QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup
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Tournament information | |
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Location |
2018: Sam's Town, Las Vegas, United States |
Dates | 2018: November 5–11 |
Established | 1965 |
Administrator(s) | QubicaAMF Worldwide |
Format | See format section |
Website | QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup |
Current champion | |
Men 2017: Women 2017: |
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.[2] 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.[3]
Current champions are Jakob Butturff for the men and Krizziah Lyn Tabora for the women.[1] The 54th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup is going back to Las Vegas for the third time after previously hosting in 1999 and 2015. Sam's Town becomes the first bowling center to host the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup three times.[4]
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.[5]
- Stage 2: Top 24 in each division bowls 8 games. Top 8 Men, Top 8 Women based off total pinfall after 32 games advance to Stage 3.[5]
- Stage 3: Top 8 in each division 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 playoffs.[5]
Knockout Finals
Previous winners[6]
Number of titles by nation
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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.[12] He also holds the record for the youngest men's champion, 19, when he won his first of four titles in 1976.[12] Incidentally, Nepomuceno won his titles in Olympic years. - The oldest champions are
Remo Fornasari, 51, when he won in 1987;[13] 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.[14] - 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 to accomplish this feat. - A host representative has won the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup two times. The first was in 1981 when
Bob Worrall won in New York City. The second occurred in 2016 when Wang Hongbo won in Shanghai. - Chris Barnes (2014 men's champion) and Lynda Barnes (2005 women's champion) are the only husband-wife duo that has won the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup.[15]
USA is the most successful nation in the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, winning a combined 19 titles[16] (11 men's titles,[17] 8 women's titles[18])
Scoring
Category | Record | Player | Year/Venue |
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Qualifying Rounds[N 1] | |||
Men's Individual Game | 56 300s have been bowled in the qualifying rounds.[N 2] | ||
Women's Individual Game | 15 300s have been bowled in the qualifying rounds.[N 3] | ||
Men's 3 Game Series | 896 | 2002, | |
Women's 3 Game Series | 803 | 2011, | |
Men's 5 Game Block | 1307 | 2002, | |
Women's 5 Game Block | 1304 | 2011, | |
Men's 6 Game Block | 1599 | 2013, | |
Women's 6 Game Block | 1531 | 2005, | |
Men's 8 Game Block | 2088 | 2011, | |
Women's 8 Game Block | 1948 | 2014, | |
Men's High Average[N 5] | 246.22 | 2006, | |
Women's High Average[N 5] | 244.03 | 2013, | |
Finals - Arena "Knockout" Rounds (2000-2005), (2016-)[N 6] and Stepladder | |||
Men's Individual Game | 2004, | ||
2014, | |||
Women's Individual Game | 298 | 2008, | |
Men's 2 Game Series | 536 | 2004, | |
Women's 2 Game Series | 561 | 2008, | |
Men's 3 Game Series | 778 | 2008, | |
Women's 3 Game Series | 747 | 2014, |
- ↑ Qualifying rounds consists of three or four days of qualifying, eight games in the Top 24 round, and round-robin match play.
- ↑ Jason Belmonte and Tore Torgersen has bowled the most 300s, each with three.[19] In 2013, Torgersen became the first in QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup history to bowl consecutive 300s.[19]
- ↑ No women has bowled multiple 300s as of 2017.[19]
- ↑ Qualifying Day 2: Games 6, 7, 8: 244, 280, 279
- 1 2 32 Games
- ↑ 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
- Most Appearances, Men - 16,
Paeng Nepomuceno
1976, 1979-1980, 1982, 1985-1989, 1991-1996, 2009
- Most Appearances, Women - 17,
Aida Granillo[31]
1982-1983, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994-1996, 1998-2000, 2002–2006, 2008
- Most Championship Appearances, Stepladder and Arena, Men - 9,
Paeng Nepomuceno
1976, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1991-1993, 1995-1996
- Most Championship Appearances, Stepladder and Arena, Women - 7,
Shalin Zulkifli
1996-1998, 2000-2001, 2003–2004
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.[32] Originally known as the Country Champion Award, it has been awarded at the BWC since 1984. The first winner of the award was
Thailand[33] and Colombia are the most recent winners.[34] In 2000, the award was renamed in honor of Petersen. Petersen died on November 21, 2014.[35] - 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 73[36] 300s bowled at the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup (58 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.[19] - 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, six times each.[37]
References
- 1 2 3 "53rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Champions". QubicaAMF.
- ↑ "Humble Beginnings by Keith Hale - A World Cup Story". Talk Tenpin.
- ↑ http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/13760
- ↑ "54th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup is going back to Fabulous Las Vegas". Bowlingdigital. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "53rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup kicks off with Opening Ceremonies". Bowlingdigital.
- ↑ All QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Winners
- ↑ "Final Standings Men". QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. QubicaAMF. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ↑ "Final Standings Women". QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. QubicaAMF. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ↑ "Final Standings Women". QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. QubicaAMF. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ↑ "Final Standings Women". QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. QubicaAMF. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ↑ "Final Standings Women". QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. QubicaAMF. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- 1 2 "Paeng's Guinness World Records". Philippine Star.
- ↑ Oldest Men's Champion
- ↑ Youngest Women's Champion
- 1 2 "Chris Barnes sweeps two opponents to win men's title in 50th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup". Bowlingdigital.
- ↑ "Medal Tally All (Men & Women)". European Tenpin Bowling Federation.
- ↑ "Medal History Men". European Tenpin Bowling Federation.
- ↑ "Medal History Women". European Tenpin Bowling Federation.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Stats, records and more stuff on the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup". Bowlingdigital.
- ↑ "Australian National Records". Tenpin Bowling Australia.
- 1 2 "Aumi does it again!". QubicaAMF.
- ↑ Men's 6 Game Block Record
- ↑ Women's 6 Game Block Record
- ↑ Men's 8 Game Block Record
- ↑ Women's 8 Game Block Record
- ↑ Men's High Average Record After 32 games
- ↑ Women's High Average Record After 32 games
- 1 2 "40th AMF Bowling World Cup". Asian Bowling Federation.
- 1 2 3 "High scoring finals see championship go to Singapore and USA". QubicaAMF.
- ↑ Women's 3 game Series Record
- ↑ Most Appearances Male or Female
- ↑ Bent Petersen Award
- ↑ First Country Champion Award
- ↑ "And the show goes on". QubicaAMF.
- ↑ "A very sad farewell to AMF legend, Bent Petersen 1932–2014". Bowlingdigital.
- ↑ "Jenny Wegner achieves perfection; rolls first 300 game in 53rd World Cup". Bowlingdigital.
- ↑ Sportsmanship Award