The title match of the Doubles competition of the 3rd Men's World Championships at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany, was thriller as top seeded Martin Paulsson and Mathias Årup (pictured left, r-l) of Sweden defeated No. 2 seeds, Alex Liew and Muhd Nur Aiman (right, r-l), Malaysia, in a 10th-frame showdown, 398 to 379, to claim the gold medal.

The Malaysians were in command of the title match on the 45-foot WTBA Mexico City oil pattern until the final frame.

Finishing first, Liew spared to finish with 187 while Paulsson narrowed the gap for the Swedes with a double in the 10th frame and a 221 finish. When Nur Aiman left a disastrous 4-6-7-10 split which resulted in an open frame for 192, Ã…rup, working on a strike, needed to mark to win the title.

Ã…rup who was working on a strike buried his ball in the pocket to seal the victory with a strike. en route to finish with 177 to give the Swedes the fifth gold medal in the last six doubles event at World Championships (1995, '97, 03, '06 and 2010). For the record, Sweden won the silver medal in 2008.

Pictured left: Ã…rup and Paulsson celebrate the victory with head coach Tomas Leandersson.

In the semifinals Ã…rup posted a 253 game to lead his team mate to a 449-373 win over defending champions Patrick Allen and Rhino Page, United States. In the other semifinal, the Malaysians flew past Bodo Konieczny and Jens Nickel of the host country of Germany, 429-325.

The Malaysians received the silver medal while the teams from Germany and the U.S. shared the bronze medal. Pictured right: l-r, Konieczny, Nickel, Allen and Page

 

2010 Men's World Championships - Doubles Playoffs

Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany (Aug. 16, 2010)

Championship Round:
1. Martin Paulsson/Mathias Ã…rup, Sweden
2. Alex Liew/Muhd Nur Aiman, Malaysia,
3. Bodo Konieczny/Jens Nickel, Germany, and Patrick Allen/Rhino Page, United States

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1: #1 Sweden (Paulsson 196/Ã…rup 253) def.
#4 United States (Allen 209/Page 164), 449-373
Semifinal Match 2: #2 Malaysia (Liew 236/Nur Aiman 193) def.
#3 Germany (Konieczny 177/Nickel 148), 429-325
Championship: Sweden (Paulsson 221/Ã…rup 177) def.
Malaysia (Liew 187/Nur Aiman 192), 398-379.

 

The 2010 WTBA World Men's Championships features 356 players from 65 countries and runs through Aug. 21st.

Players 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, finals and award ceremonies of each event with game-by-game coverage of the Masters match play . The Bowlingdigital team consists of Herbert Bickel (editor), Flavio Cuva (Live Streaming/Video) and Beat Grauwiler (photos).

PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss (pictured left) will serve as color commentator and Ted Thompson (right), lane maintenance expert with Kegel, the official lane maintenance provider of the Championships, will serve as analyst. Lucas Wiseman of USBC Communications will assist as play-by-play analyst.

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

Live streaming will be available at Bowlingdigital's Ustream TV Channel

Doubles Award Ceremonies

Interview with Matias Arup

Doubles Championship Match

Doubles Semifinals

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All photos by Bowlingdigital/Beat Grauwiler.

 

Here's the live streaming schedule:

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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