Nobuhito Fujii (pictured left), Japan, moved to the top of the leaderboard in the Singles event at the Men's World Championships in Germany after the second of five squads have completed its six-game block on the 38 ft. Atlanta oil pattern at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring. Fujii used high games of 255, 245 and 243 for a 1347, an average of 224.50, to overtake previous leader Cho Young-Seon, Korea, by 17 pins.

Fujii survived a strong charge by another Korean, Jang Dong-Chul, who finished with his set with 254, 222 and 258 (734) to fall one pin short of the lead with 1346 (224.33). Cho slipped to third place with 1324 (220.67) and was followed by Jean-Marc Samain (right), Belgium, with 1323 (220.50).

The top 4 players at the end of the preliminaries will advance to the playoffs. There is a bigger gap between fourth and fifth as fifth place Alain Nicolas, France, finished 44 pins behind Samain with 1279. Gabriel Sanchez, Puerto Rico, fell four spots to 6th place with 1278.

Petteri Salonen, Finland, is currently in 7th place with 1270. The third Korean, Kim Jea-Hoon, is 8th with 1266. Reigning Bowling World Cup champion Choi Yong-Kyu managed 1226 only, good for 24th place of 144 players.

The preliminaries continue on Friday with Squad 3 and will conclude on Saturday with Squads 4 and 5

The 2010 WTBA Men's World Championships will run through Aug. 21st. 356 players from 65 countries will compete 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 (pictured left) will serve as color commentator and Ted Thompson (right) 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.

Live streaming will be available at Bowlingdigital's Bambuser.com Channel

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Singles - Standings after Squad 2

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Nobuhito Fujii	Japan	245	194	243	682	255	200	210	665	1347	224.50
2.	Jang Dong-Chul	Korea	212	172	228	612	254	222	258	734	1346	224.33
3.	Cho Young-Seon	Korea	202	256	215	673	223	204	224	651	1324	220.67
4.	Jean-Marc Samain	Belgium	230	218	199	647	253	226	197	676	1323	220.50
5.	Alain Nicolas	France	216	201	180	597	246	226	210	682	1279	213.17
6.	Gabriel Sanchez	Puerto Rico	208	203	219	630	199	191	258	648	1278	213.00
7.	Petteri Salonen	Finland	189	216	207	612	211	235	212	658	1270	211.67
8.	Kim Jea-Hoon	Korea	211	199	216	626	200	264	176	640	1266	211.00
9.	Somjed Kusonphitak	Thailand	235	190	196	621	223	189	225	637	1258	209.67
10.	Tomoyuki Sasaki	Japan	169	188	204	561	226	255	215	696	1257	209.50
11.	Zulmazran Zulkifli	Malaysia	151	213	267	631	212	203	210	625	1256	209.33
12.	Du Jian Chao	China	217	207	221	645	206	203	202	611	1256	209.33
13.	Jon Ingi Ragnarsson	Iceland	207	208	216	631	202	197	224	623	1254	209.00
14.	Mark Kerr	Scotland	195	212	214	621	192	232	207	631	1252	208.67
15.	Mahmood Al Attar	United Arab Emirates	195	236	215	646	208	201	197	606	1252	208.67
16.	Ryan Lalisang	Indonesia	203	193	183	579	227	191	247	665	1244	207.33
17.	Guillaume Nadeau	Canada	224	216	208	648	181	224	190	595	1243	207.17
18.	Fabio Garcia	Colombia	226	212	202	640	159	198	240	597	1237	206.17
19.	Marco Baade	Germany	191	243	187	621	231	204	180	615	1236	206.00
20.	Art Oliver Jr.	Canada	225	189	174	588	224	219	204	647	1235	205.83
21.	Rhino Page	United States	183	227	208	618	205	212	200	617	1235	205.83
22.	Aaron Kong	Malaysia	180	210	210	600	231	188	215	634	1234	205.67
23.	Wu Hao-Ming	Chinese Taipei	205	212	202	619	215	185	213	613	1232	205.33
24.	Choi Yong-Kyu	Korea	166	233	191	590	215	216	205	636	1226	204.33
25.	Israel Hernandez	Puerto Rico	188	178	226	592	201	235	193	629	1221	203.50
26.	Reydnier Chavez	Venezuela	218	186	199	603	215	199	200	614	1217	202.83
27.	Dennis Eklund	Sweden	224	211	204	639	201	170	205	576	1215	202.50
28.	Alex Liew	Malaysia	230	221	180	631	194	213	177	584	1215	202.50
29.	Eric Tseng	Hong Kong	201	219	198	618	166	203	227	596	1214	202.33
30.	Girish Gaba	India	204	205	179	588	196	214	216	626	1214	202.33
31.	Mark Jacobs	Netherlands	204	169	191	564	268	170	209	647	1211	201.83
32.	John Wells	England	190	190	202	582	184	234	196	614	1196	199.33
33.	Martin Olsen	Norway	214	229	194	637	215	193	150	558	1195	199.17
34.	Vijay Punjabi	India	202	211	192	605	180	184	223	587	1192	198.67
35.	Robert Dan Sigurdsson	Iceland	195	158	226	579	205	211	195	611	1190	198.33
36.	Martin Paulsson	Sweden	177	164	212	553	200	186	246	632	1185	197.50
37.	Hengki	Indonesia	173	170	244	587	179	196	223	598	1185	197.50
38.	Paul Hutchinson	Denmark	159	170	195	524	224	187	248	659	1183	197.17
39.	Aviv Alfital	Israel	196	212	159	567	181	200	234	615	1182	197.00
40.	Dmitri Chilkine	Belarus	195	179	218	592	168	191	226	585	1177	196.17
41.	Dhruv Sarda	India	182	173	191	546	203	172	255	630	1176	196.00
42.	Frederick Ong	Philippines	183	177	198	558	158	234	226	618	1176	196.00
43.	Raymond Teece	England	162	172	195	529	233	204	208	645	1174	195.67
44.	Patrick Allen	United States	180	169	207	556	224	193	199	616	1172	195.33
45.	Oleksandr Kondrat'yev	Ukraine	197	162	205	564	190	216	201	607	1171	195.17
46.	Mik Stampe	Denmark	196	158	217	571	207	195	198	600	1171	195.17
47.	Syafiq Ridhwa	Malaysia	183	197	204	584	194	207	186	587	1171	195.17
48.	Juhani Tonteri	Finland	200	171	190	561	225	180	203	608	1169	194.83
49.	Alexander Medveditskov	Russia	224	172	188	584	179	182	223	584	1168	194.67
50.	Cyrus Cheung	Hong Kong	176	275	222	673	202	124	169	495	1168	194.67
51.	Leonidas Maragkos	Greece	220	182	202	604	178	168	217	563	1167	194.50
52.	Sultan Al Harbi	Saudi Arabia	174	202	209	585	183	217	179	579	1164	194.00
53.	Eduardo Issa	Brazil	204	185	180	569	197	191	203	591	1160	193.33
54.	Florian Mihailescu	Romania	211	202	198	611	202	146	201	549	1160	193.33
55.	Rakan Al Amiri	Kuwait	198	212	152	562	163	225	208	596	1158	193.00
56.	Mauro Rampi	Italy	223	213	188	624	160	167	206	533	1157	192.83
57.	Magnus Magnusson	Iceland	188	209	165	562	200	207	186	593	1155	192.50
58.	Xavier Lotthe	France	188	202	183	573	159	212	207	578	1151	191.83
59.	Viorel Simut	Romania	216	191	202	609	183	168	191	542	1151	191.83
60.	Larry Vontobel	Switzerland	184	181	198	563	223	192	173	588	1151	191.83
61.	Mark Wong	Singapore	178	181	202	561	171	164	254	589	1150	191.67
62.	Jan Spacil	Czech Republic	184	204	157	545	166	247	191	604	1149	191.50
63.	Mark McQueen	Scotland	216	168	157	541	147	244	216	607	1148	191.33
64.	Kristijonas Sergejevas	Lithuania	187	215	201	603	181	148	215	544	1147	191.17
65.	James Footner	Wales	176	186	200	562	149	187	248	584	1146	191.00
66.	Badin Lerdpiriyasakulkit	Thailand	187	211	188	586	176	199	184	559	1145	190.83
67.	Michael Holzapfel	Germany	187	192	170	549	204	183	204	591	1140	190.00
68.	Luis Olivo	Venezuela	213	196	191	600	168	193	178	539	1139	189.83
69.	Tsang Pak Kei	Hong Kong	161	183	191	535	189	253	162	604	1139	189.83
70.	Christian Purdue	Australia	175	222	184	581	206	196	152	554	1135	189.17
71.	Juan Rodriguez	Colombia	211	193	189	593	187	176	178	541	1134	189.00
72.	Phil Hulst	Netherlands	123	204	167	494	228	174	236	638	1132	188.67
73.	Mariusz Musialik	Poland	158	185	181	524	194	189	224	607	1131	188.50
74.	Tsai Ting-Yun	Chinese Taipei	204	186	182	572	169	200	189	558	1130	188.33
75.	Ng Tiac Pin	Singapore	223	136	210	569	159	154	245	558	1127	187.83
76.	Volodymyr Shchabelsky	Ukraine	151	240	204	595	133	172	225	530	1125	187.50
77.	Or Aviram	Israel	173	197	167	537	164	209	215	588	1125	187.50
78.	Roman Fürbacher	Austria	218	167	202	587	191	175	172	538	1125	187.50
79.	Valentin Fatu	Romania	233	176	196	605	184	141	194	519	1124	187.33
80.	Alejandro Sanchez	Mexico	164	202	201	567	183	165	206	554	1121	186.83
81.	Yan Korshak	Russia	195	215	211	621	156	186	156	498	1119	186.50
82.	Kot Ka Hou	Macau	177	233	169	579	165	189	183	537	1116	186.00
83.	Rodolfo Corona	Mexico	186	193	200	579	160	200	173	533	1112	185.33
84.	Marco Reviglio	Italy	161	196	172	529	196	193	193	582	1111	185.17
85.	Carlos Carrasco	Brazil	196	182	151	529	160	184	236	580	1109	184.83
86.	Ronald Dames	Bahamas	157	198	170	525	183	212	187	582	1107	184.50
87.	Zhang Peng	China	169	206	236	611	143	177	176	496	1107	184.50
88.	László Paál	Hungary	193	195	171	559	197	192	159	548	1107	184.50
89.	Alexandru Tucan	Moldova	200	165	158	523	199	182	200	581	1104	184.00
90.	Zanas Sergejevas	Lithuania	187	169	222	578	167	157	201	525	1103	183.83
91.	Ievgen Petrovskyi	Ukraine	158	202	161	521	221	181	180	582	1103	183.83
92.	Alan Smith	Northern Ireland	178	181	155	514	195	213	175	583	1097	182.83
93.	Dimitrios Karetsos	Greece	169	165	189	523	244	177	152	573	1096	182.67
94.	Adam BÅ‚aszczak	Poland	186	159	212	557	225	159	154	538	1095	182.50
95.	Luboslav Jurinyi	Slovakia	179	192	180	551	201	193	149	543	1094	182.33
96.	Dmitry Stepuk	Belarus	197	201	168	566	163	191	173	527	1093	182.17
97.	Hector Roca	Catalonia	210	153	162	525	222	191	154	567	1092	182.00
98.	Hafthor Hardarson	Iceland	177	191	178	546	149	189	206	544	1090	181.67
99.	Taavi Allsalu	Estonia	157	186	211	554	190	156	188	534	1088	181.33
100.	Arturo Hernandez	Venezuela	180	163	165	508	198	180	200	578	1086	181.00
101.	Fredrik Tjernes	Norway	222	169	158	549	178	189	169	536	1085	180.83
102.	Jiri Hindrak	Czech Republic	150	215	177	542	157	153	232	542	1084	180.67
103.	Tomas Cibinskas	Lithuania	182	208	173	563	190	177	154	521	1084	180.67
104.	Fran Puzzuoli	Ireland	162	159	186	507	171	192	213	576	1083	180.50
105.	Wicky Yeung	Hong Kong	149	146	189	484	188	205	203	596	1080	180.00
106.	Gregorio Nicolas	New Zealand	167	166	203	536	199	199	146	544	1080	180.00
107.	Shabbir Dhankot	India	173	161	188	522	156	199	201	556	1078	179.67
108.	Saeed Obaid Belkedaida	United Arab Emirates	196	184	150	530	163	208	177	548	1078	179.67
109.	Ben Taylor	Australia	171	147	170	488	197	177	213	587	1075	179.17
110.	Marco Boccato	Italy	181	184	175	540	158	193	184	535	1075	179.17
111.	Anže Grabrijan	Slovenia	161	169	187	517	181	202	172	555	1072	178.67
112.	Bertalan Puskas	Serbia	160	163	221	544	182	157	188	527	1071	178.50
113.	Mohamad Al Rajeeba	Kuwait	201	182	166	549	193	158	166	517	1066	177.67
114.	Sasa Petkovic	Croatia	163	182	168	513	166	162	224	552	1065	177.50
115.	Kevin Horton	Northern Ireland	202	192	142	536	169	179	178	526	1062	177.00
116.	Carlos Dominguez	Catalonia	193	168	192	553	163	166	178	507	1060	176.67
117.	Jan Petras	Slovakia	166	195	164	525	196	163	173	532	1057	176.17
118.	Khalid Al Hamdan	Saudi Arabia	175	163	170	508	166	163	219	548	1056	176.00
119.	Wim Claessens	Belgium	172	203	198	573	160	151	172	483	1056	176.00
120.	Oleksandr Shcherbinin	Ukraine	146	192	166	504	199	175	173	547	1051	175.17
121.	Slavoljub Miljkovic	Serbia	169	189	170	528	154	146	221	521	1049	174.83
122.	Conan Mackey	Ireland	207	155	181	543	157	172	175	504	1047	174.50
123.	Pier Paolo De Filippi	Italy	198	151	162	511	190	165	180	535	1046	174.33
124.	Aureliu Grosu	Moldova	178	184	202	564	157	154	170	481	1045	174.17
125.	David Manderscheid	Luxembourg	147	158	162	467	218	165	191	574	1041	173.50
126.	Domas Amolevicius	Lithuania	200	133	181	514	180	179	168	527	1041	173.50
127.	Cedric Regennass	Switzerland	161	161	169	491	172	179	196	547	1038	173.00
128.	Igor Pizzoli	Brazil	148	215	196	559	180	172	125	477	1036	172.67
129.	Domagoj Dobrilovic	Croatia	182	162	180	524	186	169	154	509	1033	172.17
130.	Danny Fung	Venezuela	172	167	176	515	164	171	181	516	1031	171.83
131.	Mauro Sato	Brazil	138	186	159	483	171	222	152	545	1028	171.33
132.	Raul Beekmann	Estonia	158	190	167	515	176	170	164	510	1025	170.83
133.	Terry Mustchin	New Zealand	193	153	163	509	179	178	158	515	1024	170.67
134.	Gareth Roberts	Wales	139	189	165	493	157	189	177	523	1016	169.33
135.	Othello Pescarolo	Luxembourg	158	197	143	498	176	158	177	511	1009	168.17
136.	Qusi Fayez	Saudi Arabia	152	138	210	500	152	212	145	509	1009	168.17
137.	Ion Grecu	Romania	168	195	131	494	165	182	167	514	1008	168.00
138.	Dave Moxey	Bahamas	160	182	180	522	167	170	148	485	1007	167.83
139.	Patrick Schlosser	Austria	172	128	184	484	192	146	179	517	1001	166.83
140.	Zoltán Skobrics	Hungary	203	221	137	561	143	146	149	438	999	166.50
141.	Kenneth Chua	Philippines	146	165	167	478	164	177	175	516	994	165.67
142.	Hassan Oraif	Saudi Arabia	163	155	158	476	145	181	166	492	968	161.33
143.	Ho Weng Hou	Macau	131	160	149	440	168	160	190	518	958	159.67
144.	Tomaž Eržen	Slovenia	146	167	188	501	153	185	106	444	945	157.50