This Sunday, 1 p.m. EST on ESPN: PBA/USA vs. The World Team Competition
01/05/11
PBA Special Events
PBA World Championship finals to feature three live telecasts Jan. 14-16
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After a one-week break, the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour returns to ESPN this Sunday with an international flavor and a unique team format.
The PBA/USA vs. The World Team Competition pits six American bowlers who finished highest in the 60-game qualifying session of the PBA World Series of Bowling against six international players who had fared best while bowling 12 games per day on five different lane conditions.
The six-man team event will award one point for each of six head-to-head matches, plus three points to the team with the highest total pinfall.
Making up the U.S team will be (l-r) 2007-08 Player of the Year Chris Barnes, 2010 Viper winner Bill O'Neill, two-time Tour Champion Michael Haugen Jr., 2008-09 PBA Player of the Year Wes Malott, Ronnie Russell and four-time Tour titlist Sean Rash.
Making up the International squad will be PBA Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, two-handed specialists Jason Belmonte of Australia and Osku Palermaa of Finland who won the 2010 Shark Championship. Two more Finns – eight-time PBA Tour winner Mika Koivuniemi and Kimmo Lehtonen – along with Dan MacLelland of Canada round out the international team.
44 international bowlers from 12 countries, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Japan, Norway, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Sweden and Venezuela, participated in the PBA World Series of Bowling.
The WSOB consisted of the Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship, Pepsi Viper Championship, Chameleon Championship, Scorpion Championship and GEICO Shark Championship which were also used as qualifying for the PBA World Championship.
The top 16 in a field of 252 players after 12 games on each animal pattern advanced to round robin match play. 15 international bowlers made at least on of the five cuts: Jason Belmonte (3), Australia; Dan MacLelland (left, 2), Canada; Mika Koivuniemi (2), Finland; Osku Palermaa (2), Finland; Amleto Monacelli (2), Venezuela; Mark Buffa, Canada; Patrick Girard, Canada; Andres Gomez (right), Colombia; Jesper Agerbo, Denmark; Dominic Barrett, England; Paul Moor, England; Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland; Gu Yong-Jin, Korea; Kim Jun-Yung, Korea; Martin Larsen, Sweden; one each.
Four players (Gu, Kim, Gomez and Monacelli) made it into one of the five stepladder finals and three players (MacLelland, Belmonte and Palermaa) made even two shows. Gomez (Viper), Kim (Scorpion) and MacLelland (Shark) were the top seeds. The lone championship without any international bowler was Cheetah.
The international players won two of the five championships.
Here is the breakdown of the international bowlers in the animal pattern TV finals:
Viper
2. Andres Gomez, Colombia, $8,000
5. Amleto Monacelli (right), Venezuela, $4,000
Chameleon
5. Osku Palermaa, Finland, $4,000
Scorpion
1. Gu Yong-Jin (right), Korea, $15,000
2. Kim Jun-Yung, Korea, $8,000
3. Jason Belmonte, Australia, $6,000
5. Dan MacLelland, Canada, $4,000
Shark
1. Osku Palermaa, Finland, $15,000
2. Dan MacLelland, Canada, $8,000
3. Jason Belmonte, Australia, $6,000
The Team Competition is the prelude to the final event of the PBA World Series of Bowling – the PBA World Championship.
On Thursday, Jan. 14, the 2010-11 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season kicks into high gear with a "first" – three days of live stepladder final action featuring the top eight qualifiers in a battle for a $50,000 first prize and the PBA Tour's first major title of the year.
The eight players who will battle for the PBA World Championship will return to South Point Bowling Center where they qualified by bowling 12 games on each of five different PBA lane conditioning patterns during the PBA World Series of Bowling in late October.
The first-ever eight-man stepladder final begins with No. 7 qualifier Wes Malott (left) of Pflugerville, Texas, bowling a one-game match against Australia's two-handed star and No. 8 qualifier, Jason Belmonte (right), on Friday, Jan. 14, at 5 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2. The winner will bowl No. 6 qualifier Michael Haugen Jr. of Carefree, Ariz.
On Saturday, Jan. 15, Friday's winner will meet No. 5 qualifier Mika Koivuniemi of Hartland, Mich., in the opening match at 9 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2. That winner will meet No. 4 Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas.
The PBA World Championship finals shift to ESPN on Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern, when Saturday night's survivor will start the show against Finland's two-handed star and No. 3 qualifier, Osku Palermaa (left). The winner advances to the semifinal match against No. 2 qualifier Sean Rash, who moved to Montgomery, Ill., following the World Series.
Top qualifier Bill O'Neill (right) will then take on the semifinal match survivor in a one-game battle for the $50,000 top prize and the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour's first major title of the 2010-11 season.
The PBA/USA vs. The World Team Competition pits six American bowlers who finished highest in the 60-game qualifying session of the PBA World Series of Bowling against six international players who had fared best while bowling 12 games per day on five different lane conditions.
The six-man team event will award one point for each of six head-to-head matches, plus three points to the team with the highest total pinfall.
Making up the U.S team will be (l-r) 2007-08 Player of the Year Chris Barnes, 2010 Viper winner Bill O'Neill, two-time Tour Champion Michael Haugen Jr., 2008-09 PBA Player of the Year Wes Malott, Ronnie Russell and four-time Tour titlist Sean Rash.Making up the International squad will be PBA Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, two-handed specialists Jason Belmonte of Australia and Osku Palermaa of Finland who won the 2010 Shark Championship. Two more Finns – eight-time PBA Tour winner Mika Koivuniemi and Kimmo Lehtonen – along with Dan MacLelland of Canada round out the international team.
44 international bowlers from 12 countries, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Japan, Norway, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Sweden and Venezuela, participated in the PBA World Series of Bowling.
The WSOB consisted of the Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship, Pepsi Viper Championship, Chameleon Championship, Scorpion Championship and GEICO Shark Championship which were also used as qualifying for the PBA World Championship.
The top 16 in a field of 252 players after 12 games on each animal pattern advanced to round robin match play. 15 international bowlers made at least on of the five cuts: Jason Belmonte (3), Australia; Dan MacLelland (left, 2), Canada; Mika Koivuniemi (2), Finland; Osku Palermaa (2), Finland; Amleto Monacelli (2), Venezuela; Mark Buffa, Canada; Patrick Girard, Canada; Andres Gomez (right), Colombia; Jesper Agerbo, Denmark; Dominic Barrett, England; Paul Moor, England; Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland; Gu Yong-Jin, Korea; Kim Jun-Yung, Korea; Martin Larsen, Sweden; one each.Four players (Gu, Kim, Gomez and Monacelli) made it into one of the five stepladder finals and three players (MacLelland, Belmonte and Palermaa) made even two shows. Gomez (Viper), Kim (Scorpion) and MacLelland (Shark) were the top seeds. The lone championship without any international bowler was Cheetah.
The international players won two of the five championships.Here is the breakdown of the international bowlers in the animal pattern TV finals:
Viper
2. Andres Gomez, Colombia, $8,000
5. Amleto Monacelli (right), Venezuela, $4,000
Chameleon
5. Osku Palermaa, Finland, $4,000
Scorpion
1. Gu Yong-Jin (right), Korea, $15,0002. Kim Jun-Yung, Korea, $8,000
3. Jason Belmonte, Australia, $6,000
5. Dan MacLelland, Canada, $4,000
Shark
1. Osku Palermaa, Finland, $15,000
2. Dan MacLelland, Canada, $8,000
3. Jason Belmonte, Australia, $6,000
The Team Competition is the prelude to the final event of the PBA World Series of Bowling – the PBA World Championship.
On Thursday, Jan. 14, the 2010-11 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season kicks into high gear with a "first" – three days of live stepladder final action featuring the top eight qualifiers in a battle for a $50,000 first prize and the PBA Tour's first major title of the year.
The eight players who will battle for the PBA World Championship will return to South Point Bowling Center where they qualified by bowling 12 games on each of five different PBA lane conditioning patterns during the PBA World Series of Bowling in late October.The first-ever eight-man stepladder final begins with No. 7 qualifier Wes Malott (left) of Pflugerville, Texas, bowling a one-game match against Australia's two-handed star and No. 8 qualifier, Jason Belmonte (right), on Friday, Jan. 14, at 5 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2. The winner will bowl No. 6 qualifier Michael Haugen Jr. of Carefree, Ariz.
On Saturday, Jan. 15, Friday's winner will meet No. 5 qualifier Mika Koivuniemi of Hartland, Mich., in the opening match at 9 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2. That winner will meet No. 4 Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas.The PBA World Championship finals shift to ESPN on Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern, when Saturday night's survivor will start the show against Finland's two-handed star and No. 3 qualifier, Osku Palermaa (left). The winner advances to the semifinal match against No. 2 qualifier Sean Rash, who moved to Montgomery, Ill., following the World Series.
Top qualifier Bill O'Neill (right) will then take on the semifinal match survivor in a one-game battle for the $50,000 top prize and the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour's first major title of the 2010-11 season.
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