Jason Belmonte (pictured left) rolled one of eight 1200-plus series (a 240 average) on the third day of qualifying in the 47th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Saturday at Northcliff Bowling Center in Johannesburg, South Africa and continued to lead the 81-player men's division with 3755 total and an average of 250.33 for 15 games.

The Aussie, who made six of eight TV shows in the PBA World Series of Bowling last month, chalked up 1220 (244 avg.), his lowest set of the tournament so far after 1278 and 1257 in the first two blocks. The 2008-2009 PBA Rookie of the Year, maintained a 54-pin lead over fellow PBA champion Tommy Jones (right), United States.

The 13-time PBA champion and PBA Player of the Year 2005-06 rolled the highest third block of 1246 (249.20) including games of 244, 231, 268, 265 and 238 to hold second place with 3701 (246.73).

Long-time Finnish national team member Kimmo Lehtonen (left) was 134 pins behind Jones in third place with 3567 after an 1172 set including a 290 game.

Mykhaylo Kalika (right), Ukraine, used a 1204 series to tie Francois Louw (1174), South Africa, for fourth place at 3544. Patrick Bohm, Sweden, leaped one spot to sixth place with 1142 and 3462 total.

Mats Maggi, Belgium, had two 278 games in his 1225 series to jump from 13th to seventh place with 3445. Steve Thornton (1188), England, was mere one pin behind in eighth place with 3444.

Lucas Legnani (left) of Argentina started his third block with a bang by rolling the third 300 game of the tournament (Belmonte and Jones had the others). Legnani added 237, 232, 256 and 190 for 1215 (243 avg.) to move from 14th to 10th place with 3433 total.

Maxim Kobelkov (right) mad the biggest move thanks to the second highest 1243 series including a 298 final game. The Russian rocketed from 57th to 28th place with 3184 total.

The top 14 players averaged over 220 for 15 games, the top 30 averaged over 210 and the top 45 averaged over 200. With the final five-game qualifying block to go on Sunday, Surasak Manuwong (below right), Thailand, holds the 24th and last place to advance with 3237 or an average of 215.80.

All 81 men will bowl another five qualifying games on Sunday. The field will then be cut to the top 24 for eight additional games on Monday, Dec. 5.

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The top eight after 28 games advance to the Round of 8 on Tuesday, Dec. 6, where the field will be paired down to the top three for the stepladder finals on Wednesday, Dec. 7.

Photos: Beat Grauwiler.

 

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Men's Division - Standings after Block 3/4

The top 24 after 20 qualifying games will advance to the next round

Pos	Player	Country	B/F	G11	G12	G13	G14	G15	Block 3	Avg.	Total	Avg.
1.	Jason Belmonte	Australia	2535	225	259	255	235	246	1220	244.00	3755	250.33
2.	Tommy Jones	United States	2455	244	231	268	265	238	1246	249.20	3701	246.73
3.	Kimmo Lehtonen	Finland	2395	290	171	265	202	244	1172	234.40	3567	237.80
4.	Mykhaylo Kalika	Ukraine	2340	206	235	225	268	270	1204	240.80	3544	236.27
(tie)	Francois Louw	South Africa	2370	280	211	288	202	193	1174	234.80	3544	236.27
6.	Patrick Bohm	Sweden	2320	234	245	247	223	193	1142	228.40	3462	230.80
7.	Mats Maggi	Belgium	2220	216	278	217	278	236	1225	245.00	3445	229.67
8.	Steve Thornton	England	2256	247	214	226	256	245	1188	237.60	3444	229.60
9.	Wu Siu Hong	Hong Kong	2306	238	226	201	269	200	1134	226.80	3440	229.33
10.	Lucas Legnani	Argentina	2218	300	237	232	256	190	1215	243.00	3433	228.87
11.	Francisco Rodriguez	Spain	2202	230	244	205	279	253	1211	242.20	3413	227.53
12.	Eddy Fuentes	Venezuela	2242	185	278	280	224	201	1168	233.60	3410	227.33
13.	Biboy Rivera	Philippines	2359	204	193	197	192	230	1016	203.20	3375	225.00
14.	Shaker Ali Hassan	UAE	2251	191	203	202	243	213	1052	210.40	3303	220.20
15.	Timo Schröder	Germany	2239	248	183	169	243	211	1054	210.80	3293	219.53
16.	Mansour Al-Awamy	Qatar	2145	223	256	234	212	205	1130	226.00	3275	218.33
(tie)	Manuel Fernandez	Dominican Republic	2179	231	221	215	238	191	1096	219.20	3275	218.33
18.	Michael Schmidt	Canada	2118	247	224	226	235	224	1156	231.20	3274	218.27
19.	Ben Fishler	Israel	2192	258	210	213	181	216	1078	215.60	3270	218.00
20.	Mads Sandbækken	Norway	2206	200	205	184	258	210	1057	211.40	3263	217.53
21.	Maurizio Celli	Italy	2211	190	226	225	216	182	1039	207.80	3250	216.67
22.	Miroslav Cifra	Czech Republic	2110	247	232	198	224	234	1135	227.00	3245	216.33
23.	Daichi Teshima	Japan	2097	243	237	224	185	253	1142	228.40	3239	215.93
24.	Surasak Manuwong	Thailand	2117	213	279	247	189	192	1120	224.00	3237	215.80
25.	Arni Geir Omarsson	Iceland	2166	243	187	223	191	217	1061	212.20	3227	215.13
26.	Adrian Ang	Malaysia	2188	233	208	227	168	199	1035	207.00	3223	214.87
27.	Andreas Christoforou	Cyprus	2173	227	208	190	199	206	1030	206.00	3203	213.53
28.	Maxim Kobelkov	Russia	1941	246	265	193	241	298	1243	248.60	3184	212.27
29.	Moises Perez	Catalonia	2059	221	254	257	202	190	1124	224.80	3183	212.20
30.	Thomas Gross	Austria	2094	216	227	237	234	168	1082	216.40	3176	211.73
31.	Arturs Levikins	Latvia	2047	211	247	202	224	212	1096	219.20	3143	209.53
32.	Gerardo Heshiki	Peru	2042	179	279	225	236	169	1088	217.60	3130	208.67
33.	Kert Truus	Estonia	2049	199	227	232	177	236	1071	214.20	3120	208.00
34.	Craig Nevatt	New Zealand	2161	181	180	204	209	178	952	190.40	3113	207.53
35.	Alexander Tan	Singapore	2012	262	235	186	201	215	1099	219.80	3111	207.40
36.	Ayad Al-Amiri	Kuwait	2118	210	169	184	182	246	991	198.20	3109	207.27
(tie)	Tomas Cibinskas	Lithuania	2033	199	216	214	213	234	1076	215.20	3109	207.27
38.	Alan Bride	Ireland	2109	198	165	204	214	218	999	199.80	3108	207.20
39.	Mathieu Bergès	Switzerland	1979	236	192	266	234	195	1123	224.60	3102	206.80
40.	Paulo Lopes	Portugal	2092	237	233	180	179	179	1008	201.60	3100	206.67
41.	Seyed Hamidreza	Iran	2027	211	213	190	211	212	1037	207.40	3064	204.27
42.	Alexandr Panchenko	Kazakhstan	2010	216	227	204	193	205	1045	209.00	3055	203.67
43.	Paul Traynor	Scotland	2035	211	197	231	137	216	992	198.40	3027	201.80
44.	Nikolay Babyuk	Moldova	2036	164	203	211	178	224	980	196.00	3016	201.07
45.	Omar Torres	Mexico	2013	182	203	255	157	203	1000	200.00	3013	200.87
46.	Phil Hulst	Netherlands	1954	232	212	205	200	188	1037	207.40	2991	199.40
47.	Justin Caruana Scicluna	Malta	1986	166	233	237	163	191	990	198.00	2976	198.40
48.	Shabbir Dhankot	India	1959	203	244	149	189	222	1007	201.40	2966	197.73
49.	Boyan Donov	Bulgaria	2040	205	227	137	194	158	921	184.20	2961	197.40
50.	Gediz Ege	Turkey	1979	159	202	243	227	140	971	194.20	2950	196.67
51.	Joseph Allalouf	Greece	1961	235	204	214	202	124	979	195.80	2940	196.00
52.	Maher Aneed	Iraq	1992	216	186	190	175	174	941	188.20	2933	195.53
53.	Marius Piticariu	Romania	1992	199	198	202	114	216	929	185.80	2921	194.73
(tie)	Pavel Sobolev	Belarus	1870	223	217	201	223	187	1051	210.20	2921	194.73
55.	Emil Polanisz	Poland	1994	148	191	191	178	218	926	185.20	2920	194.67
56.	Tamas Szabo	Hungary	1962	172	186	180	217	201	956	191.20	2918	194.53
57.	Paul Green	Wales	1863	169	256	242	186	185	1038	207.60	2901	193.40
58.	Bekzod Tukhtaniyazov	Uzbekistan	1955	180	167	139	199	226	911	182.20	2866	191.07
59.	Caio Pizzoli	Brazil	1839	179	211	193	208	212	1003	200.60	2842	189.47
60.	Marin Tranier	New Caledonia	1832	219	198	199	189	186	991	198.20	2823	188.20
61.	Miyesenge Tuvshinsanaa	Mongolia	1785	233	221	167	164	244	1029	205.80	2814	187.60
62.	Derek Tomlin	Guernsey	1885	202	170	191	177	180	920	184.00	2805	187.00
63.	Steeve Thia	Mauritius	1860	180	222	192	179	170	943	188.60	2803	186.87
64.	Vinicio Rivas	Costa Rica	1959	200	147	157	181	157	842	168.40	2801	186.73
65.	Dušan Lajovic	Slovenia	1846	195	155	189	190	216	945	189.00	2791	186.07
(tie)	Yasser Elsherbeny	Egypt	1815	204	163	246	180	183	976	195.20	2791	186.07
67.	Yvan Dubois	France	1826	202	176	154	205	224	961	192.20	2787	185.80
68.	Paul Wright	Jersey	1838	162	191	212	181	199	945	189.00	2783	185.53
69.	Jan Petras	Slovakia	1847	167	149	267	158	161	902	180.40	2749	183.27
70.	Maurice Talane	French Guiana	1842	171	165	167	213	180	896	179.20	2738	182.53
71.	Michael Wood	Gibraltar	1775	186	171	210	180	205	952	190.40	2727	181.80
72.	Charles Richards	Virgin Islands	1806	187	243	136	190	160	916	183.20	2722	181.47
73.	Sameer Qadies	Jordan	1746	201	183	151	182	245	962	192.40	2708	180.53
74.	Tony O'Hare	Northern Ireland	1823	174	148	233	137	181	873	174.60	2696	179.73
75.	Marcio Jesus	Azores	1820	152	172	167	165	174	830	166.00	2650	176.67
76.	Sasa Petkovic	Croatia	1712	162	155	186	224	203	930	186.00	2642	176.13
77.	AurelienTrombini	Reunion	1820	155	121	168	190	157	791	158.20	2611	174.07
78.	Guy Baria	Monaco	1732	148	155	190	171	122	786	157.20	2518	167.87
79.	TewodrosDaniel	Ethiopia	1649	179	153	137	149	198	816	163.20	2465	164.33
80.	Khaled Meziou	Tunisia	1457	168	152	169	168	169	826	165.20	2283	152.20
81.	Jean Edouard Nelson	Haiti	956	64	108	76	112	102	462	92.40	1418	94.53

300 Games (3) - Jason Belmonte, Tommy Jones, Lucas Legnani.