List of world bowling champions

• World Championships of the International Bowling Federation IBF, owns the World Championships and is under the International Olympic Committee. It is a sanctioning body for all international ten-pin bowling tournaments. Championships are held every 4 years and six male and six female from participating nations compete for medals for their flag.
• The World Games, which include all sports that are not included in the Olympics. Championships are held every 4 years, in the years following the Summer Olympic Games. Male and female participants compete for medals for their flag.
• The Professional Bowlers Association world championships. PBA is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States. The PBA World Championship is one of five major PBA bowling events.
• The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, previously known as the International Masters and AMF Bowling World Cup, is an annual championship sponsored by QubicaAMF Worldwide and played exclusively on AMF equipment. One male and/or one female bowler represents a nation in the tournament and a champion is declared.
• Other commercial or invitational world championship events.
• IBSA, the International Blind Sports Federation.
• World Deaf Bowling Championships

The World Championships

All Events

Year	Host	Men	Women
1979	Manila	Doubles, Trios and Team The World Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation. Doubles, Trios and Team events of the World Championships are listed below. World Games Sports not included in the Olympic games are a part of the World Games. Bowling is played since 1981, every fourth year. Professional Bowling Association World Champions The PBA World Championship is one of five major PBA bowling events. The PBA World Championship has been held in a variety of formats over the years. Since the 2009–10 season, the initial qualifying scores for the World Championship have come from other stand-alone tournaments at the PBA World Series of Bowling. The current tournament is open to any PBA member who is also a competitor in the World Series of Bowling. Season Winner Nationality 1960 Don Carter 1961 Dave Soutar 1962 Carmen Salvino 1963 Billy Hardwick 1964 Bob Strampe 1965 Dave Davis 1966 Wayne Zahn 1967 Dave Davis 1968 Wayne Zahn 1969 Mike McGrath 1970 Mike McGrath 1971 Mike Limongello 1972 Johnny Guenther 1973 Earl Anthony 1974 Earl Anthony 1975 Earl Anthony 1976 Paul Colwell 1977 Tommy Hudson 1978 Warren Nelson 1979 Mike Aulby 1980 Johnny Petraglia 1981 Earl Anthony 1982 Earl Anthony 1983 Earl Anthony 1984 Bob Chamberlain 1985 Mike Aulby 1986 Tom Crites 1987 Randy Pedersen 1988 Brian Voss 1989 Pete Weber 1990 Jim Pencak 1991 Mike Miller 1992 Eric Forkel 1993 Ron Palombi Jr. 1994 Dave Traber 1995 Scott Alexander 1996 Butch Soper 1997 Rick Steelsmith 1998 Pete Weber 1999 Tim Criss 2000 Norm Duke 2001 Walter Ray Williams Jr. 2001–02 Doug Kent 2002–03 Walter Ray Williams Jr. 2003–04 Tom Baker 2004–05 Patrick Allen 2005–06 Walter Ray Williams Jr. 2006–07 Doug Kent 2007–08 Norm Duke 2008–09 Norm Duke 2009–10 Tom Smallwood 2010–11 Chris Barnes 2011–12 Osku Palermaa 2012–13+ Parker Bohn III 2012–13+ Dominic Barrett 2014 Mike Fagan 2015 Gary Faulkner Jr. 2016 E. J. Tackett 2017 Jason Belmonte 2018 Tournament not held in 2018 - 2019 Jason Belmonte 2020 Jason Belmonte 2021 Tom Daugherty World U21 Championships The World U21 Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation. Athletes must be under the age of 21 on the first of January of the championship year. The World Singles Championships were held for the first time in 2022, and are held every second year in odd-numbered years. Each federation is allowed to send two male and two female athletes to the championships. Singles, Doubles, Team of Four, All Event, and Masters are the disciplines for both genders. Singles Year Host Men Women 2022 Sweden World Junior Championships The World Junior Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation. Athletes must be under the age of 18 on the first of January of the championship year. The World Singles Championships were held for the first time in 2019, and are held every second year in odd-numbered years. Each federation is allowed to send two male and two female athletes to the championships. Singles, Doubles, Team of Four, All Event, and Masters are the disciplines for both genders. World Youth Championships The World Youth Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation. Athletes must be at least 13 years old and not older than 21 years old on January 1 of the championship year. The first World Youth Championships were held in Manila, the Philippines, in 1990. The championships were first held every other year in 1990, with two girls and two boys on each team. Since 1994, each team has consisted of four girls and four boys. Since 1994 the disciplines for both genders have been Singles, Doubles, Team of Four, All Event and Masters. Doubles and Team The World Championships is owned by International Bowling Federation. Doubles, and Team events of the World Youth Championships are listed here. QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, previously known as the International Masters and AMF Bowling World Cup, is an annual championship sponsored by QubicaAMF Worldwide. Each nation chooses one male and/or one female bowler to represent them in the tournament. Year Location Men Women 1965 Dublin Discontinued World Championships World Singles Championships The championships was conducted twice by World Bowling who owns the World Championships. Initially designed every fourth year, participants are two men and two women from participating nations. The first edition was held in Limassol, Cyprus in 2012, with 71 male and 57 female athletes from 40 different federations competing. The last was in Doha, Qatar with 81 male and 53 female athletes. Year Host Men Women 2012 Cyprus World Tenpin Masters The World Tenpin Masters was an invitational ten-pin bowling tournament hosted by Matchroom Sport Television that ran from 1998 to 2009. Sixteen bowlers are invited to compete head-to-head in a single lane in a straight knockout format. Year Location Winner 1998 Adwick Leisure Centre, Doncaster IBSA Men's Champions The following is a list of IBSA World Champions for visually impaired bowlers, sanctioned by the World Tenpin Bowling Association and International Blind Sports Association. Year Winner Nationality Classification 2008 Sid Sapru 2017 Koh Young Bae TPB2 - MEN'S SINGLES 2017 Huang Yu-Hsiao Chinese Taipei