Starting the day in fifth place, the Korea's Choi Young-Kyu, Cho Young-Seon, Choi Bok-Eum, Hong Hae-Sol and Jang Dong-Chul posted games of 1176, 1137 and 1133 on the long pattern to claim the gold medal in the five-player Team event at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Trailing short-oil leader Malaysia by 147 pins (3208 to 3355), the Koreans lost some ground in the first game on Monday morning, fourth game overall, as Adrian Ang, Aaron Kong, Alex Liew, Syafiq Ridhwan and Muhd Nur Aiman put together 1183, the highest game of the day.

The Koreans narrowed the gap in the second game but thanks to a 1079 game the Malaysians maintained a 96-pin lead heading into the last game. The Koreans posted three games over 240 (Cho Young-Seon 248; Choi Young-Kyu 246; and Hong Hae-Sol 243) to fly past their opponents, who suffered a sub-par 962 game.

Korea took the gold medal with Asian Games record 6654 pinfall total and an average of 221.80, while Malaysia had to settle for silver with 6579 (219.30).

Starting the day in fourth place, Hong Kong's Wu Siu Hong, Eric Tseng, Michael Mak, Wicky Yeung and Michael Tsang overtook Qatar and Japan, who were in second and third place after the first block, to grab the bronze medal with 6475 (215.83).

Alex Liew (pictured left), Malaysia, posted a 1425 series in the Team event en route to claim the gold medal in All Events (combined results of Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team) with 5448 pinfall total and an average of 227 for 24 games.

Choi Young-Kyu (right) and Choi Bok-Eum, both Korea, took silver and bronze with 5441 and 5431, respectively. There was a bigger gap between the top 3 and Aaron Kong, Malaysia. who used the highest six-game block of the Asian Games (1467) to finish fourth with 5330.

The top 16 in All Events but maximum two players per country advanced to Masters match play which will conclude the bowling competition on Tuesday.

101 men from 17 countries - Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, UAE, Uzbekistan and the host country China - participate in the 16th Asian Games bowling competition at Tianhe Bowling Hall in Guangzhou, China to bowl for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Team, All Events and Masters.

 

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16th Asian Games - Men's Team event

Games 1-3 on short oil, games 4-6 on long oil.

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Korea	1055	985	1168	3208	1176	1137	1133	3446	6654	221.80
	Suh Sang-Cheon	179	209	199	587	0	0	0	0	587	195.67
	Choi Young-Kyu	212	189	257	658	212	203	246	661	1319	219.83
	Cho Young-Seon	186	199	232	617	238	227	248	713	1330	221.67
	Choi Bok-Eum	241	206	244	691	211	246	216	673	1364	227.33
	Hong Hae-Sol	237	182	236	655	269	207	243	719	1374	229.00
	Jang Dong-Chul	0	0	0	0	246	254	180	680	680	226.67
2.	Malaysia	1174	1045	1136	3355	1183	1079	962	3224	6579	219.30
	Adrian Ang	239	181	161	581	258	194	203	655	1236	206.00
	Aaron Kong	268	235	298	801	226	221	219	666	1467	244.50
	Alex Liew	249	225	259	733	265	215	212	692	1425	237.50
	Syafiq Ridhwan	231	179	182	592	245	242	182	669	1261	210.17
	Muhd Nur Aiman	187	225	236	648	189	207	146	542	1190	198.33
3.	Hong Kong	973	1151	1090	3214	1123	1110	1028	3261	6475	215.83
	Wu Siu Hong	209	237	209	655	226	254	224	704	1359	226.50
	Eric Tseng	197	221	198	616	254	190	203	647	1263	210.50
	Michael Mak	182	214	200	596	222	206	221	649	1245	207.50
	Wicky Yeung	169	251	215	635	172	254	163	589	1224	204.00
	Michael Tsang	216	228	268	712	249	206	217	672	1384	230.67
4.	UAE	1026	1111	939	3076	1154	1054	1124	3332	6408	213.60
	Shaker Al-Hassan	206	176	151	533	199	225	213	637	1170	195.00
	Sayed Ibrahim	245	193	237	675	228	188	266	682	1357	226.17
	Nayef Oqab	184	237	160	581	268	251	233	752	1333	222.17
	Mahmood Al-Attar	223	267	181	671	245	200	220	665	1336	222.67
	Mohamed Al-Qubaisi	168	238	210	616	214	190	192	596	1212	202.00
5.	Japan	1042	1096	1101	3239	1064	1085	1001	3150	6389	212.97
	Toshihiko Takahashi	210	247	247	704	183	235	199	617	1321	220.17
	Tomoyuki Sasaki	224	210	151	585	200	243	183	626	1211	201.83
	Tomokatsu Yamashita	171	191	216	578	0	0	0	0	578	192.67
	Masaaki Takemoto	224	190	244	658	223	257	187	667	1325	220.83
	Shogo Wada	213	258	243	714	234	172	186	592	1306	217.67
	Nobuhito Fujii	0	0	0	0	224	178	246	648	648	216.00
6.	China	1124	1001	1065	3190	1060	981	1086	3127	6317	210.57
	Zhang Peng	209	215	235	659	195	180	225	600	1259	209.83
	Pan Yuehong	210	208	253	671	201	225	201	627	1298	216.33
	Zhang Yijia	225	197	182	604	226	168	214	608	1212	202.00
	Mi Zhongli	254	189	189	632	211	174	235	620	1252	208.67
	Du Jianchao	226	192	206	624	227	234	211	672	1296	216.00
7.	Qatar	1040	1094	1122	3256	1047	1043	967	3057	6313	210.43
	Yousef Al-Jaber	191	205	191	587	0	0	0	0	587	195.67
	Mansour Al-Awami	224	227	288	739	256	211	237	704	1443	240.50
	Salem Al-Marzouqi	195	231	202	628	201	242	191	634	1262	210.33
	Mubarak Al-Muraikhi	212	225	196	633	213	182	159	554	1187	197.83
	Fahad Al-Emadi	218	206	245	669	209	224	181	614	1283	213.83
	Abdulla Al-Jusaiman	0	0	0	0	168	184	199	551	551	183.67
8.	Thailand	951	1125	928	3004	1089	1121	1013	3223	6227	207.57
	Phoemphun Yakasem	188	235	172	595	171	225	208	604	1199	199.83
	Badin Lerdpiriyasakulkit	204	257	180	641	241	235	179	655	1296	216.00
	Yannaphon Larp-apharat	237	213	137	587	246	258	243	747	1334	222.33
	Apiwich Watanaphongsakorn	161	207	257	625	231	177	177	585	1210	201.67
	Somjed Kusonpithak	161	213	182	556	200	226	206	632	1188	198.00
9.	Indonesia	994	994	992	2980	1092	1011	1065	3168	6148	204.93
	Ryan Lalisang	203	231	220	654	213	198	226	637	1291	215.17
	Hengki I	197	175	224	596	213	183	211	607	1203	200.50
	Diwan Rezaldy	178	206	173	557	193	245	195	633	1190	198.33
	Yeri Ramadona	213	223	193	629	258	171	206	635	1264	210.67
	Rangga Yudhira	203	159	182	544	215	214	227	656	1200	200.00
10.	Chinese Taipei	1075	1074	1013	3162	981	928	1069	2978	6140	204.67
	Fang Chih-Nan	181	214	217	612	203	201	211	615	1227	204.50
	Kao Hai-Yuan	211	211	169	591	168	181	196	545	1136	189.33
	Wang Tien-Fu	212	191	220	623	192	156	229	577	1200	200.00
	Cheng Hsing-Chao	237	241	191	669	213	190	221	624	1293	215.50
	Yang Nien-Hua	234	217	216	667	205	200	212	617	1284	214.00
11.	Kuwait	1029	1061	1072	3162	1025	929	973	2927	6089	202.97
	Mohammed Al-Regebah	233	258	247	738	201	205	192	598	1336	222.67
	Jassim Abbas Darwish	213	182	204	599	207	163	187	557	1156	192.67
	Basel Al-Anzi	205	203	234	642	191	176	155	522	1164	194.00
	Rakan Al-Ameri	202	236	156	594	211	235	204	650	1244	207.33
	Khaled Al-Dubyyan	176	182	231	589	215	150	235	600	1189	198.17
12.	Philippines	983	1051	960	2994	961	1020	990	2971	5965	198.83
	Chester King	215	228	214	657	200	244	175	619	1276	212.67
	Benshir Layoso	170	182	179	531	201	198	192	591	1122	187.00
	Raoul Miranda	202	226	177	605	136	191	215	542	1147	191.17
	Frederick Ong	204	171	186	561	217	173	196	586	1147	191.17
	Biboy Rivera	192	244	204	640	207	214	212	633	1273	212.17
13.	India	1021	996	964	2981	981	997	943	2921	5902	196.73
	Dilbir Singh	196	184	190	570	191	191	179	561	1131	188.50
	Shabbir Dangkot	222	179	200	601	192	205	176	573	1174	195.67
	Dhruv Sarda	194	243	215	652	227	212	213	652	1304	217.33
	Srinath Pobbathi	214	189	157	560	214	189	185	588	1148	191.33
	Girish Ashok Gaba	195	201	202	598	157	200	190	547	1145	190.83
14.	Singapore	899	1099	971	2969	966	986	958	2910	5879	195.97
	Basil Low	154	202	232	588	269	176	173	618	1206	201.00
	Remy Ong	174	222	179	575	175	184	200	559	1134	189.00
	Jason Yeong-Nathan	223	223	203	649	185	223	208	616	1265	210.83
	Mark Wong	156	237	170	563	0	0	0	0	563	187.67
	Ng Tiac Pin	192	215	187	594	194	182	161	537	1131	188.50
	Benjamin Lim	0	0	0	0	143	221	216	580	580	193.33
15.	Macau	920	1029	1068	3017	930	931	950	2811	5828	194.27
	Choi Io Fai	165	214	216	595	156	209	166	531	1126	187.67
	Lok Hei Leong	236	204	187	627	164	168	233	565	1192	198.67
	Lee Tak Man	147	169	221	537	188	165	190	543	1080	180.00
	Kot Ka Hou	181	211	230	622	206	164	171	541	1163	193.83
	Tam Tsz Sun	191	231	214	636	216	225	190	631	1267	211.17
16.	Uzbekistan	813	854	867	2534	886	908	862	2656	5190	173.00
	Viktor Smirnov	163	173	176	512	170	182	191	543	1055	175.83
	Bakhodir Arifov	162	182	169	513	186	204	188	578	1091	181.83
	Fayzulla Nasirov	163	142	153	458	161	170	202	533	991	165.17
	Kudrat Khilyamov	137	200	199	536	178	177	150	505	1041	173.50
	Surat Makhkamov	188	157	170	515	191	175	131	497	1012	168.67
17.	Mongolia	850	810	819	2479	858	804	876	2538	5017	167.23
	Tsogerdene Molor	144	123	137	404	144	135	157	436	840	140.00
	Shar Baatar	203	158	185	546	197	184	222	603	1149	191.50
	Jamts Sodnomdorj	163	159	200	522	178	150	135	463	985	164.17
	Miyesenge Tuvshinsanaa	193	199	162	554	165	177	174	516	1070	178.33
	Dondov Zorigt	147	171	135	453	174	158	188	520	973	162.17

 

Individual High Game/High Series
1 Game (short oil): Aaron Kong, Malaysia - 298
1 Game (long oil): Hong Hae-Sol, Korea - 269
3 Games (short oil): Aaron Kong, Malaysia - 801
3 Games (long oil): Nayef Oqab, UAE - 752
6 Games: Aaron Kong, Malaysia - 1467

Team High Game/High Series
1 Game (short oil): Adrian Ang/Aaron Kong/Alex Liew/Syafiq Ridhwan/Muhd Nur Aiman, Malaysia - 1174
1 Game (long oil): Adrian Ang/Aaron Kong/Alex Liew/Syafiq Ridhwan/Muhd Nur Aiman, Malaysia - 1183
3 Games (short oil): Adrian Ang/Aaron Kong/Alex Liew/Syafiq Ridhwan/Muhd Nur Aiman, Malaysia - 3355
3 Games (long oil): Choi Young-Kyu/Cho Young-Seon/Choi Bok-Eum/Hong Hae-Sol/ Jang Dong-Chul, Korea - 3446
6 Games: Suh Sang-Cheon/Choi Young-Kyu/Cho Young-Seon/Choi Bok-Eum/Hong Hae-Sol/ Jang Dong-Chul, Korea - 6654

 

Men's All Events - Final Standings after 24 games

The top 16 but maximum two players per country advanced to the Masters finals (finalists in boldface).

Pos	Player	Country	Singles (short oil)	Doubles (long oil)	Trios (long/short)	Team (short/long)	Total	Ave.
1.	Alex Liew	Malaysia	1354	1339	1330	1425	5448	227.00
2.	Choi Young-Kyu	Korea	1370	1319	1433	1319	5441	226.71
3.	Choi Bok-Eum	Korea	1313	1433	1321	1364	5431	226.29
4.	Aaron Kong	Malaysia	1339	1246	1278	1467	5330	222.08
5.	Ryan Lalisang	Indonesia	1363	1439	1224	1291	5317	221.54
6.	Mansour Al-Awami	Qatar	1233	1246	1341	1443	5263	219.29
7.	Jang Dong-Chul	Korea	1365	1250	1307	1322	5244	218.50
8.	Biboy Rivera	Philippines	1414	1277	1267	1273	5231	217.96
9.	Eric Tseng	Hong Kong	1328	1265	1374	1263	5230	217.92
10.	Shogo Wada	Japan	1325	1379	1213	1306	5223	217.63
11.	Jason Yeong Nathan	Singapore	1280	1401	1259	1265	5205	216.88
12.	Cho Young-Seon	Korea	1312	1283	1279	1330	5204	216.83
13.	Toshihiko Takahashi	Japan	1278	1302	1297	1321	5198	216.58
14.	Yannaphon Larp-apharat	Thailand	1225	1347	1275	1334	5181	215.88
15.	Du Jianchao	China	1257	1208	1418	1296	5179	215.79
16.	Mohammed Al-Regebah	Kuwait	1404	1191	1241	1336	5172	215.50
17.	Mi Zhongli	China	1192	1356	1370	1252	5170	215.42
18.	Masaaki Takemoto	Japan	1212	1247	1377	1325	5161	215.04
(tie)	Michael Mak	Hong Kong	1345	1234	1337	1245	5161	215.04
20.	Michael Tsang	Hong Kong	1213	1307	1254	1384	5158	214.92
21.	Adrian Ang	Malaysia	1287	1372	1238	1236	5133	213.88
22.	Zhang Peng	China	1192	1414	1258	1259	5123	213.46
23.	Nayef Oqab	UAE	1315	1254	1212	1333	5114	213.08
24.	Hong Hae-Sol	Korea	1239	1145	1355	1374	5113	213.04
25.	Kao Hai-Yuan	Chinese Taipei	1376	1242	1357	1136	5111	212.96
26.	Somjed Kusonpithak	Thailand	1361	1233	1301	1188	5083	211.79
(tie)	Yang Nien-Hua	Chinese Taipei	1281	1268	1250	1284	5083	211.79
28.	Syafiq Ridhwan	Malaysia	1287	1201	1333	1261	5082	211.75
29.	Tomoyuki Sasaki	Japan	1283	1344	1215	1211	5053	210.54
30.	Mahmood Al-Attar	UAE	1257	1227	1228	1336	5048	210.33
31.	Sayed Ibrahim	UAE	1190	1257	1229	1357	5033	209.71
32.	Mohamed Al-Qubaisi	UAE	1257	1235	1326	1212	5030	209.58
33.	Suh Sang-Cheon	Korea	1282	1250	1318	1176	5026	209.42
34.	Remy Ong	Singapore	1334	1290	1242	1134	5000	208.33
35.	Phoemphun Yakasem	Thailand	1170	1452	1173	1199	4994	208.08
36.	Cheng Hsing-Chao	Chinese Taipei	1239	1191	1270	1293	4993	208.04
37.	Yeri Ramadona	Indonesia	1193	1277	1257	1264	4991	207.96
38.	Rakan Al-Ameri	Kuwait	1329	1222	1194	1244	4989	207.88
39.	Basil Low	Singapore	1269	1319	1192	1206	4986	207.75
(tie)	Jassim Abbas Darwish	Kuwait	1366	1351	1113	1156	4986	207.75
41.	Frederick Ong	Philippines	1390	1178	1259	1147	4974	207.25
42.	Fahad Al-Emadi	Qatar	1132	1296	1244	1283	4955	206.46
43.	Mubarak Al-Muraikhi	Qatar	1171	1271	1323	1187	4952	206.33
44.	Basel Al-Anzi	Kuwait	1243	1314	1229	1164	4950	206.25
45.	Wu Siu Hong	Hong Kong	1186	1264	1138	1359	4947	206.13
46.	Muhd Nur Aiman	Malaysia	1294	1219	1240	1190	4943	205.96
47.	Chester King	Philippines	1200	1239	1227	1276	4942	205.92
48.	Zulmazran Zulkifli	Malaysia	1216	1221	1203	1299	4939	205.79
49.	Wang Tien-Fu	Chinese Taipei	1244	1272	1222	1200	4938	205.75
50.	Badin Lerdpiriyasakulkit	Thailand	1210	1201	1225	1296	4932	205.50
51.	Nobuhito Fujii	Japan	1209	1223	1221	1267	4920	205.00
52.	Wicky Yeung	Hong Kong	1221	1263	1191	1224	4899	204.13
53.	Raoul Miranda	Philippines	1206	1192	1350	1147	4895	203.96
54.	Shaker Al-Hassan	UAE	1286	1279	1158	1170	4893	203.88
55.	Zhang Yijia	China	1198	1242	1225	1212	4877	203.21
56.	Khaled Al-Dubyyan	Kuwait	1334	1118	1232	1189	4873	203.04
57.	Benjamin Lim	Singapore	1088	1255	1275	1247	4865	202.71
58.	Dhruv Sarda	India	1240	1110	1205	1304	4859	202.46
59.	Cyrus Cheung	Hong Kong	1249	1192	1158	1251	4850	202.08
60.	Tomokatsu Yamashita	Japan	1189	1312	1160	1181	4842	201.75
61.	Rangga Yudhira	Indonesia	1240	1168	1227	1200	4835	201.46
62.	Pan Yuehong	China	1174	1204	1142	1298	4818	200.75
63.	Hengki I	Indonesia	1122	1241	1237	1203	4803	200.13
64.	Fang Chih-Nan	Chinese Taipei	1131	1253	1183	1227	4794	199.75
65.	Sun Kuang-Min	Chinese Taipei	1216	1183	1178	1215	4792	199.67
66.	Salem Al-Marzouqi	Qatar	1203	1198	1125	1262	4788	199.50
67.	Tam Tsz Sun	Macau	1178	1127	1197	1267	4769	198.71
68.	Girish Ashok Gaba	India	1205	1189	1201	1145	4740	197.50
69.	Hussain Al-Suwaidi	UAE	1216	1197	1164	1155	4732	197.17
70.	Mark Wong	Singapore	1155	1201	1208	1154	4718	196.58
71.	Dechochai Tinjiratip	Thailand	1127	1210	1061	1276	4674	194.75
72.	Benshir Layoso	Philippines	1193	1202	1133	1122	4650	193.75
73.	William Widjaja	Indonesia	1119	1207	1138	1182	4646	193.58
74.	Yousef Al-Jaber	Qatar	1101	1144	1154	1240	4639	193.29
75.	Choi Io Fai	Macau	1164	1194	1150	1126	4634	193.08
76.	Apiwich Watanaphongsakorn	Thailand	1176	1117	1125	1210	4628	192.83
77.	Ng Tiac Pin	Singapore	1323	988	1137	1131	4579	190.79
78.	Srinath Pobbathi	India	1199	1079	1151	1148	4577	190.71
79.	Shabbir Dhankot	India	1078	1108	1201	1174	4561	190.04
80.	Kot Ka Hou	Macau	1065	1148	1182	1163	4558	189.92
81.	Jose Manuel Machon	Macau	1092	1069	1087	1307	4555	189.79
82.	Lok Hei Leong	Macau	1162	1120	1076	1192	4550	189.58
83.	Dilbir Singh	India	1134	1193	1067	1131	4525	188.54
84.	Abdulla Al Jusaiman	Qatar	1194	1088	1096	1143	4521	188.38
85.	Akaash Ashok Kumar	India	1079	1221	1094	1122	4516	188.17
86.	Diwan Rezaldy	Indonesia	916	1285	1122	1190	4513	188.04
87.	Collins Jose	Philippines	1109	1148	1123	1050	4430	184.58
88.	Lee Tak Man	Macau	1197	1123	1028	1080	4428	184.50
89.	Shar Baatar	Mongolia	1100	985	1135	1149	4369	182.04
90.	Fayzulla Nasirov	Uzbekistan	1018	1098	1074	991	4181	174.21
91.	Bakhodir Arifov	Uzbekistan	995	1002	1086	1091	4174	173.92
92.	Viktor Smirnov	Uzbekistan	1063	1046	967	1055	4131	172.13
93.	Miyesenge Tuvshinsanaa	Mongolia	985	1039	1034	1070	4128	172.00
94.	Mohammad Al-Zaidan	Kuwait	1273	1125	1214	513	4125	196.43
95.	Surat Makhkamov	Uzbekistan	977	1017	1080	1012	4086	170.25
96.	Kudrat Khilyamov	Uzbekistan	979	881	1072	1041	3973	165.54
97.	Dondov Zorigt	Mongolia	1012	1012	926	973	3923	163.46
98.	Jamts Sodnomdorj	Mongolia	927	940	945	985	3797	158.21
99.	Tsogerdene Molor	Mongolia	944	928	891	840	3603	150.13
100.	Tsendkhuu Batjargal	Mongolia	750	856	902	862	3370	140.42
101.	Sergey Sapov	Uzbekistan	1108	1036	1104	0	3248	180.44

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