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{{Infobox sports league
|title = QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup
|logo = QubicaAMF_Bowling_World_Cup_Logo.png
|sport = Ten-Pin Bowling
|founded = 1965
|sponsor = [[QubicaAMF Worldwide]]
|singles = 133 (73 men, 60 women) from 75 countries<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abf-online.org/results/2019/55thamf-countries.asp|title=abf-online.org - brought to you by ASIAN BOWLING FEDERATION|website=www.abf-online.org|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref>
|website = [https://www.qubicaamf.com/qubicaamf-bowling-world-cup QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup]
|champion = Men: {{flagicon|RSA}} Francois Louw<br />Women: {{flagicon|AUS}} Rebecca Whiting
}}
The '''QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup''', previously 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 nations. Each nation 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Humble Beginnings by Keith Hale - A World Cup Story|url=http://wp.talktenpin.net/2017/07/25/humble-beginnings-by-keith-hale-a-world-cup-story/|website=Talk Tenpin}}</ref> 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.

13 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, Switzerland and United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-04 |title=50th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup officially declared open {{!}} bowlingdigital.com |url=https://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/13760 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=www.bowlingdigital.com |language=en}}</ref>

As of 2019, the Bowling World Cup has visited 42 different cities in 31 different countries.

Currently the men's champion is Francois Louw and the women's champion is Rebecca Whiting.<ref name='champions'>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowl.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=23622333961|publisher=USBC|title=South Africa, Australia win titles at 2019 QubicaAMF World Cup.}}</ref> On March 9, 2020, [[World Bowling]] and QubicaAMF announced a merger of the [[World Bowling Singles Championships]] and the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup into one annual event, that will continue to be called the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup from 2020 onwards.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Bowling and QubicaAMF Work to Form a New Partnership |url=https://www.qubicaamf.com/news-events/news/world-bowling-and-qubicaamf-work-to-form-a-new-partnership |website=QubicaAMF Worldwide}}</ref> The 56th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup was to be held in [[Salmiya]], [[Kuwait]] at the Kuwait Bowling Sporting Club<ref name='champions'/> in November 2020, but was postponed to March 2021 and then further postponed to October 2021 due to the [[Covid-19]] pandemic<ref>{{cite web |title=World Bowling and QubicaAMF Announce Postponement of the 56th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup to October 2021 |url=https://www.qubicaamf.com/news-events/news/postponement-of-the-56th-qubicaamf-bowling-world-cup |website=QubicaAMF Worldwide |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> and then canceled all together.

==Format==
'''Qualifying Rounds'''
*'''Stage 1''': Qualifying Round of 24 Games, total pinfall. Top 24 Men, Top 24 Women advance to Stage 2, total pinfall carries over.<ref name='format'>{{cite web|url=http://www.bowlingdigital.com/53rd-qubicaamf-bowling-world-cup-kicks-off-with-opening-ceremonies/|publisher=Bowlingdigital|title=53rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup kicks off with Opening Ceremonies|date=6 November 2017}}</ref>
*'''Stage 2''': Top 24 Men, Top 24 women bowls 8 games. Top 8 Men, Top 8 Women based on total pinfall after 32 games advance to Stage 3.<ref name='format'/>
*'''Stage 3''': Top 8 Men, Top 8 women bowls 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 the knockout finals.<ref name='format'/>
'''Knockout Finals'''
*'''Semifinals''': First seeded bowler vs Fourth seeded bowler; Second seeded bowler vs Third seeded bowler, winners (Men and women) advance to the finals.<ref name='format'/>
*'''Finals''': Semifinal winners bowl for the title. (Men and women)<ref name='format'/>

===Lane Pattern===
For the 2019 BWC, all games are bowled on one pattern, typically a 41 foot pattern unless lane topography at the host site dictates that the pattern be adjusted one foot less or one foot more.<ref>{{cite web|title=2019 proposed lane conditions|url=https://www.qubicaamf.com/qubicaamf-bowling-world-cup/uploaded-files/55bwc/2019-proposed-lane-conditions.pdf|website=QubicaAMF|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref>

==Previous winners==
===Single===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style=font-size:85%
!Year 
!width=200, class="unsortable"|Location
!width=200, class="unsortable"|Men
!width=200, class="unsortable"|Women
|-
|[[1965 in sports|1965]]
|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Lauri Ajanto]]
| rowspan="7" bgcolor="#DCDCDC" data-sort-value="99999"|{{center|1=<small><span style="color:black">'''Women did not participate from 1965-1971'''</span></small>}}
|-
|[[1966 in sports|1966]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[London]], [[England]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Wilcox (bowler)|John Wilcox]]
|-
|[[1967 in sports|1967]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Connaughton]]
|-
|[[1968 in sports|1968]]
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Guadalajara]], [[Mexico]]
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Fritz Blum]]
|-
|[[1969 in sports|1969]]
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Graydon Robinson]]
|-
|[[1970 in sports|1970]]
|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Klaus Müller (bowling)|Klaus Müller]]
|-
|[[1971 in sports|1971]]
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong|1959}} [[Hong Kong]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Roger Dalkin]]
|-
|[[1972 in sports|1972]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hamburg]], [[West Germany]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Ray Mitchell (bowler)|Ray Mitchell]]
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Irma Urrea]]
|-
|[[1973 in sports|1973]]
|{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Singapore]]
|{{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[Bernie Caterer]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Kesinee Srivises]]
|-
|[[1974 in sports|1974]]
|{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Jairo Ocampo]]
|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Birgitte Lund]]
|-
|[[1975 in sports|1975]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} [[Makati]], [[Philippines]]
|{{flagicon|Italy|1946}} [[Lorenzo Monti (bowler)|Lorenzo Monti]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Cathy Townsend]]
|-
|[[1976 in sports|1976]]
|{{flagicon|Iran|1964}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} [[Paeng Nepomuceno]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lucy Giovinco]]
|-
|[[1977 in sports|1977]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tolworth]], [[England]]
|{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Arne Svein Ström]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Rea Rennox]]
|-
|[[1978 in sports|1978]]
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Samran Banyen]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} [[Lita dela Rosa]]
|-
|[[1979 in sports|1979]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Philippe Dubois]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} [[Bong Coo]]
|-
|[[1980 in sports|1980]]
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} [[Paeng Nepomuceno]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Jean Gordon (bowler)|Jean Gordon]]
|-
|[[1981 in sports|1981]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[New York City]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Worrall]]
|{{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[Pauline Smith (bowler)|Pauline Smith]]
|-
|[[1982 in sports|1982]]
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Scheveningen]], [[Netherlands]]
|{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Arne Svein Ström]]
|{{flagicon|Australia}}  [[Jeanette Baker]]
|-
|[[1983 in sports|1983]]
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} [[Chu You-tien]]
|{{flagicon|Australia}}  [[Jeanette Baker]]
|-
|[[1984 in sports|1984]]
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Jurek]]
|{{flagicon|Italy|1946}} [[Eliana Rigato]]
|-
|[[1985 in sports|1985]]
|{{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Alfonso Rodríguez (bowler)|Alfonso Rodríguez]]
|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Marjorie McEntee]]
|-
|[[1986 in sports|1986]]
|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Peter Ljung (bowler)|Peter Ljung]]
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Annette Hagre]]
|-
|[[1987 in sports|1987]]
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Remo Fornasari]]
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Irene Gronert]]
|-
|[[1988 in sports|1988]]
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Guadalajara]], [[Mexico]]
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Mohammed Khalifa Al-Qubaisi]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Linda Kelly (bowler)|Linda Kelly]]
|-
|[[1989 in sports|1989]]
|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Salem Al-Monsuri]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Patty Ann]]
|-
|[[1990 in sports|1990]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Pattaya]], [[Thailand]]
|{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Tom Hahl]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Linda Graham]]
|-
|[[1991 in sports|1991]]
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Beijing]], [[China]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Juneau]]
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Åsa Larsson (bowler)|Åsa Larsson]]
|-
|[[1992 in sports|1992]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Le Mans]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1986}} [[Paeng Nepomuceno]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Martina Beckel]]
|-
|[[1993 in sports|1993]]
|{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Rainer Puisis]]
|{{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[Pauline Smith (bowler)|Pauline Smith]]
|-
|[[1994 in sports|1994]]
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Hermosillo]], [[Mexico]]
|{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Tore Torgersen]]
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Anne Jacobs]]
|-
|[[1995 in sports|1995]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Healey Jr.
|{{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[Gemma Burden]]
|-
|[[1996 in sports|1996]]
|{{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1986}} [[Paeng Nepomuceno]]
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Cara Honeychurch]]
|-
|[[1997 in sports|1997]]
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Christian Nokel]]
|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} [[Tseng Su-fen]]
|-
|[[1998 in sports|1998]]
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kobe]], [[Japan]]
|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} [[Yang Cheng-ming]]
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Maxine Nable]]
|-
|[[1999 in sports|1999]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Las Vegas]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Ahmed Shaheen]]
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Amanda Bradley]]
|-
|[[2000 in sports|2000]]
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Tomas Leandersson]]
|{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Mel Issac]]
|-
|[[2001 in sports|2001]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Pattaya]], [[Thailand]]
|{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Kim Haugen (bowling)|Kim Haugen]]
|{{flagicon|Japan}}  [[Nachimi Itakura]]
|-
|[[2002 in sports|2002]]
|{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Riga]], [[Latvia]]
|{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Mika Luoto]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Shannon Pluhowsky]]
|-
|[[2003 in sports|2003]]
|{{flagicon|Honduras|1949}} [[Tegucigalpa]], [[Honduras]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Christian Jan Suarez]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Kerrie Ryan-Ciach]]
|-
|[[2004 in sports|2004]]
|{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Singapore]]
|{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Kai Virtanen]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Shannon Pluhowsky]]
|-
|[[2005 in sports|2005]]
|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Michael Schmidt (bowling)|Michael Schmidt]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lynda Barnes]]
|-
|[[2006 in sports|2006]]
|{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]
|{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Osku Palermaa]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Diandra Asbaty]]
|-
|[[2007 in sports|2007]]
|{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Hoffman (bowling)|Bill Hoffman]]
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ann-Maree Putney]]
|-
|[[2008 in sports|2008]]
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Hermosillo]], [[Mexico]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Derek Eoff]]
|{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Jasmine Yeong-Nathan]]
|-
|[[2009 in sports|2009]]
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malacca Town]], [[Malaysia]]
|{{flagicon|South Korea|1997}} [[Choi Yong-kyu]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Caroline Lagrange]]
|-
|[[2010 in sports|2010]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Toulon]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Michael Schmidt (bowling)|Michael Schmidt]]
|{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} [[Aumi Guerra]]
|-
|[[2011 in sports|2011]]
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jason Belmonte]]
|{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} [[Aumi Guerra]]
|-
|[[2012 in sports|2012]]
|{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Wrocław]], [[Poland]]
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Syafiq Ridhwan]]
|{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Shayna Ng]]
|-
|[[2013 in sports|2013]]
|{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Krasnoyarsk]], [[Russia]]
|{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Or Aviram]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Caroline Lagrange]]
|-
|[[2014 in sports|2014]]
|{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Wrocław]], [[Poland]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Barnes (bowler)|Chris Barnes]]
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Clara Guerrero]]
|-
|[[2015 in sports|2015]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Las Vegas]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Wu Siu Hong]]
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Clara Guerrero]]
|-
|[[2016 in sports|2016]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shanghai]], [[China]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Hongbo]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jenny Wegner]]
|-
|[[2017 in sports|2017]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hermosillo]], [[Mexico]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jakob Butturff]]
|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Krizziah Tabora]]
|-
|[[2018 in sports|2018]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Las Vegas]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sam Cooley]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Shannon O'Keefe]]
|-
|[[2019 in sports|2019]]
|{{flagicon|INA}} [[Palembang]], [[Indonesia]]
|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Francois Louw (bowler)|Francois Louw]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rebecca Whiting]]
|-
|[[2021 in sports|2021]]
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Daugherty]]
|{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Shayna Ng]]
|-
|[[2022 in sports|2022]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Carl Eklund (bowler)|Carl Eklund]]
|{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Colleen Pee]]
|-
|[[2023 in sports|2023]]
|{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Salmiya]], [[Kuwait]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xiang Yi Zhang]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Shannon O'Keefe]]
|-
|[[2024 in sports|2024]]
|{{flagicon|PER}} [[Lima]], [[Peru]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Robin Ilhammar]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jenna Stretch]]
|-
|[[2025 in sports|2025]]
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Kowloon]], [[Hong Kong]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Du Jianchao]]
|{{flagicon|MYS}} [[Natasha Roslan]]
|}
Source:<ref name='Winners'>[https://www.qubicaamf.com/site/qubicaamf-bowling-world-cup/uploaded-files/all-winners/ All QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Winners]</ref>

====Number of titles by country/territory====
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=3|Men
|-
!Country/Territory
!Titles
!Years
|-
|{{flag|United States}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 12
|1966, 1967, 1971, 1981, 1984, 1991, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2017, 2021
|-
|{{flag|Finland}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 5
|1965, 1990, 2002, 2004, 2006
|-
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|1976, 1980, 1992, 1996, 2003
|-
|{{flag|Canada}}
|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 4
|1969, 1972, 2005, 2010
|-
|{{flag|Norway}}
|1977, 1982, 1994, 2001
|-
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|1986, 2000, 2022, 2024
|-
|{{flag|Germany}}
|1968,{{efn|name=FRG|As West Germany.}} 1970,{{efn|name=FRG}} 1993, 1997
|-
|{{flag|China}}
|rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| 3
|2016, 2023, 2025
|-
|{{flag|Australia}}
|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 2
|2011, 2018
|-
|{{flag|Qatar}}
|1989, 1999
|-
|{{flag|Chinese Taipei}}
|1983, 1998
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}
|1975, 1987
|-
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|rowspan="13" style="text-align:center;"| 1
|2019
|-
|{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2015
|-
|{{flag|Israel}}
|2013
|-
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|2012
|-
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|2009
|-
|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|1988
|-
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|1985
|-
|{{flag|France}}
|1979
|-
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|1978
|-
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|1974
|-
|{{flag|Great Britain}}<ref name='Winners'/>
|1973
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=3|Women
|-
!Country/Territory
!Titles
!Years
|-
|{{flag|United States}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 11
|1976, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2018, 2023, 2024
|-
|{{flag|Australia}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 7
|1982, 1983, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2019
|-
|{{flag|Canada}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 6
|1975, 1977, 1980, 2003, 2009, 2013
|-
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 4
|2008, 2012, 2021, 2022
|-
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 3
|1978, 1979, 2017
|-
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|1986, 1991, 2016
|-
|{{flag|Great Britain}}<ref name='Winners'/>
|1981, 1993, 1995
|-
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 2
|2014, 2015
|-
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|2010, 2011
|-
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"| 1
|2025
|-
|{{flag|Japan}}
|2001
|-
|{{flag|Wales}}<ref name='Winners'/>
|2000
|-
|{{flag|Chinese Taipei}}
|1997
|-
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|1994
|-
|{{flag|Germany}}
|1992
|-
|{{flag|Netherlands}} 
|1987
|-
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|1985
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}
|1984
|-
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|1974
|-
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|1973
|-
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|1972
|}
{{col-end}}
{{notelist}}

===Team===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style=font-size:85%
!Year 
!width=200, class="unsortable"|Location
!width=200, class="unsortable"|Men
!width=200, class="unsortable"|Women
|-
|[[2022 in sports|2022]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]
|{{USA}} 
|{{SWE}} 
|-
|[[2025 in sports|2025]]
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Kowloon]], [[Hong Kong]]
|{{MAS}} 
|{{USA}} 
|}

====Number of titles by country/territory====
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=3|Men
|-
!Country/Territory
!Titles
!Years
|-
|{{flag|United States}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1
|2022
|-
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|2025
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=3|Women
|-
!Country/Territory
!Titles
!Years
|-
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1
|2022
|-
|{{flag|United States}}
|2025
|}
{{col-end}}
{{notelist}}

==Records==
===Winners===
* {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Paeng Nepomuceno]] holds two [[Guinness World Record]]s from his victories in the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. His four victories (1976, 1980, 1992, 1996) came in a record three different decades.<ref name='Paeng'>{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2013/03/02/914856/guinness-honors-paeng-3rd-time|publisher=Philippine Star|title=Paeng's Guinness World Records}}</ref> He also holds the record for the youngest men's champion, 19, when he won his first of four titles in 1976.<ref name='Paeng'/> Incidentally, Nepomuceno won his titles in Olympic years.
* The oldest champions are {{flagicon|Italy}} Remo Fornasari, 51, when he won in 1987;<ref>[http://www.qubicaamf.com/World-Cup-Archives/1987-Kuala-Lumpur,-Malaysia.aspx Oldest Men's Champion]</ref> and {{flagicon|Mexico}} Irma Urrea, 45, when she won the very first women's title in 1972.
* {{flagicon|GBR}} Gemma Burden holds a Guinness World Record as the youngest Bowling World Cup Champion, 17, when she won in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Youngest tenpin bowling world champion|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/youngest-tenpin-bowling-world-champion|access-date=2021-04-10|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* Two other men besides Nepomuceno has won multiple Bowling World Cup titles, {{flagicon|Norway}} Arne Svein Ström (1977 and 1982) and {{flagicon|Canada}} Michael Schmidt (2005 and 2010).
* Six women have each won two times, {{flagicon|GBR}} Pauline Smith (1981 and 1993), {{flagicon|Australia}} Jeanette Baker (1982 and 1983), {{flagicon|USA}} Shannon Pluhowsky (2002 and 2004), {{flagicon|DOM}} Aumi Guerra (2010 and 2011), {{flagicon|CAN}} Caroline Lagrange (2009 and 2013) and {{flagicon|Colombia}} 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 {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden incidentally defeated Philippines in both the men's and women's finals.
* A host representative has won the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup three times. {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Worrall won in New York City in 1981, {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Hongbo won in Shanghai in 2016, and {{flagicon|USA}} Shannon O'Keefe won in Las Vegas in 2018. 
* Chris Barnes (2014 men's champion) and Lynda Barnes (2005 women's champion) is the only husband-wife duo to win the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup.<ref name='Barnes'>{{cite web|url=http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/13802|publisher=Bowlingdigital|title=Chris Barnes sweeps two opponents to win men's title in 50th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup}}</ref>
* {{USA}} is the most successful nation in the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, winning a combined 23 titles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etbf.eu/his-oth-qaw-medaltallies/|publisher=European Tenpin Bowling Federation|title=Medal Tally All (Men & Women)}}</ref> (12 men's titles,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etbf.eu/his-oth-qaw-dis-mens-singles/|publisher=European Tenpin Bowling Federation|title=Medal History Men}}</ref> 11 women's titles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etbf.eu/his-oth-qaw-dis-womens-singles/|publisher=European Tenpin Bowling Federation|title=Medal History Women}}</ref>)

===Scoring===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!Category
!Record
!Player
!Year/Venue
|- style="background:#ccc;"
| colspan="4" |<div style="text-align: center;"> '''Qualifying Rounds'''{{efn|name=highaverage|Qualifying rounds consists of three or four days of qualifying, eight games in the Top 24 round, and round-robin match play.}}</div>
|-
|Men's Individual Game
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Perfect game (bowling)|300]]</div>
|colspan=2|59 300s have been bowled in the qualifying rounds.{{efn|name=menperfect|Jason Belmonte and Tore Torgersen has bowled the most 300s, each with three.<ref name='stats'>{{cite web|url=http://bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/14900|publisher=Bowlingdigital|title=Stats, records and more stuff on the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup}}</ref> In 2013, Torgersen became the first in QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup history to bowl consecutive 300s.<ref name='stats'/>}}
|-
|Women's Individual Game
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Perfect game (bowling)|300]]</div>
|colspan=2|15 300s have been bowled in the qualifying rounds.{{efn|name=womenperfect|No women has bowled multiple 300s as of 2019.<ref name='stats'/>}}
|-
|Men's 3 Game Series
|style="text-align: center;"|896 
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul Trotter]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Australian National Records|url=http://www.tenpin.org.au/index.php?id=1100|website=Tenpin Bowling Australia}}</ref>
|2002, {{flagicon|Latvia}} Riga, Latvia 
|-
|Women's 3 Game Series
|style="text-align: center;"|803
|{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Aumi Guerra]]{{efn|name=womensthreegameseries|Qualifying Day 2: Games 6, 7, 8: 244, 280, 279}}
|2011, {{flagicon|South Africa}} Johannesburg, South Africa
|-
|Men's 5 Game Block
|style="text-align: center;"|1307
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Ahmed Shaheen]]<ref name='five'>{{cite web|url=http://www.qubicaamf.com/World-Cup/2011-Johannesburg-South-Africa/News/Aumi-does-it-again!.aspx|publisher=QubicaAMF|title=Aumi does it again!}}</ref>
|2002, {{flagicon|Latvia}} Riga, Latvia
|-
|Women's 5 Game Block
|style="text-align: center;"|1304
|{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Aumi Guerra]]<ref name='five'/>
|2011, {{flagicon|South Africa}} Johannesburg, South Africa
|-
|Men's 6 Game Block
|style="text-align: center;"|1599
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Mats Maggi]]<ref>[http://www.qubicaamf.com/World-Cup/Krasnoyarsk-Russian-Federation/News/Another-record-and-more-high-scores-for-the-men-in.aspx Men's 6 Game Block Record]</ref>
|2013, {{flagicon|Russia}} Krasnoyarsk, Russia
|-
|Women's 6 Game Block
|style="text-align: center;"|1531
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lynda Barnes]]<ref>[http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/390 Women's 6 Game Block Record]</ref>
|2005, {{flagicon|Slovenia}} Ljubljana, Slovenia
|-
|Men's 8 Game Block
|style="text-align: center;"|2088
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Jones (bowler)|Tommy Jones]]<ref>[http://www.qubicaamf.com/World-Cup/2011-Johannesburg-South-Africa/News/Now-we-know-our-finalists.aspx Men's 8 Game Block Record]</ref>
|2011, {{flagicon|South Africa}} Johannesburg, South Africa
|-
|Women's 8 Game Block
|style="text-align: center;"|1948
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Clara Guerrero]]<ref>[http://www.qubicaamf.com/World-Cup/Wroclaw-Poland-2014/News/Top-eight-in-men%E2%80%99s-section-now-settled/Top-eight-in-men%E2%80%99s-section-now-settled-50th-Qubica/igh-scoring-in-the-round-robin-%E2%80%93-50th-QubicaAMF-Bo Women's 8 Game Block Record]</ref>

|2014, {{flagicon|Poland}} Wrocław, Poland
|-
|Men's High Average{{efn|name=ha|32 Games}}
|style="text-align: center;"|246.22
|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Osku Palermaa]]<ref>[http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/1703 Men's High Average Record After 32 games]</ref>
|2006, {{flagicon|Venezuela}} Caracas, Venezuela
|-
|Women's High Average{{efn|name=ha}}
|style="text-align: center;"|244.03
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Caroline Lagrange]]<ref>[http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/12724 Women's High Average Record After 32 games]</ref>
|2013, {{flagicon|Russia}} Krasnoyarsk, Russia
|- style="background:#ccc;"
| colspan="4" | <div style="text-align: center;"> '''Finals - Arena "Knockout" Rounds (2000-2005), (2016-)'''{{efn|name=knockout|From 2000-2005, Arena Knockout Rounds was a format of three rounds of single elimination, best-of-three-games. From 2016 till present, Arena Knockout rounds is a format of two rounds of single elimination, one game matches.}} and '''Stepladder'''</div>
|-
|rowspan="2"|Men's Individual Game
|rowspan="2"|<div style="text-align: center;">[[Perfect game (bowling)|300]]</div>
|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kai Virtanen]]<ref name='2004BWC'>{{cite web|url=http://www.abf-online.org/results/40thamf-res.htm|publisher=Asian Bowling Federation|title=40th AMF Bowling World Cup}}</ref>
|2004, {{flagicon|Singapore}} Singapore
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Barnes (bowler)|Chris Barnes]]<ref name='Barnes'/>
|2014, {{flagicon|Poland}} Wrocław, Poland
|- 
|Women's Individual Game
|style="text-align: center;"|298
|{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Jasmine Yeong-Nathan]]<ref name='fourtyfour'>{{cite web|url=http://www.qubicaamf.com/World-Cup/Hermosillo,-Mexico/News/High-scoring-finals-see-championship-go-to-Singapo.aspx|publisher=QubicaAMF|title=High scoring finals see championship go to Singapore and USA}}</ref>
|2008, {{flagicon|Mexico}} Hermosillo, Mexico
|-
|Men's 2 Game Series
|style="text-align: center;"|536
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Petter Hansen]]<ref name='2004BWC'/>
|2004, {{flagicon|Singapore}} Singapore
|-
|Women's 2 Game Series
|style="text-align: center;"|561
|{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Jasmine Yeong-Nathan]]<ref name='fourtyfour'/>
|2008, {{flagicon|Mexico}} Hermosillo, Mexico
|-
|Men's 3 Game Series
|style="text-align: center;"|778
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Derek Eoff]]<ref name='fourtyfour'/>
|2008, {{flagicon|Mexico}} Hermosillo, Mexico
|-
|Women's 3 Game Series
|style="text-align: center;"|747
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Clara Guerrero]]<ref>[http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/13801 Women's 3 game Series Record]</ref>
|2014, {{flagicon|Poland}} Wrocław, Poland
|}
{{notelist}}

===Appearances and Participation===
*Most Appearances, Men - '''16''', {{flagicon|PHI}} [[Paeng Nepomuceno]]
1976, 1979–1980, 1982, 1985–1989, 1991–1996, 2009
*Most Appearances, Women - '''17''', {{flagicon|SLV}} [[Aida Granillo]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/QubicaAMFWorldCup/posts/866722740057695 Most Appearances Male or Female]</ref>
1982-1983, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994-1996, 1998-2000, 2002–2006, 2008
*{{flagicon|NED}} Erik Kok has participated in the Bowling World Cup in five different decades.<ref>[https://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/13548 Participation in each of the last five decades]</ref>
1979–1980, 1985, 1989, 1995, 2005, 2014
*Most Championship Appearances, Stepladder and Arena, Men - '''9''', {{flagicon|PHI}} [[Paeng Nepomuceno]]
1976, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1991–1993, 1995–1996
*Most Championship Appearances, Stepladder and Arena, Women - '''7''', {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Shalin Zulkifli]]
1996–1998, 2000–2001, 2003–2004
*Most Countries - '''95''' in 2004<ref name='stats'/>
*Most Bowlers, Men and Women Combined - '''167''' in 2010<ref name='stats'/>
*Most Bowlers, Men - '''93''' in 2004<ref name='stats'/>
*Most Bowlers, Women - '''76''' in 2010<ref name='stats'/>

==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.<ref>[http://www.bowlersjournal.com/?p=4405 Bent Petersen Award]</ref> Originally known as the Country Champion Award, it has been awarded at the BWC since 1984. The first winner of the award was {{flagicon|THA}} Thailand.<ref>[http://www.qubicaamf.com/World-Cup-Archives/1984-Sydney,-Australia/Final-Standings-Women.aspx First Country Champion Award]</ref> {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia are the most recent winners.<ref name='champions'/> In 2000, the award was renamed in honor of Petersen. Petersen died on November 21, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/13847|publisher=Bowlingdigital|title=A very sad farewell to AMF legend, Bent Petersen 1932–2014}}</ref>
* 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 76<ref name='perfect'>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlingdigital.com/kyle-troup-achieves-perfection-wins-qualifying-at-54th-bowling-world-cup/|publisher=Bowlingdigital|title=Kyle Troup achieves perfection: Wins Qualifying at the 54th Bowling World Cup|date=9 November 2018}}</ref> [[Perfect game (bowling)|300s]] bowled at the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup (61 by men, 15 by women). {{flagicon|Canada}} Jack Guay bowled the first-ever 300 game in 1994, the 30th year of the AMF Bowling World Cup; while {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Shalin Zulkifli]] was the first woman to bowl a 300 in 1997.<ref name='stats'/> {{flagicon|USA}} United States has the most 300s by a country, seven.
* 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 {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada and {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico have each won this award more times than any country, seven times each.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.bowlingdigital.com/category/navigation/world/world-cup-world/ Bowlingdigital World Cup Section]
*[http://etbf.eu/his-oth-qaw/ European Tenpin Bowling Federation World Cup Page]

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