The field will consist of 144 players that will include 20 PBA professionals (including the top 16 on the PBA Tour points list from 2007-08), 90 JPBA players and 34 amateurs. The JPBA entrants will include 49 seeded players and the rest will be determined through a pre-tournament qualifier. The amateur field will include nine seeded players and the rest determined through a qualifier in Japan on April 4.
In September 2007, Mika Koivuniemi of Hartland, MI, won the most recent Dydo Japan Cup for his eighth PBA Tour title and a tournament championship in 11 different countries. Koivuniemi, a native of Finland, defeated Mike Wolfe of New Albany, IN, 200-178, in the title match.
The 2007 event had an international flavor as five Japanese bowlers, one Korean, one American and one Finnish bowler made up the final eight. This year the home crowd will hope to see a Japanese bowler win the Dydo Japan Cup for the first time since 1988.
The field will bowl 12 games of qualifying on April 24 with the top 64 bowlers advancing to match play. The Rounds of 48, 32 and 16 feature best-of-five-games match play – all taking place April 25 – with the final eight advancing to the final round on April 26.
Sunday’s competition begins with four single-game Round of 8 matches, followed by two semifinal matches and the championship match, with the winner taking home $50,000.
The 20 PBA representatives competing in the Dydo Japan Cup are as follows:
Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, FL
Chris Barnes, Double Oak, TX
Wes Malott, Pflugerville, TX
Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, MI
Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, TX
Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, FL
Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, SC
Chris Loschetter, Avon, OH
Rhino Page, Topeka, KS
Sean Rash, Wichita, KS
Pete Weber, St. Ann, MO
Parker Bohn III, Jackson, NJ
Brad Angelo, Lockport, NY
Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, NY
Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, MD
Norm Duke, Clermont, FL
Eugene McCune, Munster, IN
Bill O’Neill, Levittown, PA
Steve Jaros, Yorkville, IL
Mike Wolfe, New Albany, IN
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