2001 AMF Bowling World Cup - At a Glance -

What: The AMF Bowling World Cup is the largest annual international sports championship in the world in terms of number of participating nations. Eight-eight countries were represented at the 2000 edition in Lisbon, Portugal.

When: November 4 -10, 2001

Where: P.S. Bowling (Pattaya) Co. Ltd., host center (32 lanes), 369/1 Moo 9 Central Pattaya Road,  Nongprue, Banlamung, Chonburi, Thailand, Telephone: 66-38-420-965, Fax: 66-38-420-572

Who: Men and women amateur champions from around the world compete on an individual basis for sterling silver trophies and one of the most prestigious individual titles in international bowling. Tomas Leandersson of Sweden and Mel Isaac of Wales are the men and women's defending champions, respectively.

How: Bowlers advance to the AMF Bowling World Cup by winning their national qualifying tournament. Defending champions must re-qualify through their home countries to be able to defend their titles the following year.

Format: Singles (individual) competition, featuring five blocks of eight qualifying games (24 games for the entire field, and 16 additional games for the top 24 men and women after 24 games); top eight men and women after 40 games are seeded according to qualifying scores and advance to best-two-of-three-games single-elimination matches to determine the champions. Single-elimination phase will be held in an arena setting in Pattaya.

Organizers: P. S. Bowling Group (AMF's distributor for Thailand)

Managing Director: Sonny Lim

Official Airline: Thai Airways                  

BWC staff: Anne-Marie Board, England, tournament manager
            Bernard Gibbons, Ireland, tournament director
            Dale Niemela, USA, assistant tournament director
            Lydia Rypcinski, USA, media coordinator
            Cliff Adair, USA, lane dressing manager
            Del Warren, USA, specialist on latest AMF bowling balls
            Tonya Ford, USA, scoring supervisor

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