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.
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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. 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.
Current champions are Wang Hongbo for the men and Jenny Wegner for the women. The 2017 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will be 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.
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Format
- Stage 1: Qualifying Round of 24 Games, total pinfall. Top 24 Men, Top 24 Women advance to Stage 2, total pinfall carries over.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Previous 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. He also holds the record for the youngest men's champion, 19, when he won his first of four titles in 1976. Incidentally, Nepomuceno won his titles in Olympic years.
- The oldest champions are Remo Fornasari, 51, when he won in 1987; 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.
- 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.
- USA is the most successful nation in the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, winning a combined 18 titles (10 men's titles, 8 women's titles)
Records
Scoring
Appearances and Participation
- Most Appearances, Men - 16, Paeng Nepomuceno
1976, 1979-1980, 1982, 1985-1989, 1991-1996, 2009
- Most Appearances, Women - 17, Aida Granillo
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
- Most Bowlers, Men and Women Combined - 167 in 2010
- Most Bowlers, Men - 93 in 2004
- Most Bowlers, Women - 76 in 2010
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. Originally known as the Country Champion Award, it has been awarded at the BWC since 1984. The first winner of the award was Thailand and Sweden are the most recent winners. In 2000, the award was renamed in honor of Petersen. Petersen died on November 21, 2014.
- 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 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.
- 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.
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