Action at the 2012 World Youth Championships shifts to the Boys Doubles preliminaries. The 178 players from 47 countries will be divided into four squads. Squad A, B and C will bowl six games on medium oil on Wednesday. Squad D will conclude the preliminaries on Thursday. The Boys and Girls Doubles Finals will be held Thursday, June 28th, from 1 to 2.30 p.m. local time.

The 12th World Youth Championships takes place at Blu-O Paragon Bowling Center in Bangkok, Thailand, from June 22 - July 3, 2012.

274 girls and boys from record 48 countries, who must not have reached their 21st birthday on January 1, 2012, will compete will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, four-player Team event, All Events and Masters in the ten-day event.

The WTBA patterns "Mexico City" and "Atlanta" will be used in Bangkok. The 45-foot Mexico City pattern is the second-longest of the twelve WTBA certified lane pattern (four short, four medium and four long). With a length of 38 feet, the Atlanta pattern is the shortest of the four medium pattern.

Singles is being played on "Mexico City" and Doubles will be contested on "Atlanta", while the Team event will feature both oil patterns (3 games on each pattern). The Masters will be staged on dual lane condition (one lane dressed with the medium pattern and the other lane dressed with the long pattern).

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

Photos courtesy of Thai Tenpin Bowling Association (TTBA).

 

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2012 WYC Boys Doubles - Preliminaries after 3/4 Squads (A, B and C only)

Six games on medium oil. The top 4 will advance to the finals.

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Sweden	428	424	409	1261	531	391	368	1290	2551	212.58
	Kim Bolleby	214	225	211	650	280	190	181	651	1301	216.83
	Magnus Johnson Jr.	214	199	198	611	251	201	187	639	1250	208.33
2.	Korea	396	374	427	1197	456	453	426	1335	2532	211.00
	Kim Yeon-Sang	165	168	217	550	210	216	179	605	1155	192.50
	Hwang Dong-Jun	231	206	210	647	246	237	247	730	1377	229.50
3.	Singapore	404	402	480	1286	434	383	416	1233	2519	209.92
	Keith Saw	179	200	232	611	191	185	222	598	1209	201.50
	Ng Chiew Pang	225	202	248	675	243	198	194	635	1310	218.33
4.	Germany	465	367	395	1227	469	410	404	1283	2510	209.17
	Dominic Buchmann	211	152	158	521	253	181	189	623	1144	190.67
	Christian Birlinger	254	215	237	706	216	229	215	660	1366	227.67
5.	Netherlands	380	412	463	1255	373	404	472	1249	2504	208.67
	Kevin De Haan	174	169	238	581	174	190	224	588	1169	194.83
	Jeroen Van Geel	206	243	225	674	199	214	248	661	1335	222.50
6.	United States	413	420	419	1252	395	408	449	1252	2504	208.67
	Zack Hattori	178	192	231	601	168	208	237	613	1214	202.33
	Chris Via	235	228	188	651	227	200	212	639	1290	215.00
7.	Finland	337	457	416	1210	409	394	490	1293	2503	208.58
	Perttu Jussila	206	236	192	634	204	203	213	620	1254	209.00
	Tony Ranta	131	221	224	576	205	191	277	673	1249	208.17
8.	Puerto Rico	358	402	427	1187	477	405	407	1289	2476	206.33
	Cristian Azcona	192	191	194	577	235	201	196	632	1209	201.50
	Josh L Encarnacion	166	211	233	610	242	204	211	657	1267	211.17
9.	Kuwait	413	359	412	1184	447	444	400	1291	2475	206.25
	Abdulrahman Suwayed	165	135	265	565	224	230	187	641	1206	201.00
	Abdulla Ahmed	248	224	147	619	223	214	213	650	1269	211.50
10.	Chinese Taipei	427	392	434	1253	395	427	396	1218	2471	205.92
	Cheng Hsing-Yueh	241	203	189	633	191	189	201	581	1214	202.33
	Yang Shih-Hsien	186	189	245	620	204	238	195	637	1257	209.50
11.	Scotland	314	504	439	1257	383	378	447	1208	2465	205.42
	Marco Biondi	141	277	234	652	183	190	200	573	1225	204.17
	Michael Maccoll	173	227	205	605	200	188	247	635	1240	206.67
12.	Australia	395	450	449	1294	382	438	346	1166	2460	205.00
	Simon Pearce	197	193	224	614	178	225	154	557	1171	195.17
	Sam Cooley	198	257	225	680	204	213	192	609	1289	214.83
13.	Thailand	425	424	399	1248	382	435	391	1208	2456	204.67
	Peerawich Rongcharoen	214	232	204	650	193	224	221	638	1288	214.67
	Phumin Klanbida	211	192	195	598	189	211	170	570	1168	194.67
14.	Hong Kong	515	317	368	1200	417	376	459	1252	2452	204.33
	Leo Tse Chung Yin	246	154	167	567	201	190	226	617	1184	197.33
	Michael Mak	269	163	201	633	216	186	233	635	1268	211.33
15.	Japan	376	434	391	1201	435	385	396	1216	2417	201.42
	Yuhi Shinbata	222	177	190	589	214	203	198	615	1204	200.67
	Hiroki Takada	154	257	201	612	221	182	198	601	1213	202.17
16.	Canada	374	383	349	1106	435	490	385	1310	2416	201.33
	Daniel Brazeau	175	181	166	522	180	225	222	627	1149	191.50
	Kevin Maurice	199	202	183	584	255	265	163	683	1267	211.17
17.	Norway	367	408	426	1201	369	374	469	1212	2413	201.08
	Andreas Skoglund	186	215	230	631	204	178	232	614	1245	207.50
	Robin Nordås Grindvik	181	193	196	570	165	196	237	598	1168	194.67
18.	Mexico	373	411	364	1148	427	397	423	1247	2395	199.58
	Andre Fors	192	203	193	588	238	246	222	706	1294	215.67
	Enrique Kassian	181	208	171	560	189	151	201	541	1101	183.50
19.	Japan	381	428	376	1185	401	398	406	1205	2390	199.17
	Daisuke Yoshida	191	182	203	576	215	202	211	628	1204	200.67
	Shusaku Asato	190	246	173	609	186	196	195	577	1186	197.67
20.	Thailand	318	422	448	1188	395	395	408	1198	2386	198.83
	Vorachet Arayavisedwong	125	210	225	560	214	191	182	587	1147	191.17
	Atittarat Cheng	193	212	223	628	181	204	226	611	1239	206.50
21.	Venezuela	386	399	426	1211	380	410	383	1173	2384	198.67
	Michael Piccari	183	223	233	639	187	195	187	569	1208	201.33
	Kevin Belandria	203	176	193	572	193	215	196	604	1176	196.00
22.	Finland	476	365	373	1214	386	359	420	1165	2379	198.25
	Samuli Tiainen	236	189	199	624	192	191	205	588	1212	202.00
	Sami Lampo	240	176	174	590	194	168	215	577	1167	194.50
23.	Lithuania	391	435	404	1230	352	334	462	1148	2378	198.17
	Lukas Pereckas	193	219	215	627	154	163	193	510	1137	189.50
	Kristijonas Sergejevas	198	216	189	603	198	171	269	638	1241	206.83
24.	Malaysia	416	406	358	1180	374	445	371	1190	2370	197.50
	Aris Ardila Santosoh	191	227	183	601	150	236	193	579	1180	196.67
	Syimir Abdul Razak	225	179	175	579	224	209	178	611	1190	198.33
25.	Czech Republic	348	406	393	1147	408	377	435	1220	2367	197.25
	Tomáš Bilek	193	202	207	602	192	177	212	581	1183	197.17
	Jaroslav Lorenc	155	204	186	545	216	200	223	639	1184	197.33
26.	Latvia	382	379	410	1171	390	365	437	1192	2363	196.92
	Verners Veidulis	192	208	220	620	198	182	180	560	1180	196.67
	Arturs Levikins	190	171	190	551	192	183	257	632	1183	197.17
27.	Philippines	371	419	399	1189	389	421	353	1163	2352	196.00
	Kenneth Chua	157	184	235	576	197	232	176	605	1181	196.83
	Enrico L Hernandez	214	235	164	613	192	189	177	558	1171	195.17
28.	Icland	437	436	341	1214	407	364	366	1137	2351	195.92
	Skuli F Siguarsoon	231	209	149	589	186	191	173	550	1139	189.83
	Arnar D Jonsoon	206	227	192	625	221	173	193	587	1212	202.00
29.	Italy	331	440	420	1191	401	380	371	1152	2343	195.25
	Fabrizio Fallarini	141	207	176	524	191	181	225	597	1121	186.83
	Francesco Vaccaro	190	233	244	667	210	199	146	555	1222	203.67
30.	Ukraine	384	410	390	1184	371	448	339	1158	2342	195.17
	Olexandr Kondratyev	193	205	212	610	217	247	184	648	1258	209.67
	Viktor Stepanenko	191	205	178	574	154	201	155	510	1084	180.67
31.	Estonia	359	410	395	1164	308	392	472	1172	2336	194.67
	Ulari Lees	198	209	223	630	173	225	227	625	1255	209.17
	Kert Truus	161	201	172	534	135	167	245	547	1081	180.17
32.	Bahrain	381	370	382	1133	350	377	449	1176	2309	192.42
	Husain Ebrahim	200	160	183	543	203	207	186	596	1139	189.83
	Abudlla Saleh	181	210	199	590	147	170	263	580	1170	195.00
33.	Poland	334	354	456	1144	365	396	403	1164	2308	192.33
	Daniel Wisniewski	155	194	189	538	194	191	178	563	1101	183.50
	Tymoteusz Cieckiewiez	179	160	267	606	171	205	225	601	1207	201.17
34.	Kuwait	368	423	401	1192	423	370	318	1111	2303	191.92
	Mohannad Ebrahim	212	222	207	641	201	216	170	587	1228	204.67
	Mostafa Almousawi	156	201	194	551	222	154	148	524	1075	179.17
35.	China	402	399	343	1144	335	450	366	1151	2295	191.25
	Chen Xu	176	211	143	530	168	227	188	583	1113	185.50
	Zhang Kai	226	188	200	614	167	223	178	568	1182	197.00
36.	Norway	381	373	351	1105	389	362	439	1190	2295	191.25
	Pal Selvnes	167	223	193	583	215	196	207	618	1201	200.17
	Lars Christian Nygård	214	150	158	522	174	166	232	572	1094	182.33
37.	Venezuela	349	388	381	1118	334	396	434	1164	2282	190.17
	Rogelio Felice Jr.	178	171	191	540	172	204	207	583	1123	187.17
	Sandro Perrino Jr.	171	217	190	578	162	192	227	581	1159	193.17
38.	Bulgaria	396	376	362	1134	370	419	358	1147	2281	190.08
	Antoan Marinov	190	183	172	545	198	189	165	552	1097	182.83
	Veselin Petrov	206	193	190	589	172	230	193	595	1184	197.33
39.	Nez Zealand	387	358	318	1063	413	403	399	1215	2278	189.83
	Anthony Carbonell	159	196	148	503	211	193	168	572	1075	179.17
	Paul Housham	228	162	170	560	202	210	231	643	1203	200.50
40.	Colombia	334	328	403	1065	433	450	326	1209	2274	189.50
	Jorge A Figueroa	147	171	199	517	207	214	174	595	1112	185.33
	Carlos Vercara	187	157	204	548	226	236	152	614	1162	193.67
41.	France	429	410	324	1163	365	347	392	1104	2267	188.92
	Alexandre Lepolard	235	188	147	570	175	144	224	543	1113	185.50
	Jerome Durupt	194	222	177	593	190	203	168	561	1154	192.33
42.	Qatar	397	358	321	1076	358	381	449	1188	2264	188.67
	Jassim Al Muraikhi	197	186	157	540	203	201	189	593	1133	188.83
	Ali Ibrahim	200	172	164	536	155	180	260	595	1131	188.50
43.	England	386	369	375	1130	412	323	390	1125	2255	187.92
	Sam Rose	205	221	209	635	183	153	209	545	1180	196.67
	Steven Miller	181	148	166	495	229	170	181	580	1075	179.17
44.	Australia	390	430	358	1178	369	390	316	1075	2253	187.75
	Matt Krinis	221	213	179	613	184	193	159	536	1149	191.50
	Troy Marshall	169	217	179	565	185	197	157	539	1104	184.00
45.	Ireland	318	394	378	1090	331	425	398	1154	2244	187.00
	Christopher Sloan	153	207	176	536	171	171	206	548	1084	180.67
	Karl Doherty	165	187	202	554	160	254	192	606	1160	193.33
46.	Russian	406	357	369	1132	367	393	351	1111	2243	186.92
	Roman Starchenkov	201	156	178	535	189	196	170	555	1090	181.67
	Nikita Kuznetsov	205	201	191	597	178	197	181	556	1153	192.17
47.	Ireland	350	367	358	1075	396	389	360	1145	2220	185.00
	Graig Grattan	174	161	189	524	164	222	175	561	1085	180.83
	Shane Hendrick	176	206	169	551	232	167	185	584	1135	189.17
48.	Bahrain	349	326	418	1093	365	376	383	1124	2217	184.75
	Ahmed Al Goud	183	146	194	523	178	174	210	562	1085	180.83
	Taha Selail	166	180	224	570	187	202	173	562	1132	188.67
49.	Mexico	369	384	383	1136	347	375	356	1078	2214	184.50
	Daniel Bautista	190	173	189	552	159	190	181	530	1082	180.33
	Jose Ramon Camacho	179	211	194	584	188	185	175	548	1132	188.67
50.	Switerzaland	401	332	331	1064	378	419	351	1148	2212	184.33
	Marc Jörg	201	141	160	502	199	230	162	591	1093	182.17
	Marco Von Moos	200	191	171	562	179	189	189	557	1119	186.50
51.	Colombia	361	405	381	1147	376	336	344	1056	2203	183.58
	Carlos F Saavedra	185	218	178	581	166	178	168	512	1093	182.17
	Jose Daniel Rios	176	187	203	566	210	158	176	544	1110	185.00
52.	Qatar	319	388	339	1046	374	384	379	1137	2183	181.92
	Jassem Al Deyab	163	172	151	486	186	225	201	612	1098	183.00
	Ahmed Al Deyab	156	216	188	560	188	159	178	525	1085	180.83
53.	Isarel	329	384	360	1073	374	326	381	1081	2154	179.50
	Or Speizman	134	176	180	490	202	167	212	581	1071	178.50
	Lior Koren	195	208	180	583	172	159	169	500	1083	180.50
54.	Latvia	336	400	380	1116	359	323	342	1024	2140	178.33
	Edgars Juberts	192	176	247	615	162	170	176	508	1123	187.17
	Peteris Cimdins	144	224	133	501	197	153	166	516	1017	169.50
55.	UAE	414	343	343	1100	372	354	311	1037	2137	178.08
	Suhail Mohd Al Tamini	180	154	167	501	182	202	155	539	1040	173.33
	Sultan Mohd Al Qubaisi	234	189	176	599	190	152	156	498	1097	182.83
56.	China	315	294	353	962	394	352	412	1158	2120	176.67
	Xiaotian Cai	145	154	176	475	210	193	222	625	1100	183.33
	Wankang Qi	170	140	177	487	184	159	190	533	1020	170.00
57.	Macau	321	338	312	971	370	401	366	1137	2108	175.67
	Lam Iek Long	96	157	158	411	179	219	180	578	989	164.83
	Dias Ma, Zoe	225	181	154	560	191	182	186	559	1119	186.50
58.	Egypt	357	353	344	1054	381	311	339	1031	2085	173.75
	Eslam Eid	153	193	178	524	223	175	191	589	1113	185.50
	Ahmed Mostafa	204	160	166	530	158	136	148	442	972	162.00
59.	New Zealand	354	373	325	1052	322	349	345	1016	2068	172.33
	William Wells	172	170	138	480	159	169	189	517	997	166.17
	Blake Brooks	182	203	187	572	163	180	156	499	1071	178.50
60.	Singapore	325	354	415	1094	417	362	187	966	2060	171.67
	Basil Low	157	206	222	585	202	177	0	379	964	160.67
	Mark Wong	168	148	193	509	215	185	187	587	1096	182.67
61.	Irain	326	353	346	1025	302	428	302	1032	2057	171.42
	Seyed P Afrazeh	167	200	181	548	162	201	159	522	1070	178.33
	Kamyar Tavakoly Asl	159	153	165	477	140	227	143	510	987	164.50
62.	Icland	384	378	331	1093	334	305	322	961	2054	171.17
	Guolangur Valgecisson	192	202	163	557	144	165	172	481	1038	173.00
	Einar S Sigurdsson	192	176	168	536	190	140	150	480	1016	169.33
63.	UAE	298	347	417	1062	264	397	319	980	2042	170.17
	Khamis Saeed Al Shamsi	148	145	210	503	115	190	177	482	985	164.17
	Ali Ati Al Rashidi	150	202	207	559	149	207	142	498	1057	176.17
64.	Egypt	270	319	364	953	363	369	347	1079	2032	169.33
	Ahmed Abdel Hamid	148	179	189	516	161	189	169	519	1035	172.50
	Amr Mohamed Nour	122	140	175	437	202	180	178	560	997	166.17
65.	Poland	298	297	304	899	346	360	398	1104	2003	166.92
	Kamil Oleyniczak	145	155	170	470	169	193	207	569	1039	173.17
	Alessandro Silletti	153	142	134	429	177	167	191	535	964	160.67

 

Make-up Players

	Player, Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
	Francisco Snarez, Catalonia	178	200	188	566	152	196	185	533	1099	183.17
	Julio Mattos, Brazil	133	135	211	479	144	184	189	517	996	166.00