QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup

QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup
Tournament information
Location 2016: Hao's Bowling, Shanghai, China China[1]
Dates 2016: October 14–23
Established 1965
Administrator(s) QubicaAMF Worldwide
Format Stage 1: Qualifying Round of 20 Games, total pinfall. Top 24 from each division (Men, Women) advance to Stage 2, total pinfall carries over.[2]
Stage 2: Top 24 in each division roll 8 games, Top 8 based off total pinfall after 28 games advance to Stage 3.[2]
Stage 3: Top 8 in each division rolls another 8 games in a round robin format, 30 bonus pins for a win, 15 bonus pins for a tie, Top 4 in each division after 36 games (total pinfall + bonus pins) advance to stepladder finals Stage 4.[2]
Stage 4: Semifinals: One game single elimination bracket for each division. No. 1 seed vs No. 4 seed and No. 2 seed vs No. 3 seed, winners advances to final. Finals: Semifinal winners in each division face each other in one game final.[2]
Participants 2016: 144 Bowlers from 84 countries, 81 men and 63 women[3]
Website QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup
Current champion
Men 2016: China Wang Hongbo[4]
Women 2016: Sweden Jenny Wegner[4]

The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, formerly 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 countries. Each country 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.

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. 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.

14 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, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.[5]

Current champions are Wang Hongbo for the men and Jenny Wegner for the women.[4] The 2017 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will be in Hermosillo, Mexico for a record third time. No city has hosted the BWC three times. This will be a record 6th time that the BWC heads to Mexico.[6]

Previous winners[7]

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

Records

Scoring

Category Record Player Year/Venue
Qualifying Rounds[N 1]
Men's Individual Game 300[N 2] 56 300s have been bowled in the qualifying rounds.
Women's Individual Game 300[N 3] 14 300s have been bowled in the qualifying rounds.
Men's 3 Game Series 896[16] Australia Paul Trotter 2002, Riga, Latvia Latvia
Women's 3 Game Series 803[N 4] Dominican Republic Aumi Guerra 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
Men's 5 Game Block 1307[17] Qatar Ahmed Shaheen 2002, Riga, Latvia Latvia
Women's 5 Game Block 1304[17] Dominican Republic Aumi Guerra 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
Men's 6 Game Block 1599[18] Belgium Mats Maggi 2013, Krasnoyarsk, Russia Russia
Women's 6 Game Block 1531[19] United States Lynda Barnes 2005, Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenia
Men's 8 Game Block 2088[20] United States Tommy Jones 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
Women's 8 Game Block 1948[21] Colombia Clara Guerrero 2014, Wroclaw, Poland Poland
Men's High Average[N 5] 246.22[22] Finland Osku Palermaa 2006, Caracas, Venezuela Venezuela
Women's High Average[N 5] 244.03[23] Canada Caroline Lagrange 2013, Krasnoyarsk, Russia Russia
Finals - Arena "Knockout" Rounds (2000-2005)[N 6] and Stepladder
Men's Individual Game 300 Finland Kai Virtanen[24] 2004, Singapore Singapore
United States Chris Barnes[11] 2014, Wroclaw, Poland] Poland
Women's Individual Game 298[25] Singapore Jasmine Yeong-Nathan 2008, Hermosillo, Mexico Mexico
Men's 2 Game Series 536[24] Norway Petter Hansen 2004, Singapore Singapore
Women's 2 Game Series 561[25] Singapore Jasmine Yeong-Nathan 2008, Hermosillo, Mexico Mexico
Men's 3 Game Series 778[25] United States Derek Eoff 2008, Hermosillo, Mexico Mexico
Women's 3 Game Series 747[26] Colombia Clara Guerrero 2014, Wroclaw, Poland 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.[15] In 2013, Torgersen became the first in QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup history to bowl consecutive 300s.[15]
  3. No women has bowled multiple 300s as of 2015.[15]
  4. Qualifying Day 2: Games 6, 7, 8: 244, 280, 279
  5. 1 2 32 Games
  6. Arena Knockout Rounds was a format of three rounds of single elimination, best-of-three-games.

Appearances and Participation

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

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

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

1996-1998, 2000-2001, 2003–2004

Awards

References

  1. 2016 Host Site
  2. 1 2 3 4 "52nd QubicaAMF World Cup" (PDF). QubicaAMF.
  3. http://www.bowl.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=23622328042
  4. 1 2 3 "Our Champions: Simply the Best". QubicaAMF.
  5. http://bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/13760
  6. https://www.qubicaamf.com/qubicaamf-bowling-world-cup/shanghai-china/news/2016-bowling-world-cup-award-winners
  7. All QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Winners
  8. 1 2 "Paeng's Guinness World Records". Philippine Star.
  9. Oldest Men's Champion
  10. Youngest Women's Champion
  11. 1 2 "Chris Barnes sweeps two opponents to win men's title in 50th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup". Bowlingdigital.
  12. "Medal Standing All Together (Men & Women)". European Tenpin Bowling Federation.
  13. "Medal History Men". European Tenpin Bowling Federation.
  14. "Medal History Women". European Tenpin Bowling Federation.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Stats, records and more stuff on the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup". Bowlingdigital.
  16. Men's 3 Game Series Record
  17. 1 2 "Aumi does it again!". QubicaAMF.
  18. Men's 6 Game Block Record
  19. Women's 6 Game Block Record
  20. Men's 8 Game Block Record
  21. Women's 8 Game Block Record
  22. Men's High Average Record After 32 games
  23. Women's High Average Record After 32 games
  24. 1 2 "40th AMF Bowling World Cup". Asian Bowling Federation.
  25. 1 2 3 "High scoring finals see championship go to Singapore and USA". QubicaAMF.
  26. Women's 3 game Series Record
  27. Most Appearances Male or Female
  28. Bent Petersen Award
  29. First Country Champion Award
  30. 2016 Bent Petersen Country Award Winners
  31. "A very sad farewell to AMF legend, Bent Petersen 1932–2014". Bowlingdigital.
  32. Sportsmanship Award
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