JEJU - The men's PBA finals in Korea go to the round with the best 16 players. They will play for the top prizes in the PBA World championship starting on Thursday. Sixteen players emerged from the opening round with 32 of whom the best two qualified. Korean Sang-pil Eom was the number 1 for the list with 6 match points in his group, 1.882, run 11 ahead of Eddy Leppens with 6, 1.880 and 13), Phuong Linh Nguyen (6-1.710-9), Hyun-min Seo (6-1.640-8). Among the best players with four match points were David Martinez (1.817) and Jae-ho Cho (1,750).
The number 1 on the season rankings, Spaniard Javier Palazón, could not qualify. He finished third in his group following Vietnamese Nguyen and Korean Hwang. Also eliminated among best known players are Sung Won Choi, Murat Naci Coklu, Birol Uymaz, Nguyen Quoc Nguyen.
The top 32 ladies will play their third and final match tomorrow, Wednesday.
The matches among the best 16 are:
Sayginer-Seo
Lee-Park
Martinez-Ma
Zapata-Nguyen
Cho-BH Kim
Kang-Cenet
Eom-Montes
Leppens-Hwang
The rankings for the 32 finalists in groups of four in the men's (best 2 to the last 16):
Group A:
1 Phuong Linh Nguyen 6-1,710-9
2 Hyung-bum Hwang 2-1,573-6
3 Javier Palazón 2-1,391-9
4 Jae Guen Kim 2-1,245-8
Group B:
1 Jae Ho Cho 4-1,750-12
2 Ki-ho Park 4-1,582-11
3 Sung-kyun Yim 2-1,292-8
4 Dong Woo Han 2-1,254-
Group C:
1 Hyun min Seo 6-6-1,640-8
2 Semih Sayginer 4-1,640-13
3 Yusuke Mori 2-1,473-8
4 In-su Park 0-1,370-11
Group D:
1 David Martinez 4-1,817-15
2 Minh Cam Ma 4-1,477-10
3 Nguyen Quoc Nguyen 4-1,402-13
4 Sang-yong Lee 0-1,272-10
Group E:
1 Sang-dae Lee 4-1,655-12
2 Byeong-ho Kim 4-1,552-9
3 Dinh Nai Ngo 2-1,407-10
4 Sung Won Choi 2-1,775-12
Group F:
1 Sang-pil Eom 6-1,882-11
2 Lütfi Cenet 4-1,718-9
3 Tae-jun Oh 2-1,505-10
4 Keon-hwi Cho 0-1,436-
Group G:
1 Eddy Leppens 6-1,880-13
2 Antonio Montes 4-1,376-9
3 Jung-ju Shin 2-1,457-8
4 Won-jung Choi 0-1,182-
Group H:
1 Dong Koong Kang 4-1,542-9
2 Juan David Zapata 4-1,489-9
3 Murat Naci Coklu 2-1,529-7
4 Birol Uymaz 2-1,523-7
Korean player Hwang
Spaniard Antonio Montes
Korean Hyun min Seo