45th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup gets underway with official practice and Opening Ceremonies

    11/15/09

    Live Coverage

    Melaka International Bowling Center in Melaka, Malaysia (Nov. 13-20, 2009)

     

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    The 45th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, one of the most popular tournaments on the annual tenpin bowling calendar, gets underway today in Melaka, Malaysia, with the official practice for men and women and the opening ceremonies starting at 8am local time.

    Click here to view a slide show with action shots from 62 players
    taken during the women's official practice on Sunday afternoon.


    Click here to view a slide show with action shots from all 88 players
    taken during the men's official practice on Sunday morning.
    Note: Taisier Nazmei, Palestine, withdrew before the first qualifying round.


    Real action starts on Monday morning with the first of three 8-game qualifying blocks for men and women. As the 52-lane Melaka International Bowling Center is split in two sections, each 8-game block will be divided into two blocks with 4 games being bowled on lanes 1-26 and 4 games on lanes 27-52.

    The top 24 qualifiers in each division will advance to the intermediate round with the 24-game total being carried forward. Those 24 men and 24 women will bowl a further 8 games to cut to the top 8 who will advance to the quarterfinals with the 32-game total being carried forward.

    Those 8 men and 8 women will determine the three finalists in round robin match play plus position round (total 8 games).

    The semifinals and the finals will be decided in best-of-three games format. No. 3 bowls No. 2 for the right to bowl No. 1 for the title. The highest seed player will have the choice of starting lane. The United States (men) and Singapore (women) are the defending champions.

    PhotopgrapherBeatGrauwiler.jpgDirectorofVideoFlavioCuva.jpg Bowlingdigital.com will be providing live coverage from Melaka IBC with stories and results after each round illustrated with high quality photos by Beat Grauwiler (pictured left) and Flavio Cuva's (right) much-anticipated high definition videos.

    The videos will be published in two versions, high quality (almost high definition) for those with broadband connections and lower quality for those with slower internet connections, in the Bowling World Cup Videos section. The smaller videos can also be found on youtube.com/Bowlingdigital .

    BowlingdigitalBanner.gifPlaybyPlayannouncerLucasWiseman.jpg Bowlingdigital.com will also partner with the United States Bowling Congress to live stream the semifinals and finals of the 45th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup and portions of the earlier rounds if possible.

    Lucas Wiseman (pictured right), USBS Senior Public Relations Coordinator, will serve as play-by-play announcer for all broadcasts Air dates and times will be announced as soon as they become available.

    The live stream will be distributed using UStream, a service that inserts advertisements over the video at times. Bowlingdigital.com does not control the content or frequency of the advertisements.

    2009BWCFlyer_small.jpg Click here to watch Bowlingdigital's Live Streaming from the finals of the 2009 Columbia 300 Vienna Open or click here to review the video's of the 44th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Hermosillo Mexico.

    156 players, 90 men and 66 women, from 91 countries have registered for the 45th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. The record of 95 participating countries was set in Singapore in 2004, where 95 men and 73 women participated.

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    Schedule at a Glance


    Sunday, Nov. 15 - Official Practice and Opening Ceremonies
    Monday, Nov 16 - Qualifying, first block of 8 games, men and women
    Tuesday, Nov 17 - Qualifying, second block of 8 games, women and men
    Wednesday, Nov 18 - Qualifying, third block of 8 games, men and women, cut to top 24
    Wednesday, Nov 18 - Top 24 men and women, 8 games, cut to top 8
    Thursday, Nov. 19 - Top 8 men and women, 8 games, cut to top 3
    Thursday, Nov. 19 - Men and women, semifinals and finals

    The complete schedule of events is here

     


    List of Participants to date

     


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