The World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships were a biennial nine-pin bowling competition organized by the World Ninepin Bowling Association. The World Championships was started in 1953 and took place every two years until 1959. The next competition was in 1962 with the assumption of alternating with the European Championships every two years. In 1966, this concept was abandoned and thereafter the championships were biennial until 2004.
Since 2005, the competition has been divided. Team events are held in odd years, while singles events are in even years.
The following list shows when new events were added for the first time: 1953, singles and team events as first events. 1966, pair competitions were added. 1990, combination competitions were added. 1994, separation of team competition into two divisions A and B. 2004, sprint and mixed tandem competitions added. An individual event on a distance of 120 throws for the first time.
List of championships Edition Year City Country Date Events Top of themedal table Notes 1st 1953 Belgrade 4 2nd 1955 Essen 30 Aug – 5 Sep 4 3rd 1957 Vienna 9 – 14 Jun 4 4th 1959 Bautzen 22 - 27 Sep 4 5th 1962 Bratislava 24 – 29 Sep 4 6th 1966 Bucharest 19 – 25 Jun 6 First with pair 7th 1968 Linz (2) 9 – 15 Jun 6 8th 1970 Bolzano 24 – 30 May 6 9th 1972 Split (2) 27 May – 4 Jun 6 10th 1974 Eppelheim (2) 17 – 23 May 6 11th 1976 Vienna (2) (3) 14 - 20 May 6 12th 1978 Lucerne 20 - 26 May 6 13th 1980 Mangalia (2) 24 - 30 May 6 14th 1982 Brno (2) 4 - 11 Jun 6 15th 1984 Ljubljana (3) 27 May - 1 Jun 6 16th 1986 Munich (3) 18 - 26 May 6 17th 1988 Budapest 17 - 20 May 6 18th 1990 Innsbruck (4) 20 - 26 May 8 First with combination 19th 1992 Bratislava (2) (3) 17 - 23 May 8 20th 1994 Ludwigshafen 15 - 22 May 10 First with the division of teams into two groups 21st 1996 Prague (4) 19 - 25 May 10 22nd 1998 Celje 9 - 15 May 10 23rd 2000 Poznań 14 - 20 May 8 24th 2002 Osijek 19 - 25 May 8 25th 2004 Brașov (3) 15 - 22 May 11 First with sprint and mixed tandem. Individual on distance 120 throws. Since 2005 separated into Singles and Team Championships.
Medal count
List of hosts List of hosts by the number of championships hosted.
Times hostedHostYear(s)5 (including East and West Germany) 1955, 1959, 1974, 1986, 19944 1957, 1968, 1976, 19904 (including Czechoslovakia) 1962, 1982, 1992, 19963 1966, 1980, 20043 1953, 1972, 19841 20021 19881 19701 20001 19981 1978
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