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.
Bowlingdigital.com will provide onsite coverage of the event while bowling fans around the world will be able to watch all qualifying rounds, semifinals and finals live on
BowlTV.
The second trios from Korea and Singapore moved into first and second place as all 46 teams have completed the first three-game block on short oil in the Women's World Championships Trios preliminaries. Baek Seungja, Kim Jinsun and Son Hyerin (l-R rebounded from a slow start (621) with games of 735 and 723 for 2079 total, an average of 231, to take the pole position as the event has reached the halfway point. All teams will return this afternoon and evening for the second block on long oil.
Rebecka Larsen, Ida Andersson and Victoria Johansson of Sweden averaged 226.89 on short pattern (36 ft. Los Angeles) to take the early lead in Trios at the 2015 Women's World Championships in Abu Dhabi. The Swedes led the 24 trios in the first of two squads with 2042 total. The Swedes were able to weather a late charge by Team USA to lead the Americans by just four pins. Denmark was in third place with 1995 and the Philippines rounded out the top 4 with 1991.
Korea's Jeon Eunhee remained unchallenged in Squad 2 en route earn the No. 1 seed for the Singles finals in the 2015 Women's World Championships Wednesday morning at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Eunhee averaged 242.83 en route to lead the 145-player field from 29 countries with 1457. Her compatriot Hwang Yeonju was second with 1408 while Singapore's Cherie Tan and Shayna Ng led Squad 2 with 1395 and 1366 to take places 3 and 4, making it an all-Asian medal round starting Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. GST.
The Korean women dominated the first squad in Singles as the competition in the Women's World Championships got underway Monday morning at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Jeon Eunhee, Hwang Yeonju and Jung Dawun finished squad 1 in first, second and fourth place, respectively. Patricia Luoto of Germany was the only non-Korean bowler in the top 4 in third place. The top 4 will advance to the meadl round on Wednesday morning.
Competition in the 2015 Women's World Championships began Monday morning with the Singles event at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The 147 players from 30 countries were split into two squads to bowl six games preliminaries on the 43 feet long Tokyo pattern before the cut to the top 4, who will determine the champion on Wednesday morning. Squad 1 starts at 9.00 o'clock Gulf Standard Time (GST) with Squad 2 to follow at 13.30. 
On a bright and sunny Sunday afternoon (27°C or 81°F) almost 150 women athletes from 29 countries (the women from Panama are still on their way) marched onto the lanes at Khalifa International Bowling Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to kick off the Opening Ceremonies of the 2015 Women's World Championships. After Hind Al Hammadi of the UAE national squad
took the players' oath, the Championships were officially opened by a ceremonial ball rolled by Ms. Noora Al Kaabi (pictured). 
The 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, which was held at the 56-laner inside Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nev., United States, concluded after five days of competition Thursday, November 19, with the stepladder finals and the victory banquet. Wu Siu Hong of Hong Kong, and Clara Juliana Guerrero of Colombia emerged as World Cup champions. The 52nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will be held October 14-23, 2016, at Hao's Bowling in Shanghai, China.
Defending champion Clara Juliana Guerrero (pictured left) of Colombia defeated Shannon Pluhowsky from the host country United States, two-game-to-none, to win her second consecutive Bowling World Cup title Thursday at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Las Vegas. By winning the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, Guerrero became just the sixth female bowler in history to win the coveted trophy twice and only the third woman to win back-to-back World Cups.
Wu Siu Hong of Hong Kong, China, defeated tournament leader Francois Louw of South Africa in two games in best-of-three games format en route to win the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Thursday at Sam's Town bowling center in Las Vegas. It marks the first time in the history of the prestigious tournament that a Hong Kong bowler brings home the coveted trophy. Louw earned the silver medal and Jaris Goh of Singapore received the bronze medal.
Francois Louw (l.) of South Africa widened his lead to 139 pins as the men's field at the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup was cut to the top eight players Wednesday morning at Sam's Town bowling center in Las Vegas. Louw rolled games of 258, 165, 202, 246, 259, 238, 207 and 204 for 1779 for eight games and 7130 overall, an average of 222.81 for 32-games. Wu Siu Hong (r.) of Hong Kong leaped into second place with 6991.
Qualifying leader Clara Juliana Guerrero (pictured) of Colombia remained atop the women's leaderboard after the round of 24 Wednesday morning at at the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Las Vegas to lead the top eight players into round robin match play. The Round of 24 culminated in an exciting finish which determined not only the top 4 position but also decided the battle for 8th and last place to advance to the next round. England's Keira Reay highlighted the round by rolling the first 300 game of the event. 
Defending World Cup champion Clara Juliana Guerrero (l.) of Colombia finished the third round at the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup with a big 248 game to win the qualifying and to lead the top 24 women into Wednesday's intermediate round. Guerrero, who started the last eight game block in fifth place, posted the field-best 1741 series, an average of 217.63, to overtake Sandra Gongora (r.) of Mexico in the last game with 5177 total and an overall average of 215.71 for 24 games.
Francois Louw (pictured) of South Africa posted the highest eight-game block of the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup so far en route to win the men's qualifying at Sam's Town bowling center in Las Vegas. Louw posted 1895 in the third and last qualifying block on Tuesday, an average of 236.88, out averaging his nearest competitor in the round by almost 20 pins. He finished atop the 86-player leaderboard with 5351 total (222.96) to lead the top 24 players into Wednesday's intermediate round.
First round leader Jaris Goh (l.) of Singapore averaged 218.25 in the second qualifying block Monday afternoon at Sam's Town bowling center in Las Vegas to widen his lead in the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. Goh leads the field of 86 men from as many countries with 3601 total and an overall average of 225.06. Trailing Goh by 60 pins to sit in second place was 17-year-old Kamron Doyle (r.) of the United States, who leaped two spots with 3541.
Two-time World Cup champion Shannon Pluhowsky (l.), United States, posted the second-highest series on the day two qualifying en route to take over the lead in women's Bowling World Cup after 16 of 24 games. Pluhowsky rolled games of 268, 235, 202, 201, 238, 235, 195 and 205 for 1779 to leap from fifth place to the top of the leaderboard with 3481 total and an overall average of 217.56. Pluhowsky holds a 22-pin lead over Sandra Gongora (r.) of Mexico (3459).
Jaris Goh of Singapore (l.) averaged 231.88 for eight games Sunday morning at Sam's Town bowling center in Las Vegas to take the first-round lead in the men's division at the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. The 20-year-old right-hander led the field of 86 bowlers from 86 countries with 1855 total. Francois Louw (r.) of South Africa used one of three 289 games in the first of three qualifying rounds to take second place with 1846 (230.75).