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The 14th FIQ-WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championship 1999 will be held at the new Khalifa International Bowling Stadium in Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi from the 16th November to 1st December.

The synthetic 40-lane bowling stadium is equipped with Brunswick Anvipro with GS-98 pinspotters. It has a seating capacity of up to 1,000 spectators.

For further information, please visit The Official Site of the 14th FIQ-WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championship 1999.

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Contents
14th FIQ WTBA World C'ship logo
  • Schedule
  • Participating Countries
  • Photo Album

  • Download Results
    Final Results: 1st December
    Ladies' Singles:
    Kelly Kulick of the USA wins Gold medal in new world record with Silver to Andrea Mirschel of Germany and Shalin Zulkifli Malaysia. To download final results, click here.

    Men's Singles:
    European dominates with Belgian Gery Verbuggen taking the Gold, Achim Grabowski of Germany the Silver and Nico Thienpondt of the Netherlands the Bronze. To download final results, click here.

    Ladies' Doubles:
    Reigning World Cup Champion Amanda Bradley of Australia partnering Joy Hayman stormed home to beat overnight leader Shalin Zulkifli and Sarah Yap of Malaysia to take the Gold. Third is Sue Cassell and Ann-Maree Putney of Australia. To download final results, click here.

    Men's Doubles:
    Patrick Backe and Martin Blixt (Sweden) installed a new championship record for Team Series Six Games in doubles event with a combined score of 2716 (average 226.33) enroute for the Gold medal. To download final results, click here.

    Ladies Trios:
    Korea's trio of Park Jin-Hee, Kim Sun-Hwa and Lee Ji-Yeon stormed home to pip overnight leader of the Japanese trio by just 4 pins to take the Gold. Bronze go to Team USA headed by Singles Gold medalist Kelly Kulick. To download final results, click here.

    Men's Trios:
    Antti Pekka Lax, Lasse Lintilae and Ari Halmi of Finland maintain lead to take the Gold with Norway the Silver while Qatar stormed home for the Bronze. To download final results, click here.

    Ladies Team:
    The Korean Ladies Team maintained their overnight lead to win the Gold from Columbia who took the Silver while USA finished strongly to beat Denmark for the Bronze. To download final results, click here.

    Men's Team:
    The Swedish team who were in 9th placed after the 1st block recovered well to win the Gold medal from leader USA who finished with the Silver. Germany dropped one place to take the Bronze. To download final results, click here.

    Ladies' All-Events:
    Reigning World Cup champion Amanda Bradley of Australia won her second Gold medal of the championship with Malaysia's Shalin Zulkifli again finishing second for the Silver. Bronze goes to Andrea Mirschel of Germany. To download final results, click here.

    Men's All-Events:
    Tore Torgersen of Norway snatched the Gold from leader Roberto Silva of Mexico at the end of the Men's Team event while Tomas Leandersson of Sweden dislodged Kimmo Lehtonen of Finland for the Bronze. To download final results, click here.

    Ladies' Masters: (Top 3 Advance to Finals)
     1. Ann-Marie Putney    (AUS)   3542
     2. Kirsten Penny       (ENG)   3451
     3. Andrea Mirschel     (GER)   3449
     4. Hiroko Shimizu      (JPN)   3444
     5. Iben Tchu           (DEN)   3413
     6. Amanda Bradley      (AUS)   3363
     7. Kim Sun-Hwa         (KOR)   3330
     8. Shalin Zulkifli     (MAS)   3250
     9. Cha Mi-Jung         (KOR)   3226
    10. Kim Hee-Soon        (KOR)   3214
    11. Supaporn C.         (THA)   3209
    12. Kelly Kulick        (USA)   3207
    13. Tennelle Grijalva   (USA)   3181
    14. Jesmine Ho          (SIN)   3155
    15. Lee Mi-Young        (KOR)   3059
    16. Lisa John           (ENG)   3001

    Ladies Step-Ladder:
    Ann-Marie Putney (AUS) beat Andrea Mirschel (GER) for the Ladies Masters' Gold medal in the 2nd match with a 2-game total of 395 - 378. In the 1st match, Andrea defeated Kristen Penny (ENG) 210 - 178. You can view the frame-by-frame results of the step-ladder here. To download final results, click here.

    Men's Masters: (Top 3 Advance to Finals)
     1. Gery Verbruggen     (BEL)   3662
     2. Ahmed Shaheen       (QAT)   3609
     3. Ari Halme           (FIN)   3604
     4. Kimmo Lehtonen      (FIN)   3599
     5. Jose Lander         (VEN)   3558
     6. Tony Manna          (USA)   3518
     7. Roberto Silva       (MEX)   3461
     8. Antti-Pekka Lax     (FIN)   3461
     9. Petri Mannonen      (FIN)   3453
    10. Tomas Leandersson   (SWE)   3446
    11. Tore Torgersen      (NOR)   3430
    12. Andres Gomez        (COL)   3349
    13. Mathieu Chouinard   (CAN)   3271
    14. Patrick Backe       (SWE)   3210
    15. Shigeo Saito        (JPN)   3175
    16. Byun Ho-Jin         (KOR)   3108

    Men's Step-Ladder:
    Reigning World Cup champion, Ahmed Shaheen (QAT) won the Men's Gold medal after successfully beaten Ari Halmi (FIN) in the first match 212 - 192 then in the 2-game 2nd match, Gery Verbruggen (BEL) 420 - 410. You can view the frame-by-frame results of the step-ladder here. To download final results, click here.

    Links
    For up-to-date results, please visit any of the sites here:
  • www.fiqworldbowling.com
  • www.bowlersjournal.com
  • www.fiq-championships.com

  • To follow the finals "life" frame by frame on the Finnish "Teletext" Website:
  • www.yle.fi/tekstitv
  • and type in < 207 > in the box on the lefthand side of the page and click on < ok >. The webmaster will be updated by telephone from Pekka Korpi from the Finnish Bowling Federation out of the Bowling Stadium in Abu Dhabi.


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    Tournament Schedule
     Date  Events Time
    November 15th      Ball Registration                  09:00 -
    (Monday)
    
    November 16th      Ball Registration                  09:00 -
    (Tuesday)          Team Manager's Meeting             20:00 - 22:00
                       Grand Theatre,
                       Amred Forces Officers' Club
    
                       Official Practice
                       Squad 1 - Men                      09:00 - 10:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   10:30 - 11:30
                       Squad 2 - Men                      11:30 - 13:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   13:00 - 14:00
                       Squad 3 - Men                      14:00 - 15:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   15:30 - 16:30
                       Squad 1 - Ladies                   16:30 - 18:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   18:00 - 19:00
                       Squad 2 - Ladies                   19:00 - 20:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   20:30 - 21:30
                       Squad 3 - Ladies                   21:30 - 23:00
    
    November 17th      Official Practice
    (Wednesday)        Official Practice
                       Squad 1 - Ladies                   09:00 - 10:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   10:30 - 11:30
                       Squad 2 - Ladies                   11:30 - 13:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   13:00 - 14:00
                       Squad 3 - Ladies                   14:00 - 15:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   15:30 - 16:30
                       Squad 1 - Men                      16:30 - 18:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   18:00 - 19:00
                       Squad 2 - Men                      19:00 - 20:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   20:30 - 21:30
                       Squad 3 - Men                      21:30 - 23:00
    
    November 18th      Competition Day 1 - Singles
    (Thursday)         Squad 1 - Ladies                   08:00 - 11:15
                       Lane Maintenance                   11:15 - 12:15
                       Squad 2 - Ladies                   12:15 - 15:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   15:30 - 16:30
                       Squad 3 - Ladies                   16:30 - 19:45
                       Lane Maintenance                   19:45 - 20:45
                       Squad 4 - Ladies                   20:45 - 24:00
    
    November 19th      Competition Day 2 - Singles
    (Friday)           Squad 1 - Men                      08:00 - 12:30
                       Medal Presentation - Ladies Singles
                       Lane Maintenance                   12:30 - 13:30
                       Squad 2 - Men                      13:30 - 17:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   17:00 - 18:00
                       Squad 3 - Men                      18:00 - 21:30
    
    November 20th      Competition Day 3 - Singles
    (Saturday)         Squad 4 - Men                      08:00 - 12:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   12:30 - 13:30
                       Squad 5 - Men                      13:30 - 17:00
                       Medal Presentation - Men Singles
    
                       Opening Ceremony                   19:30 -
                       Sayed Sports City Stadium
    
    November 21st      Competition Day 4 - Doubles
    (Sunday)           Squad 1 - Ladies                   09:00 - 12:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   12:30 - 13:30
                       Squad 2 - Ladies                   13:30 - 17:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   17:00 - 18:00
                       Squad 3 - Ladies                   18:00 - 21:30
    
    November 22nd      Competition Day 5 - Doubles
    (Monday)           Squad 4 - Ladies                   09:00 - 12:30
                       Medal Presentation - Ladies Doubles
                       Lane Maintenance                   12:30 - 13:30
                       Squad 1 - Men                      13:30 - 17:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   17:00 - 18:00
                       Squad 2 - Men                      18:00 - 21:30
    
    November 23rd      Competition Day 6 - Doubles
    (Tuesday)          Squad 3 - Men                      09:00 - 12:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   12:30 - 13:30
                       Squad 4 - Men                      13:30 - 17:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   17:00 - 18:00
                       Squad 5 - Men                      18:00 - 21:30
                       Medal Presentation - Men Doubles
    
    November 24th      Competition Day 7 - Trios
    (Wednesday)        Squad 1 - Ladies                   09:00 - 11:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   11:30 - 12:30
                       Squad 2 - Ladies                   12:30 - 15:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   15:00 - 16:00
                       Squad 3 - Ladies                   16:00 - 18:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   18:30 - 19:30
                       Squad 4 - Ladies                   19:30 - 22:00
    
    November 25th      Competition Day 8 - Trios
    (Thursday)         Squad 5 - Ladies                   09:00 - 11:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   11:30 - 12:30
                       Squad 1 - Men                      12:30 - 15:00
                       Medal Presentation - Ladies Trios
                       Lane Maintenance                   15:00 - 16:00
                       Squad 2 - Men                      16:00 - 18:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   18:30 - 19:30
                       Squad 3 - Men                      19:30 - 22:00
    
    November 26th      Competition Day 9 - Trios
    (Friday)           Squad 4 - Men                      09:00 - 11:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   11:30 - 12:30
                       Squad 5 - Men                      12:30 - 15:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   15:00 - 16:00
                       Squad 6 - Men                      16:00 - 18:30
                       Lane Maintenance                   18:30 - 19:30
                       Squad 7 - Men                      19:30 - 22:00
                       Medal Presentation - Men Trios
    
    November 27th      Competition Day 10 - Team of Five
    (Saturday)         Squad 1 - Ladies                   09:00 - 13:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   13:00 - 14:00
                       Squad 1 - Men                      14:00 - 18:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   18:00 - 19:00
                       Squad 2 - Ladies                   19:00 - 23:00
    
    November 28th      Competition Day 11 - Team of Five
    (Sunday)           Squad 2 - Men                      09:00 - 13:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   13:00 - 14:00
                       Squad 3 - Ladies                   14:00 - 18:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   18:00 - 19:00
                       Squad 3 - Men                      19:00 - 23:00
    
    November 29th      Competition Day 12 - Team of Five
    (Monday)           Squad 4 - Ladies                   09:00 - 13:00
                       Lane Maintenance                   13:00 - 14:00
                       Squad 4 - Men                      14:00 - 18:00
                       Medal Presentation - Ladies Team/All Events
                       Medal Presentation - Men Team/All Events
    
    November 30th      
                       1st Block - 1 to 8 Games Ladies    09:00 - 12:00
                       1st Block - 1 to 8 Games Men       09:00 - 12:00
                       Lane Maintenance/Lunch             12:00 - 14:00
                       2nd Block - 9 to 16 Games Ladies   14:00 - 17:30
                       2nd Block - 9 to 16 Games Men      14:00 - 17:30
                       Medal Presentation - Grand Finals Men/Ladies
    
                       Closing Ceremony/Banquet           20:00 -
                       Armed Forces Officers' Club
    
    
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    Participating Countries
    No. Name of Country Code Team Officials Men Ladies
    1 Argentina ARG 2 6 0
    2 Australia AUS 4 6 6
    3 Austria AUT 3 6 6
    4 Bahamas BAH 3 6 6
    5 Bahrain BHR 2 6 1
    6 Belgium BEL 4 6 6
    7 Bermuda BER 3 6 6
    8 Brazil BRA 4 6 6
    9 Canada CAN 3 6 6
    10 Chile CHI 1 1 1
    11 China CHN 3 6 6
    12 Chinese Taipei TPE 4 6 6
    13 Colombia COL 2 6 6
    14 Costa Rica CR 1 2 0
    15 Cyprus CYP 1 1 1
    16 Denmark DEN 4 6 6
    17 Dominican Republic DOM 3 6 3
    18 Ecuador ECU 1 3 0
    19 Egypt EGT 4 6 6
    20 England ENG 3 6 6
    21 Finland FIN 4 6 6
    22 France FRA 4 6 6
    23 Germany GER 2 6 6
    24 Greece GRE 2 3 2
    25 Guatemala GUA 4 6 6
    26 Hong Kong HK 2 6 0
    27 Iceland ICE 2 6 0
    28 India IND 4 6 0
    29 Indonesia INA 1 1 4
    30 Iran IRAN 0 2 0
    31 Iraq IRAQ 2 6 6
    32 Italy ITA 2 6 6
    33 Japan JPN 4 6 6
    34 Jordan JOR 4 6 6
    35 Kuwait KUW 2 6 0
    36 Latvia LAT 2 6 6
    37 Lithuania LIT 1 3 1
    38 Macau MAC 1 4 2
    39 Malaysia MAS 4 6 6
    40 Malta MLT 4 6 4
    41 Mexico MEX 3 6 6
    42 Netherlands NL 4 6 6
    43 Northern Ireland NIR 2 6 0
    44 Norway NOR 2 6 2
    45 Panama PAN 4 6 6
    46 Peru PER 2 0 6
    47 Poland POL 1 1 1
    48 Qatar QAT 2 6 0
    49 Russia RUS 2 6 6
    50 San Marino RSM 3 6 3
    51 Saudi Arabia KSA 2 6 0
    52 Scotland SCO 4 6 6
    53 Singapore SIN 4 6 4
    54 South Africa RSA 2 6 6
    55 South Korea KOR 4 6 6
    56 Spain ESP 3 6 4
    57 Sweden SWE 4 6 6
    58 Switzerland SUI 3 6 6
    59 Thailand THA 4 6 6
    60 Turkey TUR 2 5 1
    61 United Arab Emirates UAE 4 6 2
    62 United States USA 4 6 6
    63 Uruguay URU 2 6 0
    64 Venezuela VEN 4 6 6
    65 Wales WAL 4 6 6
    66 El Salvador ELS 1 1 0
        TOTAL 182 345 258
          785

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    14th FIQ-WTBA World Tenpin Bowling C'ship
    All Events: Tore Torgersen of Norway snatched the Men's All Events Gold from Roberto Silva of Mexico while Tomas Leandersson of Sweden took the Bronze. Amanda Bradley of Australia maintained her lead in the Ladies category to win her second Gold with Malaysia's Shalin Zukifli taking the Silver. Andrea Mirschel of Germany took the Bronze. Details here
    Live Results
    TV Finals & Live Results: The Step-Ladder finals will be telecasted on December 1 10.00am (Ladies) and 12.00noon (Mens) local time. You have a chance to follow the finals "life" frame by frame on the Finnish "Teletext" Website.
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    Full Results Available: The results for all the events are available for download. Download Full Results

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