More than 350 players from 65 countries iwere celebrated Thursday night as the opening ceremonies officially ushered in the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Men's Championships.

The players took part in the traditional march out (pictured left is the team from the host country of Germany) of the teams at Dream Bowl Palace, a 52-lane bowling center in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany, that opened nine months ago.

The Championships begin with the Singles event Friday morning. Qualifying will take place over five squads (three Friday and two Saturday) with the top four players after six games advancing to the semifinals Saturday afternoon.

To review the live streaming of the Opening Ceremonies go to Bowlingdigital's Bambuser.com Channel

Photos from the official practice and opening ceremonies are available on Facebook:
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All photos by Bowlingdigital/Beat Grauwiler.

Pictured right: WTBA President, Kevin Dornberger declares the 2010 Men's World Championship officially open.

The 2010 WTBA World Men's Championships features 356 competitors from 65 countries (Dominican Republic, Mongolia and Pakistan did not show up) competing for medals in six events - Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Team, All Events and Masters match play.

Bowlingdigital.com will provide live streaming of the semifinals and finals of each event. PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss will serve as color commentator and Ted Thompson of Kegel, the official lane maintenance provider of the Championships, will serve as analyst.

The preliminaries of each event will be streamed with a web cam.

Here's the live streaming schedule:

Saturday, August 14, 2010
18.30 - 19.00 Singles - Semifinals
19.00 - 19.30 Singles - Championship
19.30 - 20.00 Singles - Medals Ceremony

Monday, August 16, 2010
18.00 - 18.45 Doubles - Semifinals
18.45 - 19.30 Doubles - Championship
19.30 - 20.00 Doubles - Medals Ceremony

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
20.00 - 21.00 Trios - Semifinals
21.00 - 22.00 Trios - Championship

Thursday, August 19, 2010
13.30 - 14.00 Trios - Medals Ceremony

Friday, August 20, 2010
19.30 - 21.00 Team - Semifinals
21.00 - 22.30 Team - Championship

Saturday, August 21, 2010
08.00 - 10.00 Masters - Round of 16
10.00 - 12.00 Masters - Quarterfinals
13.00 - 15.00 Masters - Semifinals
15.00 - 17.00 Masters - Final
17.00 - 17.30 Masters - Medal Ceremony

(all time Central European Time)

 

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