List of world bowling champions explained

This article is a list of world champions in Ten-pin bowling in the tournaments listed below-

The World Championships

The World Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation (formerly known as World Bowling).From 1963 to 2003, and from 2013 the world championships were conducted every fourth year. The two genders were divided beginning in 2005 in addition to the Combined World Championships. Participating countries sends 6 women and 6 men on each team for men and women.[1]

See World Tenpin Bowling Championships for the playing format.

Masters

Masters Champions
Year Host MenWomen
1954 Gösta Algeskog+ style="text-align: center;" -
1955 Nils Bäckström + style="text-align: center;" -
1958 Kalle Asukas+ style="text-align: center;" -
1960 Mexico Tito Reynolds+ style="text-align: center;" -
1963 Lez Zikes Helen Shablis
1967 David Pond Helen Weston
1971 Edwin Luther Ashie Gonzalez
1975 Marvin Stoudt Anne-Dore Häfker
1979 Gerry Bugden Lita de la Rosa
1983 Tony Cariello Lena Sulkanen
1987 Roger Pieters Anette Hägre
1991 Mika Koivuniemi Catherine Willis
1995 Chen-Min Yang Celia Flores
1999 Ahmed Shaheen Ann-Maree Putney
2003 Australia Michael Little Diandra Hyman
2005+ style="text-align: center;"- Sui-Ling Yang
2006 + style="text-align: center;" -
2007+ style="text-align: center;" - Diandra Asbaty
2008 + style="text-align: center;" -
2009+ style="text-align: center;" - Clara Juliana Guerrero
2010 + style="text-align: center;" -
2011+ style="text-align: center;" -
2013 Young-Seon Cho Yun-Hee Son
2014 Hee-Won Kang + style="text-align: center;" -
2015+ style="text-align: center;" - Daw-Un Jung
2017 Francois Lavoie Daw-Un Jung
2018 Mitch Hupe-
2019+ style="text-align: center;" - Cherie Tan

All Events

The All-Events is the combined games from singles, doubles, trios and 5-player team.

All Events Champions
Year Host MenWomen
1979 Eric Thompson Bong Coo
1983 Mats Karlsson Bong Coo
1987 Rick Steelsmith Sandra Jo Shiery
1991 Ying-Chieh Ma Helle Andersen
1995 Michael Sassen Jaana Puhakka
1999 Amanda Bradley
2003 Anders Öhman Zara Glover
2005+ style="text-align: center;"- Yu-Ling Wang
2006 Remy Ong+ style="text-align: center;" -
2007+ style="text-align: center;" - Jin-A Choy
2008 Bok-Eum Choi+ style="text-align: center;" -
2009+ style="text-align: center;" - Clara Juliana Guerrero
2010 + style="text-align: center;" -
2011+ style="text-align: center;" - Mai Ginge Jensen
2013 Chris Barnes Shannon O'Keefe
2014 Bok-Eum Choi + style="text-align: center;" -
2015+ style="text-align: center;" - Shayna Ng
2017 Hao-Ming Wu Danielle McEwan
2018 EJ Tackett + style="text-align: center;" -
2019+ style="text-align: center;" - Maria Rodriguez

Singles

Singles Champions
Year Host MenWomen
1979 Ollie Ongtawco Lita de la Rosa
1983 Armando Marino Lena Sulkanen
1987 Patrick Rolland Edda Piccini
1991 Ying-Chieh Ma Martina Beckel
1995 Marc Doi Debby Ship
1999 Gery Verbruggen Kelly Kulick
2003 Mika Luoto Zara Glover
2005+ style="text-align: center;"-
2006 Remy Ong+ style="text-align: center;" -
2007+ style="text-align: center;" - Shannon O'Keefe
2008 Walter Ray Williams+ style="text-align: center;" -
2009+ style="text-align: center;" - Stefanie Nation
2010 + style="text-align: center;" -
2011+ style="text-align: center;" - Jacqueline Sijore
2013 Seo-Yeon Ryu
2014 Dan MacLelland+ style="text-align: center;" -
2015+ style="text-align: center;" - Eun-Hee Jeon
2017 Xander van Mazijk Futaba Imai
2018 Muhammad Ismail Rafiq + style="text-align: center;" -
2019+ style="text-align: center;" - Danielle McEwan
2023 Natasha Roslan

Doubles, Trios and Team

The World Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation (formerly known as World Bowling). Doubles, Trios and Team[1] events of the World Championships are listed below.

World Champions
YearHostDoublesTriosTeam (5 players + 1 constructive)
Men Women Men Women Men Women
1954
  1. Osmo Koivunen
  2. Odin Koskinen
1955
  1. Pelle Phil
  2. Fritiof Söderberg
1958
  1. Evert Lindbergh
  2. Carl-Gustav Carjö
1960
  1. Tito Reynolds
  2. Miguel Anaya
1963 United States
  1. Jim Schroeder
  2. Bud Oswalt
 United States
  1. Helen Shablis
  2. Dorothy Wilkinsson
1967
  1. David Pond
  2. J E S Morley
Mexico
  1. Tea Orozco
  2. Alicia Sarabia
1971
  1. Rolaldo Sebelen
  2. Carlos Diaz
 Japan
  1. Yoshimi Fukuda
  2. Michiko Hirooka
1975
  1. Brian Michael
  2. Bernie Caterer
 Sweden
  1. Britt Cederbrink
  2. Svea Ljungkvist
YearHostDoublesTriosTeam (5 players + 1 constructive)
Men Women Men Women Men Women
1979 Australia
  1. Eric Thompson
  2. Ronald Powell
  1. Lita de la Rosa
  2. Bong Coo
  1. Allan Hooi
  2. Edward Lim
  3. J. B. Koo
  1. Annese Kelly
  2. Cindy Schuble
  3. Jacquelyn Stormo
 Australia
  1. Eric Thompson
  2. Kevin Quinn
  3. Gary Anthony Kee
  4. John Sullivan
  5. Ronald Powell
  6. Bruce Kennedy
 United States
  1. Cindy Schuble
  2. Sandi Tice
  3. Betty Maw
  4. Jacquelyn Stormo
  5. Annese Kelly
  6. Regina Hillier
1983
  1. Chris Buck
  2. Alan Fawcett
  1. Ken Harding
  2. John Sullivan
  1. Birgitte Jensen
  2. Jette Hansen
Sweden
  1. Kenneth Andersson
  2. Tony Rosenquist
  3. Mats Karlsson
 Germany
  1. Hani Hoplitchek
  2. Christel Helisler
  3. Gisela Lins
 Finland
  1. Mikko Kaartinen
  2. Sam Anker Martti
  3. Koskela Hannu Närhi
  4. Simo Vähäkorpela
  5. Ailo Votila
  1. Karin Glennert
  2. Gerda Öhman
  3. Aasa Larsson
  4. Lena Sulkanen
  5. Yvonne Berndt
  6. Ingrid Andersell
1987
  1. Ulf Hämnäs
  2. Ulf Bolleby
 United States
  1. Cora Fiebig
  2. Kathy Wodka
 United States
  1. Dan Nadeau
  2. Duane Sandvick
  3. Rick Steelsmith
 United States
  1. Sue Holton
  2. Karen Bender
  3. Nellie Glandon
  1. Raymond Jansson
  2. Per Jansson
  3. Ulf Hämnäs
  4. Ulf Bolleby
  5. Tony Rosenquist
  6. Gunnar Samuelsson
 United States
  1. Nellie Glandon
  2. Karen Bender
  3. Sandra Jo Shiery
  4. Kathy Wodka
  5. Cora Fiebig
  6. Sue Holton
1991 United States
  1. Pat Healey
  2. Steve Kloempken
 Japan
  1. Tomoko Hatanaka
  2. Kumiko Inatsu
 United States
  1. Pat Healey
  2. Vince Biondo
  3. Steve Kloempken
  1. Catherine Willis
  2. Jane Amlinger
  3. Anne Saasto
  1. Ying-Chieh Ma
  2. Chien-Yi Tang
  3. Cheng-Ming Yang
  4. Te-Lin Lai
  5. Chao-Hsiung Lin
  6. Peng-Sheng Cheng
  1. Mi-Sun Shin
  2. Hae-Hyung Lee
  3. Young-Sim Kim
  4. Mi-Suk Cho
  5. Hyun-Suk Hong
  6. Sook-Young Kim
1995 Sweden
    1. Tomas Leandersson Raymond Jansson
 Thailand
  1. Kanit Kitchatham
  2. Phetchara Kaewsuk
  1. Erwin Groen
  2. Niko Thienpondt
  3. Michael Sassen
Australia
    1. Cara Honeychurch Sharon McLeish
  2. Sue Cassell
  1. Erwin Groen
  2. Maarten Krull
  3. Michael Sassen
  4. Niko Thienpondt
  5. Geert van Baest
  6. Marcel van den Bosch
 Finland
  1. Jaana Puhakka
  2. Anu Peltola
    1. Pauliina Aalto Heta-Maija Allen
  3. Reija Lundén
  4. Leena Pulliainen
1999
  1. Patrick Backe
  2. Martin Blixt
 Australia
  1. Joy Haymen
  2. Amanda Bradley
 Finland
  1. Antti-Pekka Lax
  2. Lasse Lintilä
  3. Ari Halme
  1. Jin-Hee Park
  2. Sun-Hwa Kim
  3. Ji-Yeon Lee
 Sweden
    1. Tomas Leandersson Patrick Backe
  2. Johan Damberg
  3. Martin Blixt
  4. Raymond Jansson
  5. Göran Carlsson
  1. Mi-Jung Cha
  2. Ji-Yeon Lee
  3. Sun-Hwa Kim
  4. Jin-Hee Park
  5. Hee-Soon Kim
  6. Mi-Young Lee
2003 Sweden
    1. Tomas Leandersson Anders Öhman
    1. Zara Glover Kirsten Penny
 United States
  1. Dino Castillo
    1. Bill Hoffman Tim Mack
  1. Liza del Rosario
  2. Liza Clutario
  3. Cecilia Yap
  1. Martin Blixt
  2. Martin Larsen
  3. Patrick Backe
  4. Anders Öhman
    1. Tomas Leandersson Robert Andersson
  1. Sarah Yap
  2. Choy Poh Lai
  3. Sharon Chai
  4. Wendy Chai
    1. Shalin Zulkifli Lai Kin Ngoh
2005-
  1. Martina Beckel
  2. Tanya Petty
-
  1. Yu-Ling Wang
  2. Chiung-Yao Huang
  3. Miao-Lin Chou
-
  1. Yu-Ling Wang
  2. Chiung-Yao Huang
  3. Miao-Lin Chou
  4. I-Fen Lin
  5. Ya-Ting Wang
  6. Hsin-Yi Tsai
2006 Sweden
    1. Martin Larsen Robert Andersson
-
  1. Tae-Won Kim
  2. Jong-In Choi
  3. Seoung-Joo Joung
- United States
  1. Scott Pohl
  2. Ronnie Sparks
  3. David Haynes
      1. Rhino Page Bill Hoffman Dan Patterson
-
2007-
  1. Jin-A Choy
  2. Bo-Ra Nam
- Sweden
  1. Helén Johnsson
  2. Malin Glendert
  3. Nina Flack
-
      1. Esther Cheah Shalin Zulkifli Sharon Koh
  2. Wendy Chai
  3. Zandra Aziela
  4. Choy Poh Lai
2008 United States
  1. Patrick Allen
  2. Rhino Page
-
  1. Bok-Eum Choi
  2. Ki-Bong Choi
  3. Tae-Young Kim
- United States
  1. Walter Ray Williams
    1. Chris Barnes Tommy Jones
      1. Bill Hoffman Patrick Allen Rhino Page
-
2009-
  1. Sun-Ok Hwang
  2. Hye-Eun Gang
-
  1. Hao-Ting Yang
  2. Hsin-Yi Tsai
  3. Ya-Chun Tang
-
  1. Sun-Ok Hwang
  2. Hye-Eun Gang
  3. Yun-Hee Jeon
  4. Yun-Hee Son
  5. Su-Yeon Hong
  6. Yeau-Jin Kim
2010 Sweden
  1. Martin Paulsson
  2. Mathias Aarup
- United States
      1. Patrick Allen Rhino Page Wes Malott
- United States
            1. Bill O'Neill Patrick Allen Wes Malott Chris Barnes Tommy Jones Rhino Page
2011- United States
    1. Shannon Pluhowsky Liz Johnson
- United States
  1. Stefanie Nation
    1. Shannon Pluhowsky Shannon O'Keefe
- United States
        1. Carolyn Dorin-Ballard Shannon Pluhowsky Shannon O'Keefe Kelly Kulick
    2. Liz Johnson Stefanie Nation
2013 United States
  1. John Szczerbinski
  2. Chris Barnes
 United States
    1. Shannon O'Keefe Stefanie Nation
 Canada
  1. Mark Buffa
  2. Francois Lavoie
  3. Patrick Girard
  1. Seo-Yeon Ryu
  2. Na-Young Lee
  3. Yun-Hee Son
  1. Perttu Jussila
  2. Toni Ranta
  3. Petteri Salonen
  4. Pasi Uotila
  5. Osku Palermaa
  6. Joonas Jehkinen
  1. Seo-Yeon Ryu
  2. Na-Young Lee
  3. Moon-Jeong
  4. Kim Da-Wun
  5. Jung Yun-Hee
  6. Son Seung-Ja Baek"
2014
  1. Jong-Woo Park
  2. Bok-Eum Choi
- Denmark
  1. Frederik Öhrgaard
  2. Carsten W. Hansen
  3. Thomas Larsen
-
  1. Jong-Woo Park
  2. Bok-Eum Choi
  3. Hee-Won Kang
  4. Hae-Sol Hong
  5. Seung-Hyeon Shin
  6. Kyung-Min Kim
2015- United States
    1. Danielle McEwan Kelly Kulick
-
  1. Hye-Rin Son
  2. Jin-Sun Kim
  3. Seung-Ja Baek
- United States
    1. Shannon Pluhowsky Stefani Johnson
    2. Shannon O'Keefe Kelly Kulick
  2. Danielle McEwan
  3. Liz Johnson
2017 United States
    1. Chris Barnes Tommy Jones
  1. Daw-Un Jung
  2. Moon-Jeong Kim
  1. Eric Tseng
  2. Siu-Hong Wu
  3. Michael Mak
United States United States
    1. Chris Barnes AJ Johnson
      1. Tommy Jones Marshall Kent Chris Via
  2. Jakob Butturff
  1. Syaidatul Afifah
  2. Natsaha Roslan
  3. Siti Safiyah
    1. Shalin Zulkifli Li-Jane Sin
  4. Esther Cheah
2018
  1. Adrian Ang
  2. Tun Al-Hakim
- United States
    1. E. J. Tackett Kyle Troup
  2. Andrew Anderson
- Italy
  1. Marco Reviglio
  2. Pierpaolo De Filippi
  3. Nicola Pongolini
  4. Erik Davolio
  5. Antonino Fiorentino
  6. Marco Parapini
-
2019- Sweden
  1. Josefine Hermansson
  2. Jenny Wegner
- United States
  1. Missy Parkin
  2. Jordan Richard
  3. Liz Kuhlkin
- Colombia
  1. Juliana Franco
    1. Rocio Restrepo Laura Plazas
    2. Clara Guerrero Maria Rodriguez
  2. Anggie Ramirez
2023Kuwait City
  1. Kim Kyung-min
  2. Kim Dong-hyeon
 Singapore
  1. Daphne Tan
  2. Cherie Tan
 Hong Kong
  1. Tony Wong
  2. Ivan Tse
  3. Wu Siu Hong
  1. Jung Da-wun
  2. Hong Hae-ni
  3. Kim Hyun-mi
 Canada
  1. Austyn Ducharme
  2. Jordan Jung
  3. Nathan Ruest-Lajoie
  4. Mitch Hupe
  5. Darren Alexander
  6. François Lavoie
  1. Kim Hyun-mi
  2. Son Hye-rin
  3. Ka Yun-mi
  4. Baek Seung-ja
  5. Jung Da-wun
  6. Hong Hae-ni
YearHostMen Women Men Women Men Women
DoublesTriosTeam (5 players + 1 constructive)

World Games

Sports not included in the Olympic games are a part of the World Games. Bowling is played since 1981, every fourth year.

Singles

Singles Champions
Year Host MenWomen
1981 Santa Clara Arne Svein Strøm Liliane Gregori
1985 Raymond Jansson Adelene Wee
1989 Ma Ying-Chieh Jane Amlinger
1993 Pauline Smith
1997 Gery Verbruggen Patricia Schwarz
2001Akita Tobias Gäbler Sofia Matilde Rodriguez
2005 Kai Virtanen Kim Soo-Kyung
2009 Manuel Otalora Krista Pöllänen
2013 Daria Kovalova
2017 Cho Young-Seon Kelly Kulick

All Events, Doubles, Mixed Doubles

World Games Champions in All Events, Doubles and Mixed Doubles
YearHostAll EventsDoublesMixed Doubles
Men Women Men Women
1981 Played Singles Played mixed doubles only
Ruth Guerster
Chris Batson
1985 Raymond Jansson Gisela Lins
Nora Haveneers
Dominique De Nolf
1989 Played Singles
Ma Ying-Chieh
Huang Yuen-Yue
1993
1997
Sharon Low
Daniel Lim
2001
Kirsten Penny
Steven Thornton
2005
Isabelle Saldjian
François Sacco
2009
Gye Min-Young
Kong Byoung-Hee
2013
Gye Min-Young
Kong Byoung-Hee
2017
François Lavoie
Dan MacLelland
Clara Guerrero
Rocio Restrepo
Kelly Kulick
Mike Fagan

Professional Bowling Association World Champions

The PBA World Championship is one of five major PBA (Professional Bowlers Association) bowling events. The PBA World Championship has been held in a variety of formats over the years. Since the 2009–10 season, the initial qualifying scores for the World Championship have come from other stand-alone tournaments at the PBA World Series of Bowling. The current tournament is open to any PBA member who is also a competitor in the World Series of Bowling.[2]

PBA Champions
Season Winner Nationality
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964 Bob Strampe
1965
1966 Wayne Zahn
1967 Dave Davis
1968 Wayne Zahn
1969 Mike McGrath
1970 Mike McGrath
1971 Mike Limongello
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976 Paul Colwell
1977
1978 Warren Nelson
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983 Earl Anthony
1984 Bob Chamberlain
1985
1986 Tom Crites
1987
1988
1989
1990 Jim Pencak
1991 Mike Miller
1992 Eric Forkel
1993 Ron Palombi Jr.
1994 Dave Traber
1995 Scott Alexander
1996 Butch Soper
1997 Rick Steelsmith
1998
1999 Tim Criss
2000
2001
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13+
2012–13+
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 Tournament not held in 2018[3]
2019
2020
2021

World U21 Championships

The World U21 Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation (formerly known as World Bowling). Athletes must be under the age of 21 on the first of January of the championship year. The World Singles Championships were held for the first time in 2022, and are held every second year in odd-numbered years. Each federation is allowed to send two male and two female athletes to the championships. Singles, Doubles, Team of Four (mixed genders), All Event, and Masters are the disciplines for both genders.

Singles

World Junior Championships

The World Junior Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation (formerly known as World Bowling).[5] Athletes must be under the age of 18 on the first of January of the championship year. The World Singles Championships were held for the first time in 2019, and are held every second year in odd-numbered years. Each federation is allowed to send two male and two female athletes to the championships. Singles, Doubles, Team of Four (mixed genders), All Event, and Masters are the disciplines for both genders.

Singles

World Youth Championships

The World Youth Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation (formerly known as World Bowling).[6] Athletes must be at least 13 years old and not older than 21 years old on January 1 of the championship year. The first World Youth Championships were held in Manila, the Philippines, in 1990. The championships were first held every other year in 1990, with two girls and two boys on each team. Since 1994, each team has consisted of four girls and four boys. Since 1994 the disciplines for both genders have been Singles, Doubles, Team of Four, AllEvent and Masters.

Masters

World Youth Masters Champions
Year Host Boys Girls
1990 Pat Healey Mi-Sun Shin
1992 Anthony Chapman Jaana Puhakka
1994 An-Shan Chiang Jaana Puhakka
1996 Myong-Jo Kim Yu-Ling Wang
1998 Alex Liew Yu-Ling Wang
2000 Derek Sapp
2002
2004 Yannaphon Larpapharat Jennifer Petrick
2006 Mads Sandbäkken Sharon Koh
2008 Aaron Kong Gwi-Ae Jun
2010 Ju-Young Kim Yeon-Ju Kim
2012 Daniel Fransson Yeon-Ju Hwang
2014 Mirai Ishimoto
2016 Anthony Simonsen Natasha Roslan
2018 Cortez Schenck Lee Jungmin

All Events

World Youth All Events Champions
Year Host Boys Girls
1990 Lasse Lintilä
1992 Soud Al-Hajri Emma Barlow
1994 Pasi Pöllänen Kelly Warren
1996 Nicola Petrillo Yu-Ling Wang
1998 Petteri Salonen Shalin Zulkifli
2000 Jae-Hoon Kim Kelly Kulick
2002 Yannaphon Larpapharat Malin Glendert
2004 Minna Mäkelä
2006 Zulmazran Zulkifli Esther Cheah
2008 Maki Nakano
2010 Andrew Koff Moon-Jeong Kim
2012 Sam Cooley Yeon-Ju Hwang
2014 Wesley Low Shion Izumune
2016 Pontus Andersson Gazmine Mason
2018 Ghanim Aboujassoum Syazwani Sahar

Singles

World Youth Singles Champions
Year Host Boys Girls
1990 Fernando Rezende Jenny Hertrick
1992 Angelo Constantino Cristina Kortright
1994 Pasi Pöllänen Jaana Puhakka
1996 Ito Masaru Sara Vargas
1998 Shawn Evans Shalin Zulkifli
2000 Jae-Hoon Kim Kelly Kulick
2002 Yannaphon Larpapharat Angkana Netruiseth
2004 Hyun-Jin Kang
2006 Mohammed Al-Zaidan Valerie Teo
2008 Mi-Ran Park
2010 Adam Cairns Yeon-Ju Kim
2012 Marshall Kent Seon-Jeong Kim
2014 Woo-Sub Choi Su-Jin Yang
2016 Gazmine Mason
2018 Georg Skryten Nanami Irie
2024 Stella Lökfors

Doubles and Team

The World Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation (formerly known as World Bowling). Doubles, and Team[1] events of the World Youth Championships are listed here.

World Youth Champions in Doubles and Team
YearHostDoublesTeam (4 players)
Boys Girls Mixed Team
1990 United States
    1. Pat Healey Jon Juneau
  1. Hui-Ying Lia
  2. Chun-Ying Yu
  1. Lynda Norry
  2. Tammy Turner
  3. Pat Healey
  4. Jon Juneau
1992nowrap
  1. Norberto Constantino
  2. Angelo Constantino
  1. Joanna Fernández
  2. Alicia Marcano
  1. Tammy Turner
  2. Nikki Brandolino
  3. Robert Smith
  4. Anthony Chapman
YearHostDoublesTeam (4 players)
Boys GirlsBoys Girls
1994 United States
  1. Anthony Chapman
  2. Robert Smith
 Australia
  1. Kelly Warren
  2. Sharon McLeish
 Finland
  1. Pasi Pöllänen
  2. Tomi Väänänen
  3. Kai Siltala
  4. Juha Maja
  1. Kelly Warren
  2. Sharon McLeish
  3. Amanda Bradley
  4. Cara Honeychurch
1996
  1. Richard León
  2. Nicola Petrillo
 Japan
  1. Tomie Kawaguchi
  2. Tomomi Shibata
  1. Chao-Sheng Cheng
  2. Chao-Yo Cheng
  3. Chin-Chung Tseng
  4. Chien-Hung Chen
  1. Su-Fen Tseng
  2. Shu-Chun Hung
  3. Chia-Shu Wu
  4. Yu-Ling Wang
1998
  1. Gerard Wijnstra
  2. Michael Sassen
 United States
  1. Any Rocco
  2. Kelly Kulick
 Japan
  1. Masaru Ito
  2. Yoshio Koike
  3. Hirofumi Morimoto
  4. Atsushi Takahashi
  1. Yeau-Jin Kim
  2. Min-Hee Lee
  3. Bo-Ra Nam
  4. Jin-Hee Park
2000
  1. Sun-Jong Kong
  2. Jae-Hoon Kim
  1. Lisa John
  2. Zara Glover
 United States
  1. Scott Norton
  2. Nathan Bohr
  3. Derek Sapp
  4. David Haynes
  1. Hyun-Jee Koo
  2. Ho-Jung Kim
  3. Sara Lee
  4. Myo-Bouh Jung
2002
  1. Sun-Jong Kong
  2. Jae-Hoon Kim
  1. Donna Adams
  2. Ann Smith
 Sweden
  1. Robert Andersson
  2. Mats Olsson
  3. Jonni Kemppainen
  4. Martin Larsen
  1. Ann Smith
  2. Donna Adams
  3. Zara Glover
  4. Lisa John
2004 Sweden
  1. Robert Andersson
  2. Mikael Kanold
 Mexico
  1. Sandra Góngora
  2. Iliana Lomeli
 Finland
  1. Sami Tolonen
  2. Joonas Huolman
  3. Mikko Ylitalo
  4. Osku Palermaa
 United States
  1. Anita Manns
  2. Olivia Sandham
  3. Jennifer Petrick
  4. Stefanie Nation
2006 Canada
  1. Daniel Skitt
  2. Dan MacLelland
  1. Zandra Aziela
  2. Esther Cheah
  1. Glen Loader
  2. Stephen Cowland
  3. Michael Zentveld
  4. Jason Belmonte
 Netherlands
  1. Danielle van der Meer
  2. Wendy Kok
  3. Wendy van der List
  4. Ghislaine van der Tol
2008 Sweden
  1. Kim Bolleby
  2. James Gruffman
  1. Tina Hulsch
  2. Birgit Pöppler
 Malaysia
  1. Nur Aiman
  2. Syafiq Ridhwan
  3. Adrian Ang
  4. Aaron Kong
  1. Yeon-Ji Lee
  2. Gwi-Ae Jun
  3. Hye-Mi Lee
  4. Mi-Ran Park
2010 United States
  1. Craig Hanson
  2. Andrew Koff
  1. Laura Fonnegra
  2. María Rodrñiguez
  1. Hae-Sol-Hong
  2. Ju-Young Kim
  3. Seung-Hyeon Shin
  4. Jong-Woo Park
  1. Yeon-Ju Kim
  2. Bo-Hyun Shin
  3. Seung-Ja Baek
  4. Moon-Jeong Kim
2012
  1. Yeon-Sang Kim
  2. Dong-Jun Hwang
  1. Seon-Jeong Kim
  2. Yeon-Ju Hwang
 United States
  1. Andrew Koff
  2. Zack Hattori
  3. Chris Via
  4. Marshall Kent
 United States
  1. Jessica Earnest
  2. Kelsey Muther
  3. Amanda Greene
  4. Danielle McEwan
2014 Sweden
  1. Markus Jansson
  2. Pontus Andersson
 United States
  1. Lizabeth Kuhlkin
  2. Sarah Lokker
 United States
  1. Matthew Farber
  2. Gregory Young
  3. Kamron Doyle
  4. Wesley Low
 Japan
  1. Mirai Ishimoto
  2. Mana Yoshida
  3. Shion Izumune
  4. Kana Shimoide
2016 United States
    1. Wesley Low Anthony Simonsen
  1. Yeong-Seung Lee
  2. Yu-Na Pak
 United States
  1. Michael Tang
  2. Kamron Doyle
    1. Anthony Simonsen Wesley Low
  1. Yeong-Seung Lee
  2. Yu-Na Pak
  3. Jin-Ju Kim
  4. Sun-Hwa Hong
2018
  1. Robert Lindberg
  2. Alfred Berggren
 Mexico
  1. Paola Limón
  2. Raquel Orozco
nowrap Qatar
  1. Jassim Al Muraikhi
  2. Mohammed Al Merekhi
  3. Jassem Al Deyab
  4. Ghanim Aboujassoum
 United States
  1. Caitlyn Johnson
  2. Mabel Cummins
  3. Taylor Bailey
  4. Breanna Clemmer
2024
  1. Max Lorenz
  2. Paul Purps
 Sweden
  1. Maja Engberg
  2. Nora Johansson
 Czech Republic
  1. Lukáš Jelínek
  2. Ondřej Prekop
  3. Ondřej Trojek
  4. Jaroslav Zapletal
 Malaysia
  1. Adelia Irwan
  2. Adania Redzwan
  3. Nur Hazirah
  4. Anis Hannani

QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup

The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, previously known as the International Masters and AMF Bowling World Cup, is an annual championship sponsored by QubicaAMF Worldwide. Each nation chooses one male and/or one female bowler to represent them in the tournament.[7]

Year width=100 class="unsortable"Locationwidth=200, class="unsortable"Menwidth=200, class="unsortable"Women
1965Dublin Lauri Ajanto
1966London John Wilcox
1967Paris Jack Connaughton
1968Guadalajara Fritz Blum
1969Tokyo Graydon Robinson
1970Copenhagen Klaus Müller
1971Hong Kong Roger Dalkin
1972Hamburg Ray Mitchell Irma Urrea
1973Singapore Bernie Caterer Kesinee Srivises
1974Caracas Jairo Ocampo Birgitte Lund
1975Makati Lorenzo Monti Cathy Townsend
1976Tehran Paeng Nepomuceno Lucy Giovinco
1977Tolworth Arne Svein Ström Rea Rennox
1978Bogotá Samran Banyen Lita dela Rosa
1979Bangkok Philippe Dubois Bong Coo
1980Jakarta Paeng Nepomuceno Jean Gordon
1981New York Bob Worrall Pauline Smith
1982Scheveningen Arne Svein Ström Jeanette Baker
1983Mexico City Chu You-tien Jeanette Baker
1984Sydney Jack Jurek Eliana Rigato
1985Seoul Alfonso Rodríguez Marjorie McEntee
1986Copenhagen Peter Ljung Annette Hagre
1987Kuala Lumpur Remo Fornasari Irene Gronert
1988Guadalajara Mohammed Khalifa Al-Qubaisi Linda Kelly
1989Dublin Salem Al-Monsuri Patty Ann
1990Pattaya Tom Hahl Linda Graham
1991Beijing Jon Juneau Åsa Larsson
1992Le Mans Paeng Nepomuceno Martina Beckel
1993Johannesburg Rainer Puisis Pauline Smith
1994Hermosillo Tore Torgersen Anne Jacobs
1995São Paulo Patrick Healey Jr. Gemma Burden
1996Belfast Paeng Nepomuceno Cara Honeychurch
1997Cairo Christian Nokel Tseng Su-fen
1998Kobe Yang Cheng-ming Maxine Nable
1999Las Vegas Ahmed Shaheen Amanda Bradley
2000Lisbon Tomas Leandersson Mel Issac
2001Pattaya Kim Haugen Nachimi Itakura
2002Riga Mika Luoto Shannon Pluhowsky
2003Tegucigalpa Christian Jan Suarez Kerrie Ryan-Ciach
2004 Singapore Kai Virtanen Shannon Pluhowsky
2005Ljubljana Michael Schmidt Lynda Barnes
2006Caracas Osku Palermaa Diandra Asbaty
2007St Petersburg Bill Hoffman Ann-Maree Putney
2008Hermosillo Derek Eoff Jasmine Yeong-Nathan
2009Malacca Town Choi Yong-kyu Caroline Lagrange
2010Toulon Michael Schmidt Aumi Guerra
2011Johannesburg Jason Belmonte Aumi Guerra
2012Wroclaw Syafiq Ridhwan Shayna Ng
2013Krasnoyarsk Or Aviram Caroline Lagrange
2014Wroclaw Chris Barnes Clara Guerrero
2015Las Vegas Wu Siu Hong Clara Guerrero
2016Shanghai Wang Hongbo Jenny Wegner
2017Hermosillo Jakob Butturff Krizziah Tabora
2018Las Vegas Sam Cooley Shannon O'Keefe
2019Palembang Francois Louw Rebecca Whiting

Discontinued World Championships

World Singles Championships

The championships was conducted twice by World Bowling who owns the World Championships. Initially designed every fourth year, participants are two men and two women from participating nations. The first edition was held in Limassol, Cyprus in 2012, with 71 male and 57 female athletes from 40 different federations competing. The last was in Doha, Qatar with 81 male and 53 female athletes.[8]

World Singles Championships
Year Host MenWomen
2012 Chris Barnes + style="text-align: center;" Kelly Kulick
2016 Jesper Agerbo + style="text-align: center;" Kelly Kulick

World Tenpin Masters

The World Tenpin Masters was an invitational ten-pin bowling tournament hosted by Matchroom Sport Television that ran from 1998 to 2009. Sixteen (16) bowlers are invited to compete head-to-head in a single lane in a straight knockout format.

YearLocationWinner
1998Adwick Leisure Centre, Doncaster Tore Torgersen
1999Milton Keynes Shopping Centre Paeng Nepomuceno
2000Milton Keynes Shopping Centre Tim Mack
2001Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham Shalin Zulkifli
2002Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham Tore Torgersen
2003Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham Nikki Harvey
2004Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham Tore Torgersen
2005Adwick Leisure Centre, Doncaster Jens Nickel
2006Barnsley Metrodome Chris Barnes
2007Barnsley Metrodome Jason Belmonte
2008Barnsley Metrodome Guy Caminsky
2009Barnsley Metrodome Dominic Barrett

IBSA Men's Champions

The following is a list of IBSA World Champions for visually impaired bowlers, sanctioned by the World Tenpin Bowling Association and International Blind Sports Association.

YearWinnerNationalityClassification
2008Sid Sapru[9] (1)
2017[10] Koh Young Bae TPB2 - MEN'S SINGLES
2017Huang Yu-Hsiao TPB3 - MEN'S SINGLES

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Championships, A Historical Review. European Tenpin Bowling Federation.
  2. Web site: The Professional Bowlers Tour Historical Stats. PBA.com . The Professional Bowlers Tour.
  3. Web site: PBA’s 10th Anniversary World Series of Bowling Returns to Its Detroit Roots in March 2019 . Vint . Bill . PBA.com . May 9, 2018 . May 11, 2018 . September 1, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044653/https://www.pba.com/articles/PBAe28099s-10th-Anniversary-World-Series-of-Bowling-Returns-to-Its-Detroit-Roots-in-March-2019 . dead .
  4. Web site: 2022 IBF U21 world Championships . bowling.sport . International Bowling Federation . 4 July 2022.
  5. Web site: WJC Historical Review . ETBF . European Tenpin Bowling Federation . 23 August 2021.
  6. Web site: World Youth Championships Historical Review . ETBF . European Tenpin Bowling Federation.
  7. https://www.qubicaamf.com/site/qubicaamf-bowling-world-cup/uploaded-files/all-winners/ All QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Winners
  8. Web site: Championships Results . ETBF . European Tenpin Bowling Federation . 25 August 2021.
  9. Web site: IBSA 2008 singles.
  10. Web site: Results . International Blind Sports Federation . 23 August 2021.

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