Tommy Jones (pictured left), United States, averaged 240.4 on the fourth and last day of qualifying in the 47th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup en route to lead the top qualifiers into the Round of 24 Monday at Northcliff Bowling Center in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The 13-time PBA champion and PBA Player of the Year 2005-06 used a 1202 five-game series to overtake the lead with 4903 total or an average of 245.15 for 20 games. Previous leader Jason Belmonte (right), Australia, slipped to second place with 4832 behind a 1077 set on Sunday. Mykhaylo Kalika, Ukraine, had a 1210 set to leap one spot to third place with 4754.

Argentinean Lucas Legnani, who joins Jones and Belmonte in the 300-club in Johannesburg, had games of 227, 235, 274, 259 and 289 for the field-best 1284 series, an average of 256.80, to move from 18th to fourth place with 4717.

Mats Maggi (left), Belgium, leaped two places to fifth with 4653 thanks to a 1208 set. Last year's runner-up, Biboy Rivera (right), Philippines, used a 1238 set to jump from 13th to sixth place with 4613.

Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, who was in the top three for the past three days, fell to seventh place with 4607 behind a 1040 set. Rounding out the top 8 was South African representative, Francois Louw, who slipped four spots due to a 1045 series and 4589 overall (229.45 average).

Past European champion Thomas Gross (right), Austria, took the 24th and last place to advance with 4272 and an average of 213.60.

13 of the 24 countries represented in the Round of 24 are members of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF), seven are members of the Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) and four belong to the Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON).

All 81 men bowled 20 qualifying games, four blocks of five games on four days, before the field was cut to the top 24 who will bowl 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 Qualifying (four blocks of five games)

The top 24 advance to the next round

Pos	Player	Country	B/F	G16	G17	G18	G19	G20	Block 4	Avg.	Total	Avg.
1.	Tommy Jones	United States	3701	227	256	237	246	236	1202	240.40	4903	245.15
2.	Jason Belmonte	Australia	3755	231	248	216	212	170	1077	215.40	4832	241.60
3.	Mykhaylo Kalika	Ukraine	3544	238	232	247	224	269	1210	242.00	4754	237.70
4.	Lucas Legnani	Argentina	3433	227	235	274	259	289	1284	256.80	4717	235.85
5.	Mats Maggi	Belgium	3445	193	227	268	279	241	1208	241.60	4653	232.65
6.	Biboy Rivera	Philippines	3375	254	239	278	236	231	1238	247.60	4613	230.65
7.	Kimmo Lehtonen	Finland	3567	222	186	183	224	225	1040	208.00	4607	230.35
8.	Francois Louw	South Africa	3544	194	182	213	235	221	1045	209.00	4589	229.45
9.	Steve Thornton	England	3444	227	267	226	228	196	1144	228.80	4588	229.40
10.	Wu Siu Hong	Hong Kong	3440	205	222	248	214	212	1101	220.20	4541	227.05
11.	Eddy Fuentes	Venezuela	3410	148	258	200	191	247	1044	208.80	4454	222.70
12.	Patrick Bohm	Sweden	3462	165	211	183	214	218	991	198.20	4453	222.65
(tie)	Francisco Rodriguez	Spain	3413	172	258	227	170	213	1040	208.00	4453	222.65
14.	Shaker Al-Hassan	UAE	3303	236	246	218	227	194	1121	224.20	4424	221.20
15.	Mansour Al-Awamy	Qatar	3275	258	180	223	213	268	1142	228.40	4417	220.85
16.	Mads Sandbækken	Norway	3263	211	279	211	210	225	1136	227.20	4399	219.95
17.	Miroslav Cifra	Czech Republic	3245	236	233	225	275	184	1153	230.60	4398	219.90
18.	Daichi Teshima	Japan	3239	260	257	214	212	200	1143	228.60	4382	219.10
19.	Michael Schmidt	Canada	3274	219	190	259	205	221	1094	218.80	4368	218.40
20.	Timo Schröder	Germany	3293	173	211	257	218	193	1052	210.40	4345	217.25
21.	Ben Fishler	Israel	3270	200	212	214	223	225	1074	214.80	4344	217.20
22.	Arni Geir Omarsson	Iceland	3227	213	233	186	222	254	1108	221.60	4335	216.75
23.	Adrian Ang	Malaysia	3223	189	239	225	188	212	1053	210.60	4276	213.80
24.	Thomas Gross	Austria	3176	228	206	213	227	222	1096	219.20	4272	213.60
25.	Tomas Cibinskas	Lithuania	3109	289	244	223	177	226	1159	231.80	4268	213.40
26.	Andreas Christoforou	Cyprus	3203	225	201	191	226	213	1056	211.20	4259	212.95
27.	Maurizio Celli	Italy	3250	176	170	245	207	209	1007	201.40	4257	212.85
28.	Moises Perez	Catalonia	3183	156	220	236	234	225	1071	214.20	4254	212.70
29.	Mathieu Bergès	Switzerland	3102	245	216	203	249	225	1138	227.60	4240	212.00
30.	Surasak Manuwong	Thailand	3237	193	203	179	212	212	999	199.80	4236	211.80
31.	Alan Bride	Ireland	3108	214	246	256	190	218	1124	224.80	4232	211.60
32.	Manuel Fernandez	Dominican Republic	3275	173	211	197	156	215	952	190.40	4227	211.35
33.	Gerardo Heshiki	Peru	3130	174	222	267	205	222	1090	218.00	4220	211.00
34.	Arturs Levikins	Latvia	3143	248	180	187	204	238	1057	211.40	4200	210.00
35.	Ayad Al-Amiri	Kuwait	3109	245	172	181	234	241	1073	214.60	4182	209.10
36.	Kert Truus	Estonia	3120	247	207	188	182	232	1056	211.20	4176	208.80
37.	Craig Nevatt	New Zealand	3113	210	190	211	221	227	1059	211.80	4172	208.60
38.	Maxim Kobelkov	Russia	3184	210	154	170	214	237	985	197.00	4169	208.45
39.	Paulo Lopes	Portugal	3100	202	225	201	201	215	1044	208.80	4144	207.20
40.	Alexander Tan	Singapore	3111	200	207	246	196	173	1022	204.40	4133	206.65
41.	Alexandr Panchenko	Kazakhstan	3055	184	162	215	247	241	1049	209.80	4104	205.20
(tie)	Omar Torres	Mexico	3013	216	233	224	196	222	1091	218.20	4104	205.20
43.	Seyed Hamidreza	Iran	3064	191	169	190	207	256	1013	202.60	4077	203.85
44.	Paul Traynor	Scotland	3027	223	192	202	211	213	1041	208.20	4068	203.40
45.	Shabbir Dhankot	India	2966	245	256	164	224	150	1039	207.80	4005	200.25
46.	Boyan Donov	Bulgaria	2961	227	164	245	199	202	1037	207.40	3998	199.90
47.	Tamas Szabo	Hungary	2918	166	212	253	228	213	1072	214.40	3990	199.50
48.	Justin Caruana Scicluna	Malta	2976	197	202	224	188	200	1011	202.20	3987	199.35
(tie)	Maher Aneed	Iraq	2933	167	233	213	247	194	1054	210.80	3987	199.35
50.	Emil Polanisz	Poland	2920	225	267	170	150	246	1058	211.60	3978	198.90
51.	Nikolay Babyuk	Moldova	3016	214	218	190	168	171	961	192.20	3977	198.85
52.	Phil Hulst	Netherlands	2991	213	202	185	184	193	977	195.40	3968	198.40
53.	Joseph Allalouf	Greece	2940	202	215	187	184	236	1024	204.80	3964	198.20
54.	Marius Piticariu	Romania	2921	175	224	215	191	213	1018	203.60	3939	196.95
55.	Gediz Ege	Turkey	2950	202	215	200	212	158	987	197.40	3937	196.85
56.	Pavel Sobolev	Belarus	2921	187	180	234	182	223	1006	201.20	3927	196.35
57.	Paul Green	Wales	2901	152	216	185	225	192	970	194.00	3871	193.55
58.	Caio Pizzoli	Brazil	2842	155	242	201	220	207	1025	205.00	3867	193.35
59.	Yasser Elsherbeny	Egypt	2791	200	223	189	201	213	1026	205.20	3817	190.85
60.	Yvan Dubois	France	2787	189	170	246	176	186	967	193.40	3754	187.70
61.	Vinicio Rivas	Costa Rica	2801	166	193	205	198	176	938	187.60	3739	186.95
62.	Marin Tranier	New Caledonia	2823	190	182	164	191	188	915	183.00	3738	186.90
(tie)	Dušan Lajovic	Slovenia	2791	205	190	200	175	177	947	189.40	3738	186.90
64.	Paul Wright	Jersey	2783	151	183	211	221	180	946	189.20	3729	186.45
65.	Jan Petras	Slovakia	2749	186	215	148	223	203	975	195.00	3724	186.20
66.	Marcio Jesus	Azores	2650	210	225	203	246	169	1053	210.60	3703	185.15
67.	Derek Tomlin	Guernsey	2805	178	156	178	216	160	888	177.60	3693	184.65
68.	Miyesenge Tuvshinsanaa	Mongolia	2814	152	166	150	214	176	858	171.60	3672	183.60
69.	Tony O'Hare	Northern Ireland	2696	224	159	208	207	177	975	195.00	3671	183.55
70.	Michael Wood	Gibraltar	2727	136	181	200	199	209	925	185.00	3652	182.60
71.	Sameer Qadies	Jordan	2708	180	213	177	185	188	943	188.60	3651	182.55
72.	Steeve Thia	Mauritius	2803	160	190	172	161	154	837	167.40	3640	182.00
73.	Bekzod Tukhtaniyazov	Uzbekistan	2866	169	150	136	164	148	767	153.40	3633	181.65
74.	Maurice Talane	French Guiana	2738	154	149	169	152	187	811	162.20	3549	177.45
75.	Charles Richards	Virgin Islands	2722	142	149	126	194	170	781	156.20	3503	175.15
76.	Sasa Petkovic	Croatia	2642	175	168	207	125	168	843	168.60	3485	174.25
77.	AurelienTrombini	Reunion	2611	168	134	162	176	174	814	162.80	3425	171.25
78.	TewodrosDaniel	Ethiopia	2465	177	151	173	147	192	840	168.00	3305	165.25
79.	Khaled Meziou	Tunisia	2283	160	141	152	162	170	785	157.00	3068	153.40
80.	Guy Baria	Monaco	2518	134	0	0	0	0	134	DNF	2652	165.75
81.	Jean Edouard Nelson	Haiti	1418	0	0	0	0	0	0	WD	1418	94.53

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