2011 WWC

Shannon Pluhowsky

 

Sweden's Rebecka Larsen (223) and Elin Adolfsson (243; pictured right l-r) were close behind with 466.

Defending champion Hwang Sun-Ok teamed up with Singles silver medalist Son Yun-Hee (on the left, l-r), who was part of the bronze medal winning doubles at the last Women's World Championships in Las Vegas 2009. The Koreans toppled 459 including a 255 game by Hwang.

Fourth place belonged to Sascha Wedel (245) and Rikke Holm Agerbo (201), who also won a bronze medal in Doubles at the 2009 WWC. The Danes totaled 446 pins and were seven pins ahead of Verónica Hernández (203) and Sayuri Yamada (236) of Mexico (right, l-r), who had 439.

The Koreans moved to the top of the leaderboard with 909 after adding a 450 in game two. Team USA's Shannon Pluhowsky (221) and Liz Johnson (248; pictured left, l-r) used a 469 game to leap into second place with 907.

Timter/Rieger slipped from first to third place with 887 behind a 417 game. Australia's Lexi Nicoll and Narelle Baker (269; pictured right, r-l)) combined for 500, the highest game of the day thus far, to jump into fourth place with 883. The Mexicans remained in fifth place with 876.

Hwang (268) and Son (228) rolled 496 for 1405, a 234.17 average, to hold a 17 pin lead as Squad 1 has reached the halfway point. The Australians, however, raised the bar to 505 (Nicoll, 268; Baker, 237), to move into second place with 1388.

Pluhowsky/Johnson slipped one spot to third with 1344 behind a 459 in game three. The Germans fell to fourth place with 1283 due to their first sub-par game (based on a 200 average) of 396 to trail the Americans by 83 pins.

Junko Harigaya and Natsuki Sasaki of Japan overtook fifth place with 1270 behind games of 406, 421 and 443.

A 521 game propelled Team USA to the top after four games. Pluhowsky had a 290 and Johnson added 231 to overtake the Koreans by 25 pins with 1887 pinfall total. Hwang/Son dropped to second place with 1862 behind a 457 game.

The Aussies had 417 to slip to third place with 1805. Danes are back in the top 4 with 1725 after rolling a 516 game. Agerbo had a big 278 game and Wedel added 238.

Malaysia's Sharon Koh and Zatil Iman (pictured left, l-r) were sixty pins behind in fifth place with 1665.

Game five saw USA retaining the lead with a 413 game and 2300 total. Korea narrowed the gap to 20 pins behind a 418 game with 2280. Australia had 426 to remain in third with 2231.

The Danes (pictured left, l-r, Rkke Holm Agerbo and Sascha Wedel) maintained their fourth place with 423 and 2148. Nataliya Shcherbinina and Dariia Kovalova (pictured right, r-l), Ukraine, moved into fifth place with 2122. Kovalova is the best player in Squad 1 after five games (231, 258, 212, 278, and 263) with 1242 total and an average of 248.40.

Shannon Pluhowsky and Liz Johnson closed things out with a 480 game to lead Squad 1 with 2780 total and an average of 231.67. The Koreans suffered a sub-400 last game (395) but finished in second place with 2675 as the Australians had only 381 to land in third with 2612.

Rounding out the top 4 were the Danes with 2586 followed by Malaysia in fifth with 2534 and Singapore in sixth with 2603. The Ukrainians dropped to seventh place with 2491. Daria Kovalova (pictured left) finished with 225 and the highest six-game series of the day thus far of 1467 or an average of 244.50.

Sisters Karen Marcano (270) and Alicia Marcano (214, on the right, r-l) fired a 483 last game to tie Japan for ninth place with 2477. Rounding out the top 10 were Alena Korobkova and Polina Kosyakova, Russia with 2463.

The players from second squad will conclude the first day of the Doubles preliminaries this afternoon.

The fourth Women's World Championships takes place at bowling center Hong Kong Bowling City in Hong Kong, China, from Sept. 1 through 11, 2011.

171 of the best women bowlers in the world featuring 33 countries compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Team event, All Events and Masters in the nine-day event.

The WTBA patterns "Seoul" and "Paris" will be used in Hong Kong. The 39-feet Seoul pattern is the second-shortest of the four "medium" WTBA certified lane patterns. With a length of 47 feet, Paris is the longest of all 12 certified patterns.

Singles was played on "Paris" and Doubles will be contested on "Seoul", while Trios and Team will feature both oil patterns (3 games on each pattern). Masters match play will be staged on dual lane condition (one lane dressed with the Seoul pattern and the other lane dressed with the Paris pattern).

The top four players and teams after six games in Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team, respectively, will advance to the semifinals. The No. 1 meet No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3. The winners will determine the World Champion, while the losers will share the bronze medal. All matches are single-game matches.

Bowlingdigital will cover the 2011 Women's World Championships live from Hong Kong with stories and results after each squad and each round of the finals.

Bowling fans around the world will be able to watch all qualifying rounds, semifinals and finals live on BOWL.com and the coverage will be available on demand as well. Pictured left are commentators Jason Overstreet (l.) and Lucas Wiseman (r.) at work.

The live streaming coverage is a partnership between USBC, WTBA, the Hong Kong Tenpin Bowling Congress and Bowlingdigital.com. The live streaming schedule is identical with the tournament schedule.

 

 

2011 Women's World Championships - All Events (current standings)