AMF World Cup

QubicaAMF World Cup
2015
Tournament information
Location	Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, USA [1]
Dates	November 13–20

The AMF World Cup, now known as the QubicaAMF World Cup, is an annual Ten-pin bowling championship sponsored by QubicaAMF Worldwide, and one of the largest in terms of number of participating nations. Each nation chooses one male and 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 female) are chosen.

History

Dublin, Ireland in 1965 hosted the first ever Bowling World Cup. 20 bowlers, all men, arrived to take part in what was then called the International Masters, soon to become the AMF, and eventually the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. The 1st edition was won by Lauri Ajanto. Women first competed in 1972, the 8th edition of the AMF World Cup in Hamburg, West Germany. Irma Urrea won the first women's title.

Previous winners

Year	Location	Men[2]	Women[3]
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 Mueller
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 City, Philippines	Lorenzo Monti	Cathy Townsend
1976	Tehran, Iran	Paeng Nepomuceno	Lucy Giovinco
1977	Tolworth, England	Arne Stroem	Rea Rennox
1978	Bogotá, Colombia	Samran Banyen	Lita de la Rosa
1979	Bangkok, Thailand	Philippe Dubois	Bong Coo
1980	Jakarta, Indonesia	Paeng Nepomuceno	Jean Gordon
1981	New York City, USA	Bob Worrall	Pauline Smith
1982	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Arne Stroem	Jeanette Baker
1983	Mexico City, Mexico	Yu-Tien Chu	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	Asa 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	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Patrick Healey, Jr	Gemma Burden
1996	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Paeng Nepomuceno	Cara Honeychurch
1997	Cairo, Egypt	Christian Nokel	Su-Fen Tseng
1998	Kobe, Japan	Cheng-Ming Yang	Maxine Nable
1999	Las Vegas, USA	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, USA

• Paeng Nepomuceno holds two Guinness World Records from his victories in the QubicaAMF World Cup. His four victories (1976, 1980, 1992, 1996) came in a record three different decades.^[4] He also holds the record for the youngest men's champion, 19, when he won his first of four titles in 1976.^[4] Incidentally, Nepomuceno won his titles in Olympic years.

• The oldest champions are Remo Fornasari, 51, when he won in 1987;^[5] 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.^[6]

• Two other men besides Nepomuceno has won multiple World Cup titles, Arne Stroem (1977 and 1982) and Michael Schmidt (2005 and 2010).

• Five 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), and Caroline Lagrange (2009 and 2013).

• Baker and Guerra are the only bowlers in QubicaAMF 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.

• Chris Barnes (2014 men's champion) and Lynda Barnes (2005 women's champion) are the only husband-wife duo that has won the QubicaAMF World Cup.^[7]

• USA is the most successful nation in the QubicaAMF World Cup, winning a combined 18 titles (10 men's titles, 8 women's titles).

Records

Scoring Records

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]	13 300s have been bowled in the qualifying rounds.
Men's 3 Game Series	896[9]	Paul Trotter	2002, Riga, Latvia
Women's 3 Game Series	803[N 4]	Aumi Guerra	2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
Men's 5 Game Block	1307[10]	Ahmed Shaheen	2002, Riga, Latvia
Women's 5 Game Block	1304[10]	Aumi Guerra	2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
Men's 6 Game Block	1599[11]	Mats Maggi	2013, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Women's 6 Game Block	1531[12]	Lynda Barnes	2005, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Men's 8 Game Block	2088[13]	Tommy Jones	2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
Women's 8 Game Block	1948[14]	Clara Guerrero	2014, Wroclaw, Poland
Men's High Average	246.22[15]	Osku Palermaa	2006, Caracas, Venezuela
Women's High Average	244.03[16]	Caroline Lagrange	2013, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Finals - Arena "Knockout" Rounds (2000-2005)[N 5]
Men's Individual Game	300[N 6]	Kai Virtanen	2004, Singapore
Women's Individual Game	279	Ann-Maree Putney[N 7]	2004, Singapore
		Kerrie Ryan-Ciach[N 8]
Men's 2 Game Series	536[N 9]	Petter Hansen	2004, Singapore
Women's 2 Game Series	528[N 10]	Shannon Pluhowsky	2004, Singapore
Men's 3 Game Series	764[N 11]	Petter Hansen	2004, Singapore
Women's 3 Game Series	737[N 12]	Liza Del Rosario	2001, Pattaya, Thailand
Finals - Stepladder
Men's Individual Game	300[7]	Chris Barnes	2014, Wroclaw, Poland
Women's Individual Game	298[17]	Jasmine Yeong-Nathan	2008, Hermosillo, Mexico
Men's 2 Game Series	523[N 13]	Bill Hoffman	2007, St. Petersburg, Russia
Women's 2 Game Series	561[17]	Jasmine Yeong-Nathan	2008, Hermosillo, Mexico
Men's 3 Game Series	778[17]	Derek Eoff	2008, Hermosillo, Mexico
Women's 3 Game Series	747[18]	Clara Guerrero	2014, Wroclaw, Poland

Appearances and Participation Records

• Most Appearances, Men - 16, Paeng Nepomuceno

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

• Most Appearances, Women - 17, Aida Granillo^[19]

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

• Most Nations - 95 in 2004^[20]
• Most Bowlers, Men and Women Combined - 167 in 2010^[20]
• Most Bowlers, Men - 93 in 2004^[20]
• Most Bowlers, Women - 76 in 2010^[20]

Awards

• The Bent Petersen Award, named for the retiree who ran AMF’s international operations for 36 years, is awarded to the country with the best combined finishes in the men's and women's divisions.^[21] (Petersen passed away on November 21, 2014).^[22] This was first awarded at the 1984 AMF World Cup, then called the Country Champion Award,^[23] won by Thailand.

• 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 71 300s bowled at the QubicaAMF World Cup (58 by men, 13 by women). Jack Guay bowled the first ever 300 game in 1994, the 30th year of the AMF World Cup; while Shalin Zulkifli was the first woman to bowl a 300 in 1997.

• The Sportsmanship 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.^[24]

References

External links

• Official 2014 QubicaAMF World Cup website
• Official QubicaAMF World Cup Facebook Page
• Official QubicaAMF World Cup Twitter Account
• QubicaAMF World Cup Results by Year, from European Tenpin Bowling Federation website
• Bowlingdigital's QubicaAMF World Cup Section
• TalkTenpin's QubicaAMF World Cup Page