SUNDAY, JAN. 9, 1 P.M. EASTERN

After a one-week break the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour returns to ESPN this Sunday with an international flavor and a unique team format.

The PBA World Series of Bowling's team event pits six American bowlers who finished highest in the 60-game qualifying session against six international players who had fared best while bowling 12 games per day on five different lane conditions. The six-man team event will award one point for each of six head-to-head matches, plus three points to the team with the highest total pinfall.

Making up the U.S team will be 2008-09 PBA Player of the Year Wes Malott, 2007-08 Player of the Year Chris Barnes, two-time Tour Champion Michael Haugen Jr., 2010 Viper winner Bill O'Neill, four-time Tour titlist Sean Rash and Ronnie Russell.

Making up the International squad will be PBA Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, two-handed specialists Jason Belmonte of Australia and Osku Palermaa of Finland who won the 2010 Shark Championship. Two more Finns--eight-time PBA Tour winner Mika Koivuniemi and Kimmo Lehtonen--along with Dan MacLelland of Canada round out the international team.

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