Trios Preliminaries Squad 3
Trios Preliminaries Squad 2
Trios Preliminaries Squad 1
Doubles Award Ceremonies
Interview with Matias Arup, Sweden
Doubles Championship Match
Doubles Semifinals
Doubles Preliminaries Squad 5 part 1
Doubles Preliminaries Squad 4 part 2
Doubles Preliminaries Squad 4 part 1
Doubles Preliminaries Squad 3 part 2
Doubles Preliminaries Squad 3 part 1
Doubles Preliminaries Squad 2 part 2
Doubles Preliminaries Squad 2 part 1
Doubles Preliminaries Squad 1 part 2
Doubles Preliminaries Squad 1 part 1
Singles Award Ceremonies
Singles Championship Match
Singles Semifinals
Singles Squad 5 part 2
Singles Squad 5 part 1
Singles Squad 4 part 2
Singles Squad 4 part 1

 

 

Shortcuts to videos recorded on Bambuser.com

Singles Squad 3
Singles Squad 2
Singles Squad 1
Opening Ceremonies
Official Practice Part 2
Official Practice Part 1

 

 

Review Beat Grauwiler's Photos from the 2010 Men's World Championships

More than 1.000 photos from the 2010 Men's World Championships can be found on Bowlingdigital's Facebook profile.

Photographer Beat Grauwiler (pictured), who is also maintaining Bowlingdigital's Facebook account, has received more than 500 comments on the photos and more than 500 out of 1260 "friends" have posted that they like it.

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Review Bowlingdigital's Live Coverage from the 2010 Men's World Championships

Chris Barnes sweeps Patrick Allen to win the Masters title at Men's World Championships
United States three-peats in Team event at Men's World Championships
USA, Finland, Germany, Colombia to bowl for the coveted Team title at Men's World Championships
Colombia sets the pace as Squad 2 finishes Team Preliminaries first at Men's World Championships
Colombia leads Squad 2 to move into fourth place in the Team event
Two-time defending team champion United States on course for more gold medals
United States beats Mexico to win Trios gold at Men's World Championship
USA vs. USA and Chinese Taipei vs. Mexico to bowl in the Trio semifinals
Philippines lead Squad 3 but miss the top 4 by 12 pins in MWC Trios preliminaries
U.S. trio sets new championship record for three games at Men's World Championships
France and Philippines crack the top 10 in Trios Squad at Men's World Championships
Finland leads Trios Squad 2 to move into sixth place at Men's World Championships
Malaysia leads Trios even at Men's World Championships after Squad 1
Swedes Paulsson, Ã…rup strike gold in Doubles at the Men's World Championship
Sweden, Malaysia, Germany, USA to bowl for the Doubles title at Men's World Championship
Konieczny & Nickel delight German bowling fans in Doubles Squad 4
O'Neill & Barnes crack the top 4 in Doubles Squad 3 at Men's World Championships
Malaysians Liew & Aiman lead Doubles Squad 2 to move into second place overall
Swedes Paulsson & Ã…rup take the early lead in Doubles at Men's World Championship
Bill O'Neill starts 2010 Men's World Championships with victory in Singles
The top 4 from Squad 4 advance to Singles finals at Men's World Championships
Barrett, Bok-Eum, Barnes, O'Neill take top 4 spots in Singles in Squad 4
Pasi Uotila rises to the top in Singles Squad 3 at the Men's World Championships
Japan's Nobuhito Fujii overtakes the lead in Singles at Men's World Championships
Korea's Cho Young-Seon sets the pace in Singles at Men's World Championships
Opening ceremonies usher in 2010 World Men's Championships
Live Coverage/Live Streaming from the 2010 Men's World Championships
Canada will be one of a record 68 countries at the Men's World Championships
U.S. Dream Team ready to take on the world in Germany
Kegel to sponsor Men's World Championships live video streaming on Bowlingdigital.com
USBC announces Dream Team USA for the 2010 Men's World Championships
2010 Men's World Championship will feature record 69 countries
German Bowling Federation releases final Bulletin #2 for WTBA Men's World Championships
Dream-Bowl Palace , host of the 2010 Men's World Championships, celebrates Grand Opening
Leandersson picks Swedish team for 2010 Men's World Championships
German Bowling Federation (DBU) releases Bulletin No. 1 for the WTBA Men's World Championships in Munich, Germany