AMF World Cup
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| Location |
2017: Bol 300, Hermosillo, Mexico 
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| Dates | 2017: November 4–12 |
| Established | 1965 |
| Administrator(s) | QubicaAMF Worldwide |
| Format | See format section |
| Website | QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup |
Men 2016:  Wang HongboWomen 2016:  Jenny Wegner |
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The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, formerly known as the International Masters and AMF Bowling World Cup, is an annual Ten-pin bowling championship sponsored by QubicaAMF Worldwide, and the largest in bowling in terms of number of participating countries. Each country chooses one male and/or one female bowler to represent them in the tournament, and in the majority of cases, this is done by running a qualifying tournament, the winners of which (male and/or female) are chosen.
The Bowling World Cup was created by AMF's European Promotions Director at the time, Victor Kalman, and Gordon Caie, AMF's Promotions Manager in the UK at the time. Dublin, Ireland in 1965 hosted the first-ever Bowling World Cup, then called the International Masters. 20 bowlers, all men, participated. Lauri Ajanto became the first-ever winner of the BWC. Women first competed in 1972, the 8th edition of the AMF Bowling World Cup in Hamburg, West Germany where Irma Urrea became the first-ever woman to win the BWC.
14 countries have participated in every Bowling World Cup since its inception: Australia, Belgium, England (as Great Britain from 1965 to 1995), Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.
Current champions are Wang Hongbo for the men and Jenny Wegner for the women. The 2017 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will be in Hermosillo, Mexico for a record third time. Hermosillo previously hosted the BWC in 1994 and 2008. This will be a record 6th time that the BWC heads to Mexico.
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