33 countries/territories will participate in the 2011 Women's World Championships which will be staged from Sept. 2-11, 2011 at 48-laner Hong Kong Bowling City at EMAX mall in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, China. 169 of the best women bowlers in the world featuring 33 countries will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Team event, All Events and Masters.

It is the fourth World Championships for women only since the World Tenpin Bowling Association Congress decided to split the quadrennial World Championships into a biennial men's and women's event.

More than 50 per cent of the teams are members of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF, 18); while ten belong to the Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) and only five to the Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON).

The 33 countries and territories are (in alphabetical order):
Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Catalonia, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela and the host country of Hong Kong, China.

Kegel's John Janawicz (pictured left), the WTBA Technical Delegate for the 2011 WWC, has decided the two lane conditioning pattern categories to be used in Hong Kong: long and medium. According to WTBA Playing Rule 4.6.5 the specific patterns will be announced at the Team Managers Meeting (TMM) on Thursday, Sept 1st.

Singles and Doubles will be contested on one oil pattern, while Trios and Team will feature both oil patterns (3 games on each pattern). The Masters will be staged on dual lane condition (one lane dressed with short oil, the other with long oil).

The top four players and teams after six games in Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team, respectively, will advance to the semifinals. The No. 1 meet No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3. The winners will determine the world champion, while losers will share the bronze medal. All matches are single-game matches.

Bowlingdigital will cover the 2011 Women's World Championships live from Hong Kong with stories and results after each squad and each round of the finals.

Bowling fans around the world will be able to watch all qualifying rounds, semifinals and finals live on BOWL.com and the coverage will be available on demand as well. The live streaming coverage is a partnership between USBC, WTBA, the Hong Kong Tenpin Bowling Congress and Bowlingdigital.com.

The first Women's World Championships took place in Aalborg, Denmark in 2005 (214 players from 40 countries) and was followed by Monterrey, Mexico in 2007 (225/43) and Las Vegas in 2009 (228/45).

For the complete information on the WWC download Bulletin No. 1, 2 and 3:
Bulletin No. 3 (pdf file)
Bulletin No. 3 (MS Word document)
Bulletin No. 2 (pdf file)
Bulletin No. 2 (MS Word document)
Bulletin No. 1 (pdf file)
Bulletin No. 1 (MS Word document)

 

Women's World Champions 2005-2009

Singles
2009 - Stefanie Nation, United States (pictured right)
2007 - Shannon O'Keefe, United States
2005 - Esther Cheah, Malaysia


Doubles
2009 - Hwang Sun Ok/Gang Hye Eun, Korea (pictured right)
2007 - Choi Jin A/Nam Bo Ra, Korea
2005 - Martina Beckel/Tanya Petty, Germany


Trios
2009 - Yang Hao-Ting/Tsai Hsin-Yi/Tang Ya-Chun, Chinese Taipei (pictured right)
2007 - Helen Johnsson/Malin Glendert/Nina Flack, Sweden
2005 - Wang Yu-Ling/Huang Chiung-Yao/Chou Miao-Lin, Chinese Taipei


Team
2009 - Korea (Hwang Sun-Ok, Gang Hye-Eun, Jeon Eun-Hee, Son Yun-Hee, Kim Yeau-Jin) (pictured right)
2007 - Malaysia (Esther Cheah, Shalin Zulkifli, Sharon Koh, Wendy Chai, Zandra Aziela, Choy Poh Lai)
2005 - Chinese Taipei (Tsai Hsin-Yi, Wang Ya-Ting, Wang Yu-Ling, Chou Miao-Lin, Lin I-Fen, Huang Chiung-Yao)


All Events
2009 - Clara Juliana Guerrero, Colombia (pictured right)
2007 - Choi Jin A, Korea
2005 - Wang Yu-Ling, Chinese Taipei


Masters
2009 - Clara Juliana Guerrero, Colombia (pictured right)
2007 - Diandra Asbaty, United States
2005 - Yang Suiling, China

 

Schedule at a glance

Thursday 01.09.2011 - Last day of team arrivals, Symposium, Team Managers Meeting
Friday 02.09.2011 - Official Practice (three squads), Opening Ceremonies
Saturday 03.09.2011 - Singles - Squad 1 and 2
Sunday 04.09.2011 - Singles - Squad 3, Finals and Award Ceremony
Monday 05.09.2011 - Doubles - Squad 1 and 2
Tuesday 06.09.2011 - Doubles - Squad 3, Finals and Award Ceremony
Wednesday 07.09.2011 - Trios - First Block
Thursday 08.09.2011 - Trios - Second Block, Finals and Award Ceremony
Friday 09.09.2011 - Team - First Block
Saturday 10.09.2011 - Team - Second Block, Finals and Award Ceremony
Sunday 11.09.2011 - Masters Match Play
Monday 12.09.2011 - Departure of Teams

Schedule of Presidium meetings and Congresses:
Friday, Sept. 9 at 9 a.m. WTBA Presidium Meeting
Saturday, Sept. 10 at 9 a.m. FIQ Presidium Meeting
Monday, Sept. 12 at 9 a.m. WTBA Congress
Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 9 a.m. FIQ Congress
Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 9 a.m. WTBA Congress

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