Bowlingdigital will provide onsite coverage of the combined World Championships including reports, photos and results after each round commencing with women’s singles preliminaries on Saturday, Nov. 25, all the way through to masters match play on Monday, Dec. 4, completed in the late afternoon.

For the second time since 2013 (also in Las Vegas), the men will bowl alongside the women in a World Championship. The field, supposed to consists of 36 men’s and 36 women’s teams with maximum six players each (maximum 216 athletes per gender), features 36 men’s teams with 213 athletes (Aruba, Curacao and Estonia have only five players) and only 30 women’s teams with 176 athletes (Guatemala, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan and Romania have only five athletes).

35 of the 42 countries participating have registered total 92 coaches. Brazil, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Indonesia, Kuwait, Russia and Wales haven’t registered any coaches.

11 teams plus host country United States come from the Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON). The Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) will be represented by 13 teams and 17 teams come from the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF).

24 countries will participate in both men’s and women’s division. Those countries are: Brazil, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, China, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Sweden, USA, Venezuela and Wales.

12 countries (Aruba, Australia, Curacao, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Kuwait, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Thailand) will send a men’s team and 6 countries (Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Romania, Ukraine) will send a women’s team.

The 2017 World Championships will award medals in six disciplines in each division – Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team, All-Events and Masters.

The Championships are run under the World Bowling Statutes and Playing Rules Chapter 2 (Universal Playing Rules), Chapter 5 (WC Format) and Chapter 4 (WC Principle Rules).

World Bowling provides governance to international bowling and is made up of 134 bowling international federations. For more information on the World Bowling Tour, click here.

2017 World Championships – Schedule of Events

Subject to change.

23.11.2017 Thursday
Last day of team arrivals
10.00 – 18.00 Ball Check
10.00 Unofficial Practice
16.00 – 18.00 Team Managers Meeting

24.11.2017 Friday
09.00 – 17.30 Ball Check
07.30 – 09.00 Lane Maintenance
09.00 – 10.30 Official Practice Squad 1
10.30 – 11.30 Lane Maintenance
11.30 – 13.00 Official Practice Squad 2
13.00 – 14.00 Lane Maintenance
14.00 – 15.30 Official Practice Squad 3
15.30 – 16.30 Lane Maintenance
16.30 – 18.00 Official Practice Squad 4
19.00 – 19.15 Line Up
19.30 – 20.30 Opening Ceremony

25.11.2017 Saturday
07.30 – 08.50 Lane Maintenance
08.50 – 09.00 Warm-up
09.00 – 12.30 Singles (Women) Squad 1
12.30 – 13.30 Lane Maintenance
13.30 – 13.40 Warm-up
13.40 – 17.10 Singles (Women) Squad 2

26.11.2017 Sunday
07.30 – 08.50 Lane Maintenance
08.50 – 09.00 Warm-up
09.00 – 12.30 Singles (Men) Squad 1
12.30 – 13.30 Lane Maintenance
13.30 – 13.40 Warm-up
13.40 – 17.10 Singles (Men) Squad 2

27.11.2017 Monday
08.00 – 09.00 Lane Maintenance
09.00 – 09.30 Singles (Women and Men) Semi-finals
09.30 – 10.00 Singles (Women and Men) Final
10.00 – 10.30 Medal Ceremony, Singles
10.00 – 11.00 Lane Maintenance
11.10 – 11.20 Warm-up
11.20 – 14.50 Doubles (Men) Squad 1
14.50 – 15.50 Lane Maintenance
15.50 – 16.00 Warm-up
16.00 – 19.30 Doubles (Men) Squad 2

28.11.2017 Tuesday
07.30 – 08.50 Lane Maintenance
08.50 – 09.00 Warm-up
09.00 – 12.30 Doubles (Women) Squad 1
12.30 – 13.30 Lane Maintenance
13.30 – 13.40 Warm-up
13.40 – 17.10 Doubles (Women) Squad 2
17.10 – 17.30 Lane Maintenance
17.30 – 18.15 Doubles (Women and Men) Semi-finals
18.15 – 19.00 Doubles (Women and Men) Final
19.00 – 19.30 Medal Ceremony, Doubles

29.11.2017 Wednesday
07.30 – 08.50 Lane Maintenance
08.50 – 09.00 Warm-up
09.00 – 11.40 Trios Block 1 (Men and Women) Squad 1
11.40 – 12.40 Lane Maintenance
12.40 – 12.50 Warm-up
12.50 – 15.20 Trios Block 1 (Men and Women) Squad 2
15.20 – 16.20 Lane Maintenance
16.20 – 16.30 Warm-up
16.30 – 19.00 Trios Block 1 (Men and Women) Squad 3

30.11.2017 Thursday
07.30 – 08.50 Lane Maintenance
08.50 – 09.00 Warm-up
09.00 – 11.40 Trios Block 2 (Men and Women) Squad 2
11.40 – 12.40 Lane Maintenance
12.40 – 12.50 Warm-up
12.50 – 15.20 Trios Block 2 (Men and Women) Squad 3
15.20 – 16.20 Lane Maintenance
16.20 – 16.30 Warm-up
16.30 – 19.00 Trios Block 2 (Men and Women) Squad 1

01.12.2017 Friday
07.30 – 08.45 Lane Maintenance
08.45 – 09.00 Warm-up
09.00 – 13.00 Team of 5 (Men and Women) Block 1, Squad 1
13.00 – 14.00 Lane Maintenance
13.30 – 14.00 Medal Ceremony, All Events
14.00 – 14.15 Warm-up
14.15 – 18.00 Team of 5 (Men and Women) Block 1, Squad 2

02.12.2017 Saturday
07.30 – 08.45 Lane Maintenance
08.45 – 09.00 Warm-up
09.00 – 13.00 Team of 5 (Men and Women) Block 2, Squad B
13.00 – 14.00 Lane Maintenance
14.00 – 14.15 Warm-up
14.15 – 18.00 Team of 5 (Men and Women) Block 2, Squad A

03.12.2017 Sunday
08.30-09.30 Lane Maintenance
09.30-10.30 Trios (Men and Women) Semi-finals
10.30-11.30 Trios (Men and Women) Final
11.30-12.00 Medal Ceremony, Trios
12.00-13.00 Lane Maintenance
13.30-14.30 Team of 5 (Men and Women) Semi-finals
14.30-15.30 Team of 5 (Women) Final
15.30-16.30 Team of 5 (Men) Final
16.30-17.00 Medal Ceremony, Team of 5
17.00-17.30 Medal Ceremony, All Events

04.12.2017 Monday
07.30-08.50 Lane Maintenance
08.50-09.00 Warm-up
09.00-10.10 Masters Round 1 (Men and Women) 8 Matches
10.10-11.10 Lane Maintenance
11.10-11.20 Warm-up
11.20-12.20 Masters Round 2 (Men and Women) 8 Matches
12.20-12.30 Warm-up
12.30-13.30 Masters Round 3 (Men and Women) 4 Matches
13.30-14.00 Lane Maintenance
14.00-14.10 Warm-up
14.10-15.10 Masters Semi-finals (Men and Women) 2 Matches
15.10-16.10 Masters Final (Women)
16.10-17.10 Masters Final (Men)
17.10-17.30 Medal Ceremony, Masters
19.00 Victory Banquet

05.12.2017 Tuesday
Departure of Teams
10.00-18.00 World Bowling Executive Board Meeting

06.12.2017 Wednesday
08.50-18.00 2017 World Bowling Congress