Hoffman loses the first game and can't string the strikes until the 9th and 10th frames in his second game leaving the men's finals spot to van den Bosch. Luoto with splits in his 1st and 3rd frame fails to take then last game win.... so it's Netherlands vs. Philippines in the finals.
Suarez of the Philippines won the first game of finals by only 3 pins over van den Bosch of the Netherlands, but in the second came it was a decisive win for him for the World Cup Championship.
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Semi Finals |
| Pos | Round 2 | G1 | G2 | G3 |
| Match 2 | ||||
| 1 | Bill Hoffman USA |
193 | 218 | |
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| 4 | Marcel van den Bosch Netherlands |
244 | 224 | |
| Round 2 | ||||
| Match 1 | ||||
| 3 | Mika Luoto Finland |
264 | 214 | 178 |
| vs. | ||||
| 7 | CJ Suarez Philippines |
189 | 265 | 182 |
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FINALS |
| Pos | Round 3 | G2 | G2 | G3 | |
| Final Match | |||||
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4 | Marcel van den Bosch Netherlands |
202 | 209 | |
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7 | CJ Suarez Philippines |
205 | 232 | World Cup Champion |
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Top Men, AMF World Cup 2003, Honduras Marcel van den Bosch-Netherlands, CJ Suarez-Philippines, Bill Hoffman-USA and Mika Luoto-Finland pictured between John Walker, COO of AMFBowling Products and José Gerardo Rischmagüi, President Honduran Organizing Committee. |
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Date: Saturday, 4 October 2003 |
Event: Men's Semi finals and FINALS | ||
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39th AMF World Cup, September 27-October 4, |
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