World Ranking Masters
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The World Ranking Masters is Ten-pin bowling's international ranking system, as with professional Tennis. It is governed by the World Tenpin Bowling Association (WTBA).
This ten-pin equivalent is known as the 'World Ranking Masters' and is made up of three vast tours: the European, Americas and Asian bowling tours. The Masters' is worked out at the end of the three tours, the European, Americas (Not American although it does cover the US) and Asian tours.
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[edit] Organisation
It is divided into the following geographical Zones/Tours:
- American Bowling Federation [1] [2] which consists of North and South America and has the Americas Bowling Tour.
- Asian Bowling Federation [3] [4] which consists of Asia, Australia, Western Pacific and has the Asian Bowling Tour.
- European Tenpin Bowling Federation [5] which consists of Europe and is host to the European World Tour (similar to that of the PBA's Tour)
When all three vast tours are complete the top 8 bowlers over the three tours are invited each year to the World Ranking Masters.
For example, with the European Bowling Tour, the list can be found on the official ETBF website [6]. It is also reported on in the leading Tenpin news site [7].
The WTBA will conduct for its member federations the following championships:
- A World Tenpin Bowling Championships for Men | every second year | next time in August 2005
- A World Tenpin Bowling Championships for Women | every second year | next time in August 2005
- A World Tenpin Bowling Youth Championships | every second year | next time in August 2005
- A World Ranking Masters Final | every year | next time in August 2005
[edit] Past events
[edit] 2007
The 2007 World Ranking Masters event will be held in Doha, Qatar.
[edit] 2006
The 2006 World Ranking Masters event will be held in Kuwait on May 9th to the 15th.
