In preparation for the 2010 Men's World Championship three countries - Austria, England and Switzerland - as well as the host country of Germany sent their national squads to 52-lane Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany for the Nations Cup 2010 April 9-11.

The 3-day competition will featured 24 games per player in Singles (8 games, 4 on long, 4 on short oil), Doubles (6 games, 3 on short, 3 on long oil), five-player Team (4 games on dual lane condition) and Singles (6 games on dual lane condition).

The Team All Events total will decide the winner of the Nations Cup and there will be extra awards for the top three in Individual All Events.

Marco Baade (pictured left), Germany, led the 8-game Singles contest on Friday with 1755 - 887 on long and 868 on short oil - or an average of 219.83. His compatriot Bodo Konieczny was 20 pins behind in second place with 1735 followed by 4-time European ranking champion Paul Moor, England, in third with 1720.

Moor started the Doubles competition with a bang when came out of the gates by rolling the first 300 game of Nations Cup.

Moor (pictured right) and his partner Matt Miller finished the vent in second place with 2624 (218.67 avg.) only trailing to winners Jens Nickel and Bodo Konieczny (pictured left, l-r), who led the field with 2698 (224.83).

Long-time German national team member Nickel led the duo with 1405 including a 776 series on the long pattern and Konieczny contributed 1293. Pascal Winternheimer and Michael Holzapfel, Germany, finished third with 2596.

Competition continues on Saturday with the Team event and concludes on Sunday with the final six games in Singles.

The 2010 Men's World Championship will be held from Aug. 11-22, 2010 at 52-lane Dream-Bowl Palace, the biggest bowling center in Europe, located in Unterföhring, which is a suburb of the city of Munich. For more information on the 2010 Men's World Championship click here.

 

Singles - first block on long oil, second block on short oil

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G1-4	G5	G6	G7	G8	G5-8	Total	Avg.
1.	Marco Baade	Germany 1	224	203	257	203	887	221	220	213	214	868	1755	219.38
2.	Bodo Konieczny	Germany 2	236	201	169	223	829	215	279	205	207	906	1735	216.88
3.	Paul Moor	England	186	223	217	191	817	201	259	227	216	903	1720	215.00
4.	Kai Günther	Germany 2	215	243	212	245	915	227	223	161	173	784	1699	212.38
5.	Achim Grabowski	Germany 1	192	153	234	195	774	208	205	258	244	915	1689	211.13
6.	Stuart Williams	England	223	191	246	177	837	200	213	279	159	851	1688	211.00
7.	Jens Nickel	Germany 2	216	188	152	209	765	189	244	268	212	913	1678	209.75
8.	Thomas Gross	Austria	203	179	161	239	782	237	223	216	213	889	1671	208.88
9.	Mike Quarry	England	247	154	196	219	816	188	212	246	200	846	1662	207.75
10.	Tobias Gäbler	Germany 1	169	202	180	170	721	257	214	225	225	921	1642	205.25
11.	Michael Holzapfel	Germany 2	191	177	196	169	733	258	228	199	220	905	1638	204.75
12.	John Wells	England	188	225	205	150	768	209	192	244	204	849	1617	202.13
13.	Pascal Winternheimer	Germany 2	190	222	227	194	833	204	205	168	189	766	1599	199.88
(tie)	Matt Miller	England	196	143	226	167	732	194	224	221	228	867	1599	199.88
15.	Dirk Völkel	Germany 1	200	184	200	181	765	177	182	235	224	818	1583	197.88
16.	Raymond Teece	England	201	176	236	154	767	215	194	199	203	811	1578	197.25
17.	Philippe Huber	Switzerland	173	155	246	180	754	221	200	219	179	819	1573	196.63
18.	Timo Schröder	Germany Buster	143	184	183	185	695	233	174	247	209	863	1558	194.75
19.	Michael Krämer	Germany 1	182	203	214	212	811	190	196	184	176	746	1557	194.63
20.	Leopold Grundschober	Austria	182	181	149	165	677	227	227	200	223	877	1554	194.25
21.	Roman Fürbacher	Austria	155	147	230	233	765	246	160	178	181	765	1530	191.25
22.	David Canady	Germany 1	212	208	186	201	807	193	214	183	123	713	1520	190.00
23.	Cedric Regenass	Switzerland	150	208	199	213	770	182	174	198	184	738	1508	188.50
24.	Thomas Tybl	Austria	153	164	187	204	708	186	222	221	170	799	1507	188.38
25.	Manfred Panzenböck	Austria	179	178	192	192	741	193	164	178	227	762	1503	187.88
26.	Michael Rauscher	Buster	165	181	200	200	746	173	222	178	179	752	1498	187.25
27.	Mathieu Berges	Switzerland	165	201	189	150	705	191	174	178	243	786	1491	186.38
(tie)	Larry Vontobel	Switzerland	176	185	181	186	728	136	166	246	215	763	1491	186.38
29.	Patrick Schlosser	Austria	152	216	178	201	747	212	226	145	124	707	1454	181.75
30.	Vasco Mendes	Switzerland	146	158	183	186	673	188	166	179	229	762	1435	179.38
31.	Stefan Bloch	Switzerland	157	134	152	167	610	137	110	218	192	657	1267	158.38

 

Doubles - first block on short oil, second block on long oil

Pos	Country/Player	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Avg.
1.	Germany 2	457	475	516	1448	489	403	358	1250	2698	224.83
	Jens Nickel	261	257	258	776	254	190	185	629	1405	234.17
	Bodo Konieczny	196	218	258	672	235	213	173	621	1293	215.50
2.	England	545	352	458	1355	491	354	424	1269	2624	218.67
	Matt Miller	245	171	268	684	279	154	219	652	1336	222.67
	Paul Moor	300	181	190	671	212	200	205	617	1288	214.67
3.	Germany 2	472	451	474	1397	376	434	389	1199	2596	216.33
	Pascal Winternheimer	258	228	258	744	194	231	201	626	1370	228.33
	Michael Holzapfel	214	223	216	653	182	203	188	573	1226	204.33
4.	Germany Buster	472	467	456	1395	382	398	318	1098	2493	207.75
	Timo Schröder	259	241	199	699	165	192	158	515	1214	202.33
	Kai Günther	213	226	257	696	217	206	160	583	1279	213.17
5.	Germany 1	447	430	417	1294	328	436	429	1193	2487	207.25
	Achim Grabowski	245	258	216	719	141	200	237	578	1297	216.17
	Marco Baade	202	172	201	575	187	236	192	615	1190	198.33
6.	Germany 1	369	398	397	1164	427	393	361	1181	2345	195.42
	Tobias Gäbler	203	171	221	595	172	188	177	537	1132	188.67
	Michaela Göbel-Janka	166	227	176	569	255	205	184	644	1213	202.17
7.	England	447	429	382	1258	357	356	365	1078	2336	194.67
	Raymond Teece	204	223	182	609	186	177	181	544	1153	192.17
	Mike Quarry	243	206	200	649	171	179	184	534	1183	197.17
8.	Switzerland	366	386	429	1181	358	381	382	1121	2302	191.83
	Philippe Huber	151	187	205	543	166	167	182	515	1058	176.33
	Mathieu Berges	215	199	224	638	192	214	200	606	1244	207.33
9.	England	398	408	362	1168	389	360	358	1107	2275	189.58
	John Wells	173	248	189	610	208	164	165	537	1147	191.17
	Stuart Williams	225	160	173	558	181	196	193	570	1128	188.00
10.	Austria	417	448	373	1238	352	344	336	1032	2270	189.17
	Thomas Gross	223	288	181	692	149	154	157	460	1152	192.00
	Thomas Tybl	194	160	192	546	203	190	179	572	1118	186.33
11.	Austria	360	412	393	1165	315	390	389	1094	2259	188.25
	Roman Fürbacher	183	246	181	610	149	201	243	593	1203	200.50
	Michael Rauscher	177	166	212	555	166	189	146	501	1056	176.00
12.	Germany 1	399	391	389	1179	314	385	379	1078	2257	188.08
	Dirk Völkel	190	214	197	601	137	203	188	528	1129	188.17
	David Canady	209	177	192	578	177	182	191	550	1128	188.00
13.	Switzerland	367	412	417	1196	368	343	315	1026	2222	185.17
	Cedric Regenass	205	227	160	592	156	170	135	461	1053	175.50
	Larry Vontobel	162	185	257	604	212	173	180	565	1169	194.83
14.	Austria	376	342	399	1117	321	346	392	1059	2176	181.33
	Leopold Grundschober	208	144	207	559	160	179	186	525	1084	180.67
	Patrick Schlosser	168	198	192	558	161	167	206	534	1092	182.00
15.	Switzerland	278	356	414	1048	409	318	309	1036	2084	173.67
	Stefan Bloch	114	159	246	519	174	134	155	463	982	163.67
	Vasco Mendes	164	197	168	529	235	184	154	573	1102	183.67