The World Tenpin Bowling Association (WTBA) and the Emirates Bowling Federation (EBF) will host the 2015 Women's World Championships December 5-14 at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Almost 150 players from 30 countries will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the seven-day competition.

Those countries are: Australia, Bahamas, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United States, Ukraine, Venezuela, and the host country United Arab Emirates.

Bowlingdigital.com will provide onsite coverage of the 2015 Women's World Championships from Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi including reports, photos and results.

Pictured left is Herbert Bickel, owner/editor-in-chief of Bowlingdigital.com.

Onsite coverage commences Sunday, December 6 with the Opening Ceremonies and concludes with the Masters finals on Sunday, Dec. 13.

Bowling fans around the world will be able to watch all qualifying rounds, semifinals and finals live on BowlTV.

Pictured right (l-r) are commentators Matt Cannizzaro and Lucas Wiseman of USBC Communications, who will be doing the live streaming in Abu Dhabi.

BowlTV Live Schedule:
(All times Eastern; subject to change)
12/07/2015 12:00 AM - 08:00 AM - Singles Qualifying
12/08/2015 12:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Trios Qualifying
12/09/2015 12:00 AM - 01:00 AM - Singles Medal Round
12/09/2015 02:00 AM - 04:00 AM - Trios Medal Round
12/10/2015 12:00 AM - 08:00 AM - Doubles Qualifying
12/10/2015 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Doubles Medal Round
12/11/2015 12:00 AM - 04:00 AM - Team Qualifying Day 1
12/12/2015 12:00 AM - 04:00 AM - Team Qualifying Day 2
12/12/2015 05:00 AM - 08:00 AM - Team Medal Round
12/13/2015 12:00 AM - 05:15 AM - Masters Rounds 1-2
12/13/2015 05:45 AM - 07:00 AM - Masters Medal Round

The Championships, hosted by WTBA, the Emirates Bowling Federation and Zayed Sports City, is open to all WTBA member federations who are currently paid up members of World Bowling, WTBA and their respective zone (PABCON, ETBF, and ABF).

Maximum six women per country will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the 7-day competition (Dec. 7-13).

Khalifa International Bowling Center, UAE's national bowling facility, a 40-lane center featuring two pro shops, three restaurants and a billiard room, is located at Zayed Sports City (click image to enlarge).

The venue was built for the 1999 World Championships and has hosted other sanctioned tournaments such as the World Bowling Ranking Masters, Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships and the 2014 Men's World Championships.

In accordance with the WTBA Playing Rules, the 2015 Women's World Championships will be contested on two lane conditioning pattern. Technical Delegate Marios Nicolaides of Cyprus will choose a short and a long pattern from the World Bowling bank of lane patterns.

The specific lane patterns within the two categories will be announced at the Team Managers' Meeting on December 5.

Downloads:
2015 WWC Bulletin No. 2
2015 WWC Bulletin No. 1

Immediately following the Women's World Championships will be the congresses. The WTBA Congress will be held December 15 (afternoon) and December 16, while the FIQ Congress will be held December 15 (in the morning).

The 2015 Women's World Championships is the fifth World Championship for women since the WTBA has decided at its 2013 congress to split the men's and women's events. The inaugural WWC took place in 2005 in Aalborg, Denmark, and was followed by Monterrey, Mexico (2007), Las Vegas, USA (2009) and Hong Kong, China (2011).

In 2012, the WTBA switched back to a four-year cycle which allowed the organization to add a new World Singles Championships (2012; Limassol, Cyprus) and combined World Championships for men and women (2013; Las Vegas, USA) to its schedule.

WTBA has decided the venues for the World Championships up to 2020. The 2nd World Singles Championships will take place in 2016 in Doha, Qatar (after that 2020 in Tokyo, Japan), while the 2nd combined World Championships 2017 were given to Kuwait. Hong Kong will host the 2018 Men's World Championships before the women will return to Las Vegas for the 2019 Women's World Championships.

 

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2015 Women's World Championships - Preliminary Schedule at a glance

• Thursday, December 3, 2015 - Unofficial practice
• Friday, December 4, 2015 - Unofficial practice; ball registration
• Saturday, December 5, 2015 - Last day of arrival; unofficial practice; ball registration; team managers' meeting
• Sunday, December 6, 2015 - Official Practice (two squads); opening ceremony

• Monday, December 7, 2015 - Singles Squads 1 & 2 (long oil)
• Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - Trios Squads 1 & 2 Block 1 (short oil); Trios Squads 1 & 2 Block 2 (long oil)
• Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - Singles Semifinals, Finals and Medal Ceremony; Trios Semifinals, Finals and Medal Ceremony
• Thursday, December 10, 2015 Doubles Squads 1 & 2 (short oil); Doubles Semifinals, Finals and Medal Ceremony
• Friday, December 11, 2015 - Team Block 1 (long oil)
• Saturday, December 12, 2015 - Team Block 2 (short oil), Team Semifinals and Finals; All-Events and Team Medal Ceremonies
• Sunday, December 13, 2015 - Masters competition and Medal Ceremony; Victory Banquet

• Monday, December 14, 2015 - Departure; FIQ/WTBA Executive Board meetings, seminars (officials, players and others), coaching clinic (current and potential members located within Africa, as well as the Gulf Region)
• Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - FIQ Congress; WTBA Congress
• Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - WTBA Congress (continue); extra FIQ Congress (if necessary)

 

2013 Combined World Championships - Women's Division Medalists

Sunset Station's Strike Zone in Henderson, Nev., United States (Aug. 16-31, 2013)

Singles
Championship Round:
1. Ryu Seo-Yeon, Korea, 426 (2 games)
2. Wang Ya-Ting, Chinese Taipei, 387 (2 games)
3. Huang Chiung-Yao, Chinese Taipei, 200 (1 game)
(tie) Mariana Ayala, Puerto Rico, 190 (1 game)

L-R Wang, Ryu, Ayala and Huang.

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1: No. 4 Ryu def. No. 1 Huang, 202-200
Semifinal Match 2: No. 2 Wang def. No. 3 Ayala, 205-190
Championship Match: Ryu def. Wang, 224-182.

 

Doubles
Championship Round:
1. United States (Stefanie Nation / Shannon O'Keefe), 951 (2 games)
2. United States (Missy Parkin / Kelly Kulick), 922 (2 games)
3. Venezuela (Karen Marcano / Alicia Marcano), 373 (1 game)
Australia (Ann-Maree Putney / Carol Gianotti), 430 (1 game)

L-R Parkin, Kulick, Nation, O'Keefe, Putney, Gianotti, Karen and Alicia Marcano.

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1: No. 4 Parkin (183)/Kulick (300) def. No. 1 K. Marcano (180)/A. Marcano (193), 483-373
Semifinal Match 2: No. 2 Nation (201)/O'Keefe (268) def. No. 3 Putney (220)/Gianotti (210), 469-430
Championship Match: Nation (258)/O'Keefe (224) def. Parkin (193)/Kulick (245), 482-438.

 

Trios
Championship Round:
1. Korea (Ryu Seo-Yeon, Lee Na-Young, Son Yun-Hee), 1195 (2 games)
2. Canada (Isabelle Rioux, Samantha How, Caroline Lagrange), 1208 (2 games)
3. England (Autum Chamberlain, Hayley Rumkee, Lisa John), 506 (1 game)
(tie) Japan (Natsuki Teshima, Misaki Mukotani, Haruka Matsuda), 571 (1 game)

From top right counterclockwise: Korea, Canada, England and Japan.

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1: No. 1 Ryu (180), Lee (181), Son (247) def.
No. 4 Teshima (215), Mukotani (188), Matsuda (168), 608-571
Semifinal Match 2: No. 2 Rioux (214), How (191), Lagrange (218) def.
No. 3 Chamberlain (177), Rumkee (178), John (151), 623-506
Championship Match: Ryu (185), Lee (209), Son (193) def.
Rioux (223), How (164), Lagrange (198), 587-585.

 

Team
Championship Round:
1. Korea (Ryu Seo-Yeon, Lee Na-Young, Kim Moon-Jeong, Jung Da-Wun, Son Yun-Hee, Baek Seung-Ja), 2224 (2 games)
2. United States (Stefanie Nation, Missy Parkin, Shannon O'Keefe, Kelly Kulick, Liz Johnson, Shannon Pluhowsky), 2006 (2 games)
3. Malaysia (Siti Safiyah, Jacqueline Sijore, Esther Cheah, Shalin Zulkifli, Sin Li Jane, Zandra Aziela), 999 (1 game)
3. Venezuela (Patricia De Faria, Eny Diaz, Esther Alvarez, Joan Gonzalez, Karen Marcano, Alicia Marcano), 921 (1 game)

Gold medalist Korea (L-R Team manager, Seo-Yeon, Seung-Ja, Da-Wun, Moon-Jeong, Na-Young, Yun-Hee and coach Kim Hee-Son).

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1 (long oil):
No. 1 Nation (220), Parkin (259), O'Keefe (201), Kulick (168), Johnson (166) def.
No. 4 De Faria (191), Alvarez (174), Gonzalez (214), K. Marcano (159), A. Marcano (183), 1014-921
Semifinal Match 2 (long oil):
No. 3 Seo-Yeon (188), Na-Young (247), Moon-Jeong (208), Da-Wun (205), Yun-Hee (217) def.
No. 2 Safiyah (177), Sijore (194), Cheah (173), Zulkifli (201), Jane (221), 1065-966.
Championship Match (long oil):
Seo-Yeon (184), Na-Young (246), Moon-Jeong (267), Da-Wun (224), Yun-Hee (238) def. Nation (191), Parkin (195), O'Keefe (194), Kulick (224), Johnson (188), 1159-992.

 

All Events (24-game total and average)
1. Shannon O'Keefe, United States, 5209, 217.04
2. Son Yun-Hee, Korea, 5189, 216.21
3. Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, 5166, 215.25
L-R Yun-Hee, O'Keefe and Zavjalova.

 

Masters
Championship Round:
1. Son Yun-Hee, Korea, 443 (2 games)
2. Kim Moon-Jeong, Korea, 401 (1 game)
3. Liz Johnson, United States, 213 (1 game)
and Ryu Seo-Yeon, Korea, 180 (1 game)

L-R Moon-Jeong, Yun-Hee, Johnson and Seo-Yeon.

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1: No. 1 Moon-Jeong def. No. 4 Seo-Yeon, 208-180
Semifinal Match 2: No. 3 Yun-Hee def. No. 2 Johnson, 232-213
Championship: Yun-Hee def. Moon-Jeong, 211-193.