Thailand’s Annop beats Simonsen to win 2018 PBA-WBT Busan Cup

26 May, 2018

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Annop Arromsaranon of Thailand defeated top qualifier Anthony Simonsen, USA, 221-208, to win the 2018 PBA-WBT Busan Cup International Open Bowling Tournament Saturday in Busan, Republic of Korea.

Annop, who was the no. 2 seed in the four-player stepladder final, received the 30,000,000 won top prize, approximately 27,800 U.S Dollar. He joined 2017 PBA-WBT Thailand winner Yannaphon Larp-apharat (left photo, right) as Thailand’s second PBA Tour title winner.

In the opening match, Seokbyeong Choi of Daegu City, Korea, ousted Wonyoung Choi representing the Korea Professional Bowlers Association (KPBA), 247-217. Annop then defeated Seokbyeong in the semi-final, 215-203, for the right to meet Simonsen in the title match.

Simonsen (right photo, right) took home 15,000,000 won for second place. Seokbyeong earned 8,000,000 won for third place and Wonyoung received 5,000,000 won for fourth place.

In the women’s TV final, Jeon Eunhee (left) of the Korean national team topped KPBA’s Park Jinhee, 212-184. Along with the title Eunhee earned 8,000,000 won. Jinhee got 4,000,000 won for second place.

The General Division TV Finals featured two bowlers from Daegu City. Top-seeded Jeong Jaehun topped Park Jinhee, 212-184, to capture the 5,000,000 won top prize. Jinhee was consoled with 2,500,000 won.

The 2018 PBA-WBT Busan Cup International Open Bowling Tournament, Tier 1 event (formerly “major”) on the World Bowling Tour Major, was held at Rainbow Square Bowling Center in Busan, Republic of Korea, from May 20-26, 2018. The TV finals were contested on four lanes at Gwangalli Beach Park.

Photos courtesy of Asian Bowling Federation (abf-online.org). For complete results click here

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2018 PBA-WBT Busan Cup – Open Division TV Finals

Rainbow Square Bowling Center in Busan, Republic of Korea (May 20-26, 2018); Arena Finals on four special installed lanes at Gwangalli Beach Park

Championship Round:
1. Annop Arromsaranon, Thailand, 436 (2 games), 30,000,000 won
2. Anthony Simonsen, United States, 208 (1 game), 15,000,000 won
3. Choi Seokbyeong, Daegu City, Korea, 450 (2 games), 8,000,000 won
4. Choi Wonyoung, KPBA, 217 (1 game), 5,000,000 won

Playoff Results:
First Match: No. 3 Choi SB def. No. 4 Choi WY, 247-217
Semi-final Match: No. Annop def. Choi SB, 215-203
Championship: Annop def. Simonsen, 221-208

2018 PBA-WBT Busan Cup – Women’s Division TV Finals

Rainbow Square Bowling Center in Busan, Republic of Korea (May 20-26, 2018); Arena Finals on four special installed lanes at Gwangalli Beach Park

Championship Round:
1. Jeon Eunhee, KBA-NT, 8,000,000 won
2. Park Jinhee, KPBA, 4,000,000 won

Playoff Results:
Championship Match: No. 2 Jeon def. No. 1 Park, 212-184.

2018 PBA-WBT Busan Cup – General Division TV Finals

Rainbow Square Bowling Center in Busan, Republic of Korea (May 20-26, 2018); Arena Finals on four special installed lanes at Gwangalli Beach Park

Championship Round:
1. Jeong Jaehun, Daegu City, Korea, 5,000,000 won
2. Park Jinhee, Daegu City, Korea, 2,500,000 won

Playoff Results:
Championship Match: No. 1 Jeong def. No. 2 Seo, 212-184.

2018 PBA-WBT Busan Cup – Open Division Finals

Top 4 advance to the Arena TV Finals on May 26.

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Hc	Total
1.	Anthony Simonsen	USA	234	257	279	238	264	208	1480	246.67		1480
2.	Annop Arromasaranon	Thailand	227	279	289	243	184	216	1438	239.67		1438
3.	Choi Seokbyeong	Daegu	259	268	278	201	244	183	1433	238.83		1433
4.	Choi Wonyoung	KPBA	277	224	223	216	278	212	1430	238.33		1430
5.	Park Jinhee	KPBA-L	232	257	234	180	212	234	1349	224.83	48	1397
6.	Yun Huiyeo	KPBA-L	237	224	226	223	269	169	1348	224.67	48	1396
7.	Kang Minhwan	KPBA	277	267	189	234	203	225	1395	232.50		1395
8.	Lee Yeonji	KBA-NT	249	195	227	198	268	204	1341	223.50	48	1389
9.	Ryu Seoyeon	KBA-NT	214	203	223	229	226	236	1331	221.83	48	1379
10.	Jason Sterner	USA	225	203	256	207	218	269	1378	229.67		1378
11.	Lee Myeonghun	KPBA	266	237	182	204	232	246	1367	227.83		1367
12.	Tomoyuki Sasaki	JBC	223	267	265	179	259	173	1366	227.67		1366
13.	Yeom Hyegyeong	KPBA-L	190	213	249	226	235	195	1308	218.00	48	1356
14.	U Jeongyong	Korea	244	215	216	234	207	238	1354	225.67		1354
15.	Seo Jeonghwan	KPBA	211	226	227	255	197	233	1349	224.83		1349
16.	Baek Seungsik	KPBA	246	256	192	181	196	265	1336	222.67		1336
17.	Darren Tang	USA	223	212	245	170	239	244	1333	222.17		1333
18.	Kenneth Chua	Philippines	194	194	234	210	243	256	1331	221.83		1331
19.	Kim Seungmin	KPBA	246	214	223	248	205	193	1329	221.50		1329
20.	EJ Tackett	USA	208	194	215	258	203	247	1325	220.83		1325
21.	Jeon Eunhee	KBA-NT	201	267	170	202	220	215	1275	212.50	48	1323
22.	Son Yunhee	Daejeon	205	222	227	170	258	183	1265	210.83	48	1313
23.	Lee Woochang	Korea	206	191	246	209	180	278	1310	218.33		1310
24.	Lee Doheon	KPBA	224	189	184	247	227	238	1309	218.17		1309
25.	Lee Dongho	KPBA	223	228	156	255	244	194	1300	216.67		1300
26.	Huang Teng Wei	Chinese Taipei	222	268	224	182	199	202	1297	216.17		1297
27.	Oh Sewan	Korea	191	184	206	236	252	225	1294	215.67		1294
28.	Kim Seonjeong	Seoul	183	216	184	204	224	233	1244	207.33	48	1292
29.	An Seongjo	Kyungbuk	258	206	213	179	206	222	1284	214.00		1284
30.	Kim Junyoung	Kyungbuk	218	213	222	218	194	215	1280	213.33		1280
31.	Kim Sujin	KPBA-L	189	225	207	160	215	234	1230	205.00	48	1278
32.	Kim Juhyeong	Hoengseong	248	226	185	147	206	201	1213	202.17	48	1261
33.	Kim Jeongwook	KBA-NT	194	192	247	249	171	206	1259	209.83		1259
34.	Oh Sanghyeon	Cheonan	215	215	202	181	221	218	1252	208.67		1252
35.	Seo Hyeonjin	Korea	191	199	218	238	198	206	1250	208.33		1250
36.	Cho Youngseon	Kwangju	183	191	244	203	217	198	1236	206.00		1236
37.	Jeong Hojeong	KPBA-L	181	224	182	185	224	185	1181	196.83	48	1229
38.	Tannya Roumimper	Indonesia	212	178	200	203	222	164	1179	196.50	48	1227
39.	Kang Myeongjin	Daegu	268	192	194	255	159	155	1223	203.83		1223
40.	Kim Yonghan	KPBA	214	204	211	247	162	184	1222	203.67		1222
41.	Kim Areum	KPBA-L	191	235	140	173	226	207	1172	195.33	48	1220
42.	Hengki Susanto	Indonesia	226	181	180	216	180	235	1218	203.00		1218
43.	Choi Wooseop	Daegu	204	179	247	191	204	193	1218	203.00		1218
44.	Kim Jinseon	Gumi	190	181	194	213	181	162	1121	186.83	48	1169

2018 PBA-WBT Busan Cup – Open Division Qualifying

Top 11 in each squad advance to the Open Division Finals.

Pos	Player	Country/Federation	Hc	Block 1	Block 2	Total	Avg.
Squad A
1.	Lee Myeonghun	KPBA		1195	1138	2333	233.30
2.	Kim Seungmin	KPBA		1225	1092	2317	231.70
3.	Lee Woochang	Korea		1167	1114	2281	228.10
4.	Oh Sanghyeon	Cheonan		1207	1066	2273	227.30
5.	Park Jinhee	KPBA-L	8	1137	1123	2260	218.00
6.	Kim Sujin	KPBA-L	8	1121	1133	2254	217.40
7.	Lee Yeonji	KBA-NT	8	1204	1026	2230	215.00
8.	Kim Juhyeong	Hoengseong	8	1099	1129	2228	214.80
9.	Darren Tang	USA		1203	1016	2219	221.90
10.	Choi Seokbyeong	Daegu		1135	1077	2212	221.20
11.	Kang Myeongjin	Daegu		1114	1093	2207	220.70
12.	Park Hanjae	KPBA		1191	1007	2198	219.80
13.	Kim Gwangwook	KPBA		1083	1114	2197	219.70
14.	Park Jongwoo	KBA-NT		1067	1121	2188	218.80
15.	Lara Posadas	Philippines	8	1123	1065	2188	210.80
Squad B
1.	EJ Tackett	USA		1222	1212	2434	243.40
2.	An Seongjo	Kyungbuk		1091	1243	2334	233.40
3.	Jeong Hojeong	KPBA-L	8	1217	1114	2331	225.10
4.	Jason Sterner	USA		1034	1232	2266	226.60
5.	Ryu Seoyeon	KBA-NT	8	1066	1195	2261	218.10
6.	Tomoyuki Sasaki	JBC		1156	1094	2250	225.00
7.	Cho Youngseon	Kwangju		1023	1223	2246	224.60
8.	Kim Junyoung	Kyungbuk		998	1233	2231	223.10
9.	Kim Jinseon	Gumi	8	1027	1201	2228	214.80
10.	Yeom Hyegyeong	KPBA-L	8	1140	1088	2228	214.80
11.	Seo Hyeonjin	KOREA		1136	1084	2220	222.00
12.	Lee Nayoung	KBA-NT	8	1136	1079	2215	213.50
13.	Lee Seungnam	KPBA		1143	1064	2207	220.70
14.	Kim Huijun	KPBA		1109	1092	2201	220.10
15.	Jonah Goh Yu An	Singapore		1060	1128	2188	218.80
Squad C
1.	Son Yunhee	Daejeon	8	1136	1206	2342	226.20
2.	Yun Huiyeo	KPBA-L	8	1234	1082	2316	223.60
3.	Jeon Eunhee	KBA-NT	8	1094	1192	2286	220.60
4.	Choi Wonyoung	KPBA		1201	1071	2272	227.20
5.	Kang Minhwan	KPBA		1194	1053	2247	224.70
6.	Hengki Susanto	Indonesia		1178	1069	2247	224.70
7.	Oh Sewan	Korea		1050	1184	2234	223.40
8.	Kim Yonghan	KPBA		1094	1133	2227	222.70
9.	Annop Arromasaranon	Thailand		1066	1132	2198	219.80
10.	Kenneth Chua	Philippines		1140	1057	2197	219.70
11.	Kim Areum	KPBA-L	8	1060	1134	2194	211.40
12.	Danielle McEwan	USA	8	1103	1084	2187	210.70
13.	Kim Huijin	KBA-NT		1005	1182	2187	218.70
14.	Gwak Howan	Daegu		1084	1100	2184	218.40
15.	Song Inbae	KPBA		1101	1083	2184	218.40
Squad D
1.	Tannya Roumimper	Indonesia	8	1155	1196	2351	227.10
2.	Anthony Simonsen	USA		1166	1168	2334	233.40
3.	Kim Seonjeong	Seoul	8	1172	1111	2283	220.30
4.	Choi Wooseop	Daegu		1193	1088	2281	228.10
5.	Lee Doheon	KPBA		1124	1149	2273	227.30
6.	Baek Seungsik	KPBA		1111	1160	2271	227.10
7.	U Jeongyong	Korea		1177	1090	2267	226.70
8.	Lee Dongho	KPBA		1079	1188	2267	226.70
9.	Kim Jeongwook	KBA-NT		1115	1143	2258	225.80
10.	Huang Teng Wei	Chinese Taipei		1175	1066	2241	224.10
11.	Seo Jeonghwan	KPBA		1085	1121	2206	220.60
12.	Jeong Taehwa	KPBA		1172	1029	2201	220.10
13.	Park Sangpil	KPBA		1122	1078	2200	220.00
14.	Yun Myeonghan	KPBA		1066	1111	2177	217.70
15.	Kim Gyunnam	Incheon		1126	1048	2174	217.40