Song Young-Seok (pictured left) of Korea and Singapore's Amanda Ng (right) won the international qualifying of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC en route to lead the top 36 of 37 men and the top 24 of 37 women into the main event which starts Thursday afternoon at Inazawa Grandbowl in Inazawa City in Greater Nagoya, Japan.

Koreans Song Young-Seok and Jang Dong-Chul battled it out for men's international qualifying lead in the seventh and penultimate qualifying Squad Wednesday afternoon.

Leading by 13 pins heading into the tenth frame, Song doubled and got nine on the fill ball to jump from 31st to first place with 795 three-game total and an average of 265. He got things started with 237 and 290.

Jang (left), who came out of the gates with 289 and 225, suffered a pocket 7-10 split on his first ball in the tenth resulting in an open frame and 749 total pinfall (249.67 average) to leap from 24th to fourth place overall.

Previous leader Yang Tae-Seon (right) of Korea slipped to second place with 792 while Alex Liew of Malaysia fell to third place with 775. Rounding out the top 6 were Koreans Park Jong-Woo and Kang Seong-Yu with 733 and 731, respectively.

Raymond W. M. Leung of Hong Kong and Pham Gia Phu of Vietnam battled it out for the 36th and last place to advance. Leung topped Pham by 17 pins, 590 to 573, to secure his place in the finals.

Amanda Ng was the lone player in both men's and women's division who rolled an 800-series in qualifying. The Singaporean national team member had games of 266, 287 and 264 in squad four for 817 total or an average of 272.33.

Shalin Zulkifli (left) of Malaysia, who rolled the first of three 300 games in the tournament so far and the lone by a woman, retained second place with 790. Third place belonged to Jeon Gwi-Ae of Korea with 785. Her compatriot Gye Min-Young (right) and Kristel Oh of Singapore were tied for fourth place with 779.

They were followed by another two Koreans, Lee Na-Young (left) and Kim Seul Ki in sixth and seventh place with 774 and 773, respectively.

Heading into the last squad, long-time Team USA member Lynda Barnes (right), United States, had a high series of 672 and was in danger to miss the cut. The USBC Queens and QAMF Bowling World Cup champion, who has been elected to the USBC Hall of Fame in the Superior Performance category, fired games of 237, 238 and 268 to jump into eighth place with for 743 (247.67), 54 pins above the cut line.

Putty Armein (left) of Indonesia hit the cutoff number for the 24th and last place to advance with 689 or an average of 229.67.

The main event starts Thursday, Jan. 17, with a press conference at 2.30 p.m. Japan Standard Time (CET -8 or EST -14), which is followed by the bowlers' meeting starting at 3.45 p.m. The Opening Ceremonies will kick off the main tournament at 4.30 p.m.

Real action begins at 5.30 p.m. with the first block of three games in both men's and women's division.