Fresh of his victory in the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, Wu Siu Hong (pictured left) of Hong Kong averaged 226.67 for a 2720 12-game total to win the qualifying of the 9th Kingdom International Open which concluded Saturday with an optional six-game block to replace a lower series at Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Wu rolled a 1315 series, an average of 219.17, including games of 228, 215, 258, 248, 205 and 161, to replace a 1269 low series and to overtake previous leader Ryan Lalisang (right) by 38 pins.

The Asian Games champion from Indonesia slipped to second place with 2682 and an average of 223.50. Wu's compatriot Lau Kwun Ho (left) posted 1360 to jump from 9th to third place with 2677 (223.08).

The top three plus the next Saudi bowler earned a first-round bye. The fourth spot went to Yasser Abulreesh with 2477 (206,42). Prince AbdulHakim Al Saud (right) of Saudi Arabia and his compatriot Adel Al-Barqi, who led A squad with 2453 (204.42), finished tied for 18th place.

Block 1 leader Khaled Aldubyyan (below right) of Kuwait finished qualifying in fifth place on 2626 (218.83). Denmark's Frederik Øhrgaard took the 28th and last place to advance to the finals with 2386 or an average of 198.83.

Players ranked 5 to 28 plus the next four Saudi bowlers outside the top 28 will bowl an eight-game semi-final round Sunday at 1 p.m. Arabia Standard Time (AST).

The 9th Kingdom International Open Saudi Arabia, the 17th event of the 2015 World Bowling Tour, will be held December 3-7 at Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Players will compete for total prize fund of roughly 110,000 US Dollar with $25,000 going to the champion, $12,000 to the first runner-up, $7,000 to the third, $4,500 to the fourth and $4,000 to the fifth place finishers. Last-to-cash payout is $1,000 for 32nd place.

Qualifying (12 games in six game blocks) runs from Dec. 3-5 (Day One: first block; Day Two: second block; Day Three: Optional re-entry - maximum one six-game block).

Total 32 players will qualify for the finals on Sunday and Monday, Dec. 6 & 7 and will be seeded as follows:

• Places 1-3: Top 3 qualifiers
• Place 4: Highest Saudi bowler
• Places 5-28: Next 24 qualifiers
• Place 29-32: Four highest Saudi bowlers

Bowlers ranked 1-4 will bypass the semi-final round. Players ranked 5-32 will bowl eight games scratch to cut to the top 11 plus the next bowler from Saudi Arabia, who will meet the top 4 qualifiers in the final round.

After another eight-game block scratch, the top five players will advance to the stepladder finals. Players ranked 3-5 will clash in the opening match. The winner takes on the No. 2 seed and the winner of that match meets the No. 1 seed in the championship match. The top seeded player must be defeated twice to win the title.

The top 16 Asian men will advance to the ninth and final leg of the 2015 Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) Tour which will be contested on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh.

The 2015 World Bowling Tour, which actually got underway in November 2014, consists of 19 tournaments in 12 countries, eight in the Middle East, seven in the U.S., and two each in Asia and Europe, including seven "majors" (double ranking points) and 12 regular tournaments.

If a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) wins a World Bowling Tour event, it counts as a PBA title.

Players earn ranking points based on how they finish in each event. The current points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle, so all points from the 2014 and 2015 are added to determine the points list.

The top three men and top three women in the points list will compete in the season-ending WBT Finals in Indianapolis on Feb. 13, 2016. The qualifying standings for the World Bowling Tour Finals are different to the WBT Ranking as they include all WBT events since Nov. 1, 2013.

World Bowling provides governance to international bowling and is made up of 134 bowling international federations. For more information on the World Bowling Tour, click here.

Photos courtesy of Asian Bowling Federation (ABF)

 

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9th Kingdom International Open - Standings after Qualifying

Total 32 players will advance. The best Saudi bowler will be seeded fourth; the next four Saudis outside the top 28 will be seeded 29th thru 32nd; players ranked 1-4 will receive a first-round bye.

Pos	Player	Country	Squad	Block 1	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	Block 2	Avg.	Total	Avg.
1.	Wu Siu Hong	Hong Kong	B	1405	228	215	258	248	205	161	1315	219.17	2720	226.67
2.	Ryan Lalisang	Indonesia	B	1299	279	255	225	174	231	219	1383	230.50	2682	223.50
3.	Lau Kwun Ho	Hong Kong	B	1317	259	184	222	213	246	236	1360	226.67	2677	223.08
4.	Yasser Abulreesh	Saudi Arabia	B	1187	181	256	196	205	221	231	1290	215.00	2477	206.42
5.	Khaled Aldubyyan	Kuwait	B	1389	199	200	178	243	224	193	1237	206.17	2626	218.83
6.	Francois Louw	South Africa	B	1345	206	246	191	200	222	194	1259	209.83	2604	217.00
7.	Eric Tseng	Hong Kong	B	1171	211	221	237	202	276	277	1424	237.33	2595	216.25
8.	Joshua Chow	Hong Kong	B	1244	225	164	195	279	208	270	1341	223.50	2585	215.42
9.	Fahad Alreghab	Kuwait	B	1187	210	256	186	279	207	259	1397	232.83	2584	215.33
10.	Yannaphon Larpapharat	Thailand	B	1237	202	216	190	276	223	209	1316	219.33	2553	212.75
11.	Yaqoub Alshatti	Kuwait	B	1264	257	225	189	193	216	188	1268	211.33	2532	211.00
12.	Basel Alanzi	Kuwait	B	1241	225	200	212	246	203	182	1268	211.33	2509	209.08
13.	Khalid Al-Dosary	Qatar	B	1227	225	224	204	245	155	204	1257	209.50	2484	207.00
14.	Hassan Al-Shaikh	Saudi Arabia	B	1218	247	215	211	193	185	205	1256	209.33	2474	206.17
15.	Yousef Al-Jaber	Qatar	B	1192	227	216	227	214	196	194	1274	212.33	2466	205.50
16.	Mohamed Janahi	Bahrain	B	1166	197	235	195	202	245	225	1299	216.50	2465	205.42
17.	Ayad Al-Amiri	Kuwait	B	1221	223	220	207	202	183	204	1239	206.50	2460	205.00
18.	Adel Al-Barqi	Saudi Arabia	A	1280	212	195	201	205	175	185	1173	195.50	2453	204.42
(tie)	Prince Abdulhakim Al-Saud	Saudi Arabia	A	1305	212	130	195	149	234	228	1148	191.33	2453	204.42
20.	Prince Mohamed Al-Saud	Saudi Arabia	A	1149	222	193	215	224	209	221	1284	214.00	2433	202.75
21.	Salem Alhajras	Kuwait	B	1193	206	209	182	202	218	213	1230	205.00	2423	201.92
22.	Rickle Kam	Hong Kong	B	1226	189	160	168	255	225	196	1193	198.83	2419	201.58
(tie)	Remy Ong	Singapore	B	1167	179	233	204	204	196	236	1252	208.67	2419	201.58
24.	Bader Al-Shaikh	Saudi Arabia	B	1240	205	154	169	181	268	199	1176	196.00	2416	199.83
25.	Mohamed Najrani	Saudi Arabia	B	1191	194	222	181	201	201	218	1217	202.83	2408	200.67
26.	Rushaidan Al-Rushaidan	Saudi Arabia	A	1184	224	258	211	178	175	166	1212	202.00	2396	199.67
27.	Abdullah Aldolijan	Saudi Arabia	B	1156	213	208	180	208	201	224	1234	205.67	2390	199.17
28.	Frederik Øhrgaard	Denmark	B	1197	164	197	195	189	237	207	1189	198.17	2386	198.83
29.	Moeedh Qahtani	Saudi Arabia	A	1173	149	267	198	193	226	153	1186	197.67	2359	196.58
30.	Ahmed Al-Hadyan	Saudi Arabia	A	1200	178	210	210	183	212	159	1152	192.00	2352	196.00
31.	Talal Altowereb	Saudi Arabia	A	1153	265	150	179	152	204	243	1193	198.83	2346	195.50
32.	Ammar Tarrad	Saudi Arabia	A	1150	235	193	178	174	215	172	1167	194.50	2317	193.08
33.	Abdulla Abdul Kareem	Bahrain	B	1148	225	191	235	239	174	168	1232	205.33	2380	198.33
34.	Aseel Alroomi	Kuwait	B	1189	206	202	170	197	200	214	1189	198.17	2378	198.17
35.	Ahmed Fareed	Bahrain	B	1199	203	165	222	174	214	181	1159	193.17	2358	196.50
36.	Jimmy Cheung	Hong Kong	B	1172	213	234	202	162	165	203	1179	196.50	2351	195.92
37.	Stephen Solomon	Philippines	B	1196	195	158	176	188	168	224	1109	184.83	2305	192.08
38.	Adnan Debas	Saudi Arabia	B	1135	202	199	183	184	204	191	1163	193.83	2298	191.50
39.	Shaik Abdul Hameed	India	A	1240	150	213	213	152	184	141	1053	175.50	2293	191.08
40.	Salman Alshehri	Saudi Arabia	A	1165	185	194	203	183	179	182	1126	187.67	2291	190.92
41.	Saud Al-Khelewi	Saudi Arabia	A	1165	235	169	203	202	160	156	1125	187.50	2290	190.83
42.	Hassan Oraif	Saudi Arabia	A	1149	175	197	192	178	201	195	1138	189.67	2287	190.58
43.	Ebrahaim Aljadi	Kuwait	B	1161	189	148	156	245	189	193	1120	186.67	2281	190.08
44.	Abdurahman Suwayed	Kuwait	B	1182	127	148	217	246	146	211	1095	182.50	2277	185.45
45.	Abdulrahman Alkheliwi	Saudi Arabia	B	1151	189	182	193	214	165	181	1124	187.33	2275	189.58
46.	Al Hasan Sugati	Saudi Arabia	B	1173	194	192	191	190	164	169	1100	183.33	2273	189.42
47.	Mohammad Nojom	Saudi Arabia	A	1155	152	168	174	220	228	151	1093	182.17	2248	186.42
48.	Mohamed Al-Marzooqi	UAE	A	1168	141	186	175	197	192	173	1064	177.33	2232	186.00
49.	Tariq Altowereb	Saudi Arabia	A	1088	155	206	173	203	186	202	1125	187.50	2213	184.42
50.	Ali Al-Rashdi	UAE	A	1143	197	201	202	139	178	152	1069	178.17	2212	184.33
51.	Ali Al-Qaseer	Bahrain	B	1142	187	183	134	203	192	170	1069	178.17	2211	184.25
52.	Wilson Vargas	Colombia	B	1072	169	195	171	235	181	178	1129	188.17	2201	183.42
53.	Ziyad Alkhaliwi	Saudi Arabia	B	1105	169	183	185	219	174	164	1094	182.33	2199	183.25
54.	Yasser Mohammed	Saudi Arabia	A	1139	184	177	173	165	167	169	1035	172.50	2174	181.17
55.	Sultan Al-Masri	Saudi Arabia	A	1203	119	144	172	124	198	185	942	157.00	2145	178.75
56.	Hamed Al-Khayal	Saudi Arabia	A	1136	141	189	176	158	147	197	1008	168.00	2144	178.67
57.	Ahmed Alqarqoush	Saudi Arabia	A	1060	191	167	158	201	193	158	1068	178.00	2128	177.33
58.	Emad Al-Harbi	Saudi Arabia	A	1067	210	158	158	178	183	160	1047	174.50	2114	176.17
59.	Ahmed Abdul Jabbar	Bahrain	B	1056	187	155	174	182	187	157	1042	173.67	2098	174.83
60.	Hassan Halawani	Saudi Arabia	A	1037	186	179	179	209	141	164	1058	176.33	2095	174.58
61.	Alaa Adam	Saudi Arabia	A	1080	202	199	167	137	161	144	1010	168.33	2090	174.17
62.	Mohamed Almasri	Jordan	A	1029	191	184	178	181	152	155	1041	173.50	2070	172.50
63.	Osama Fatani	Saudi Arabia	A	1033	207	176	139	129	185	175	1011	168.50	2044	170.33
(tie)	Emad Husain	Bahrain	B	1016	162	190	149	155	176	196	1028	171.33	2044	170.33
65.	Majid Alaslani	Saudi Arabia	A	1095	134	156	136	189	144	184	943	157.17	2038	169.83
66.	Jiveshkar Sewchuran	South Africa	B	1031	152	117	176	188	188	160	981	163.50	2012	167.67
67.	Hani Al-Radadi	Saudi Arabia	A	1079	157	162	199	155	187	67	927	154.50	2006	167.17
(tie)	Abdulaziz Al-Khalewi	Saudi Arabia	B	997	184	145	176	186	156	162	1009	168.17	2006	167.17
69.	Taisier Alqousi	Palestine	B	1030	134	159	140	187	158	194	972	162.00	2002	166.83
70.	Bandar Al-Marshad	Saudi Arabia	B	1017	128	171	171	181	151	152	954	159.00	1971	164.25
71.	Mohammed Abualsaud	Saudi Arabia	B	1018	150	174	131	168	181	147	951	158.50	1969	144.25
72.	Firas Nammour	Syria	B	934	166	169	163	179	147	195	1019	169.83	1953	162.75
73.	Reguel Romulo Yamco	Philippines	B	979	153	180	137	149	128	197	944	157.33	1923	160.25
74.	Mohamed Nasser	Bahrain	B	1027	162	167	125	124	133	174	885	147.50	1912	159.33
75.	Abdulghaffar Abdulghaffar	Saudi Arabia	A	1025	159	155	122	105	182	158	881	146.83	1906	158.83
76.	Khaled Al-Sawandi	Saudi Arabia	A	936	153	92	149	175	178	152	899	149.83	1835	152.92
77.	Meshaal Alwadani	Saudi Arabia	A	858	140	145	195	145	120	153	898	149.67	1756	146.33
78.	Fahad Alamah	Saudi Arabia	A	786	123	126	155	157	156	123	840	140.00	1626	135.50
79.	Mohamed Al-Bureesh	Saudi Arabia	B	686	145	152	131	152	145	76	801	133.50	1487	123.92
80.	Richard Alan Benoit	United States	A	1091	125	138	0	0	0	0	263	DNF	1354	DNF

300 games (1) - Wu Siu Hong.