Right after Men Squad A has finished their second block of qualifying, in the 46th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup the WTBA Technical Delegate found some unusual dust on lane 29. After a closer inspection he noticed a crack in one of the support columns that supports the second floor.

An engineer was called in to inspect the situation while a lot of players, officials and guest had left the building. After two hours of delay QubicaAMF decided to cancel the today's Men Squad B and both women's squads because they could only have used 16 lanes and did not received a written statement by the engineer that the place was safe.

All players, officials and guests were transported back to the official hotel, Lou Pigno where there will have to wait for further announcement.

According to the very last information, if the tournament will be continued, Men Squad A will not bowl on Wednesday, while Men Squad B and Women Squad A and B will complete their second block of qualifying. The third block would be bowled on Thursday after which the cut to the top 24 men and top 24 women will be made (after 15 games instead of 20 as usually planned).

Stay tuned for more information.

Record 167 players (91 men and record 76 women) from 92 countries bowl for the coveted World Cup titles. Men and women bowl in separate divisions each split into two squads.

The total number of participants broke the previous record of 166 set in the 40th BWC in Singapore in 2004. The number of females bowlers broke the previous record of 73 set in Singapore, Caracas (2006) and St. Peters burgh (2007) .

To view the complete list of participating countries and players click here .

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The preliminaries consist of 4 blocks of 5 games with the top 24 men and the top 24 women after 20 games advancing to the intermediate round. The top 24 players bowl another 8 games with the pinfall total from the preliminaries being carried forward.

The top 8 men and the top 8 women after 28 games will bowl a further 7 games round robin match play plus 1 game position round total 8 games) with 30 pins bonus per win and 15 for a tie. The top 3 men and the top 3 women after 36 games including bonus pins will determine the champions in a stepladder final in best-of-three games format on Saturday Oct. 23.

Bowlingdigital.com will cover the event live from Bowling de Provence with stories and results after each round, high quality photos and high definition videos commencing Sunday Oct. 17 with the Opening Ceremonies all the way through to the stepladder on Saturday Oct. 3.

Bowlingdigital will also simulcast all broadcast coverage provided by BOWL.com.