QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup

QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup

Tournament information
Location	2017: Bol 300, Hermosillo, Mexico [1]
Dates	2017: November 4–12
Established	1965
Administrator(s)	QubicaAMF Worldwide
Format	See format section
Website	QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup
Current champion
Men 2016: Wang Hongbo[2] Women 2016: Jenny Wegner[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Current champions are Wang Hongbo for the men and Jenny Wegner for the women.^[2] The 2017 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will be held in Hermosillo, Mexico for a record third time. Hermosillo previously hosted the BWC in 1994 and 2008. This will be a record 6th time that the BWC heads to Mexico.

Format

• 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 roll 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 rolls 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 stepladder finals Stage 4.^[5]
• 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 (Men, Women) face each other in one game final.^[5]

Previous winners^[6]

Year	Location	Men	Women
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 Müller
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 Svein Ström	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, United States	Bob Worrall	Pauline Smith
1982	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Arne Svein Ström	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, United States	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, United States	Wu Siu Hong	Clara Guerrero
2016	Shanghai, China	Wang Hongbo	Jenny Wegner
2017	Hermosillo, Mexico

• 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.^[7] He also holds the record for the youngest men's champion, 19, when he won his first of four titles in 1976.^[7] Incidentally, Nepomuceno won his titles in Olympic years.
• The oldest champions are Remo Fornasari, 51, when he won in 1987;^[8] 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.^[9]
• 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.^[10]
• USA is the most successful nation in the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, winning a combined 18 titles^[11] (10 men's titles,^[12] 8 women's titles^[13])

Records

Scoring

Category	Record	Player	Year/Venue
Qualifying Rounds[N 1]
Men's Individual Game	300	56 300s have been bowled in the qualifying rounds.[N 2]
Women's Individual Game	300	14 300s have been bowled in the qualifying rounds.[N 3]
Men's 3 Game Series	896	Paul Trotter[15]	2002, Riga, Latvia
Women's 3 Game Series	803	Aumi Guerra[N 4]	2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
Men's 5 Game Block	1307	Ahmed Shaheen[16]	2002, Riga, Latvia
Women's 5 Game Block	1304	Aumi Guerra[16]	2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
Men's 6 Game Block	1599	Mats Maggi[17]	2013, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Women's 6 Game Block	1531	Lynda Barnes[18]	2005, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Men's 8 Game Block	2088	Tommy Jones[19]	2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
Women's 8 Game Block	1948	Clara Guerrero[20]	2014, Wroclaw, Poland
Men's High Average[N 5]	246.22	Osku Palermaa[21]	2006, Caracas, Venezuela
Women's High Average[N 5]	244.03	Caroline Lagrange[22]	2013, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Finals - Arena "Knockout" Rounds (2000-2005)[N 6] and Stepladder
Men's Individual Game	300	Kai Virtanen[23]	2004, Singapore
		Chris Barnes[10]	2014, Wroclaw, Poland
Women's Individual Game	298	Jasmine Yeong-Nathan[24]	2008, Hermosillo, Mexico
Men's 2 Game Series	536	Petter Hansen[23]	2004, Singapore
Women's 2 Game Series	561	Jasmine Yeong-Nathan[24]	2008, Hermosillo, Mexico
Men's 3 Game Series	778	Derek Eoff[24]	2008, Hermosillo, Mexico
Women's 3 Game Series	747	Clara Guerrero[25]	2014, Wroclaw, Poland

Appearances and Participation

• Most Appearances, Men - 16, Paeng Nepomuceno

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

• Most Appearances, Women - 17, Aida Granillo^[26]

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 Countries - 95 in 2004^[14]
• Most Bowlers, Men and Women Combined - 167 in 2010^[14]
• Most Bowlers, Men - 93 in 2004^[14]
• Most Bowlers, Women - 76 in 2010^[14]

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.^[27] Originally known as the Country Champion Award, it has been awarded at the BWC since 1984. The first winner of the award was Thailand^[28] and Sweden are the most recent winners.^[29] In 2000, the award was renamed in honor of Petersen. Petersen died on November 21, 2014.^[30]
• 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 72^[14] 300s bowled at the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup (58 by men, 14 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.^[14]
• 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.^[31]

References

External links

• Official 2017 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup website
• QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup's channel on YouTube