Italy beat the United States 2-0 in the team-of-five final on the penultimate day of competition at the Men's World Tenpin Bowling Championships in Hong Kong. In the best-of-three contest, the Italians won the first match 189-169 before taking the second 210-166 at the South China Athletic Association Bowling Centre.
They had earlier beaten Canada 176-162, 210-244, 190-179 in the semi-finals. The US defeated Singapore 238-194, 216-189 in the other last-four encounter. Both Canada and Singapore had to settle for the bronze medals. The first round of the masters event also took place today.
