The United States Bowling Congress will host the 2009 Women's World Championship from July 24 through Aug. 3, 2009 on 60 lanes, specially constructed inside the Cashman Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Today is the last day of arrival for the delegations from record 45 countries. Those teams, who have been arrived earlier, started on Sunday morning at 10am local time with the first of three two-hour blocks of unofficial practice (pictured).

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228 of the best female amateur bowlers in the world (maximum six players per team ) are scheduled to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in six disciplines: Singles, Doubles, Trios, 5-player Team, All Events and Masters.

The 45 countries, who have indicated to send up to six players are: Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bulgaria, Canada, Catalonia, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenija, Sweden, Ukraine, Venezuela, Wales and the host country, the United States of America. (Players' List)

The total marks the most countries to compete in the World Women's Championships since it split with the men's championships after the 2003 event in Malaysia.

The bowlers will compete on a medium lane condition and a short lane condition, as selected by the World Women's Championships technical delegate Daniel Falconi (pictured left) of Mexico.

Singles (on short) and Doubles (on medium) will be contested on one oil pattern, while Trios and Team will feature both oil patterns (3 games each on medium and short). You find the patterns here.

The top four players and teams after six games in Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team, respectively, will advance to the semifinals. The winners will determine the world champion. All matches are single-game matches

Bowling fans around the world will be able to watch the finals and select semifinals on the United States Bowling Congress website bowl.com.

Bowlingdigital will bring you all the action from Las Vegas featuring our much-anticipated high definition videos produced by Flavio Cuva and a gallery of high-quality photos taken by Beat Grauwiler.

Check here for game-by-game results, news, interviews, photos, videos and all kind of information from the Women's World Championships all the way through to the Masters final on Sunday, Aug. 2. Live Coverage on Bowlingdigital.com continues with the U.S. Women’s Open immediately following the WWC from Aug 3-9.

 

Schedule for Sunday, July 26, 2009
10:00 - 18:00 Ball check
10:00 - 12:00 Unofficial practice
12:00 - 13:00 Lane maintenance
13:00 - 15:00 Unofficial practice
15:00 - 17:00 Managers meeting
15:00 - 16:00 Lane maintenance
16:00 - 18:00 Unofficial practice

 

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