World Bowls
World Bowls is an international sport federation of Bowls. World Bowls administers bowls around the world and is responsible for the sports premier event, the World Bowls Championship which is held every four years.
The organisation was founded in 2001 in an attempt to unite some of the multiple bowls bodies running the sport. The founding was a merger of previous organisations; the World Bowls Board and the International Women's Bowling Board.
In 2019, World Bowls came to an agreement with the International Indoor Bowls Council. The agreement was to merge their two international indoor championships, the World Cup Singles and the IIBC Championships. The new event would be called the World Bowls Indoor Championships.
In 2021, Australian Darryl Clout was elected World Bowls President following the resignation of John Bell. In 2022, the headquarters for World Bowls moved from Edinburgh in Scotland to Melbourne in Australia. The plans to hold a World championship every two years were scrapped and a new event called the World Cup was introduced instead.
Main events held by World Bowls
- World Bowls Championship, blue riband event of the sport
- World Cup, every four years
- World Singles Champion of Champions, annually
- World Bowls Indoor Championships, annually and the rival of the BBC televised World Indoor Bowls Championships
Rival organisations
- World Bowls Tour
World Bowls members
- Africa:
- Americas:
- Asia:
- Europe:
- Oceania:
- Former Members:
Regions
| Zone | Region | Countries |
| 1 | Africa | 9 |
| 4 | Americas | 6 |
| 2 | Asia | 14 |
| 5 | Europe | 20 |
| 3 | Oceania | 10 |
| Total | World | 59 |