PBA World Series of Bowling returns to South Point Nov. 4-20
06/29/11
The third annual Professional Bowlers Association’s World Series of Bowling will introduce new events and new concepts in ESPN coverage when it returns to South Point Casino, Hotel and Bowling Center Nov. 4-20.
The PBA World Series of Bowling will include three events open to 2011-12 PBA Tour exempt players only, and four “open field” events which includes the PBA World Championship; the seventh WSOB event.
The PBA World Championship television finals will include the top 16 match play finalists competing in four telecasts. The Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship will produce two television shows (doubles and singles). All televised rounds will be conducted on specially-installed lanes in the South Point Arena Nov. 17-20.
In 2010, the PBA World Series of Bowling reaffirmed its position as the sport’s most popular and prestigious event for the international bowling community, with a sold-out field of 256 players representing 14 countries.
Highlights of the 2011 World Series of Bowling include:
The Viper Open, Chameleon Open and Scorpion Open will be open to PBA Tour, regional and senior members and international players. The combined qualifying totals from these three “open” events will serve as the initial qualifying rounds for the PBA World Championship, the fourth open event.
The Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship, a new Carmen Salvino Classic and the Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship will be open to exempt players only. The combined qualifying totals from the Salvino and Anthony championships will determine the cashers for the Touring Players Championship. An additional qualifying round will determine 16 players who will compete for the TPC title as well as pairing up for a new TPC Baker Doubles Championship.
All WSOB winners will be earn berths among the players who will advance to the 36-player final qualifying round in the end-of-season PBA Tournament of Champions.
The World Tenpin Bowling Association’s World Bowling Tour Finals, presented by the PBA, will be conducted as part of the WSOB television session. The WBT Finals will feature three-man and three-woman stepladder finals based points earned in WTBA international qualifying events.
All World Series rounds, except the television finals, plus bonus coverage will result in more than 75 hours of live coverage on pba.com’s Xtra Frame, the PBA’s exclusive online video streaming service. WSOB coverage will be part of more than 250 hours of exclusive coverage available to Xtra Frame subscribers during the new season.
A new Xtra Frame “All-In Showdown” with a $5,000 entry fee is in the planning stages for Sunday, Nov. 6.
2011-12 PBA Tour begins with World Series of Bowling and concludes with Tournament of Champions
South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nov. 4-20 (all times Pacific)
Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship (exempt players only)
Friday, Nov. 4, 2011
3 p.m. – Practice session
Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011
7:30 a.m. – 6 games qualifying
Noon – 6 games qualifying
Field cut to top 16
4 p.m. – Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play; 8 winners advance to television)
Official World Series Practice Sessions
Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011
9 a.m. – Squad A practice
2 p.m. – Squad B practice
tba – WSOB Xtra Frame $5,000 All-In Showdown special event.
Viper Open (open field event)
Monday, Nov. 7, 2011
7:30 a.m. – Squad A, 8 games qualifying
2 p.m. – Squad B, 8 games qualifying
Field cut to top 16
8 p.m. – Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play; 8 winners advance to television)
Chameleon Open (open field event)
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011
7:30 a.m. – Squad B, 8 games qualifying
2 p.m. – Squad A, 8 games qualifying
Field cut to top 16
8 p.m. – Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play; 8 winners advance to television)
Scorpion Open (open field event)
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011
7:30 a.m. – Squad A, 8 games qualifying
2 p.m. – Squad B, 8 games qualifying
Field cut to top 16
8 p.m. – Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play; 8 winners advance to television)
Top 25 percent of field based on 24 qualifying games in Viper, Chameleon and Scorpion Open events advance to PBA World Championship cashers’ round
PBA World Championship
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011
1:30 p.m. – Cashers’ Round, 8 games
Top 32 after 32 qualifying games advance to best-of-seven-game single-elimination match play
Friday, Nov. 11, 2011
8 a.m. – Round of 32 (best-of-seven-game single-elimination match play; 16 winners advance to television)
Special PBA Regional competitions
Friday, Nov. 11, 2011
tba – PBA Regional Players Non-Champions Singles
tba – PBA Regional Players doubles practice session
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011
tba – PBA Regional Players doubles qualifying
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011
tba – PBA Regional Players doubles finals
Carmen Salvino Classic (exempt players only)
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011
tba – Practice session
Monday, Nov. 14, 2011
7:30 a.m. – 6 games qualifying
Noon – 6 games qualifying
Field cut to top 16; 12-game pinfall carries over to Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship qualifying
4 p.m. – Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play; 8 winners advance to television)
Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship (exempt players only)
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011
tba – Practice session
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011
9 a.m. – 6 games qualifying
2 p.m. – 6 games qualifying
Field cut to top 32 based on 24-game pinfall totals (12 games from Carmen Salvino Classic, 12 games from Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship)
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011
9 a.m. – Touring Players top 32, 6 games qualifying
Top 16 based on 30-game pinfall totals advance to single-elimination match play
Top 16 also paired in eight teams for Touring Players Championship Baker Doubles, advance to television
3:30 p.m. – Touring Players Round of 16 (best-of-seven-game single-elimination match play; 8 winners advance to television)
South Point Arena, Las Vegas, Nov. 17-20 (All competition will be taped for delayed telecast on ESPN)
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011
tba – WTBA World Bowling Tour Finals presented by the PBA (top three men, top three women stepladder finals)
tba – WSOB Carmen Salvino Classic Round of 8, semifinals and finals
Friday, Nov. 18, 2011
tba – WSOB Viper Open Round of 8, semifinals and finals
tba – WSOB Chameleon Open Round of 8, semifinals and finals
tba – WSOB Scorpion Open Round of 8, semifinals and finals
Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011
tba – PBA World Championship, Round of 16-1
tba – PBA World Championship, Round of 16-2
tba – PBA World Championship, Round of 8
tba – PBA World Championship, semifinals and finals
Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011
tba – WSOB Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship Baker Doubles Round of 8, semifinals and finals
tba – WSOB Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship Round of 8, semifinals and finals
tba – WSOB Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship, Round of 8, semifinals and finals
PBA News
WSOB features new events, new concepts in ESPN coverage
The third annual Professional Bowlers Association’s World Series of Bowling will introduce new events and new concepts in ESPN coverage when it returns to South Point Casino, Hotel and Bowling Center Nov. 4-20. The PBA World Series of Bowling will include three events open to 2011-12 PBA Tour exempt players only, and four “open field” events which includes the PBA World Championship; the seventh WSOB event.
The PBA World Championship television finals will include the top 16 match play finalists competing in four telecasts. The Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship will produce two television shows (doubles and singles). All televised rounds will be conducted on specially-installed lanes in the South Point Arena Nov. 17-20.
In 2010, the PBA World Series of Bowling reaffirmed its position as the sport’s most popular and prestigious event for the international bowling community, with a sold-out field of 256 players representing 14 countries.
Highlights of the 2011 World Series of Bowling include:
The Viper Open, Chameleon Open and Scorpion Open will be open to PBA Tour, regional and senior members and international players. The combined qualifying totals from these three “open” events will serve as the initial qualifying rounds for the PBA World Championship, the fourth open event.
The Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship, a new Carmen Salvino Classic and the Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship will be open to exempt players only. The combined qualifying totals from the Salvino and Anthony championships will determine the cashers for the Touring Players Championship. An additional qualifying round will determine 16 players who will compete for the TPC title as well as pairing up for a new TPC Baker Doubles Championship.
All WSOB winners will be earn berths among the players who will advance to the 36-player final qualifying round in the end-of-season PBA Tournament of Champions.
The World Tenpin Bowling Association’s World Bowling Tour Finals, presented by the PBA, will be conducted as part of the WSOB television session. The WBT Finals will feature three-man and three-woman stepladder finals based points earned in WTBA international qualifying events.
All World Series rounds, except the television finals, plus bonus coverage will result in more than 75 hours of live coverage on pba.com’s Xtra Frame, the PBA’s exclusive online video streaming service. WSOB coverage will be part of more than 250 hours of exclusive coverage available to Xtra Frame subscribers during the new season.
A new Xtra Frame “All-In Showdown” with a $5,000 entry fee is in the planning stages for Sunday, Nov. 6.
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2011 PBA World Series of Bowling Schedule
South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nov. 4-20 (all times Pacific)
Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship (exempt players only)
Friday, Nov. 4, 2011
3 p.m. – Practice session
Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011
7:30 a.m. – 6 games qualifying
Noon – 6 games qualifying
Field cut to top 16
4 p.m. – Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play; 8 winners advance to television)
Official World Series Practice Sessions
Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011
9 a.m. – Squad A practice
2 p.m. – Squad B practice
tba – WSOB Xtra Frame $5,000 All-In Showdown special event.
Viper Open (open field event)
Monday, Nov. 7, 2011
7:30 a.m. – Squad A, 8 games qualifying
2 p.m. – Squad B, 8 games qualifying
Field cut to top 16
8 p.m. – Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play; 8 winners advance to television)
Chameleon Open (open field event)
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011
7:30 a.m. – Squad B, 8 games qualifying
2 p.m. – Squad A, 8 games qualifying
Field cut to top 16
8 p.m. – Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play; 8 winners advance to television)
Scorpion Open (open field event)
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011
7:30 a.m. – Squad A, 8 games qualifying
2 p.m. – Squad B, 8 games qualifying
Field cut to top 16
8 p.m. – Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play; 8 winners advance to television)
Top 25 percent of field based on 24 qualifying games in Viper, Chameleon and Scorpion Open events advance to PBA World Championship cashers’ round
PBA World Championship
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011
1:30 p.m. – Cashers’ Round, 8 games
Top 32 after 32 qualifying games advance to best-of-seven-game single-elimination match play
Friday, Nov. 11, 2011
8 a.m. – Round of 32 (best-of-seven-game single-elimination match play; 16 winners advance to television)
Special PBA Regional competitions
Friday, Nov. 11, 2011
tba – PBA Regional Players Non-Champions Singles
tba – PBA Regional Players doubles practice session
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011
tba – PBA Regional Players doubles qualifying
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011
tba – PBA Regional Players doubles finals
Carmen Salvino Classic (exempt players only)
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011
tba – Practice session
Monday, Nov. 14, 2011
7:30 a.m. – 6 games qualifying
Noon – 6 games qualifying
Field cut to top 16; 12-game pinfall carries over to Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship qualifying
4 p.m. – Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play; 8 winners advance to television)
Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship (exempt players only)
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011
tba – Practice session
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011
9 a.m. – 6 games qualifying
2 p.m. – 6 games qualifying
Field cut to top 32 based on 24-game pinfall totals (12 games from Carmen Salvino Classic, 12 games from Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship)
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011
9 a.m. – Touring Players top 32, 6 games qualifying
Top 16 based on 30-game pinfall totals advance to single-elimination match play
Top 16 also paired in eight teams for Touring Players Championship Baker Doubles, advance to television
3:30 p.m. – Touring Players Round of 16 (best-of-seven-game single-elimination match play; 8 winners advance to television)
2011 PBA World Series of Bowling Television Finals Schedule
South Point Arena, Las Vegas, Nov. 17-20 (All competition will be taped for delayed telecast on ESPN)
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011
tba – WTBA World Bowling Tour Finals presented by the PBA (top three men, top three women stepladder finals)
tba – WSOB Carmen Salvino Classic Round of 8, semifinals and finals
Friday, Nov. 18, 2011
tba – WSOB Viper Open Round of 8, semifinals and finals
tba – WSOB Chameleon Open Round of 8, semifinals and finals
tba – WSOB Scorpion Open Round of 8, semifinals and finals
Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011
tba – PBA World Championship, Round of 16-1
tba – PBA World Championship, Round of 16-2
tba – PBA World Championship, Round of 8
tba – PBA World Championship, semifinals and finals
Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011
tba – WSOB Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship Baker Doubles Round of 8, semifinals and finals
tba – WSOB Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship Round of 8, semifinals and finals
tba – WSOB Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship, Round of 8, semifinals and finals