Korshak maintains lead; Larsen moves into second place in Shanghai

18 October, 2016

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Overnight leader Yan Korshak of Russia was unable to match the vigorous pace he maintained during the first block but remained atop the leaderboard as the men’s qualifying of the 52nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup has reached the halfway point.

Korshak (right), who had 1151 (230.20 average) yesterday evening, added 1027 in the second block of five games on challenging lanes condition at Hao’s Bowling in Shanghai, China, to lead the field of 81 players from 81 countries with 2178 total or an overall average of 217.80 for 10 games.

Multiple World and European champion Martin Larsen (left) of Sweden used a 1059 series to leap from fourth to second place with 2152. Larsen rebounded from a slow start (205, 177) with 220, 234 and 223.

Team USA member Marshall Kent (right) started the day in fifth place and added 1065 to the 1080 from yesterday to take the lead in squad A and to finish the day in third place overall with 2145 total.

Sam Cooley (left) of Australia, who won the China International Open here at Hao’s Bowling last week, bowled with Korshak and Larsen in B squad and had a shot at the lead but finished the second block with his low game of 164 to settle for fourth place with 2133.

Wang Hongbo from the host country China moved from sixth to fifth place with 2101 and was followed by Michael Mak (right) of Hong Kong in sixth place with 2049. Mak won a 23-game qualifier on two different lane condition in Hong Kong to earn his spot in the World Cup while his teammate and 2015 World Cup champion Wu Siu Hong had to withdraw due to injury.

Petteri Salonen (left) of Finland, who led A Squad after block 1, slipped to third place in the squad and seventh overall with 2038 behind a sub-par 941 series today.

Dutch veteran Nico Thienpondt (below right) jumped from 22nd to eighth place with 2026 thanks to a 1050 effort.

Anže Grabrijan of Slovenia leaped from 15th to 9th place with 2021 and rounding out the top 10 was Hafthor Hardarson (left) of Iceland on 2017.

Indonesia’s Hengki (below right) posted the highest series in the second block with 1115, including games of 215, 205, 201, 248 and 246, to rocket from 51st to 12th place in the overall standings with 2006 total.

Yousef Al Jabir (below left) of Qatar put together the second-highest 1080 block which propelled him from 59th to 24th place with 1950 total or an average of 195. The top 24 at the end of the qualifying will advance to the next stage.

The men are done for today and will return to Hao’s Bowling on Wednesday for the third block of qualifying. B squad starts at 3.30 p.m. China Standard Time (CST) and A squad is slated for 7.15 p.m.

The 52nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will be held from October 14-23 at Hao’s Bowling in Shanghai, China.

Bowlingdigital.com will provide onsite coverage of the 52nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup from Shanghai including reports, photos and results after each round. The United States Bowling Congress will provide live streaming on BowlTV.

Split into A and B squad in each division, men and women, all competitors will bowl 20 qualifying games over four days before the field is cut to the top 24 for eight additional games. The 28-game pinfall totals will determine the 8 players who advance to eight games round-robin match-play (30 pins for each win, 15 for a tie).

The top 4 players with highest 36-game total including bonus pins will advance to the playoffs, which will be staged on a specially constructed two-lane arena in the Luwan Sports Complex which is also where Hao’s Bowling is located. This will be covered by live streaming on BowlTV and local Chinese live streaming through Ali Sports.

There will be a one-game knockout match with the No. 1 seed versus the No. 4 qualifier and No. 2 versus No. 3. The winners of each match will earn a spot in the championship game.

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52ndQubicaAMF Bowling World Cup – Men’s Qualifying Round 2

Top 24 after 20 games will advance to the next stage

Pos	Player	Country	Block 1	G6	G7	G8	G9	G10	Block 2	Total	Avg.
1.	Yan Korshak	Russia	1151	187	236	219	215	170	1027	2178	217.80
2.	Martin Larsen	Sweden	1093	205	177	220	234	223	1059	2152	215.20
3.	Marshall Kent	United States	1080	231	258	176	232	168	1065	2145	214.50
4.	Sam Cooley	Australia	1101	226	217	189	236	164	1032	2133	213.30
5.	Wang Hongbo	China	1080	193	182	215	205	226	1021	2101	210.10
6.	Michael Mak	Hong Kong	998	214	186	257	208	186	1051	2049	204.90
7.	Petteri Salonen	Finland	1097	207	190	196	168	180	941	2038	203.80
8.	Nico Thienpondt	Netherlands	976	197	209	192	226	226	1050	2026	202.60
9.	Anže Grabrijan	Slovenia	995	215	206	192	190	223	1026	2021	202.10
10.	Hafthor Hardarson	Iceland	1011	213	221	209	186	177	1006	2017	201.70
11.	David Simard	Canada	992	189	211	245	205	168	1018	2010	201.00
12.	Hengki	Indonesia	891	215	205	201	248	246	1115	2006	200.60
13.	Emmanuel Buenrostro	Mexico	958	196	200	214	224	213	1047	2005	200.50
14.	Tobias Börding	Germany	1041	192	200	179	192	195	958	1999	199.90
15.	Kert Truus	Estonia	1011	206	196	156	178	232	968	1979	197.90
16.	Antonino Fiorentino	Italy	1013	195	205	213	160	187	960	1973	197.30
17.	Renan Zoghaib	Brazil	995	188	187	202	193	204	974	1969	196.90
18.	Christopher Sloan	Ireland	899	237	213	198	186	233	1067	1966	196.60
19.	Mohamed Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	1003	172	202	207	176	206	963	1966	196.60
20.	Jaime Gonzalez	Colombia	947	237	247	183	172	179	1018	1965	196.50
21.	Rafiq Ismail	Malaysia	1019	259	167	188	179	151	944	1963	196.30
22.	Mahmood Al Attar	UAE	989	166	197	200	203	203	969	1958	195.80
23.	Melvin Ocando	Spain	937	196	178	213	253	180	1020	1957	195.70
24.	Yousef Al Jabir	Qatar	870	168	233	205	209	265	1080	1950	195.00
25.	Norman Cai	Singapore	948	222	201	212	180	181	996	1944	194.40
26.	Alexander Tarsoly	Hungary	960	200	183	236	179	179	977	1937	193.70
27.	Robby Govender	South Africa	947	209	221	222	174	161	987	1934	193.40
28.	Rolando Ant. Sebelen	Dominican Republic	971	177	194	217	178	190	956	1927	192.70
29.	Raoul Miranda	Philippines	926	186	201	180	199	228	994	1920	192.00
30.	Peter Stevenson	England	939	189	190	182	222	185	968	1907	190.70
31.	Arturs Levikins	Latvia	988	168	211	184	168	184	915	1903	190.30
32.	Dhruv Sarda	India	954	196	173	170	173	221	933	1887	188.70
33.	Nikolaos Kekesis	Greece	914	212	179	188	203	186	968	1882	188.20
34.	David Slatter	Bahamas	924	171	169	176	223	217	956	1880	188.00
35.	Michael Coussens	Belgium	950	210	186	185	170	178	929	1879	187.90
36.	Øyvin Kulseng	Norway	939	199	173	179	199	182	932	1871	187.10
37.	Ryota Iguchi	Japan	926	180	167	212	195	190	944	1870	187.00
38.	Jiri Hindrak	Czech Republic	981	158	166	196	158	199	877	1858	185.80
39.	Sonny Reguerra	New Zealand	941	189	172	171	181	200	913	1854	185.40
40.	Robert Bruce	Wales	847	181	180	193	223	224	1001	1848	184.80
41.	Dmitri Chilkine	Belarus	901	211	192	175	184	182	944	1845	184.50
42.	Romeo Gagenoiu	Romania	957	173	157	161	180	214	885	1842	184.20
43.	Paul Wright	Jersey	898	201	136	209	185	212	943	1841	184.10
44.	Linas Sasnauskas	Lithuania	909	184	176	235	167	165	927	1836	183.60
45.	Marc Jörg	Switzerland	941	188	204	182	149	169	892	1833	183.30
46.	Mykola Sielin	Ukraine	978	184	148	184	157	176	849	1827	182.70
47.	Tomáš Vrabec	Slovakia	924	159	191	204	211	124	889	1813	181.30
48.	Oren Hayoun	Israel	956	166	159	172	175	184	856	1812	181.20
49.	Martin Williamson	Scotland	965	203	155	146	191	150	845	1810	181.00
50.	Julien Sermand	France	982	159	157	150	161	198	825	1807	180.70
51.	Emre Kumru	Turkey	936	168	134	207	159	202	870	1806	180.60
52.	Christian Saint Bonnet	Argentina	885	179	169	169	189	213	919	1804	180.40
53.	Romain Oberweis	Luxembourg	905	203	146	164	213	170	896	1801	180.10
54.	Kenneth Arpa	Malta	880	185	145	188	161	211	890	1770	177.00
55.	Gani Pajaziti	Kosovo	867	195	167	155	181	201	899	1766	176.60
56.	Kevin Horton	Northern Ireland	882	151	215	159	179	180	884	1766	176.60
57.	Gia Phu Pham	Vietnam	934	183	205	183	130	120	821	1755	175.50
58.	David Villalobos	Costa Rica	847	171	184	180	216	152	903	1750	175.00
59.	Michael Wood	Gibraltar	872	156	193	187	172	164	872	1744	174.40
60.	Bagher Ahmadi	Iran	870	158	183	186	171	175	873	1743	174.30
61.	Ruslan Ekkel	Kazakhstan	831	170	171	212	167	189	909	1740	174.00
62.	Mohammad Al-Masri	Jordan	885	161	156	149	203	185	854	1739	173.90
63.	Merab Akoubardia	Georgia	815	212	154	138	188	211	903	1718	171.80
64.	Kaloyan Ivanov	Bulgaria	885	190	147	181	158	150	826	1711	171.10
65.	Lkhaasuren Tsedendambaa	Mongolia	793	189	179	194	171	179	912	1705	170.50
66.	Alvaro Cardona	Catalonia	809	196	158	178	197	166	895	1704	170.40
67.	Dawit Mersha Sahilu	Ethiopia	853	176	170	202	158	144	850	1703	170.30
68.	Ramil Hamidov	Azerbaijan	847	152	145	164	216	174	851	1698	169.80
69.	Ravshan Abdusamadov	Uzbekistan	794	190	175	184	178	163	890	1684	168.40
70.	Nuno Martinho	Portugal	852	193	170	161	155	143	822	1674	167.40
71.	John Koon	Mauritius	794	179	165	136	212	183	875	1669	166.90
72.	Marin Tranier	Vanuatu	756	211	169	183	165	143	871	1627	162.70
73.	Dragi Gjorgjovski	FYRO Macedonia	818	123	135	157	166	223	804	1622	162.20
74.	Tomasz Olejniczak	Poland	862	166	148	152	139	152	757	1619	161.90
75.	Marcio Jesus	Azores	789	0	0	146	171	187	504	1293	161.63
76.	Marc Du	French Guiana	740	183	153	177	158	189	860	1600	160.00
77.	Shant Panos Tomassian	Iraq	768	158	176	152	176	169	831	1599	159.90
78.	Philippe Champeil	New Caledonia	813	149	150	166	181	137	783	1596	159.60
79.	Stephane Severin	Reunion	778	179	155	134	185	100	753	1531	153.10
80.	Khaled Meziou	Tunisia	758	146	172	131	146	167	762	1520	152.00
81.	Redha El Fezzani	Libya	704	123	172	130	155	164	744	1448	144.80