AMF World Cup
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The AMF World Cup, now a joint partnership between Qubica and AMF (now called the Qubica/AMF World Cup), is one of the world’s largest annual international sports Ten-pin bowling championships in terms of number of participating nations, next to the Weber Cup (being the biggest) and the World Tenpin Masters.
AMF, or AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc., owns and operates the AMF Bowling Centers.
AMF stands for AMFLITE who also produce the tenin-pin bowling pins, AMFLITE II.
The event is televised by Matchroom Sport Television and will be subsequently broadcast as 15 x 1 hour programmes both at home on Sky Sports and around the world.
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[edit] History
[edit] 2006 Press Release
QubicaAMF is delighted to announce that the 42nd Bowling World Cup will be held in Caracas, Venezuela, between 4th and 10th [1] November 2006. [2]
The Deputy Minister for Sport and President of the Instituto National de Deportives, Prof. Eduardo Alvarez Camacho, gave the event the full backing of the government when he signed the contract. President Hugo Chavaz has also promised his personal support.
The bowling itself will take place in the 40-lane centre at Mampote, a short drive outside the main city. This was the venue for the FIQ World Championships in 1983. It will be fully refurbished with the latest QubicaAMF equipment, well in advance of the tournament.
Anne-Marie Board, QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Manager, commented: “We are so pleased to be returning to Caracas after 32 years. We are also happy to give our support to President Chavaz’s policy of furthering education, health and participation in sport.
“The centre itself has magnificent facilities, including wonderful spectator viewing, and the organising committee is already hard at work. I am sure that the 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Caracas will continue our great tradition and enhance the reputation of the event as the best annual tournament in the world.”
QubicaAMF Worldwide is the founder, organiser and principal sponsor of the Bowling World Cup. Additional information on the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, including archives and bulletins for this year’s tournament, can be found on www.qubicaamf.com just follow the link.
QubicaAMF Worldwide is one of the largest bowling products companies in the world. With worldwide headquarters near Richmond, Virginia and European headquarters in Bologna, Italy, the company manufactures a complete line of high-quality, innovative solutions for new and existing bowling and entertainment centers.
[edit] Past Events
- AMF World Cup 2006 Female winner: Diandra Asbaty (USA) - Male winner: Osku Palermaa (Finland)
- AMF World Cup 2005 Female winner: Linda Barnes (USA) - Male winner: Michael Schmidt (Canada)
- AMF World Cup 2004 Female winner: Shannon Pluhowsky (USA) - Male winner: Kai Virtanen (Finland)
- AMF World Cup 2003 [3] Female winner: Kerrie Ryan-Ciach (Canada) - Male winner: C.J. Suarez (Philippines)
- AMF World Cup 2002 Female winner: Shannon Pluhowsky (USA) - Male winner: Mika Luoto (Finland)
- AMF World Cup 2001 Female winner: Nachini Itakura (Japan) - Male winner: Kim Haugen (Norway)
- AMF World Cup 2000 Female winner: Mel Isaac (Wales) - Male winner: Tomas Leandersson (Swedan)
[edit] External links
- Official AMF Bowling World Cup
- AMF Bowling Facts
- Official Qubica/AMF Site
- AMF Bowling World Cup Internet Site Launched
- http://www.matchroomsport.com/events_all.htm
- http://www.amf.com/worldcup/
- Official AMF Europe
- Official AMF Bowling UK
- Bowlinglinks all over the World, sorted by categories
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