50. QubicaAMF World Cup von 1. – 9.11. Wroclaw / Polen

Presseaussendung:
QubicaAMF celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Bowling World Cup, the world’s largest annual sporting event in terms of the number of participating nations, which begins on November 1, 2014, and runs through November 9, 2014, in Wroclaw, Poland. 

The Bowling World Cup began its colourful life in Dublin, Ireland in 1965, when just 20 countries competed in the men only tournament.  By 1972, the women’s division was added and today we have seen as many as 95 countries competing in this world class event.

The Bowling World Cup has traversed the globe—being held in a different country around the world each year.  And now in its 50th year, the Bowling World Cup has visited more than 40 nations establishing itself as the world’s largest annual sporting event in terms of the number of participating nations.

In the months leading up to the Bowling World Cup more than half a million bowlers will enter into local and national qualifiers hoping for the chance to be their country’s representative at the Grand Final in Poland this November.  Although there will only be one man and one woman as the World Champions, just the chance to take part in this event is, for most, a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Just two years after going to Poland, QubicaAMF is taking its 50th edition of the Bowling World Cup back to Wroclaw, as the 1,000 year old City together with Sky Bowling will be hosting this most prestigious of all bowling events.  A spectacular finale is planned to crown this very special 50th anniversary on Sunday, November 9, 2014.

Photo 1:  Bowling history was created when the 33rd Bowling World Cup stepladder finals were staged in an open, outdoor arena in the desert, lying in the shadow of the Great Pyramid and Sphinx on the edge of Cairo. Egyptian President Mubarak opened the games and Omar Sharif was the Master of Ceremonies!   Aegypten-1997-1

Photo 2: Dublin 1965, Lauri Ajanto of Finland who was the very first winner with a 191 average, beating pre-tournament favourite Tom Hathaway of the USA into second place.Ajanto-1965-1