Host city | Dubai |
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Country | United Arab Emirates |
Athletes | 115 (133 men + 92 women) |
Sport | 10-pins |
Events | 9 |
Opening | November 6, 2021 |
Closing | November 15, 2021 |
The 2021 WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships was the 29th edition of the championships and held in Dubai, UAE, in November 2021. [1] [2] [3]
All doubles, trios and team competition at the World Championships featured variations of the Baker format from start to finish. Each event at the 2021 Super World Championships included 10 qualifying games, all at the Dubai International Bowling Centre, before a cut was made to the top 32 for singles and doubles and the top 16 for trios and the team events.
The advancing bowlers or teams were divided into four equal groups for round-robin match play within that group. Points were awarded for each win in match play, and the top two in each group, based on points, advanced to the single-elimination bracket-style quarterfinals.
Quarterfinal winners advanced to the semifinals and got to experience the custom venue at Expo 2020 Dubai.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | James Blomgren (SWE) | Tomas Kayhko (FIN) | Geun Ji (KOR) Nicola Pongolini (ITA) |
Men's doubles | Lithuania Laurynas Narušis Aidas Daniūnas | Sweden Jesper Svensson Pontus Andersson | Sweden James Blomgren William Svensson United States Andrew Anderson Kris Prather |
Men's trios | United States | South Korea | Czech Republic Sweden |
Men's teams | South Korea | Singapore | Malaysia Philippines |
Women's singles | Shayna Ng (SGP) | Cherie Tan (SGP) | Sofia Rodriguez (GUA) Sarah Klassen (CAN) |
Women's doubles | Germany Janin Ribguth Martina Shutz | Sweden Sandra Andersson Joline Planetors | Finland Konsteri Peppi Juntunen Ani Denmark Cecilie Dam Mika Guldbaek |
Women's trios | South Korea | Guatemala | Colombia Singapore |
Women's teams | United States | Malaysia | Finland Philippines |
Mixed teams | Sweden | United States | Singapore Sweden |
* Host nation (United Arab Emirates)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
4 | Singapore (SGP) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | Guatemala (GUA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 9 | 9 | 18 | 36 |
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