Bowlers Journal International - Serving Bowling for Over 85 Years

Osku Palermaa of Helsinki, Finland is certainly thriving on the lane condition at the Mampote Bowling Center in Caracas, now 428 pins ahead of defending champion Michael Schmidt. His final eight game block on Wednesday evening was an amazing 2057 and he has now upped his average to 252.38, another 2.38 from his standing after 16 games.

Good news for the host nation as Venezuela's Reydnier Chavez slotted into 24th place, which will keep the local media focused on the tournament.

MEN'S STANDINGS AFTER THE 24 QUALIFYING GAMES
Top 24 advance to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Name	Country	High	Total	AVG	Cut	#Games
1	Osku Palermaa	Finland	300	6057	252.38	952	24
2	Michael Schmidt	Canada	279	5629	234.54	524	24
3	Petter Hansen	Norway	279	5624	234.33	519	24
4	Dominic Barrett	England	268	5491	228.79	386	24
5	Alan Gibbons	Ireland	279	5467	227.79	362	24
6	Guy Caminsky	South Africa	259	5439	226.63	334	24
7	Mohammed Al Qubaisi	UAE	268	5426	226.08	321	24
8	Achim Grabowski	Germany	279	5418	225.75	313	24
9	Seoung Joon Baek	Korea	276	5402	225.08	297	24
10	Jason Walsh	Australia	269	5357	223.21	252	24
11	Lucas Legnani	Argentina	279	5331	222.13	226	24
12	Markwin Tee	Philippines	279	5291	220.46	186	24
13	William Nimick	Northern Ireland	267	5290	220.42	185	24
14	Thierry Sacco	France	285	5274	219.75	169	24
15	Ryan Leonard Lalisang	Indonesia	268	5272	219.67	167	24
16	Philippe Huber	Switzerland	297	5233	218.04	128	24
17	Or Aviram	Israel	257	5226	217.75	121	24
18	Adrian Ang	Malaysia	270	5206	216.92	101	24
19	Peter Ljung	Sweden	280	5204	216.83	99	24
20	Wim van der Veen	Netherlands	257	5180	215.83	75	24
21	Saeed Al Hajri	Qatar	278	5162	215.08	57	24
22	Edgardo Ruiz	Puerto Rico	289	5158	214.92	53	24
23	Caio Pizzoli	Brazil	279	5146	214.42	41	24
24	Reydnier Chavez	Venezuela	289	5105	212.71	0	24
25	Oleksandr Kalika	Ukraine	268	5101	212.54	-4	24
26	Jason Waters	New Zealand	255	5095	212.29	-10	24
27	Dan Patterson	USA	266	5091	212.13	-14	24
28	Marco Odio	Costa Rica	257	5067	211.13	-38	24
29	Daniel Velasco	Mexico	277	5043	210.13	-62	24
30	Stelios Mourjakis	Greece	279	5031	209.63	-74	24
31	Osama Khalfan	Bahrain	279	5009	208.71	-96	24
32	Sren Trabjerg Hansen	Denmark	258	4999	208.29	-106	24
33	Stuart Chamberlain	Wales	257	4992	208.00	-113	24
34	Sai Tung Seto	Hong Kong	258	4984	207.67	-121	24
35	Fadhel Al Mousawi	Kuwait	264	4968	207.00	-137	24
36	Miguel Aguilar	Guatemala	258	4961	206.71	-144	24
37	Sven van Eyken	Belgium	257	4958	206.58	-147	24
38	Karel Kutina	Czech Republic	269	4956	206.50	-149	24
39	Vittorio Vaglia	Italy	278	4954	206.42	-151	24
40	Samuel Castillo	Spain	255	4933	205.54	-172	24
41	Steinthor Geirdal Johannsson	Iceland	258	4932	205.50	-173	24
42	Michal Rybicki	Poland	279	4929	205.38	-176	24
43	Jaime Enrique Monroy Perdomo	Colombia	237	4914	204.75	-191	24
44	Aivar Leinemann	Estonia	278	4897	204.04	-208	24
45	Christophe Guimares	Portugal	247	4888	203.67	-217	24
46	Io Fai Choi	Macao	258	4874	203.08	-231	24
47	Dmitry Stepuk	Belarus	255	4835	201.46	-270	24
48	Annop Arromsaranon	Thailand	258	4822	200.92	-283	24
49	Toshiyuki Teshima	Japan	236	4813	200.54	-292	24
50	Ross Murray	Scotland	258	4807	200.29	-298	24
51	Miguel Pastor	Panama	255	4784	199.33	-321	24
52	Nikolay Babyuk	Moldova	254	4780	199.17	-325	24
53	Hilton Nez.	Dominican Republic	242	4762	198.42	-343	24
54	Peter Gangl	Austria	234	4761	198.38	-344	24
55	Barlas Kontas	Turkey	267	4757	198.21	-348	24
56	Frederic Barre	Reunion	236	4737	197.38	-368	24
57	Mohammad Al-Masri	Jordan	238	4725	196.88	-380	24
58	Igor Zavialov	Russia	232	4694	195.58	-411	24
59	Nick Cayzer	Isle of Man	234	4670	194.58	-435	24
60	Julio Acosta Baires (Sr.)	El Salvador	224	4649	193.71	-456	24
61	Mike High	Jersey	246	4647	193.63	-458	24
62	Zoltan Hevele	Hungary	267	4604	191.83	-501	24
63	Derek Chan	Singapore	248	4593	191.38	-512	24
64	Makhmut Lazaridi	Kazakhstan	248	4560	190.00	-545	24
65	Graham Coles	Gibraltar	238	4543	189.29	-562	24
66	Mrcio Jesus	Azores	252	4500	187.50	-605	24
67	Maurice Talane	French Guiana	223	4477	186.54	-628	24
68	Roman Kok	Slovakia	265	4471	186.29	-634	24
69	Evans Ruiz	Aruba	256	4463	185.96	-642	24
70	Yavor Milanov	Bulgaria	268	4437	184.88	-668	24
71	Patrick Mehdi Leroy	Morocco	221	4401	183.38	-704	24
72	Krunoslav Struml	Croatia	214	4315	179.79	-790	24
73	Srinath Pobbathi	India	215	4311	179.63	-794	24
74	Bashar Kalaji	Syria	224	4303	179.29	-802	24
75	Marin Tranier	New Caledonia	245	4285	178.54	-820	24
76	Ziga Kalan	Slovenia	225	4282	178.42	-823	24
77	Christian Abimael Brizzio	Honduras	243	4280	178.33	-825	24
78	Carlos Rodriguez	Curacao	233	4271	177.96	-834	24
79	Marius Piticariu	Romania	247	4268	177.83	-837	24
80	Luis Llerena	Peru	209	4217	175.71	-888	24
81	Shant Panos Tomassian	Iraq	225	4208	175.33	-897	24
82	Julio Sosa	Uruguay	224	4198	174.92	-907	24
83	Dereje Bogale	Ethiopia	223	4188	174.50	-917	24
84	Khondamir Shaabdurakhmanov	Uzbekistan	209	4162	173.42	-943	24
85	Normunds Sams	Latvia	215	4157	173.21	-948	24
86	David Baker	Guernsey	208	4112	171.33	-993	24
87	Mohamed Ali Chammam	Tunisia	216	4069	169.54	-1036	24
88	Jose E. Titusunta	Ecuador	203	4058	169.08	-1047	24

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