QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup

The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, previously known as the International Masters and AMF Bowling World Cup, is an annual Ten-pin bowling championship sponsored by QubicaAMF Worldwide, and the largest in bowling in terms of number of participating nations. Each nation chooses one male and/or one female bowler to represent them in the tournament, and in the majority of cases, this is done by running a qualifying tournament, the winners of which (male and/or female) are chosen.

QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup
Tournament information
SportTen-Pin Bowling
Location2019: Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia
Dates2019: November 16–24
Established1965
Administrator(s)QubicaAMF Worldwide
FormatSee format section
Participants133 bowlers from 75 countries; 73 men and 60 women[1]
WebsiteQubicaAMF Bowling World Cup
Current champion
Men 2019: Francois Louw[2]
Women 2019: Rebecca Whiting[2]

History

The Bowling World Cup was created by AMF's European Promotions Director at the time, Victor Kalman, and Gordon Caie, AMF's Promotions Manager in the UK at the time.[3] Dublin, Ireland in 1965 hosted the first-ever Bowling World Cup, then called the International Masters. 20 bowlers, all men, participated. Lauri Ajanto became the first-ever winner of the BWC. Women first competed in 1972, the 8th edition of the AMF Bowling World Cup in Hamburg, West Germany where Irma Urrea became the first-ever woman to win the BWC.

13 countries have participated in every Bowling World Cup since its inception: Australia, Belgium, England (as Great Britain from 1965 to 1995), Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and United States.[4]

As of 2019, the Bowling World Cup has visited 42 different cities in 31 different countries.

Currently the men's champion is Francois Louw and the women's champion is Rebecca Whiting.[2] On March 9, 2020, World Bowling and QubicaAMF announced a merger of the World Bowling Singles Championships and the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup into one annual event, that will continue to be called the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup from 2020 onwards.[5] The 56th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will be held in Salmiya, Kuwait at the Kuwait Bowling Sporting Club.[2] This will be the first time Kuwait hosts the Bowling World Cup.

Format

Qualifying Rounds

  • Stage 1: Qualifying Round of 24 Games, total pinfall. Top 24 Men, Top 24 Women advance to Stage 2, total pinfall carries over.[6]
  • Stage 2: Top 24 Men, Top 24 women bowls 8 games. Top 8 Men, Top 8 Women based on total pinfall after 32 games advance to Stage 3.[6]
  • Stage 3: Top 8 Men, Top 8 women bowls another 8 games in a round robin format, 30 bonus pins for a win, 15 bonus pins for a tie. Top 4 Men, Top 4 Women after 40 games (total pinfall + bonus pins) advance to the knockout finals.[6]

Knockout Finals

  • Semifinals: First seeded bowler vs Fourth seeded bowler; Second seeded bowler vs Third seeded bowler, winners (Men and women) advance to the finals.[6]
  • Finals: Semifinal winners bowl for the title. (Men and women)[6]

Lane Pattern

For the 2019 BWC, all games are bowled on one pattern, typically a 41 foot pattern unless lane topography at the host site dictates that the pattern be adjusted one foot less or one foot more.[7]

Previous winners
Year Location Men Women
1965 Dublin, Ireland Lauri Ajanto
Women did not participate from 1965-1971
1966 London, England John Wilcox
1967 Paris, France Jack Connaughton
1968 Guadalajara, Mexico Fritz Blum
1969 Tokyo, Japan Graydon Robinson
1970 Copenhagen, Denmark Klaus Müller
1971 Hong Kong Roger Dalkin
1972 Hamburg, West Germany Ray Mitchell Irma Urrea
1973 Singapore Bernie Caterer Kesinee Srivises
1974 Caracas, Venezuela Jairo Ocampo Birgitte Lund
1975 Makati, Philippines Lorenzo Monti Cathy Townsend
1976 Tehran, Iran Paeng Nepomuceno Lucy Giovinco
1977 Tolworth, England Arne Svein Ström Rea Rennox
1978 Bogotá, Colombia Samran Banyen Lita dela Rosa
1979 Bangkok, Thailand Philippe Dubois Bong Coo
1980 Jakarta, Indonesia Paeng Nepomuceno Jean Gordon
1981 New York City, United States Bob Worrall Pauline Smith
1982 Scheveningen, Netherlands Arne Svein Ström Jeanette Baker
1983 Mexico City, Mexico Chu You-tien Jeanette Baker
1984 Sydney, Australia Jack Jurek Eliana Rigato
1985 Seoul, South Korea Alfonso Rodríguez Marjorie McEntee
1986 Copenhagen, Denmark Peter Ljung Annette Hagre
1987 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Remo Fornasari Irene Gronert
1988 Guadalajara, Mexico Mohammed Khalifa Al-Qubaisi Linda Kelly
1989 Dublin, Ireland Salem Al-Monsuri Patty Ann
1990 Pattaya, Thailand Tom Hahl Linda Graham
1991 Beijing, China Jon Juneau Åsa Larsson
1992 Le Mans, France Paeng Nepomuceno Martina Beckel
1993 Johannesburg, South Africa Rainer Puisis Pauline Smith
1994 Hermosillo, Mexico Tore Torgersen Anne Jacobs
1995 São Paulo, Brazil Patrick Healey Jr. Gemma Burden
1996 Belfast, Northern Ireland Paeng Nepomuceno Cara Honeychurch
1997 Cairo, Egypt Christian Nokel Tseng Su-fen
1998 Kobe, Japan Yang Cheng-ming Maxine Nable
1999 Las Vegas, United States Ahmed Shaheen Amanda Bradley
2000 Lisbon, Portugal Tomas Leandersson Mel Issac
2001 Pattaya, Thailand Kim Haugen Nachimi Itakura
2002 Riga, Latvia Mika Luoto Shannon Pluhowsky
2003 Tegucigalpa, Honduras Christian Jan Suarez Kerrie Ryan-Ciach
2004 Singapore Kai Virtanen Shannon Pluhowsky
2005 Ljubljana, Slovenia Michael Schmidt Lynda Barnes
2006 Caracas, Venezuela Osku Palermaa Diandra Asbaty
2007 St Petersburg, Russia Bill Hoffman Ann-Maree Putney
2008 Hermosillo, Mexico Derek Eoff Jasmine Yeong-Nathan
2009 Malacca Town, Malaysia Choi Yong-kyu Caroline Lagrange
2010 Toulon, France Michael Schmidt Aumi Guerra
2011 Johannesburg, South Africa Jason Belmonte Aumi Guerra
2012 Wroclaw, Poland Syafiq Ridhwan Shayna Ng
2013 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Or Aviram Caroline Lagrange
2014 Wroclaw, Poland Chris Barnes Clara Guerrero
2015 Las Vegas, United States Wu Siu Hong Clara Guerrero
2016 Shanghai, China Wang Hongbo Jenny Wegner
2017 Hermosillo, Mexico Jakob Butturff Krizziah Tabora
2018 Las Vegas, United States Sam Cooley Shannon O'Keefe
2019 Palembang, Indonesia Francois Louw Rebecca Whiting

Source:[8]

Number of titles by country/territory
  1. As West Germany.

Records

Winners
  • Paeng Nepomuceno holds two Guinness World Records from his victories in the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. His four victories (1976, 1980, 1992, 1996) came in a record three different decades.[9] He also holds the record for the youngest men's champion, 19, when he won his first of four titles in 1976.[9] Incidentally, Nepomuceno won his titles in Olympic years.
  • The oldest champions are Remo Fornasari, 51, when he won in 1987;[10] and Irma Urrea, 45, when she won the very first women's title in 1972.
  • Gemma Burden is the youngest women's champion, 17, when she won in 1995.[11]
  • Two other men besides Nepomuceno has won multiple Bowling World Cup titles, Arne Svein Ström (1977 and 1982) and Michael Schmidt (2005 and 2010).
  • Six women have each won two times, Pauline Smith (1981 and 1993), Jeanette Baker (1982 and 1983), Shannon Pluhowsky (2002 and 2004), Aumi Guerra (2010 and 2011), Caroline Lagrange (2009 and 2013) and Clara Guerrero (2014 and 2015).
  • Baker, Guerra, and Guerrero are the only bowlers in QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup history to win consecutive titles.
  • Only once has a country swept the men's and women's titles in the same year. This occurred in 1986 when Sweden incidentally defeated Philippines in both the men's and women's finals.
  • A host representative has won the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup three times. Bob Worrall won in New York City in 1981, Wang Hongbo won in Shanghai in 2016, and Shannon O'Keefe won in Las Vegas in 2018.
  • Chris Barnes (2014 men's champion) and Lynda Barnes (2005 women's champion) is the only husband-wife duo to win the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup.[12]
  • USA is the most successful nation in the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, winning a combined 20 titles[13] (11 men's titles,[14] 9 women's titles[15])

Scoring
Category Record Player Year/Venue
Qualifying Rounds[lower-alpha 1]
Men's Individual Game 59 300s have been bowled in the qualifying rounds.[lower-alpha 2]
Women's Individual Game 15 300s have been bowled in the qualifying rounds.[lower-alpha 3]
Men's 3 Game Series 896 Paul Trotter[17] 2002, Riga, Latvia
Women's 3 Game Series 803 Aumi Guerra[lower-alpha 4] 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
Men's 5 Game Block 1307 Ahmed Shaheen[18] 2002, Riga, Latvia
Women's 5 Game Block 1304 Aumi Guerra[18] 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
Men's 6 Game Block 1599 Mats Maggi[19] 2013, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Women's 6 Game Block 1531 Lynda Barnes[20] 2005, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Men's 8 Game Block 2088 Tommy Jones[21] 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
Women's 8 Game Block 1948 Clara Guerrero[22] 2014, Wroclaw, Poland
Men's High Average[lower-alpha 5] 246.22 Osku Palermaa[23] 2006, Caracas, Venezuela
Women's High Average[lower-alpha 5] 244.03 Caroline Lagrange[24] 2013, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Finals - Arena "Knockout" Rounds (2000-2005), (2016-)[lower-alpha 6] and Stepladder
Men's Individual Game Kai Virtanen[25] 2004, Singapore
Chris Barnes[12] 2014, Wroclaw, Poland
Women's Individual Game 298 Jasmine Yeong-Nathan[26] 2008, Hermosillo, Mexico
Men's 2 Game Series 536 Petter Hansen[25] 2004, Singapore
Women's 2 Game Series 561 Jasmine Yeong-Nathan[26] 2008, Hermosillo, Mexico
Men's 3 Game Series 778 Derek Eoff[26] 2008, Hermosillo, Mexico
Women's 3 Game Series 747 Clara Guerrero[27] 2014, Wroclaw, Poland
  1. Qualifying rounds consists of three or four days of qualifying, eight games in the Top 24 round, and round-robin match play.
  2. Jason Belmonte and Tore Torgersen has bowled the most 300s, each with three.[16] In 2013, Torgersen became the first in QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup history to bowl consecutive 300s.[16]
  3. No women has bowled multiple 300s as of 2019.[16]
  4. Qualifying Day 2: Games 6, 7, 8: 244, 280, 279
  5. 32 Games
  6. From 2000-2005, Arena Knockout Rounds was a format of three rounds of single elimination, best-of-three-games. From 2016 till present, Arena Knockout rounds is a format of two rounds of single elimination, one game matches.

Appearances and Participation

1976, 1979–1980, 1982, 1985–1989, 1991–1996, 2009

  • Most Appearances, Women - 17, Aida Granillo[28]

1982-1983, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994-1996, 1998-2000, 2002–2006, 2008

  • Erik Kok has participated in the Bowling World Cup in five different decades.[29]

1979–1980, 1985, 1989, 1995, 2005, 2014

1976, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1991–1993, 1995–1996

  • Most Championship Appearances, Stepladder and Arena, Women - 7, Shalin Zulkifli

1996–1998, 2000–2001, 2003–2004

  • Most Countries - 95 in 2004[16]
  • Most Bowlers, Men and Women Combined - 167 in 2010[16]
  • Most Bowlers, Men - 93 in 2004[16]
  • Most Bowlers, Women - 76 in 2010[16]

Awards
  • The Bent Petersen Country Award is awarded to the country with the best combined finishes in the men's and women's divisions. It is named after Bent Petersen, who ran AMF’s international operations for 36 years before retiring in 1998.[30] Originally known as the Country Champion Award, it has been awarded at the BWC since 1984. The first winner of the award was Thailand.[31] Australia are the most recent winners.[2] In 2000, the award was renamed in honor of Petersen. Petersen died on November 21, 2014.[32]
  • Highest Game Award is awarded in both the men's and women's division to the bowlers who had the highest one game score during the tournament. There have been 76[33] 300s bowled at the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup (61 by men, 15 by women). Jack Guay bowled the first-ever 300 game in 1994, the 30th year of the AMF Bowling World Cup; while Shalin Zulkifli was the first woman to bowl a 300 in 1997.[16] United States has the most 300s by a country, seven.
  • The Barry James Sportsman Award and Jacky Felsenstein Sportswoman Award, awarded to one male bowler and one female bowler, is voted for by the participating bowlers. Representatives from Canada and Mexico have each won this award more times than any country, seven times each.

References
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  8. All QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Winners
  9. "Paeng's Guinness World Records". Philippine Star.
  10. Oldest Men's Champion
  11. Youngest Women's Champion
  12. "Chris Barnes sweeps two opponents to win men's title in 50th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup". Bowlingdigital.
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  14. "Medal History Men". European Tenpin Bowling Federation.
  15. "Medal History Women". European Tenpin Bowling Federation.
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  17. "Australian National Records". Tenpin Bowling Australia.
  18. "Aumi does it again!". QubicaAMF.
  19. Men's 6 Game Block Record
  20. Women's 6 Game Block Record
  21. Men's 8 Game Block Record
  22. Women's 8 Game Block Record
  23. Men's High Average Record After 32 games
  24. Women's High Average Record After 32 games
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  26. "High scoring finals see championship go to Singapore and USA". QubicaAMF.
  27. Women's 3 game Series Record
  28. Most Appearances Male or Female
  29. Participation in each of the last five decades
  30. Bent Petersen Award
  31. First Country Champion Award
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  33. "Kyle Troup achieves perfection: Wins Qualifying at the 54th Bowling World Cup". Bowlingdigital.
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