July 7 – 18, 2024
Fiesta Bowling Centre
Incheon, Korea
The 2024 IBF World Youth Championships returnsto Incheon, Korea after a 26 years break with 142 boys, 91 girls and 67 team officials from a total of 38 countries gathered for intense competition commencing from July 10 to 18 at Fiesta Bowling Center.
Reports
Photos thanks to Terrence Yaw
Women’s Singles
Squad 1 – Play got underway at 9am with the first womens squad and not long for our first perfect game from New Zealand’s Jessica Marginson. Leading after six games was Korea’s Boah Kim with 1298 followed by Malaysia’s Adania Mohd Redzwan tied with Singapore’s Adrianne Tay on 1269.
Squad 2 – Thursday morning saw the Womens squad 2 take to the lanes and despite some good efforts, nobody could dislodge the home nations Boah Kim from the top spot with just Japan’s Kiri Watanabe leading a charge into second place with 1275 and dropping Singapore’s Arianne Tay into third with 1269.
The top 16 landing on Chinese Taipei’s Jo-Yu Teng with 1195.
Womens Singles Matchplay
The womens singles matchplay ended with roll offs. Group A ending with three athletes on 15 points (Sweden,Peru,USA) and in Group B two ended with 12 points (Singapore,Japan). It would be heartbreak for Sweden and Japan as Nora Johansson and Kiri Watanabe lost but Joy for Peru, USA and Singapore who joined Finland in the finals.
Men’s Singles
Squad 1 – The first men’s squad began on Wednesday afternoon with Germany flying high with both players hitting 279 in game 1. The lead kept changing each game as Kuwait, Germany, Singapore, Australia and Iceland all challenged. At the end it was Kuwait’s Nasser Alkandari at the top with 1447 followed by Germany’s Max Larenz with 1420 and third going to Singapore’s Zi Jian Peter Khor with 1391.
Squad 2 – The chase was on in squad two of the singles for the men to catch the leader from Kuwait. Germany’s Paul Purps and Korean Jiho Shin coming close but Nasser Alkandari remained top with 1447 as German Purps slipped into second place with 1432 followed by team mate Max Lorenz on 1420. The Korean Shin into fourth with 1392 and the cut for the top 16 on 1299 and The Netherlands Nick Schokker.
Squad 3 – What an ending to the mens singles, 300 in the very last game from Sweden’s Carl Eklund put him in second place with a fine 1492. Not enough though to outscore the new leader Lukáš Jelínek from the Czech Republic with an awesome 1540. Third was the early leader from Kuwait, Nasser Alkandari with 1447.
The cut for the top 16 landing on Hasan Qasem with 1354.
Men’s Singles Matchplay
The boys Singles matchplay also ends with roll off
Group A
Korea’s Junghun Bae advances with 21 points and joined by Germany’s Paul Purps with 16 points.
Group B
New Zealand’s Ben Pettit advances with 18 points and tie between Sweden’s Carl Eklund tied with Japan’s Daiya Saito with 15 points and Eklund winning the roll off 246-212
Singles Semi Finals
Semi final time and Peru vs Singapore and Finland vs The USA in the girls semis. In the boys it was Germany vs New Zealand and Korea vs Sweden.
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Singapore’s Arianne Tay was through in two defeating Yuzuriha Seragaki from Peru 2-0 as the other went to three games and Finland’s Stella Lokfors defeating USA’s Annalise O’Bryant 2-1. For the boys it was Germany’s Paul Purps through in two beating New Zealand’s Ben Pettit 2-0 as the other semi went to three and Carl Eklund from Sweden defeating Korea’s Junghun Bae 2-1.
Women’s Doubles
Friday saw the start of the doubles Competition and first up were the girls. Malaysia topped the field with 2041 as Colombia placed second with 2006 and Germany Third with 1956.
Doubles day 2 started with the girls squad 2 and a few teams were chasing the top spot. Singapore’s Arianne Tay and Colleen Pee going well early on with Malaysia’s Syazalee and Ramli pacing more than squad 1, Sweden also challenging the top three and Japan close by.
At the end it was Singapore leading with 2239 followed by Japan’s Riria Hamasaki and Kiri Watanabe in second with 2116 and Sweden’s Maja Engberg and Nora Johansson third with 2079.
The cut for the top 16 landing on Chinese Taipei with 1899.
Womens Doubles Matchplay
Doubles matchplay time and first up were the girls. In group A the home nation Korea (Yeyoung Kang and Daeun Lee) and Malaysia (Romzi/Redzwan) were perfect through two games as the USA (Katelyn Abigania and Annalise O’Bryant) and Sweden (Maja Engberg and Nora Johansson) were on maximum points after the first two games in group B.
As we hit the midway point, Korea and Malaysia were still topping group A as Sweden and Colombia headed group B.
At the end, Korea (21pts) and Singapore (Arianne Tay and Colleen Pee) (15pts) were through in group A and things got really interesting in group B as Sweden advanced with 18 points and a four way tie on 12 points for the USA, Colombia, Japan and Finland. USA winning the roll of 258, Finland 181, Japan 179 and Colombia 168.
Women’s Semi Finals
Men’s Doubles
Play continued on Friday with the boys doubles squad 1 and Sweden’s Robin Noberg and Alex Joki riding high with 2317 followed by Finland’s Karo Hilokoski and Rami Mukkula in second place with 2228 and Korea’s Junghun Bae and Seongtak Kim third with 2222.
The boys were up next in Incheon and the home nation were cheering as Jiho Shin and Younghun Cho raced into the lead early on for Korea with Chinese Taipei then the USA chasing them. Sweden’s 2317 was looking achievable for Korea and the USA with three games to go. At the end the Sweden score of 2317 held with USA in second with 2283 and Germany coming through to take third with 2245 and Korea not far behind on 2232.
The cut for the top 16 landing on Puerto Rico with 2127 with a squad to go.
The final boys doubles squad on Saturday saw German pair Paul Purps and Max Lorenz pacing the top spot after five games with the Philippines and Slovakia going well but not near enough to the leaders but inside the cut. Excitement on the 16 line as Malaysia, Finland, Norway in with a shout.
Germany came close at the end but a 150 finish placed them third overall with 2255 behind Sweden with 2317 and USA with 2283. On the cut line it was the Czech Republic with 2162.
Men’s Doubles Matchplay
Sweden and the Czech Republic were early leaders in Group A in the boys doubles matchplay on Sunday as Germany and Slovakia took early leads in group B.
At the halfway point the Czech Republic’s Lucas Jelinek and Ondrej Trojek continued to head group A on a maximum 12 points with Sweden, Slovakia and Saudi Arabia in second on 9 points. In group B Germany’s Purps and Lorenz were still top on 12 points and USA’s Bockstie and Bohn now in second on 9 points are clear of the rest for now.
With a game to go we had some certainty in group B as Germany and the USA were clear on 15 points and could not be caught in the final game. The Czech Republic in group A were also secure with 18 points but all to play for between Sweden, Saudi Arabia and Slovakia on 12 points.
The last game had some drama as Sweden lost and Slovakia played Saudi Arabia so the winner of this match would advance. A roar going out for Slovakia at the end.
Men’s Doubles Finals
In the boys Semi finals, a three game thriller saw Czech Republic (Ondrej Trojek/Lukas Jelinek) lose to the USA’s Jacob Bockstie/Brandon Bohn) 1-2 in a close fought match as Germany (Paul Purps/Max Lorenz) raced to a 2-0 win against Slovakia’s (Martin Malcho/Simon Jaros) but game two went close at 238-234.
Womens Team
The home nation put in a strong performance in the 10 game baker block chased by the USA, Singapore, Sweden and Malaysia.
Korea held the top spot with 2095 with Malaysia in second on 2016, Sweden third with 2014 and Singapore 4th with 1979. Others through included the USA, Japan, Canada, Colombia, Finland, Norway, Australia, Czech Republic, Peru, Mexico and Puerto Rico
At the cutline we Chinese Taipei with 1785 and out went the Philippines by just six pins, also out were New Zealand, Macau and Kuwait.
Men’s Team
Playing today
Results
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