List of world bowling champions

This article is a list of world champions in Ten-pin bowling in the tournaments listed below-

World Championships of the International Bowling Federation IBF (formerly World Bowling), owns the World Championships and is under the International Olympic Committee. It is a sanctioning body for all international ten-pin bowling tournaments. Championships are held every 4 years and six male and six female from participating nations compete for medals for their flag.
The World Games, which include all sports that are not included in the Olympics. Championships are held every 4 years, in the years following the Summer Olympic Games. Male and female participants compete for medals for their flag.
The Professional Bowlers Association world championships. PBA is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States. The PBA World Championship is one of five major PBA bowling events.
The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, previously known as the International Masters and AMF Bowling World Cup, is an annual championship sponsored by QubicaAMF Worldwide and played exclusively on AMF equipment. One male and/or one female bowler represents a nation in the tournament and a champion is declared.
Other commercial or invitational world championship events.
IBSA, the International Blind Sports Federation.
World Deaf Bowling Championships

The World Championships

The World Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation (formerly known as World Bowling). From 1963 to 2003, and from 2013 the world championships were conducted every fourth year. The two genders were divided beginning in 2005 in addition to the Combined World Championships. Participating countries sends 6 women and 6 men on each team for men and women.^[1]

See World Tenpin Bowling Championships for the playing format.

Masters

Masters Champions^[1]
Year	Host	Men	Women
1954	Helsinki	Gösta Algeskog	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
1955	Essen	Nils Bäckström	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
1958	Helsingborg	Kalle Asukas	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
1960	Hamburg	Tito Reynolds	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
1963	Mexico City	Lez Zikes	Helen Shablis
1967	Malmö	David Pond	Helen Weston
1971	Milwaukee	Edwin Luther	Ashie Gonzalez
1975	London	Marvin Stoudt	Anne-Dore Häfker
1979	Manila	Gerry Bugden	Lita de la Rosa
1983	Caracas	Tony Cariello	Lena Sulkanen
1987	Helsinki	Roger Pieters	Anette Hägre
1991	Singapore	Mika Koivuniemi	Catherine Willis
1995	Reno	Chen-Min Yang	Celia Flores
1999	Abu Dhabi	Ahmed Shaheen	Ann-Maree Putney
2003	Kuala Lumpur	Michael Little	Diandra Hyman
2005	Aalborg	+ style="text-align: center;"\|-	Sui-Ling Yang
2006	Busan	Biboy Rivera	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2007	Monterrey	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Diandra Asbaty
2008	Bangkok	Walter Ray Williams	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2009	Las Vegas	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Clara Guerrero
2010	Las Vegas	Chris Barnes	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2011	Hong Kong	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Shannon Pluhowsky
2013	Las Vegas	Young-Seon Cho	Yun-Hee Son
2014	Abu Dhabi	Hee-Won Kang	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2015	Abu Dhabi	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Daw-Un Jung
2017	Las Vegas	Francois Lavoie	Daw-Un Jung
2018	Hong Kong	Mitch Hupe	style="text-align: center;" + \| -
2019	Las Vegas	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Cherie Tan

All Events

The All-Events is the combined games from singles, doubles, trios and 5-player team.

All Events Champions^[1]
Year	Host	Men	Women
1979	Manila	Eric Thompson	Bong Coo
1983	Caracas	Mats Karlsson	Bong Coo
1987	Helsinki	Rick Steelsmith	Sandra Jo Shiery
1991	Singapore	Ying-Chieh Ma	Helle Andersen
1995	Reno	Michael Sassen	Jaana Puhakka
1999	Abu Dhabi	Tore Torgersen	Amanda Bradley
2003	Kuala Lumpur	Anders Öhman	Zara Glover
2005	Aalborg	+ style="text-align: center;"\|-	Yu-Ling Wang
2006	Busan	Remy Ong	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2007	Monterrey	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Jin-A Choy
2008	Bangkok	Bok-Eum Choi	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2009	Las Vegas	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Clara Guerrero
2010	Las Vegas	Bill O'Neill	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2011	Hong Kong	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Mai Ginge Jensen
2013	Las Vegas	Chris Barnes	Shannon O'Keefe
2014	Abu Dhabi	Bok-Eum Choi	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2015	Abu Dhabi	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Shayna Ng
2017	Las Vegas	Hao-Ming Wu	Danielle McEwan
2018	Hong Kong	EJ Tackett	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2019	Las Vegas	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	María Rodríguez

Singles

Singles Champions^[1]
Year	Host	Men	Women
1979	Manila	Ollie Ongtawco	Lita dela Rosa
1983	Caracas	Armando Marino	Lena Sulkanen
1987	Helsinki	Patrick Rolland	Edda Piccini
1991	Singapore	Ying-Chieh Ma	Martina Beckel
1995	Reno	Marc Doi	Debby Ship
1999	Abu Dhabi	Gery Verbruggen	Kelly Kulick
2003	Kuala Lumpur	Mika Luoto	Zara Glover
2005	Aalborg	+ style="text-align: center;"\|-	Esther Cheah
2006	Busan	Remy Ong	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2007	Monterrey	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Shannon O'Keefe
2008	Bangkok	Walter Ray Williams	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2009	Las Vegas	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Stefanie Nation
2010	Las Vegas	Bill O'Neill	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2011	Hong Kong	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Jacqueline Sijore
2013	Las Vegas	Bill O'Neill	Seo-Yeon Ryu
2014	Abu Dhabi	Dan MacLelland	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2015	Abu Dhabi	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Eun-Hee Jeon
2017	Las Vegas	Xander van Mazijk	Futaba Imai
2018	Hong Kong	Muhammad Ismail Rafiq	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -
2019	Las Vegas	+ style="text-align: center;" \| -	Danielle McEwan
2023	Kuwait City	Darren Ong	Natasha Roslan
2025	Hong Kong	Luukas Väänänen	Essi Pakarinen

Doubles, Trios and Team

The World Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation (formerly known as World Bowling). Doubles, Trios and Team^[1] events of the World Championships are listed below.

World Champions
Year	Host	Doubles		Trios		Team (5 players + 1 constructive)
Year	Host	Men	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 90px;" \| Women	Men	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 90px;" \| Women	Men	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 140px;" \| Women
1954	Helsinki	Finland Osmo Koivunen Odin Koskinen
1955	Essen	Sweden Pelle Phil Fritiof Söderberg
1958	Helsingborg	Sweden Evert Lindbergh Carl-Gustav Carjö
1960	Hamburg	Mexico Tito Reynolds Miguel Anaya
1963	Mexico City	United States Jim Schroeder Bud Oswalt	United States Helen Shablis Dorothy Wilkinsson
1967	Malmö	England David Pond J E S Morley	Mexico Tea Orozco Alicia Sarabia
1971	Milwaukee	Puerto Rico Rolaldo Sebelen Carlos Diaz	Japan Yoshimi Fukuda Michiko Hirooka
1975	London	England Brian Michael Bernie Caterer	Sweden Britt Cederbrink Svea Ljungkvist
Year	Host	Doubles		Trios		Team (5 players + 1 constructive)
Year	Host	Men	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 90px;" \| Women	Men	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 90px;" \| Women	Men	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 140px;" \| Women
1979	Manila	Australia Eric Thompson Ronald Powell	Philippines Lita de la Rosa Bong Coo	Malaysia Allan Hooi Edward Lim J. B. Koo	United States Annese Kelly Cindy Schuble Jacquelyn Stormo	Australia Eric Thompson Kevin Quinn Gary Anthony Kee John Sullivan Ronald Powell Bruce Kennedy	United States Cindy Schuble Sandi Tice Betty Maw Jacquelyn Stormo Annese Kelly Regina Hillier
1983	Caracas	England Chris Buck Alan Fawcett Australia Ken Harding John Sullivan	Denmark Birgitte Jensen Jette Hansen	Sweden Kenneth Andersson Tony Rosenquist Mats Karlsson	Germany Hani Hoplitchek Christel Helisler Gisela Lins	Finland Mikko Kaartinen Sam Anker Martti Koskela Hannu Närhi Simo Vähäkorpela Ailo Votila	Sweden Karin Glennert Gerda Öhman Aasa Larsson Lena Sulkanen Yvonne Berndt Ingrid Andersell
1987	Helsinki	Sweden Ulf Hämnäs Ulf Bolleby	United States Cora Fiebig Kathy Wodka	United States Dan Nadeau Duane Sandvick Rick Steelsmith	United States Sue Holton Karen Bender Nellie Glandon	Sweden Raymond Jansson Per Jansson Ulf Hämnäs Ulf Bolleby Tony Rosenquist Gunnar Samuelsson	United States Nellie Glandon Karen Bender Sandra Jo Shiery Kathy Wodka Cora Fiebig Sue Holton
1991	Singapore	United States Pat Healey Steve Kloempken	Japan Tomoko Hatanaka Kumiko Inatsu	United States Pat Healey Vince Biondo Steve Kloempken	Canada Catherine Willis Jane Amlinger Anne Saasto	Chinese Taipei Ying-Chieh Ma Chien-Yi Tang Cheng-Ming Yang Te-Lin Lai Chao-Hsiung Lin Peng-Sheng Cheng	South Korea Mi-Sun Shin Hae-Hyung Lee Young-Sim Kim Mi-Suk Cho Hyun-Suk Hong Sook-Young Kim
1995	Reno	Sweden Tomas Leandersson Raymond Jansson	Thailand Kanit Kitchatham Phetchara Kaewsuk	Netherlands Erwin Groen Niko Thienpondt Michael Sassen	Australia Cara Honeychurch Sharon McLeish Sue Cassell	Netherlands Erwin Groen Maarten Krull Michael Sassen Niko Thienpondt Geert van Baest Marcel van den Bosch	Finland Jaana Puhakka Anu Peltola Pauliina Aalto Heta-Maija Allen Reija Lundén Leena Pulliainen
1999	Abu Dhabi	Sweden Patrick Backe Martin Blixt	Australia Joy Haymen Amanda Bradley	Finland Antti-Pekka Lax Lasse Lintilä Ari Halme	South Korea Jin-Hee Park Sun-Hwa Kim Ji-Yeon Lee	Sweden Tomas Leandersson Patrick Backe Johan Damberg Martin Blixt Raymond Jansson Göran Carlsson	South Korea Mi-Jung Cha Ji-Yeon Lee Sun-Hwa Kim Jin-Hee Park Hee-Soon Kim Mi-Young Lee
2003	Kuala Lumpur	Sweden Tomas Leandersson Anders Öhman	England Zara Glover Kirsten Penny	United States Dino Castillo Bill Hoffman Tim Mack	Philippines Liza del Rosario Liza Clutario Cecilia Yap	Sweden Martin Blixt Martin Larsen Patrick Backe Anders Öhman Tomas Leandersson Robert Andersson	Malaysia Sarah Yap Choy Poh Lai Sharon Chai Wendy Chai Shalin Zulkifli Lai Kin Ngoh
2005	Aalborg	-	Germany Martina Beckel Tanya Petty	-	Chinese Taipei Yu-Ling Wang Chiung-Yao Huang Miao-Lin Chou	-	Chinese Taipei Yu-Ling Wang Chiung-Yao Huang Miao-Lin Chou I-Fen Lin Ya-Ting Wang Hsin-Yi Tsai
2006	Busan	Sweden Martin Larsen Robert Andersson	-	South Korea Tae-Won Kim Jong-In Choi Seoung-Joo Joung	-	United States Scott Pohl Ronnie Sparks David Haynes Rhino Page Bill Hoffman Dan Patterson	-
2007	Monterrey	-	South Korea Jin-A Choy Bo-Ra Nam	-	Sweden Helén Johnsson Malin Glendert Nina Flack	-	Malaysia Esther Cheah Shalin Zulkifli Sharon Koh Wendy Chai Zandra Aziela Choy Poh Lai
2008	Bangkok	United States Patrick Allen Rhino Page	-	South Korea Bok-Eum Choi Ki-Bong Choi Tae-Young Kim	-	United States Walter Ray Williams Chris Barnes Tommy Jones Bill Hoffman Patrick Allen Rhino Page	-
2009	Las Vegas	-	South Korea Sun-Ok Hwang Hye-Eun Gang	-	Chinese Taipei Hao-Ting Yang Hsin-Yi Tsai Ya-Chun Tang	-	South Korea Sun-Ok Hwang Hye-Eun Gang Yun-Hee Jeon Yun-Hee Son Su-Yeon Hong Yeau-Jin Kim
2010	Las Vegas	Sweden Martin Paulsson Mathias Aarup	-	United States Patrick Allen Rhino Page Wes Malott	-	United States Bill O'Neill Patrick Allen Wes Malott Chris Barnes Tommy Jones Rhino Page
2011	Hong Kong	-	United States Shannon Pluhowsky Liz Johnson	-	United States Stefanie Nation Shannon Pluhowsky Shannon O'Keefe	-	United States Carolyn Dorin-Ballard Shannon Pluhowsky Shannon O'Keefe Kelly Kulick Liz Johnson Stefanie Nation
2013	Las Vegas	United States John Szczerbinski Chris Barnes	United States Shannon O'Keefe Stefanie Nation	Canada Mark Buffa Francois Lavoie Patrick Girard	South Korea Seo-Yeon Ryu Na-Young Lee Yun-Hee Son	Finland Perttu Jussila Toni Ranta Petteri Salonen Pasi Uotila Osku Palermaa Joonas Jehkinen	South Korea Seo-Yeon Ryu Na-Young Lee Moon-Jeong Kim Da-Wun Jung Yun-Hee Son Seung-Ja Baek"
2014	Abu Dhabi	South Korea Jong-Woo Park Bok-Eum Choi	-	Denmark Frederik Öhrgaard Carsten W. Hansen Thomas Larsen	-	South Korea Jong-Woo Park Bok-Eum Choi Hee-Won Kang Hae-Sol Hong Seung-Hyeon Shin Kyung-Min Kim
2015	Abu Dhabi	-	United States Danielle McEwan Kelly Kulick	-	South Korea Hye-Rin Son Jin-Sun Kim Seung-Ja Baek	-	United States Shannon Pluhowsky Stefani Johnson Shannon O'Keefe Kelly Kulick Danielle McEwan Liz Johnson
2017	Las Vegas	United States Chris Barnes Tommy Jones	South Korea Daw-Un Jung Moon-Jeong Kim	Hong Kong Eric Tseng Siu-Hong Wu Michael Mak	United States Danielle McEwan Kelly Kulick Shannon O'Keefe	United States Chris Barnes AJ Johnson Tommy Jones Marshall Kent Chris Via Jakob Butturff	Malaysia Syaidatul Afifah Natsaha Roslan Siti Safiyah Shalin Zulkifli Li-Jane Sin Esther Cheah
2018	Hong Kong	Malaysia Adrian Ang Tun Al-Hakim	-	United States E. J. Tackett Kyle Troup Andrew Anderson	-	Italy Marco Reviglio Pierpaolo De Filippi Nicola Pongolini Erik Davolio Antonino Fiorentino Marco Parapini	-
2019	Las Vegas	-	Sweden Josefine Hermansson Jenny Wegner	-	United States Missy Parkin Jordan Richard Liz Kuhlkin	-	Colombia Juliana Franco Rocio Restrepo Laura Plazas Clara Guerrero María Rodríguez Anggie Ramírez
2023	Kuwait City	Korea Kim Kyung-min Kim Dong-hyeon	Singapore Daphne Tan Cherie Tan	Hong Kong Tony Wong Ivan Tse Wu Siu Hong	Korea Jung Da-wun Hong Hae-ni Kim Hyun-mi	Canada Austyn Ducharme Jordan Jung Nathan Ruest-Lajoie Mitch Hupe Darren Alexander François Lavoie	Korea Kim Hyun-mi Son Hye-rin Ka Yun-mi Baek Seung-ja Jung Da-wun Hong Hae-ni
2025	Hong Kong	Romania Mihai-Alin Dragnia Máté Balázs-Bécsi	Finland Essi Pakarinen Peppi Konsteri	Sweden James Blomgren Joachim Karlsson Pontus Andersson	Finland Ani Juntunen Peppi Konsteri Essi Pakarinen	France Mike Bartaire Loïck Coolen Maxime Dubois Gaëtan Mouveroux Grégory Rius Valentin Saulnier	United States Julia Bond Breanna Clemmer Bryanna Coté Jillian Martin Shannon Pluhowsky Lauren Russo
Year	Host	Men	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 90px;" \| Women	Men	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 90px;" \| Women	Men	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 140px;" \| Women
Year	Host	Doubles		Trios		Team (5 players + 1 constructive)

World Games

Sports not included in the Olympic games are a part of the World Games. Bowling is played since 1981, every fourth year.

Singles

Singles Champions^[1]
Year	Host	Men	Women
1981	Santa Clara	Arne Svein Strøm	Liliane Gregori
1985	London	Raymond Jansson	Adelene Wee
1989	Karlsruhe	Ma Ying-Chieh	Jane Amlinger
1993	The Hague	Tomas Leandersson	Pauline Smith
1997	Lahti	Gery Verbruggen	Patricia Schwarz
2001	Akita	Tobias Gäbler	Sofia Matilde Rodriguez
2005	Duisburg	Kai Virtanen	Kim Soo-Kyung
2009	Kaohsiung	Manuel Otalora	Krista Pöllänen
2013	Cali	Osku Palermaa	Daria Kovalova
2017	Wrocław	Cho Young-Seon	Kelly Kulick

All Events, Doubles, Mixed Doubles

World Games Champions in All Events, Doubles and Mixed Doubles
Year	Host	All Events		Doubles		Mixed Doubles
Year	Host	Men	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 130px;" \| Women	Men	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 130px;" \| Women	Mixed Doubles
1981	Santa Clara	Played Singles		Played mixed doubles only		Australia Ruth Guerster Chris Batson
1985	London	Raymond Jansson	Gisela Lins			Belgium Nora Haveneers Dominique De Nolf
1989	Karlsruhe	Played Singles				Chinese Taipei Ma Ying-Chieh Huang Yuen-Yue
1993	The Hague					Finland Pauliina Aalto Mika Koivuniemi
1997	Lahti					Malaysia Sharon Low Daniel Lim
2001	Akita					United Kingdom Kirsten Penny Steven Thornton
2005	Duisburg					France Isabelle Saldjian François Sacco
2009	Kaohsiung					South Korea Gye Min-Young Kong Byoung-Hee
2013	Cali					South Korea Gye Min-Young Kong Byoung-Hee
2017	Wrocław			Canada François Lavoie Dan MacLelland	Colombia Clara Guerrero Rocio Restrepo	United States Kelly Kulick Mike Fagan

Professional Bowling Association World Champions

The PBA World Championship is one of five major PBA (Professional Bowlers Association) bowling events. The PBA World Championship has been held in a variety of formats over the years. Since the 2009–10 season, the initial qualifying scores for the World Championship have come from other stand-alone tournaments at the PBA World Series of Bowling. The current tournament is open to any PBA member who is also a competitor in the World Series of Bowling.^[2]

PBA Champions
Season	Winner	Nationality
1960	Don Carter
1961	Dave Soutar
1962	Carmen Salvino
1963	Billy Hardwick
1964	Bob Strampe
1965	Dave Davis
1966	Wayne Zahn
1967	Dave Davis
1968	Wayne Zahn
1969	Mike McGrath
1970	Mike McGrath
1971	Mike Limongello
1972	Johnny Guenther
1973	Earl Anthony
1974	Earl Anthony
1975	Earl Anthony
1976	Paul Colwell
1977	Tommy Hudson
1978	Warren Nelson
1979	Mike Aulby
1980	Johnny Petraglia
1981	Earl Anthony
1982	Earl Anthony
1983	Earl Anthony
1984	Bob Chamberlain
1985	Mike Aulby
1986	Tom Crites
1987	Randy Pedersen
1988	Brian Voss
1989	Pete Weber
1990	Jim Pencak
1991	Mike Miller
1992	Eric Forkel
1993	Ron Palombi Jr.
1994	Dave Traber
1995	Scott Alexander
1996	Butch Soper
1997	Rick Steelsmith
1998	Pete Weber
1999	Tim Criss
2000	Norm Duke
2001	Walter Ray Williams Jr.
2001–02	Doug Kent
2002–03	Walter Ray Williams Jr.
2003–04	Tom Baker
2004–05	Patrick Allen
2005–06	Walter Ray Williams Jr.
2006–07	Doug Kent
2007–08	Norm Duke
2008–09	Norm Duke
2009–10	Tom Smallwood
2010–11	Chris Barnes
2011–12	Osku Palermaa
2012–13+	Parker Bohn III
2012–13+	Dominic Barrett
2014	Mike Fagan
2015	Gary Faulkner Jr.
2016	E. J. Tackett
2017	Jason Belmonte
2018	Tournament not held in 2018^[3]
2019	Jason Belmonte
2020	Jason Belmonte
2021	Tom Daugherty

World U21 Championships

The World U21 Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation (formerly known as World Bowling). Athletes must be under the age of 21 on the first of January of the championship year. The World Singles Championships were held for the first time in 2022, and are held every second year in odd-numbered years. Each federation is allowed to send two male and two female athletes to the championships. Singles, Doubles, Team of Four (mixed genders), All Event, and Masters are the disciplines for both genders.

Singles

World Junior Singles Champions
Year	Host	Men	Women
2022^[4]	Sweden	Carl Eklund	Colleen Pee

World Junior Championships

The World Junior Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation (formerly known as World Bowling).^[5] Athletes must be under the age of 18 on the first of January of the championship year. The World Singles Championships were held for the first time in 2019, and are held every second year in odd-numbered years. Each federation is allowed to send two male and two female athletes to the championships. Singles, Doubles, Team of Four (mixed genders), All Event, and Masters are the disciplines for both genders.

All Events

World Junior All Events Champions^[5]
Year	Host	Boys	Girls
2019	France	Geun Ju	Mila Nevalainen

Singles

World Junior Singles Champions^[5]
Year	Host	Men	Women
2019	France	Geun Ji	Arianne Tay

World Youth Championships

The World Youth Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation (formerly known as World Bowling).^[6] Athletes must be at least 13 years old and not older than 21 years old on January 1 of the championship year. The first World Youth Championships were held in Manila, the Philippines, in 1990. The championships were first held every other year in 1990, with two girls and two boys on each team. Since 1994, each team has consisted of four girls and four boys. Since 1994 the disciplines for both genders have been Singles, Doubles, Team of Four, All Event and Masters.

Masters

World Youth Masters Champions^[6]
Year	Host	Boys	Girls
1990	Manila	Pat Healey	Mi-Sun Shin
1992	Caracas	Anthony Chapman	Jaana Puhakka
1994	Monterrey	An-Shan Chiang	Jaana Puhakka
1996	Hong Kong	Myong-Jo Kim	Yu-Ling Wang
1998	Incheon	Alex Liew	Yu-Ling Wang
2000	Santo Domingo	Derek Sapp	Diandra Hyman
2002	Pattaya	Wu Siu Hong	Shannon Pluhowsky
2004	Agana	Yannaphon Larpapharat	Jennifer Petrick
2006	Berlin	Mads Sandbäkken	Sharon Koh
2008	Orlando	Aaron Kong	Gwi-Ae Jun
2010	Helsinki	Ju-Young Kim	Yeon-Ju Kim
2012	Bangkok	Daniel Fransson	Yeon-Ju Hwang
2014	Hong Kong	Jesper Svensson	Mirai Ishimoto
2016	Lincoln	Anthony Simonsen	Natasha Roslan
2018	Detroit	Cortez Schenck	Lee Jungmin

All Events

World Youth All Events Champions^[6]
Year	Host	Boys	Girls
1990	Manila	Lasse Lintilä	Lynda Norry
1992	Caracas	Soud Al-Hajri	Emma Barlow
1994	Monterrey	Pasi Pöllänen	Kelly Warren
1996	Hong Kong	Nicola Petrillo	Yu-Ling Wang
1998	Incheon	Petteri Salonen	Shalin Zulkifli
2000	Santo Domingo	Jae-Hoon Kim	Kelly Kulick
2002	Pattaya	Yannaphon Larpapharat	Malin Glendert
2004	Agana	Jason Belmonte	Minna Mäkelä
2006	Berlin	Zulmazran Zulkifli	Esther Cheah
2008	Orlando	Dominic Barrett	Maki Nakano
2010	Helsinki	Andrew Koff	Moon-Jeong Kim
2012	Bangkok	Sam Cooley	Yeon-Ju Hwang
2014	Hong Kong	Wesley Low	Shion Izumune
2016	Lincoln	Pontus Andersson	Gazmine Mason
2018	Detroit	Ghanim Aboujassoum	Syazwani Sahar

Singles

World Youth Singles Champions^[6]
Year	Host	Boys	Girls
1990	Manila	Fernando Rezende	Jenny Hertrick
1992	Caracas	Angelo Constantino	Cristina Kortright
1994	Monterrey	Pasi Pöllänen	Jaana Puhakka
1996	Hong Kong	Ito Masaru	Sara Vargas
1998	Incheon	Shawn Evans	Shalin Zulkifli
2000	Santo Domingo	Jae-Hoon Kim	Kelly Kulick
2002	Pattaya	Yannaphon Larpapharat	Angkana Netruiseth
2004	Agana	Jason Belmonte	Hyun-Jin Kang
2006	Berlin	Mohammed Al-Zaidan	Valerie Teo
2008	Orlando	Dominic Barrett	Mi-Ran Park
2010	Helsinki	Adam Cairns	Yeon-Ju Kim
2012	Bangkok	Marshall Kent	Seon-Jeong Kim
2014	Hong Kong	Woo-Sub Choi	Su-Jin Yang
2016	Lincoln	Wesley Low	Gazmine Mason
2018	Detroit	Georg Skryten	Nanami Irie
2024	Incheon	Paul Purps	Arianne Tay

Doubles and Team

The World Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation (formerly known as World Bowling). Doubles, and Team^[1] events of the World Youth Championships are listed here.

World Youth Champions in Doubles and Team^[6]
Year	Host	Doubles		Team (4 players)
Year	Host	Boys	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 140px;" \| Girls	Mixed Team
1990	Manila	United States Pat Healey Jon Juneau	Chinese Taipei Hui-Ying Lia Chun-Ying Yu	United States Lynda Norry Tammy Turner Pat Healey Jon Juneau
1992	Caracas	Philippines Norberto Constantino Angelo Constantino	Venezuela Joanna Fernández Alicia Marcano	United States Tammy Turner Nikki Brandolino Robert Smith Anthony Chapman
Year	Host	Doubles		Team (4 players)
Year	Host	Boys	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 140px;" \| Girls	Boys	scope="col" ! scope="col" style="width: 160px;" \| Girls
1994	Monterrey	United States Anthony Chapman Robert Smith	Australia Kelly Warren Sharon McLeish	Finland Pasi Pöllänen Tomi Väänänen Kai Siltala Juha Maja	Australia Kelly Warren Sharon McLeish Amanda Bradley Cara Honeychurch
1996	Hong Kong	Venezuela Richard León Nicola Petrillo	Japan Tomie Kawaguchi Tomomi Shibata	Chinese Taipei Chao-Sheng Cheng Chao-Yo Cheng Chin-Chung Tseng Chien-Hung Chen	Chinese Taipei Su-Fen Tseng Shu-Chun Hung Chia-Shu Wu Yu-Ling Wang
1998	Incheon	Netherlands Gerard Wijnstra Michael Sassen	United States Any Rocco Kelly Kulick	Japan Masaru Ito Yoshio Koike Hirofumi Morimoto Atsushi Takahashi	South Korea Yeau-Jin Kim Min-Hee Lee Bo-Ra Nam Jin-Hee Park
2000	Santo Domingo	South Korea Sun-Jong Kong Jae-Hoon Kim	England Lisa John Zara Glover	United States Scott Norton Nathan Bohr Derek Sapp David Haynes	South Korea Hyun-Jee Koo Ho-Jung Kim Sara Lee Myo-Bouh Jung
2002	Pattaya	South Korea Sun-Jong Kong Jae-Hoon Kim	England Donna Adams Ann Smith	Sweden Robert Andersson Mats Olsson Jonni Kemppainen Martin Larsen	England Ann Smith Donna Adams Zara Glover Lisa John
2004	Agana	Sweden Robert Andersson Mikael Kanold	Mexico Sandra Góngora Iliana Lomeli	Finland Sami Tolonen Joonas Huolman Mikko Ylitalo Osku Palermaa	United States Anita Manns Olivia Sandham Jennifer Petrick Stefanie Nation
2006	Berlin	Canada Daniel Skitt Dan MacLelland	Malaysia Zandra Aziela Esther Cheah	Australia Glen Loader Stephen Cowland Michael Zentveld Jason Belmonte	Netherlands Danielle van der Meer Wendy Kok Wendy van der List Ghislaine van der Tol
2008	Orlando	Sweden Kim Bolleby James Gruffman	Germany Tina Hulsch Birgit Pöppler	Malaysia Nur Aiman Syafiq Ridhwan Adrian Ang Aaron Kong	South Korea Yeon-Ji Lee Gwi-Ae Jun Hye-Mi Lee Mi-Ran Park
2010	Helsinki	United States Craig Hanson Andrew Koff	Colombia Laura Fonnegra María Rodrñiguez	South Korea Hae-Sol-Hong Ju-Young Kim Seung-Hyeon Shin Jong-Woo Park	South Korea Yeon-Ju Kim Bo-Hyun Shin Seung-Ja Baek Moon-Jeong Kim
2012	Bangkok	South Korea Yeon-Sang Kim Dong-Jun Hwang	South Korea Seon-Jeong Kim Yeon-Ju Hwang	United States Andrew Koff Zack Hattori Chris Via Marshall Kent	United States Jessica Earnest Kelsey Muther Amanda Greene Danielle McEwan
2014	Hong Kong	Sweden Markus Jansson Pontus Andersson	United States Lizabeth Kuhlkin Sarah Lokker	United States Matthew Farber Gregory Young Kamron Doyle Wesley Low	Japan Mirai Ishimoto Mana Yoshida Shion Izumune Kana Shimoide
2016	Lincoln	United States Wesley Low Anthony Simonsen	South Korea Yeong-Seung Lee Yu-Na Pak	United States Michael Tang Kamron Doyle Anthony Simonsen Wesley Low	South Korea Yeong-Seung Lee Yu-Na Pak Jin-Ju Kim Sun-Hwa Hong
2018	Detroit	Sweden Robert Lindberg Alfred Berggren	Mexico Paola Limón Raquel Orozco	Qatar Jassim Al Muraikhi Mohammed Al Merekhi Jassem Al Deyab Ghanim Aboujassoum	United States Caitlyn Johnson Mabel Cummins Taylor Bailey Breanna Clemmer
2024	Incheon	Germany Max Lorenz Paul Purps	Sweden Maja Engberg Nora Johansson	Czech Republic Lukáš Jelínek Ondřej Prekop Ondřej Trojek Jaroslav Zapletal	Malaysia Adelia Irwan Adania Redzwan Nur Hazirah Anis Hannani

QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup

The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, previously known as the International Masters and AMF Bowling World Cup, is an annual championship sponsored by QubicaAMF Worldwide. Each nation chooses one male and/or one female bowler to represent them in the tournament.^[7]

Year	Location	Men	Women
1965	Dublin	Lauri Ajanto
1966	London	John Wilcox
1967	Paris	Jack Connaughton
1968	Guadalajara	Fritz Blum
1969	Tokyo	Graydon Robinson
1970	Copenhagen	Klaus Müller
1971	Hong Kong	Roger Dalkin
1972	Hamburg	Ray Mitchell	Irma Urrea
1973	Singapore	Bernie Caterer	Kesinee Srivises
1974	Caracas	Jairo Ocampo	Birgitte Lund
1975	Makati	Lorenzo Monti	Cathy Townsend
1976	Tehran	Paeng Nepomuceno	Lucy Giovinco
1977	Tolworth	Arne Svein Ström	Rea Rennox
1978	Bogotá	Samran Banyen	Lita dela Rosa
1979	Bangkok	Philippe Dubois	Bong Coo
1980	Jakarta	Paeng Nepomuceno	Jean Gordon
1981	New York	Bob Worrall	Pauline Smith
1982	Scheveningen	Arne Svein Ström	Jeanette Baker
1983	Mexico City	Chu You-tien	Jeanette Baker
1984	Sydney	Jack Jurek	Eliana Rigato
1985	Seoul	Alfonso Rodríguez	Marjorie McEntee
1986	Copenhagen	Peter Ljung	Annette Hagre
1987	Kuala Lumpur	Remo Fornasari	Irene Gronert
1988	Guadalajara	Mohammed Khalifa Al-Qubaisi	Linda Kelly
1989	Dublin	Salem Al-Monsuri	Patty Ann
1990	Pattaya	Tom Hahl	Linda Graham
1991	Beijing	Jon Juneau	Åsa Larsson
1992	Le Mans	Paeng Nepomuceno	Martina Beckel
1993	Johannesburg	Rainer Puisis	Pauline Smith
1994	Hermosillo	Tore Torgersen	Anne Jacobs
1995	São Paulo	Patrick Healey Jr.	Gemma Burden
1996	Belfast	Paeng Nepomuceno	Cara Honeychurch
1997	Cairo	Christian Nokel	Tseng Su-fen
1998	Kobe	Yang Cheng-ming	Maxine Nable
1999	Las Vegas	Ahmed Shaheen	Amanda Bradley
2000	Lisbon	Tomas Leandersson	Mel Issac
2001	Pattaya	Kim Haugen	Nachimi Itakura
2002	Riga	Mika Luoto	Shannon Pluhowsky
2003	Tegucigalpa	Christian Jan Suarez	Kerrie Ryan-Ciach
2004	Singapore	Kai Virtanen	Shannon Pluhowsky
2005	Ljubljana	Michael Schmidt	Lynda Barnes
2006	Caracas	Osku Palermaa	Diandra Asbaty
2007	St Petersburg	Bill Hoffman	Ann-Maree Putney
2008	Hermosillo	Derek Eoff	Jasmine Yeong-Nathan
2009	Malacca Town	Choi Yong-kyu	Caroline Lagrange
2010	Toulon	Michael Schmidt	Aumi Guerra
2011	Johannesburg	Jason Belmonte	Aumi Guerra
2012	Wrocław	Syafiq Ridhwan	Shayna Ng
2013	Krasnoyarsk	Or Aviram	Caroline Lagrange
2014	Wrocław	Chris Barnes	Clara Guerrero
2015	Las Vegas	Wu Siu Hong	Clara Guerrero
2016	Shanghai	Wang Hongbo	Jenny Wegner
2017	Hermosillo	Jakob Butturff	Krizziah Tabora
2018	Las Vegas	Sam Cooley	Shannon O'Keefe
2019	Palembang	Francois Louw	Rebecca Whiting

Discontinued World Championships

World Singles Championships

The championships was conducted twice by World Bowling who owns the World Championships. Initially designed every fourth year, participants are two men and two women from participating nations. The first edition was held in Limassol, Cyprus in 2012, with 71 male and 57 female athletes from 40 different federations competing. The last was in Doha, Qatar with 81 male and 53 female athletes.^[8]

World Singles Championships
Year	Host	Men	Women
2012	Cyprus	Chris Barnes	+ style="text-align: center;" \| Kelly Kulick
2016	Doha	Jesper Agerbo	+ style="text-align: center;" \| Kelly Kulick

World Tenpin Masters

The World Tenpin Masters was an invitational ten-pin bowling tournament hosted by Matchroom Sport Television that ran from 1998 to 2009. Sixteen (16) bowlers are invited to compete head-to-head in a single lane in a straight knockout format.

Year	Location	Winner
1998	Adwick Leisure Centre, Doncaster	Tore Torgersen
1999	Milton Keynes Shopping Centre	Paeng Nepomuceno
2000	Milton Keynes Shopping Centre	Tim Mack
2001	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham	Shalin Zulkifli
2002	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham	Tore Torgersen
2003	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham	Nikki Harvey
2004	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham	Tore Torgersen
2005	Adwick Leisure Centre, Doncaster	Jens Nickel
2006	Barnsley Metrodome	Chris Barnes
2007	Barnsley Metrodome	Jason Belmonte
2008	Barnsley Metrodome	Guy Caminsky
2009	Barnsley Metrodome	Dominic Barrett

IBSA Men's Champions

The following is a list of IBSA World Champions for visually impaired bowlers, sanctioned by the World Tenpin Bowling Association and International Blind Sports Association.

Year	Winner	Nationality	Classification
2008	Sid Sapru^[9] (1)
2017^[10]	Koh Young Bae		TPB2 - MEN'S SINGLES
2017^[10]	Huang Yu-Hsiao	Chinese Taipei	TPB3 - MEN'S SINGLES

References

^ "World Championships, A Historical Review". European Tenpin Bowling Federation
^ "The Professional Bowlers Tour Historical Stats". PBA.com. The Professional Bowlers Tour.
^ Vint, Bill (May 9, 2018). "PBA’s 10th Anniversary World Series of Bowling Returns to Its Detroit Roots in March 2019". PBA.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
^ "2022 IBF U21 world Championships". bowling.sport. International Bowling Federation. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
^ "WJC Historical Review". ETBF. European Tenpin Bowling Federation. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ "World Youth Championships Historical Review". ETBF. European Tenpin Bowling Federation.
^ All QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Winners
^ "Championships Results". ETBF. European Tenpin Bowling Federation. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ "IBSA 2008 singles"^{[dead link]}
^ "Results". International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

List of world bowling champions

The World Championships

Masters

All Events

Singles

Doubles, Trios and Team

World Games

Singles

All Events, Doubles, Mixed Doubles

Professional Bowling Association World Champions

World U21 Championships

Singles

World Junior Championships

All Events

Singles

World Youth Championships

Masters

All Events

Singles

Doubles and Team

QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup

Discontinued World Championships

World Singles Championships

World Tenpin Masters

IBSA Men's Champions

References

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