WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships

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The WTBA World Championships is a global event that invites all countries, that are members of the WTBA to participate.

1 Event Details and History
- 1.1 Format
- 1.2 Dual Pattern Format
2 Medal History
- 2.1 Women's Medals Table
- 2.2 Men's Medals Table
3 World Championship Records
- 3.1 Men
- 3.2 Women
4 Previous & Future Championships
5 External links

[edit] Event Details and History

The event is held every two years and is split into 2 separate tournaments, one for men and one for women. These events are held alternately every year in different countries. Until 2005, the two events were always played at the same time, however, due to the growth of the championships in recent years it was decided to split the event up into separate men's and women's championships.

Players compete for medals in 6 different categories. Every bowler plays 24 games with 6 games in each category. The top 3 in each of the following categories are awarded medals:

Singles
Doubles
Trios
Team Event

After the conclusion of these events, the all-events medals are presented to the top 3 bowlers who have accumulated the most pinfall over the 24 games. This category is regarding as the most prestigious medal in world bowling.

The final medals are decided in the Masters category. The Masters event comprises the top 16 bowlers from the all-events category. All bowlers play a Matchplay style format, best of 5 games with the winner advancing to the next round. The players are seeded 1-16 according to their final positions in the All-Events. The draw for each round is decided with the highest seed playing the lowest seed, the second highest seed playing the second lowest seed, and so on. Medals are awarded to the winner, runner-up and both losing semi-finalists.

[edit] Format

The format for the Championships has changed many time throughout its history. In the early years of the championships, men competed in 4 different categories, Doubles, 4 man team, 8 man team and masters. Up until 1963 women did not participate in the event. The first year that women did take part, they competed in 4 different categories, doubles, four person team (European Style), four person team (American Style) and masters. This is the only time the "European Style" has been used in the championships. In the following championships the European style four person team was replaced with the five person team event (American Style) and was used until 1979. Since 1979 both men and women have competed in the same categories that are used in the championships today. The masters event has only recently changed with the onset of the championships splitting into 2 different events. Up until 2005 the top 16 would bowl a 16 game Round Robin with the top 3 bowlers after the 16 games advancing throughto a stepladder final. Currently the masters is played using the matchplay style, best of 5 format. Many bowlers do not agree with the matchplay format and prefer the round robin format as this is a much better way of determining the overall masters champion.

[edit] Dual Pattern Format

Since 2005 the championships have adopted the "dual pattern format" lane conditions, more commonly known as the "short" and "long" lane patterns. The "short" pattern is oiled to approximately 35 feet from the foul line and the "long" oiled to approximately 45 feet from the foul line. Each bowler at the championships will bowl an equal amount of games on the 2 patterns. In the masters, each match is played on alternating lane patterns with the highest seed having the choice of which pattern to start on.

The concept of having 2 different lane patterns is to force the bowlers to be more versatile in the championships. The 2 different lane patterns forces the bowlers to attack each pattern from different angles, using different styles of play, such as ball speed, hand position and ball choice. It has been argued that in previous championships around the world, using 1 pattern for the whole event would suit certain bowlers over others, which was deemed as being unfair. It was agreed that having 2 different lane conditions would be a fairer way of determining the best bowlers at the championships. Many other championships around the world have also adopted this format, such as the Men's and Women's European Championhips, the Asian Games, the World Ranking Masters, The Commonwealth Championships and the Asian Championships.

[edit] Medal History

[edit] Women's Medals Table

Pos.	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	16	19	16	51
2	Sweden	6	11	7	24
3	Philippines	6	3	2	11
4	South Korea	5	2	3	10
5	Finland	4	6	4	14
6	Australia	4	5	7	16
7	Germany	4	5	3	12
8	Japan	4	3	3	10
9	Mexico	4	3	4	11
10	Malaysia	3	5	2	10
11	Canada	3	2	0	5
12	England	3	1	3	7
13	Chinese Taipei	3	1	1	5
14	Denmark	2	1	2	5
15	China	1	1	0	2
=16	Puerto Rico	1	0	1	2
=16	Thailand	1	0	1	2
18	Colombia	0	2	2	4
19	Singapore	0	2	1	3
20	Venezuela	0	0	2	2
=21	Austria	0	0	1	1
=21	Belgium	0	0	1	1
=21	France	0	0	1	1
=21	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
=21	South Africa	0	0	1	1

[edit] Men's Medals Table

Pos.	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	18	11	9	38
2	United States	16	13	11	40
3	Finland	10	14	9	33
4	England	5	2	2	9
5	Australia	5	1	3	9
6	Chinese Taipei	4	1	1	6
7	Mexico	3	6	7	16
8	Netherlands	3	2	5	10
9	Germany	2	4	6	12
10	Philippines	2	3	1	6
11	Belgium	2	3	0	5
12	Singapore	2	2	0	4
13	Venezuela	1	3	6	10
14	South Korea	1	3	4	8
15	Norway	1	3	1	5
16	Canada	1	2	1	4
17	France	1	1	3	5
18	Malaysia	1	1	2	4
=19	Colombia	1	1	0	2
=19	Puerto Rico	1	1	0	2
21	Qatar	1	0	1	2
22	Japan	0	4	2	6
23	United Arab Emirates	0	0	3	3
=24	Guam	0	0	1	1
=24	Italy	0	0	1	1

[edit] World Championship Records

[edit] Men

Category	Record	Player	Country	Event	Year/Venue
Individual Records
Individual Game	300	Rick Steelsmith	United States	Trios	1987, Helsinki, Finland
		Rolando Sebelen Sr.	Dominican Republic	Doubles	1999, Abu Dhabi, UAE
		Steve Thornton	England	Doubles
		Andres Gomez	Colombia	Doubles
		Ahmed Shaheen	Qatar	Trios
		Amedeo Spada	Italy	Singles	2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		Anders Öhman	Sweden	Doubles
		Darren Cundy	England	Team
		Kimmo Lehtonen	Finland	(Make-up) Team
		Martin Larsen	Sweden	Round Robin
		Antonis Evaggelidis	Greece	Trios	2006, Busan, South Korea
		Bill Hoffman	United States	Team
		Biboy Rivera	Philippines	Masters Final
Individual 3 Game Series	826	Kimmo Lehtonen	Finland	Singles	1999, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Individual 6 Game Series	1541	Jason Belmonte	Australia	Doubles	2006, Busan, South Korea
Singles Records
Singles - 1 Game	300	Amedeo Spada	Italy		2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singles - 3 Games	826	Kimmo Lehtonen	Finland		1999, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Singles - 6 Games	1524	Remy Ong	Singapore		2006, Busan, South Korea
Doubles Records
Doubles - 1 Game	599	Jaime Monroy Andres Gomez	Colombia		1999, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Doubles - 3 Games	1514	Tomas Leandersson Anders Öhman	Sweden		2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Doubles - 6 Games	2906	Tomas Leandersson Anders Öhman	Sweden		2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Trios Records
Trios - 1 Game	778	Antti-Pekka Lax Lasse Lintilä Ari Halme	Finland		1999, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Trios - 3 Games	2121	Antti-Pekka Lax Lasse Lintilä Ari Halme	Finland		1999, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Trios - 6 Games	4088	Antti-Pekka Lax Lasse Lintilä Ari Halme	Finland		1999, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Team Records
Team - 1 Game	1185	Daniel Lim Ben Heng Azidi Ameran Alex Liew Zulmazran Zulkifli	Malaysia		2006, Busan, South Korea
Team - 3 Games	3409	Martin Blixt Johan Damberg Raymond Jansson Patrick Backe Tomas Leandersson	Sweden		1999, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Team - 6 Games	6618	Scott Pohl Ronnie Sparks David Haynes Rhino Page Bill Hoffman	United States		2006, Busan, South Korea

[edit] Women

Category	Record	Player	Country	Event	Year/Venue
Individual Records
Individual Game	300	Cha Mi-Jung	South Korea	Trios	1999, Abu Dhabi, UAE
		Kim Yeau Jin	South Korea	Doubles	2007, Monterrey, Mexico
		Kirsten Penny	England	Team	2007, Monterrey, Mexico
Individual 3 Game Series	787	Diandra Asbaty	United States	Doubles	2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Individual 6 Game Series	1496	Diandra Asbaty	United States	Doubles	2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Individual 24 Game All-Events	5316	Choi Jin A	South Korea		2007, Monterrey, Mexico
Singles Records
Singles - 1 Game		Unknown
Singles - 3 Games		Unknown
Singles - 6 Games	1405	Kelly Kulick	United States		1999, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Doubles Records
Doubles - 1 Game	547	Adriana Perez Sandra Gongora	Mexico		2007, Monterrey, Mexico
Doubles - 3 Games	1433	Choi Jin A Nam Bo Ra	South Korea		2007, Monterrey, Mexico
Doubles - 6 Games	2804	Choi Jin A Nam Bo Ra	South Korea		2007, Monterrey, Mexico
Trios Records
Trios - 1 Game	758	Sharon Koh Esther Cheah Shalin Zulkifli	Malaysia		2007, Monterrey, Mexico
Trios - 3 Games	2082	Sabrina Lim Evelyn Chan Jazreel Tan	Singapore		2007, Monterrey, Mexico
Trios - 6 Games	3970	Helen Johnsson Malin Glendert Nina Flack	Sweden		2007, Monterrey, Mexico
Team Records
Team - 1 Game	1261	Fiona Banks Jemma Smith Zara Glover Lisa John Kirsten Penny	England		2007, Monterrey, Mexico
Team - 3 Games	3335	Sara Vargas Margarita Roa Rocio Restrepo Luz Adriana Leal Clara Juliana Guerrero	Colombia		2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Team - 6 Games	6323	Esther Cheah Shalin Zulkifli Sharon Koh Wendy Chai Zandra Aziela	Malaysia		2007, Monterrey, Mexico

[edit] Previous & Future Championships

From 2005 The men's and women's Championships have been held as separate events on alternating years.

Year	City	Country	Women	Men	Total
1954	Helsinki	Finland	-	58	58
1955	Essen	West Germany	-	64	64
1958	Helsingborg	Sweden	-	99	99
1960	Hamburg	West Germany	-	102	102
1963	Mexico City	Mexico	45	132	177
1967	Malmö	Sweden	84	161	225
1971	Milwaukee	United States	103	268	371
1975	London	England	152	271	423
1979	Manila	Philippines	146	175	321
1983	Caracas	Venezuela	175	206	381
1987	Helsinki	Finland	196	230	426
1991	Singapore	Singapore	196	280	476
1995	Reno	United States	253	358	611
1999	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	255	345	600
2003	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	234	348	582
2005	Aalborg	Denmark	216	-	216
2006	Busan	South Korea	-	247	247
2007	Monterrey	Mexico	227	-	227
2008	Bangkok	Thailand	-	-	-
2009	Melbourne	Australia	-	-	-

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