| Bowling at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games | |
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| Venue | Superbowl Center |
| Dates | 1–7 November 2009 |
Bowling at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games was held in Superbowl Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 1 November to 7 November 2009.
| Bowling at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | Superbowl Center |
| Dates | 1–7 November 2009 |
Bowling at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games was held in Superbowl Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 1 November to 7 November 2009.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 |  United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 8 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |
1 November
| Rank | Athlete | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jang Dong-chul (KOR) | 1496 |
| 2 |  Yannaphon Larpapharat (THA) | 1463 |
| 3 | Surasak Manuwong (THA) | 1397 |
| 4 | Biboy Rivera (PHI) | 1386 |
| 5 | Yoshinao Masatoki (JPN) | 1377 |
| 6 | Choi Bok-eum (KOR) | 1367 |
| 7 | Jasem Al-Saqer (KUW) | 1358 |
| 8 | Nayef Eqab (UAE) | 1346 |
| 9 | Rodson Tong (MAS) | 1309 |
| 10 | Ryan Leonard Lalisang (INA) | 1300 |
| 11 | Hussain Nasir Al-Suwaidi (UAE) | 1299 |
| 12 | Kim Tae-young (KOR) | 1294 |
| 13 | Cho Young-seon (KOR) | 1290 |
| 14 |  Mansour Al-Awami (QAT) | 1276 |
| 15 | Mubarak Al-Merikhi (QAT) | 1276 |
| 16 | Syafiq Ridhwan (MAS) | 1275 |
| 17 |  Khalid Al-Hamdan (KSA) | 1271 |
| 18 | Wu Siu Hong (HKG) | 1270 |
| 19 | Basil Low (SIN) | 1265 |
| 20 | Basel Al-Anzi (KUW) | 1263 |
| 21 | Sithiphol Kunaksorn (THA) | 1260 |
| 22 | Somjed Kusonphithak (THA) | 1260 |
| 23 | Benjamin Lim (SIN) | 1257 |
| 24 | Mark Wong (SIN) | 1256 |
| 25 | Eric Tseng (HKG) | 1254 |
| 26 | Kang Bo Long (MAS) | 1252 |
| 27 |  Choi Io Fai (MAC) | 1251 |
| 28 | Salem Al-Marzouqi (QAT) | 1250 |
| 29 | Mohammad Al-Zaidan (KUW) | 1244 |
| 30 | Chester King (PHI) | 1235 |
| 31 | Wicky Yeung (HKG) | 1226 |
| 32 | Faisal Al-Juraifani (KSA) | 1226 |
| 33 | Shogo Wada (JPN) | 1222 |
| 34 | Shaker Ali Al-Hassan (UAE) | 1212 |
| 35 | Sayed Ibrahim Al-Hashemi (UAE) | 1212 |
| 36 | Hisashi Obara (JPN) | 1197 |
| 37 | Dennis Ranova Pulunggono (INA) | 1196 |
| 38 | Raoul Miranda (PHI) | 1195 |
| 39 |  Krishna Dasari Vijay (IND) | 1177 |
| 40 | Lionel Lim (SIN) | 1172 |
| 41 |  Nguyễn Thành Phố (VIE) | 1172 |
| 42 | Jonas Baltasar (PHI) | 1170 |
| 43 | Hengki Susanto (INA) | 1165 |
| 44 | Kelvin Keong (MAS) | 1165 |
| 45 | Rajmohan Palaniappan (IND) | 1152 |
| 46 | Ngô Xuân Giang (VIE) | 1149 |
| 47 |  Said Al-Hinai (OMA) | 1138 |
| 48 | Jose Manuel Machon (MAC) | 1131 |
| 49 | Masaru Ito (JPN) | 1125 |
| 50 | Khaled Al-Debayyan (KUW) | 1125 |
| 51 | Trần Bình Minh (VIE) | 1116 |
| 52 | Leong Kin Keong (MAC) | 1111 |
| 53 | Ammar Tarrad (KSA) | 1109 |
| 54 | Khalid Al-Dosari (QAT) | 1104 |
| 55 | Man Si Kei (MAC) | 1097 |
| 56 | Rangga Dwichandra Yudhira (INA) | 1090 |
| 57 | Abhishek Maheshwari (IND) | 1075 |
| 58 | Mohamed Al-Hashemi (OMA) | 1067 |
| 59 |  Sergey Sapov (UZB) | 1067 |
| 60 | Fahad Al-Juraifani (KSA) | 1049 |
| 61 | Lê Công Hùng (VIE) | 1046 |
| 62 | Cyrus Cheung (HKG) | 1038 |
| 63 | Dilbir Singh (IND) | 1022 |
| 64 | Kudrat Khilyamov (UZB) | 1000 |
| 65 | Viktor Smirnov (UZB) | 987 |
| 66 | Bakhtiyor Dalabaev (UZB) | 983 |
| 67 | Moosa Al-Maimani (OMA) | 983 |
| 68 |  Konstantin Izhboldin (KAZ) | 977 |
| 69 | Makhmut Iskhakov (KAZ) | 969 |
| 70 | Ghalib Al-Busaidi (OMA) | 958 |
| 71 | Gennadiy Vologin (KAZ) | 943 |
| 72 |  Saeed Al-Hushail (YEM) | 910 |
| 73 | German Roshonok (KAZ) | 900 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Surasak Manuwong (THA) | 162 | ||||||||||
| Choi Bok-eum (KOR) | 238 | Choi Bok-eum (KOR) | 289 | ||||||||
| Yannaphon Larpapharat (THA) | 216 | Jasem Al-Saqer (KUW) | 226 | ||||||||
| Jasem Al-Saqer (KUW) | 218 | Choi Bok-eum (KOR) | 219 | ||||||||
| Biboy Rivera (PHI) | 205 | Nayef Eqab (UAE) | 222 | ||||||||
| Yoshinao Masatoki (JPN) | 194 | Biboy Rivera (PHI) | 194 | ||||||||
| Jang Dong-chul (KOR) | 183 | Nayef Eqab (UAE) | 219 | ||||||||
| Nayef Eqab (UAE) | 279 | ||||||||||
3 November
| Rank | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) Hussain Nasir Al-Suwaidi Nayef Eqab | 274446 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) Choi Bok-eum Kim Tae-young | 274428 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) Cho Young-seon Jang Dong-chul | 2649 |
| 4 | Hong Kong (HKG) Wu Siu Hong Eric Tseng | 2618 |
| 5 | Singapore (SIN) Mark Wong Benjamin Lim | 2598 |
| 6 | Indonesia (INA) Ryan Leonard Lalisang Hengki Susanto | 2564 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) Hisashi Obara Shogo Wada | 2532 |
| 8 | Thailand (THA) Somjed Kusonphithak Yannaphon Larpapharat | 2519 |
| 9 | Kuwait (KUW) Mohammad Al-Zaidan Khaled Al-Debayyan | 2518 |
| 9 | Qatar (QAT) Khalid Al-Dosari Salem Al-Marzouqi | 2518 |
| 11 | Philippines (PHI) Biboy Rivera Chester King | 2505 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Khalid Al-Hamdan Faisal Al-Juraifani | 2503 |
| 13 | Qatar (QAT) Mubarak Al-Merikhi Mansour Al-Awami | 2496 |
| 14 | Hong Kong (HKG) Cyrus Cheung Wicky Yeung | 2483 |
| 15 | Thailand (THA) Sithiphol Kunaksorn Surasak Manuwong | 2480 |
| 16 | Japan (JPN) Masaru Ito Yoshinao Masatoki | 2477 |
| 17 | Kuwait (KUW) Basel Al-Anzi Jasem Al-Saqer | 2476 |
| 18 | India (IND) Dilbir Singh Krishna Dasari Vijay | 2469 |
| 19 | Philippines (PHI) Raoul Miranda Jonas Baltasar | 2450 |
| 20 | Macau (MAC) Choi Io Fai Jose Manuel Machon | 2442 |
| 21 | Malaysia (MAS) Kang Bo Long Kelvin Keong | 2440 |
| 22 | Singapore (SIN) Lionel Lim Basil Low | 2429 |
| 23 | Malaysia (MAS) Syafiq Ridhwan Rodson Tong | 2416 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sayed Ibrahim Al-Hashemi Shaker Ali Al-Hassan | 2403 |
| 25 | Macau (MAC) Leong Kin Keong Man Si Kei | 2338 |
| 26 | Indonesia (INA) Dennis Ranova Pulunggono Rangga Dwichandra Yudhira | 2316 |
| 27 | Oman (OMA) Moosa Al-Maimani Mohamed Al-Hashemi | 2239 |
| 28 | Uzbekistan (UZB) Sergey Sapov Viktor Smirnov | 2232 |
| 29 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) Gennadiy Vologin German Roshonok | 2223 |
| 30 | Vietnam (VIE) Ngô Xuân Giang Nguyễn Thành Phố | 2202 |
| 31 | Uzbekistan (UZB) Bakhtiyor Dalabaev Kudrat Khilyamov | 2199 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Ammar Tarrad Fahad Al-Juraifani | 2196 |
| 32 | India (IND) Abhishek Maheshwari Rajmohan Palaniappan | 2196 |
| 34 | Vietnam (VIE) Trần Bình Minh Lê Công Hùng | 2164 |
| 35 | Oman (OMA) Said Al-Hinai Ghalib Al-Busaidi | 2093 |
| 36 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) Konstantin Izhboldin Makhmut Iskhakov | 1974 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Hussain Nasir Al-Suwaidi (UAE) Nayef Eqab (UAE) | 469 | ||||||||||
| Somjed Kusonphithak (THA) Yannaphon Larpapharat (THA) | 379 | Hussain Nasir Al-Suwaidi (UAE) Nayef Eqab (UAE) | 493 | ||||||||
| Cho Young-seon (KOR) Jang Dong-chul (KOR) | 420 | Ryan Leonard Lalisang (INA) Hengki Susanto (INA) | 411 | ||||||||
| Ryan Leonard Lalisang (INA) Hengki Susanto (INA) | 427 | Hussain Nasir Al-Suwaidi (UAE) Nayef Eqab (UAE) | 431 | ||||||||
| Choi Bok-eum (KOR) Kim Tae-young (KOR) | 432 | Choi Bok-eum (KOR) Kim Tae-young (KOR) | 430 | ||||||||
| Hisashi Obara (JPN) Shogo Wada (JPN) | 382 | Choi Bok-eum (KOR) Kim Tae-young (KOR) | 492 | ||||||||
| Wu Siu Hong (HKG) Eric Tseng (HKG) | 416 | Wu Siu Hong (HKG) Eric Tseng (HKG) | 385 | ||||||||
| Mark Wong (SIN) Benjamin Lim (SIN) | 396 | ||||||||||
5–6 November
| Rank | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 5405 |
| 2 | Kuwait (KUW) | 5219 |
| 3 | Malaysia (MAS) | 5203 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 5195 |
| 5 | Indonesia (INA) | 5143 |
| 6 | Thailand (THA) | 5137 |
| 7 | Singapore (SIN) | 5091 |
| 8 | Japan (JPN) | 5054 |
| 9 | Philippines (PHI) | 5046 |
| 10 | Qatar (QAT) | 4951 |
| 11 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 4874 |
| 12 | Macau (MAC) | 4541 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 4461 |
| 14 | Vietnam (VIE) | 4430 |
| 15 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 4425 |
| 16 | India (IND) | 4385 |
| 17 | Oman (OMA) | 4382 |
| 18 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 3816 |
7 November
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||
| Kuwait | 764 | ||||||
| Malaysia | 773 | Malaysia | 788 | ||||
| South Korea | 719 | United Arab Emirates | 829 | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | 845 | ||||||
2 November
| Rank | Athlete | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Son Yun-hee (KOR) | 130050 |
| 2 | Maki Sano (JPN) | 130018 |
| 3 | Shayna Ng (SIN) | 1231 |
| 4 | Tannya Roumimper (INA) | 1227 |
| 5 | Liza del Rosario (PHI) | 1219 |
| 6 | Fok Ka Wai (SIN) | 1210 |
| 7 | Jeon Eun-hee (KOR) | 1203 |
| 8 | Wang Ya-ting (TPE) | 1200 |
| 9 | Kazumi Satoh (JPN) | 1194 |
| 10 | Sharon Limansantoso (INA) | 1190 |
| 11 | Mades Arles (PHI) | 1186 |
| 12 | Gang Hye-eun (KOR) | 1183 |
| 13 | Natsumi Koizumi (JPN) | 1175 |
| 14 | Sharon Koh (MAS) | 1171 |
| 15 | Milki Ng (HKG) | 1160 |
| 16 | Daphne Tan (SIN) | 1159 |
| 17 | Fatin Syazliana (MAS) | 1157 |
| 18 | Choi Kit Fan (MAC) | 1156 |
| 19 | Vanessa Fung (HKG) | 1148 |
| 20 | Nguyễn Thị Huyền Thảo (VIE) | 1140 |
| 21 | Tippayasukol Kunaksorn (THA) | 1139 |
| 22 | Huỳnh Ngọc Diễm Thùy (VIE) | 1138 |
| 23 | Gina Lim (SIN) | 1137 |
| 24 | Tsai Hsin-yi (TPE) | 1135 |
| 25 | Pan Yu-fen (TPE) | 1134 |
| 26 | Yang Hao-ting (TPE) | 1134 |
| 27 | Benchawan Poungthong (THA) | 1134 |
| 28 | Kimberly Lao (PHI) | 1131 |
| 29 | Novie Phang (INA) | 1129 |
| 30 | Apinyata Jonbumrung (THA) | 1129 |
| 31 | Putty Armein (INA) | 1128 |
| 32 | Jane Sin (MAS) | 1128 |
| 33 | Chan Shuk Han (HKG) | 1121 |
| 34 | Hwang Sun-ok (KOR) | 1108 |
| 35 | Tengku Emanina Laily (MAS) | 1100 |
| 36 | Yanee Saebe (THA) | 1100 |
| 37 | Katherine Lau (HKG) | 1078 |
| 38 | Yuen Nga Lai (MAC) | 1070 |
| 39 | Krizziah Tabora (PHI) | 1064 |
| 40 | Trần Ngân Ngọc (VIE) | 1059 |
| 41 | Rina Asada (JPN) | 1041 |
| 42 | Ku Sok Va (MAC) | 1038 |
| 43 | Yelena Grishinenko (KAZ) | 1028 |
| 44 | Yelena Zemtsova (KAZ) | 1008 |
| 45 | Un Im Cheng (MAC) | 1002 |
| 46 | Hanadi Al-Mezaiel (KUW) | 996 |
| 47 | Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hương (VIE) | 960 |
| 48 | Yelena Izhboldina (KAZ) | 951 |
| 49 | Zhanar Uzakbayeva (KAZ) | 767 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Son Yun-hee (KOR) | 236 | ||||||||||
| Wang Ya-ting (TPE) | 187 | Son Yun-hee (KOR) | 206 | ||||||||
| Tannya Roumimper (INA) | 195 | Tannya Roumimper (INA) | 192 | ||||||||
| Liza del Rosario (PHI) | 179 | Son Yun-hee (KOR) | 193 | ||||||||
| Maki Sano (JPN) | 179 | Maki Sano (JPN) | 158 | ||||||||
| Jeon Eun-hee (KOR) | 172 | Maki Sano (JPN) | 211 | ||||||||
| Shayna Ng (SIN) | 202 | Shayna Ng (SIN) | 172 | ||||||||
| Fok Ka Wai (SIN) | 143 | ||||||||||
4 November
| Rank | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) Jeon Eun-hee Son Yun-hee | 2589 |
| 2 | Indonesia (INA) Tannya Roumimper Putty Armein | 2515 |
| 3 | Singapore (SIN) Daphne Tan Gina Lim | 2498 |
| 4 | Indonesia (INA) Sharon Limansantoso Novie Phang | 2414 |
| 5 | Malaysia (MAS) Jane Sin Fatin Syazliana | 2412 |
| 6 | Malaysia (MAS) Sharon Koh Tengku Emanina Laily | 2397 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Wang Ya-ting Pan Yu-fen | 2389 |
| 8 | Japan (JPN) Natsumi Koizumi Rina Asada | 2365 |
| 9 | South Korea (KOR) Hwang Sun-ok Gang Hye-eun | 2359 |
| 10 | Philippines (PHI) Liza del Rosario Mades Arles | 2330 |
| 11 | Vietnam (VIE) Nguyễn Thị Huyền Thảo Huỳnh Ngọc Diễm Thùy | 2327 |
| 12 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Yang Hao-ting Tsai Hsin-yi | 2318 |
| 13 | Japan (JPN) Maki Sano Kazumi Satoh | 2295 |
| 14 | Macau (MAC) Un Im Cheng Ku Sok Va | 2277 |
| 15 | Singapore (SIN) Shayna Ng Fok Ka Wai | 2267 |
| 16 | Philippines (PHI) Krizziah Tabora Kimberly Lao | 2262 |
| 17 | Hong Kong (HKG) Chan Shuk Han Katherine Lau | 2262 |
| 18 | Thailand (THA) Yanee Saebe Benchawan Poungthong | 2225 |
| 19 | Hong Kong (HKG) Vanessa Fung Milki Ng | 2205 |
| 20 | Thailand (THA) Tippayasukol Kunaksorn Apinyata Jonbumrung | 2168 |
| 21 | Vietnam (VIE) Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hương Trần Ngân Ngọc | 2156 |
| 22 | Macau (MAC) Choi Kit Fan Yuen Nga Lai | 2127 |
| 23 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) Yelena Grishinenko Yelena Izhboldina | 2033 |
| 24 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) Yelena Zemtsova Zhanar Uzakbayeva | 1901 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Jeon Eun-hee (KOR) Son Yun-hee (KOR) | 462 | ||||||||||
| Natsumi Koizumi (JPN) Rina Asada (JPN) | 351 | Jeon Eun-hee (KOR) Son Yun-hee (KOR) | 452 | ||||||||
| Tannya Roumimper (INA) Putty Armein (INA) | 310 | Wang Ya-ting (TPE) Pan Yu-fen (TPE) | 364 | ||||||||
| Wang Ya-ting (TPE) Pan Yu-fen (TPE) | 343 | Jeon Eun-hee (KOR) Son Yun-hee (KOR) | 432 | ||||||||
| Sharon Limansantoso (INA) Novie Phang (INA) | 409 | Jane Sin (MAS) Fatin Syazliana (MAS) | 393 | ||||||||
| Jane Sin (MAS) Fatin Syazliana (MAS) | 475 | Jane Sin (MAS) Fatin Syazliana (MAS) | 407 | ||||||||
| Daphne Tan (SIN) Gina Lim (SIN) | 436 | Sharon Koh (MAS) Tengku Emanina Laily (MAS) | 365 | ||||||||
| Sharon Koh (MAS) Tengku Emanina Laily (MAS) | 475 | ||||||||||
5–6 November
| Rank | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 5185 |
| 2 | Malaysia (MAS) | 4814 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 4783 |
| 4 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 4743 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 4713 |
| 6 | Indonesia (INA) | 4711 |
| 7 | Philippines (PHI) | 4669 |
| 8 | Singapore (SIN) | 4589 |
| 9 | Thailand (THA) | 4485 |
| 10 | Vietnam (VIE) | 4402 |
| 11 | Macau (MAC) | 4016 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 3723 |
7 November
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||
| South Korea | 807 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 706 | South Korea | 895 | ||||
| Malaysia | 770 | Japan | 696 | ||||
| Japan | 867 | ||||||
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