Team USA's Patrick Allen, Chris Barnes, Wes Malott, Bill O'Neill and Tommy Jones (pictured left) took the lead in the prestigious 5-player team event at the Men's World Championships in Germany in the first of two qualifying squads Thursday at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich.

The Americans, who have won the gold medals in Singles and Trios, had games of 1142, 1122 and 1050 on the 38-foot WTBA Atlanta oil pattern to lead a field of 29 countries with 3314 pinfall total and an average of 220.93. Places 2-4 belonged to European teams.

Two-time defending champion, United States holds a 29 pin lead over Finland's Mika Koivuniemi, Joonas Jähi, Petteri Salonen, Pasi Uotila and Osku Palermaa (pictured right, l-r) , who used games of 1136, 1063 and 1086 to take the second place with 3285 (219.00). Two-hander Palermaa had the highest individual 3-game series of 725.

There was a bigger gap between second and third place as Norway featuring Svein Roger Olsen, Martin Olsen, Bjørn Einar Rudshagen, Mads Sandbækken and Tore Torgersen was 98 pins behind Finland with 3187 (212.47).

Mats Maggi, Steve Peetroons, Olivier Leroy, Jean-Marc Samain and Gery Verbruggen, Belgium, were another 99 pins behind Norway in fourth place with 3088 (205.87).

Canada with Jean-Sebastien Lessard, Michael Schmidt, Guillaume Nadeau, Jason Kovack and Mark Buffa (pictured left, l-r) missed a top-4 spot by 17 pins to finish Squad 1 in 5th place with 3071, followed by the host country, Germany, with Pascal Winternheimer, Bodo Konieczny, Marco Baade, Achim Grabowski and Jens Nickel (pictured right, l-r, with Michael Holzapfel on the far left) with 3039. Hong Kong with Michael Mak, Cyrus Cheung, Michael Tsang, Eric Tseng and Wu Siu Hong was mere one pin behind the Germans in 7th place with 3038.

The teams from 54 countries were split into two squads who will bowl two 3-game blocks, one each on the 38-foot WTBA Atlanta (Thursday) and 45-foot WTBA Mexico City (Friday) lane conditioning pattern.

The top four teams after 6 games will advance to the playoffs starting on Friday evening at 7.30 p.m. CET (1.30 p.m. EST).

All Events - Standings after 21 games (Squad 1 only) (pdf file)

The 2010 WTBA World Men's Championships will run through Aug. 21st. Players will compete for medals in six events - Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Team, All Events and Masters match play.

Bowlingdigital.com will provide live streaming of the semifinals, finals and award ceremonies of each event.

The Bowlingdigital team consists of Herbert Bickel (editor), Flavio Cuva (Live Streaming/Video) and Beat Grauwiler (photos).

PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss (pictured left) will serve as color commentator and Ted Thompson (right), lane maintenance expert with Kegel, the official lane maintenance provider of the Championships, will serve as analyst. Lucas Wiseman of USBC Communications will assist as play-by-play analyst.

L-R Bowlingdigital's TV commentators: Lucas Wiseman, Brian Voss, Ted Thompson and Herbert Bickel.

Live streaming will be available at Bowlingdigital's Ustream TV Channel

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Here's the live streaming broadcast schedule:

Thursday, August 19, 2010
09.00 - 13.30 Team preliminaries
13.30 - 14.00 Trios - Medals Ceremony
15.00 - 19.30 Team preliminaries

Friday, August 20, 2010
08.00 - 18.00 Team preliminaries
19.30 - 21.00 Team - Semifinals
21.00 - 22.30 Team - Championship

Saturday, August 21, 2010
08.00 - 10.00 Masters - Round of 16
10.00 - 12.00 Masters - Quarterfinals
13.00 - 15.00 Masters - Semifinals
15.00 - 17.00 Masters - Final
17.00 - 17.30 Masters - Medal Ceremony

(all time Central European Time)

 

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2010 Men's World Championship - Team Preliminaries Squad 1

Pos	Player/Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	United States	1142	1122	1050	3314					3314	220.93
	Bill O'Neill	245	186	232	663					663	221.00
	Patrick Allen	220	231	194	645					645	215.00
	Wes Malott	207	225	212	644					644	214.67
	Chris Barnes	268	212	212	692					692	230.67
	Tommy Jones	202	268	200	670					670	223.33
2.	Finland	1136	1063	1086	3285					3285	219.00
	Petteri Salonen	231	214	270	715					715	238.33
	Joonas Jähi	214	211	203	628					628	209.33
	Mika Koivuniemi	240	194	197	631					631	210.33
	Pasi Uotila	203	206	177	586					586	195.33
	Osku Palermaa	248	238	239	725					725	241.67
3.	Norway	1138	1023	1026	3187					3187	212.47
	Svein Roger Olsen	208	190	212	610					610	203.33
	Martin Olsen	248	203	188	639					639	213.00
	Bjørn Einar Rudshagen	298	214	186	698					698	232.67
	Mads Sandbækken	201	212	245	658					658	219.33
	Tore Torgersen	183	204	195	582					582	194.00
4.	Belgium	968	1081	1039	3088					3088	205.87
	Mats Maggi	222	207	214	643					643	214.33
	Steve Peetroons	177	204	221	602					602	200.67
	Olivier Leroy	201	256	166	623					623	207.67
	Jean-Marc Samain	166	189	224	579					579	193.00
	Gery Verbruggen	202	225	214	641					641	213.67
5.	Canada	1045	1093	933	3071					3071	204.73
	Jean-Sebastien Lessard	180	163	182	525					525	175.00
	Guillaume Nadeau	236	245	204	685					685	228.33
	Jason Kovack	223	198	180	601					601	200.33
	Mark Buffa	200	211	157	568					568	189.33
	Michael Schmidt	206	276	210	692					692	230.67
6.	Germany	1011	994	1034	3039					3039	202.60
	Bodo Konieczny	205	203	184	592					592	197.33
	Marco Baade	223	199	197	619					619	206.33
	Pascal Winternheimer	169	213	237	619					619	206.33
	Achim Grabowski	190	163	227	580					580	193.33
	Jens Nickel	224	216	189	629					629	209.67
7.	Hong Kong	1117	972	949	3038					3038	202.53
	Michael Mak	233	229	194	656					656	218.67
	Cyrus Cheung	225	235	183	643					643	214.33
	Michael Tsang	243	142	211	596					596	198.67
	Eric Tseng	210	158	177	545					545	181.67
	Wu Siu Hong	206	208	184	598					598	199.33
8.	Israel	1038	900	1085	3023					3023	201.53
	Tener Israel	181	172	200	553					553	184.33
	Aviv Alfital	192	182	267	641					641	213.67
	Omer Nechustan	247	208	208	663					663	221.00
	Yahav Rabin	230	156	210	596					596	198.67
	Or Aviram	188	182	200	570					570	190.00
9.	Chinese Taipei	1090	974	942	3006					3006	200.40
	Cheng Hsing-Chao	185	194	194	573					573	191.00
	Hung Kun-Yi	238	204	217	659					659	219.67
	Wu Hao-Ming	214	195	201	610					610	203.33
	Hsieh Chin-Liang	236	196	160	592					592	197.33
	Lin Chung-Hsien	217	185	170	572					572	190.67
10.	Venezuela	950	1006	1030	2986					2986	199.07
	Reydnier Chavez	217	202	151	570					570	190.00
	Rafael Medina	156	202	224	582					582	194.00
	Ildemaro Ruiz	181	191	237	609					609	203.00
	Arturo Hernandez	216	202	197	615					615	205.00
	Luis Olivo	180	209	221	610					610	203.33
11.	Mexico	906	1025	992	2923					2923	194.87
	Ernesto Franco	183	196	197	576					576	192.00
	Jorge Rosado	183	150	186	519					519	173.00
	Alejandro Sanchez	156	235	181	572					572	190.67
	Alejandro Cruz	189	220	229	638					638	212.67
	Marcos Baeza	195	224	199	618					618	206.00
12.	Northern Ireland	901	972	1046	2919					2919	194.60
	Billy Nimick	195	185	188	568					568	189.33
	Ryan Press	205	237	232	674					674	224.67
	Grant Dugan	161	157	203	521					521	173.67
	Alan Smith	159	186	209	554					554	184.67
	Kevin Horton	181	207	214	602					602	200.67
13.	Austria	914	959	1041	2914					2914	194.27
	Roman Fürbacher	210	200	171	581					581	193.67
	Leopold Grundschober	158	164	234	556					556	185.33
	Thomas Tybl	189	169	235	593					593	197.67
	Alexander Rauscher	165	245	192	602					602	200.67
	Thomas Gross	192	181	209	582					582	194.00
14.	Switzerland	968	979	951	2898					2898	193.20
	Philippe Huber	195	168	201	564					564	188.00
	Mathieu Berges	205	199	183	587					587	195.67
	Philippe Doppler	169	185	159	513					513	171.00
	Vasco Mendes	203	212	182	597					597	199.00
	Larry Vontobel	196	215	226	637					637	212.33
15.	Sweden	994	986	915	2895					2895	193.00
	Robert Andersson	221	218	172	611					611	203.67
	Mathias Ã…rup	211	180	200	591					591	197.00
	Dennis Eklund	192	213	170	575					575	191.67
	Martin Paulsson	186	184	171	541					541	180.33
	Martin Larsen	184	191	202	577					577	192.33
16.	Denmark	888	901	1077	2866					2866	191.07
	Frederik Øhrgaard	218	178	182	578					578	192.67
	Paul Hutchinson	172	186	225	583					583	194.33
	Thomas Larsen	155	200	236	591					591	197.00
	Mik Stampe	172	161	205	538					538	179.33
	Jesper Agerbo	171	176	229	576					576	192.00
17.	Puerto Rico	961	955	934	2850					2850	190.00
	Francisco Colon	207	207	211	625					625	208.33
	Israel Hernandez	178	184	152	514					514	171.33
	Bruno Diaz	163	203	187	553					553	184.33
	Gabriel Sanchez	219	200	216	635					635	211.67
	Luis Rodriguez	194	161	168	523					523	174.33
18.	Japan	952	905	979	2836					2836	189.07
	Toshihiko Takahashi	166	177	188	531					531	177.00
	Nobuhito Fujii	148	169	223	540					540	180.00
	Tomoyuki Sasaki	266	190	206	662					662	220.67
	Shogo Wada	184	184	159	527					527	175.67
	Masaaki Takemoto	188	185	203	576					576	192.00
19.	Catalonia	986	892	945	2823					2823	188.20
	Artur Colomer	200	165	166	531					531	177.00
	Hector Roca	184	178	215	577					577	192.33
	Raul Galvez	206	167	195	568					568	189.33
	Moises Perez	199	193	182	574					574	191.33
	Marcial Ovide	197	189	187	573					573	191.00
20.	Scotland	957	871	993	2821					2821	188.07
	Mark Kerr	213	158	202	573					573	191.00
	Michael Bruce	192	170	210	572					572	190.67
	Mark Hutton	170	173	191	534					534	178.00
	Brian Gillespie	181	182	212	575					575	191.67
	Mark McQueen	201	188	178	567					567	189.00
21.	Estonia	940	995	886	2821					2821	188.07
	Raul Beekmann	213	189	177	579					579	193.00
	Priit Alep	181	188	178	547					547	182.33
	Aivar Leinemann	224	179	158	561					561	187.00
	Taavi Allsalu	169	226	191	586					586	195.33
	Rasmus Parts	153	213	182	548					548	182.67
22.	Czech Republic	874	990	949	2813					2813	187.53
	Petr Harbacek	159	235	192	586					586	195.33
	Miroslav Cifra	190	205	172	567					567	189.00
	Jiri Hindrak	172	149	206	527					527	175.67
	Filip Kubin	170	203	196	569					569	189.67
	Jan Spacil	183	198	183	564					564	188.00
23.	Wales	980	881	933	2794					2794	186.27
	Graham Dalton	235	156	151	542					542	180.67
	Gareth Roberts	200	182	178	560					560	186.67
	James Footner	157	166	213	536					536	178.67
	Trevor Green	210	204	202	616					616	205.33
	Paul Green	178	173	189	540					540	180.00
24.	Poland	954	892	946	2792					2792	186.13
	Marek Przezpolewski	213	169	192	574					574	191.33
	Krzysztof Olesiński	176	193	191	560					560	186.67
	Mariusz Musialik	179	189	188	556					556	185.33
	Tomasz Janicki	172	170	220	562					562	187.33
	Rafał Pałka	214	171	155	540					540	180.00
25.	Luxembourg	930	960	882	2772					2772	184.80
	Jean Mercatoris	200	157	216	573					573	191.00
	David Manderscheid	152	183	190	525					525	175.00
	Othello Pescarolo	191	206	159	556					556	185.33
	Harald Scheuer	207	185	204	596					596	198.67
	Eric Rulot	180	229	113	522					522	174.00
26.	Belarus	932	861	953	2746					2746	183.07
	Pavel Sobolev	187	156	168	511					511	170.33
	Sergey Kiseliov	213	169	199	581					581	193.67
	Ilya Kandrashyn	139	155	140	434					434	144.67
	Dmitry Stepuk	183	178	199	560					560	186.67
	Dmitri Chilkine	210	203	247	660					660	220.00
27.	New Zealand	881	917	912	2710					2710	180.67
	Sonny Requerra	177	160	209	546					546	182.00
	Tim Swain	147	225	165	537					537	179.00
	Terry Mustchin	179	162	157	498					498	166.00
	Tony Lum	186	167	179	532					532	177.33
	Craig Nevatt	192	203	202	597					597	199.00
28.	Hungary	892	877	908	2677					2677	178.47
	Tamás Szabó	188	188	188	564					564	188.00
	György Bódis	171	166	211	548					548	182.67
	László Paál	161	179	184	524					524	174.67
	Csaba Rácz	196	180	181	557					557	185.67
	Gergely Kapronczay	176	164	144	484					484	161.33
29.	Slovakia	914	883	836	2633					2633	175.53
	Michal Homola	152	143	208	503					503	167.67
	Martin Slavkovsky	188	165	117	470					470	156.67
	Ladislav Frunyo	192	205	147	544					544	181.33
	Luboslav Jurinyi	215	187	177	579					579	193.00
	Rene Blazek	167	183	187	537					537	179.00