ALLEN PARK, Mich. – The championship rounds for the three animal pattern shows this week at the 2019 PBA World Series of Bowling X will have a format never before used by the PBA Tour in its history.

The four players who advance to each televised finals will bowl a one game seeding round to open the show to determine how they will be seeded for a stepladder.

The highest score in the seeding round will earn the top seed and a spot directly into the championship match. The second highest score will be seeded into the semifinal and the third and fourth scorers will play each other in first match.

While the stepladder format is standard on the PBA Tour, the seeding round has never been used on a PBA telecast. With a two-hour show, the PBA had more time to fill for the animal patterns this year.

At the past two World Series of Bowling in 2016 and 2017, the animal pattern television formats had the four players bowling one game simultaneously with the top two scores advancing to bowl for the title.

In order to have a shot at the title, players will have to make it through Round of 16 and Round of 8 matches earlier in the day for each event. Every match in those rounds will be broadcast live exclusively on FloBowling at Noon and 3 p.m. Eastern on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

The PBA Cheetah Championship will take place Monday, the PBA Chameleon Championship on Tuesday and the PBA Scorpion Championship on Wednesday. The televised finals for each event will be at 8 p.m. Eastern on FS1 for U.S. audiences and on FloBowling for international audiences.

Here are the matchups and schedules for each of the animal pattern events:

PBA Cheetah Championship

Monday, March 18 (all times ET)

Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play at Noon)
Match 1 – Rhino Page, Orlando, vs. EJ Tackett, Bluffton, Ind.
Match 2 – Mykel Holliman, Collierville, Tenn., vs. Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas.
Match 3 – Dom Barrett, England, vs. David Haynes, Las Vegas.
Match 4 – Brad Miller, Lees Summit, Mo., vs. Kyle Sherman, O'Fallon, Mo.
Match 5 – Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., vs. Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y.
Match 6 – Dick Allen, Lexington, S.C., vs. Tom Daugherty, Riverview, Fla.
Match 7 – BJ Moore, Greensburg, Pa., vs. Matt McNiel, Minneapolis.
Match 8 – Darren Tang, Las Vegas, vs. Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa.

Round of 8 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play, 3 p.m.)
Match 1 – Page-Tackett winner vs. Holliman-Barnes winner.
Match 2 – Barrett-Haynes winner vs. Miller-Sherman winner.
Match 3 – Blanchard-Angelo winner vs. Allen-Daugherty winner.
Match 4 – Moore-McNiel winner vs. Tang-O’Neill winner.

Championship Round (8 p.m.)
Seeding Round: Round of 8 winners, one game to determine seeding positions for stepladder matches.
Match 1 – Player #4 vs. Player #3.
Semifinal Match – Winner Match 1 vs. Player #2.
Championship – Winner Semifinal Match vs. Player #1.

PBA Chameleon Championship

Tuesday, March 19 (all times ET)

Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play at noon)
Match 1 – Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., vs. Jimmy Cook, Indianapolis.
Match 2 – Kyle Sherman, O'Fallon, Mo., vs. Rafiq Ismail, Malaysia.
Match 3 – Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., vs. Anthony Pepe, East Elmhurst, N.Y.
Match 4 – AJ Chapman, Manchester, Iowa, vs. Mitch Hupe, Canada.
Match 5 – Tom Daugherty, Riverview, Fla., vs. Andres Gomez, Colombia.
Match 6 – Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, vs. Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla.
Match 7 – Tim Pfeifer, Oakdale, Pa., vs. Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y.
Match 8 – Matt McNiel, Minneapolis, vs. Jason Belmonte, Australia.

Round of 8 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play, 3 p.m.)
Match 1 – Russell-Cook winner vs. Sherman-Ismail winner.
Match 2 – O’Neill-Pepe winner vs. Chapman-Hupe winner.
Match 3 – Daugherty-Gomez winner vs. Barnes-Duke winner.
Match 4 – Pfeifer-Shafer winner vs. McNiel-Belmonte winner.

Championship Round (8 p.m.)
Seeding Round: Round of 8 winners, one game to determine seeding positions for stepladder matches.
Match 1 – Player #4 vs. Player #3.
Semifinal Match – Winner Match 1 vs. Player #2.
Championship – Winner Semifinal Match vs. Player #1.

PBA Scorpion Championship

Wednesday, March 20 (all times ET)

Round of 16 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play, noon)
Match 1 – Jason Belmonte, Australia, vs. BJ Moore, Greensburg, Pa.
Match 2 – Thomas Larsen, Denmark, vs. Jakob Butturff, Tempe, Ariz.
Match 3 – Matt Kuba, Chicago Ridge, Ill., vs. EJ Tackett, Bluffton, Ind.
Match 4 – Nathan Bohr, Austin, Texas, vs. Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa.
Match 5 – Kurt Pilon, Sterling Heights, Mich., vs. Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C.
Match 6 – Andrew Anderson, Holly, Mich., vs. Shawn Maldonado, Houston.
Match 7 – Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., vs. Kris Prather, Plainfield, Ill.
Match 8 – Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., vs. Anthony Simonsen, Little Elm, Texas.

Round of 8 (best-of-five-game single-elimination match play, 3 p.m.)
Match 1 – Belmonte-Moore winner vs. Larsen-Butturff winner.
Match 2 – Kuba-Tackett winner vs. Bohr-O’Neill winner.
Match 3 – Pilon-Troup winner vs. Anderson-Maldonado winner.
Match 4 – Duke-Prather winner vs. Kent-Simonsen winner.

Championship Round (8 p.m.)
Seeding Round: Round of 8 winners, one game to determine seeding positions for stepladder matches.
Match 1 – Player #4 vs. Player #3.
Semifinal Match – Winner Match 1 vs. Player #2.
Championship – Winner Semifinal Match vs. Player #1.