29th June, Kuching, Sarawak: Boy's Singles semi-finalists of the 2026 IBF World Youth Bowling Championships were confirmed after Julian Dinham of Australia won Group A Matchplay rounds with Landin Jordan of USA in second while Emil Svensson of Sweden won Group B with Ben Pettit of New Zealand in second.

Dinham won a total of six matches with lines of 236, 243, 268, 234, 225 and 248 except losing the fourth match with 213. The Aussie totaled 29 points and total score of 1677 to top Group A. Jordan won four and lost three matches for a total 12 points and 1596 pinfalls to take up second of Group A.

All other six finalists won a same three matches out of seven for 9 points. Laurynas Narusis of Lithuania, Muhd Danial Abu Samah of Malaysia and David Mojka of Czechia finished third to fifth. Muhd Aiman Syahin Sulaiman of Malaysia, Matys Bibeau of Canada and Kang Dahoon of Korea endedup in sixth to eighth and failed to advance.

In Group B, Emil Svensson of Sweden and Ben Pettit of New Zealand both won five of their seventh matches to tie at 12 points.