Nine-pin bowling World Championships

The nine-pin bowling World Championships was a biennial nine-pin bowling competition organized by the World Ninepin Bowling Association (WNBA NBC). The World Championships was started in 1953 and until 1959 took place every two years. The next one was held in 1962 with the assumption of alternating with the European Championships every two years. In 1966, this concept was abandoned and thereafter the championships were biennial until 2004. [1] [2] [3]

Nine-pin bowling
World Championships
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)varying
Frequencyin Europe
Location(s)Europe
Countryvarying
Inaugurated1953 (1953)
Most recent2004 (2004)
Budgetit depends on the countries budget
Organised byWNBA NBC
Websitewww.wnba-nbc.de

Since 2005, the competition has been divided. Team's are held in odd years, while Single's in even years.

The following list shows when new events were added for the first time:

  • 1953, individual and team events as first events.
  • 1966, pair competitions were added.
  • 1990, combination competitions were added.
  • 1994, separation of team competition into two divisions A and B.
  • 2004, sprint and mixed tandem competitions added. An individual event on a distance of 120 throws for the first time.

List of championships
EditionYearCityCountryDateEventsTop of the
medal table		Notes
1st1953Belgrade Yugoslavia21 - 24 Jun4 Austria
2nd1955Essen West Germany30 Aug – 5 Sep4 East Germany
3rd1957Vienna Austria9 – 14 Jun4 Austria
4th1959Bautzen East Germany22 - 27 Sep4 East Germany
5th1962Bratislava Czechoslovakia24 – 29 Sep4 Czechoslovakia
6th1966Bucharest Romania19 – 25 Jun6 RomaniaFirst with pair
7th1968Linz Austria (2)9 – 15 Jun6 East Germany
8th1970Bolzano Italy24 – 30 May6 Romania
9th1972Split Yugoslavia (2)27 May – 4 Jun6 Romania
10th1974Eppelheim West Germany (2)17 – 23 May6 Romania
11th1976Vienna (2) Austria (3)14 - 20 May6 Yugoslavia
12th1978Lucerne  Switzerland20 - 26 May6 Romania
13th1980Mangalia Romania (2)24 - 30 May6 Romania
14th1982Brno Czechoslovakia (2)4 - 11 Jun6 Yugoslavia
15th1984Ljubljana Yugoslavia (3)27 May - 1 Jun6 Hungary
16th1986Munich West Germany (3)18 - 26 May6 Hungary
17th1988Budapest Hungary17 - 20 May6 Yugoslavia
18th1990Innsbruck Austria (4)20 - 26 May8 HungaryFirst with combination
19th1992Bratislava (2) Czechoslovakia (3)17 - 23 May8 Slovenia
20th1994Ludwigshafen Germany15 - 22 May10 Czech RepublicFirst with the division of teams into two groups
21st1996Prague Czech Republic (4)19 - 25 May10 FR Yugoslavia
22nd1998Celje Slovenia9 - 15 May10 Germany
23rd2000Poznań Poland14 - 20 May8 Germany
24th2002Osijek Croatia19 - 25 May8 Germany
25th2004Brașov Romania (3)15 - 22 May11 GermanyFirst with sprint and mixed tandem. Individual on distance 120 throws.
Since 2005 separated into Single's World Championships and World Team Championships.

Medal count
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary28342385
2 Romania28262579
3 Yugoslavia23202265
4 Germany21191353
5 East Germany1381536
6 Slovenia95721
7 Czech Republic93315
8 Czechoslovakia88925
9 West Germany7141738
10 Serbia and Montenegro66214
11 Austria54514
12 Croatia481123
13 Poland2417
14 Macedonia2013
15 Slovakia0549
16 Italy0101
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina0044
18 Bulgaria0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (19 nations)165165164494

List of hosts

List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

Times
hosted		 Host Year(s)
5 Germany (including East and West Germany)1955, 1959, 1974, 1986, 1994
4 Austria1957, 1968, 1976, 1990
4 Czech Republic (including Czechoslovakia)1962, 1982, 1992, 1996
3 Romania1966, 1980, 2004
3 Yugoslavia1953, 1972, 1984
1 Croatia2002
1 Hungary1988
1 Italy1970
1 Poland2000
1 Slovenia1998
1  Switzerland1978

References
  1. "WNBA history from official site".
  2. "Women medalists of nine-pin bowling World Championships" (PDF).
  3. "Men medalists of nine-pin bowling World Championships" (PDF).
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