3 out of 3 Korean men and 2/4 women advanced to the semifinals in the girls and boys Masters finals at the 11th World Youth Championships. By accomplishing the feat Korea will medal in each of the 10 disciplines at Tali Bowl in Helsinki´, Finland.

In the boys semis, No. 2 seed Park Jong-Woo meets No. 13 Kim Ju-Young and No. 8 Shin Seung-Hyeon takes on No. 5 Daniels Vezis, Latvia.

All Events silver medalist Park swept his opponent in the Round of 16, No. 15 Dwayne van Zandwijk, and in the Quarterfinal, Phil Hulst, both Netherlands, three-games-to-none in the best-of-five games match play format.

Kim had the tougher route to the semis, defeating No. 4 Mats Maggi, Belgium, 3-1, and All Events champion and top seed, Andrew Koff, United States, in the decider, 3-2.

Shin went the distance against No. 9 Steven Miller, England, winning the deciding fifth game, 235-190. He went on to defeat Finland's Samu Valaranta, 3-1, including games of 235, 237 and 256.

Vezis eliminated No 12 Kevin Belandria, Venezuela, in the first round, 3-1, after being down 0-1, and accomplished the same feat against '6 Kert Truus, Estonia.

On the girls side, All Events champ and No. 1 seed Kim Moon-Jeong bowls No. 13 Laura Fonnegra, Colombia, while Singles champ, Kim Yeon-Ju, seeded 7th, squares off with No. 12 Carmen Haandrikman, Netherlands.

Moon-Jeong eliminated the two U.S. girls in the field of 16 on her way to semifinals. In the opening round the Korean came back from a 2-1 deficit to beat No. 16 Christine Bator, 3-2. Moon-Jeong also lost the first game against No. 15 Jennifer Boisselle, but rebounded with three consecutive wins to advance.

Fonnegra swept No. 4 Jazreel Tan, Singapore, in the Round of 16 and went on to defeat No. 9 Joline Persson Planefors, Sweden, 3-2, after being down 2-1 after three games.

In an all-Korean affair, Yeon-Ju topped #10 Shin Bo-Hyun, 3-2, and came back from being down 2-0 against No. 14 Gabriela Hernandez, Mexico, to win the match, 3-2, behind games of 238, 224 and 242

Haandrikman topped No. 5 Shayna Ng, Singapore, 3-1 and then No. 11 Tannya Roumimper, Indonesia, in a nerve-wrecking tie-breaker, 214-205 for a 3-2 victory.

 

Girls Masters - Semifinal Match-ups

Single-elimination, best-of-five games. Winners advance, losers eliminated, share the bronze medal.

Seed	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	W-L
#1	Kim Moon-Jeong	Korea						0
#13	Laura Fonnegra	Colombia						0
#7	Kim Yeon-Ju	Korea						0
#12	Carmen Haandrikman	Netherlands						0

 

Boys Masters - Semifinal Match-ups

Single-elimination, best-of-five games. Winners advance, losers eliminated, share the bronze medal.

Seed	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	W-L
#2	Park Jong-Woo	Korea						0
#13	Kim Ju-Young	Korea						0
#5	Daniels Vezis	Latvia						0
#8	Shin Seung-Hyeon	Korea						0

 

Girls Masters - Quarterfinal

Single-elimination, best-of-five games. Winners advance, losers eliminated.

Seed	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	W-L
#1	Kim Moon-Jeong	Korea	224	176	234	243		3
#15	Jennifer Boisselle	United States	242	141	225	192		1
#7	Kim Yeon-Ju	Korea	186	194	238	224	242	3
#14	Gabriela Hernandez	Mexico	207	219	227	189	154	2
#9	Joline Persson Planefors	Sweden	212	200	245	164	195	2
#13	Laura Fonnegra	Colombia	213	196	213	189	213	3
#11	Tannya Roumimper	Indonesia	157	221	202	231	205	2
#12	Carmen Haandrikman	Netherlands	169	221	210	178	214	3

 

Boys Masters - Quarterfinal

Single-elimination, best-of-five games. Winners advance, losers eliminated.

Seed	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	W-L
#1	Andrew Koff	United States	226	224	233	219	196	2
#13	Kim Ju-Young	Korea	193	228	224	219	221	3
#2	Park Jong-Woo	Korea	235	226	198			3
#10	Phil Hulst	Netherlands	168	205	191			0
#3	Samu Valaranta	Finland	170	210	189	246		1
#8	Shin Seung-Hyeon	Korea	237	162	235	256		3
#5	Daniels Vezis	Latvia	183	237	213	201		3
#6	Kert Truus	Estonia	204	208	190	137		1

 

Girls Masters - Round of 16

Single-elimination, best-of-five games. Winners advance, losers eliminated.

Seed	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	W-L
#1	Kim Moon-Jeong	Korea	188	195	215	191	217	3
#16	Christine Bator	United States	163	234	222	188	192	2
#2	Hayley White	England	196	200	190	214	199	2
#15	Jennifer Boisselle	United States	222	201	186	178	225	3
#3	Diana Zavjalova	Latvia	156	172	156			0
#14	Gabriela Hernandez	Mexico	223	212	246			3
#4	Jazreel Tan	Singapore	138	169	201			0
#13	Laura Fonnegra	Colombia	188	192	255			3
#5	Shayna Ng	Singapore	277	187	190	163		1
#12	Carmen Haandrikman	Netherlands	191	213	228	238		3
#6	Sin Li Jane	Malaysia	200	215	202	247	213	2
#11	Tannya Roumimper	Indonesia	211	202	233	210	225	3
#7	Kim Yeon-Ju	Korea	252	187	232	212	231	3
#10	Shin Bo-Hyun	Korea	225	193	258	192	201	2
#8	Baek Seung-Ja	Korea	229	194	212			0
#9	Joline Persson Planefors	Sweden	235	205	223			3

 

Boys Masters - Round of 16

Single-elimination, best-of-five games. Winners advance, losers eliminated.

Seed	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	W-L
#1	Andrew Koff	United States	182	203	213	227		3
#16	Richard Teece	England	210	186	200	158		1
#2	Park Jong-Woo	Korea	213	223	279			3
#15	Dwayne van Zandwijk	Netherlands	179	185	215			0
#3	Samu Valaranta	Finland	238	190	289	203		3
#14	Jacob Peters	United States	189	231	201	177		1
#4	Mats Maggi	Belgium	187	181	213	191		1
#13	Kim Ju-Young	Korea	279	216	209	223		3
#5	Daniels Vezis	Latvia	165	213	215	197		3
#12	Kevin Belandria	Venezuela	200	199	130	180		1
#6	Kert Truus	Estonia	201	136	223	211		3
#11	Ãœlari Lees	Estonia	193	215	203	211		1
#7	Sam Cooley	Australia	177	192	177	247	138	2
#10	Phil Hulst	Netherlands	137	234	211	188	148	3
#8	Shin Seung-Hyeon	Korea	214	197	199	203	235	3
#9	Steven Miller	England	192	150	231	211	190	2

 

The top 16 boys and the top 16 girls from the All Events standings (combined results of Singles, Doubles and Team) led by All Events champions Kim Moon-Jeong (pictured left), Korea, and Andrew Koff (right), United States, advanced to best-of-five games Masters match play which will conclude the 11th World Youth Championships on Saturday and Sunday.

Korea, which is the sole of the 46 participating countries that has medaled in all eight disciplines (Singles, Doubles, Team and All Events) thus far, has seven of its eight players, 4 girls and three boys, in the Masters finals.

The 2010 World Youth Champions are:
Girls Singles - Kim Yeon-Ju, Korea
Boys Singles - Adam Cairns, England
Girls Doubles - Colombia (Laura Fonnegra & Maria Jose Rodriguez)
Boys Doubles - United States (Craig Hanson & Andrew Koff)
Girls All Events - Kim Moon-Jeong, Korea
Boys All Events - Andrew Koff, United States
Girls Team: Korea (Park Jong-Woo, Kim Ju-Young, Shin Seung-Hyeon, Hong Hae-Sol)
Boys Team: Korea (Park Jong-Woo, Kim Ju-Young, Shin Seung-Hyeon, Hong Hae-Sol)

Match-ups for the Girls Masters Round of 16 (1 p.m CET)
#1 Kim Moon-Jeong, Korea vs. #16 Christine Bator, United States
#2 Hayley White, England vs. #15 Jennifer Boisselle, United States
#3 Diana Zavjalova, Latvia vs. #14 Gabriela Hernandez, Mexico
#4 Jazreel Tan, Singapore vs. #13 Laura Fonnegra, Colombia
#5 Shayna Ng, Singapore vs. #12 Carmen Haandrikman, Netherlands
#6 Sin Li Jane, Malaysia vs. #11 Tannya Roumimper, Indonesia
#7 Kim Yeon-Ju, Korea vs. #10 Shin Bo-Hyun, Korea
#8 Baek Seung-Ja, Korea vs. #9 Joline Persson Planefors, Sweden

Match-ups for the Boys Masters Round of 16 (1 p.m CET)
#1 Andrew Koff, United States vs. #16 Richard Teece, England
#2 Park Jong-Woo, Korea vs. #15 Dwayne van Zandwijk, Netherlands
#3 Samu Valaranta, Finland vs. #14 Jacob Peters, United States
#4 Mats Maggi, Belgium vs. #13 Kim Ju-Young, Korea
#5 Daniels Vezis, Latvia vs. #12 Kevin Belandria, Venezuela
#6 Kert Truus, Estonia vs. #11 Ãœlari Lees, Estonia
#7 Sam Cooley, Australia vs. #10 Phil Hulst, Netherlands
#8 Shin Seung-Hyeon, Korea vs. #9 Steven Miller, England

The United States Bowling Congress is working in cooperation with the Finnish Bowling Federation to provide live video streaming of the Masters macth play.

World Youth Championships - Live Streaming Schedule for Saturday and Sunday:
Saturday, July 31: Boys and Girls Masters, 1:00 p.m. CET or 7 a.m. EDT
Sunday, Aug. 1: Boys and Girls Masters, 8 a.m. CET or 2 a.m. EDT.