World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	Until 2012 – October Since 2014 – May
Frequency	biennial (even years)
Location(s)	various
Country	varying
Inaugurated	2006
Most recent	2022
Next event	2024
Organised by	WNBA NBC
Website	www.wnba-nbc.de

The World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships is a biennial nine-pin bowling competition organized by the World Ninepin Bowling Association (WNBA NBC). The World Championships was started in 2006, after dividing the championships into Team and Singles. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

During the first championships in Skopje, the pairs event took place for the last time in history. Since 2008, the Single's Championships have in the program sprints and mixed tandems events, after removing them from the Team Championships (successively in 2005 and 2007).

List of championships

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Events	Top of the medal table	Notes
1st	2006	Skopje	Macedonia	23 – 28 Oct	6	Slovenia	Only with doubles
2nd	2008	Banja Luka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21 – 25 Oct	7	Serbia	First with sprint and mixed tandem
3rd	2010	Ritzing	Austria	24 – 30 Oct	7	Serbia
4th	2012	Leszno	Poland	21 – 27 Oct	7	Croatia
5th	2014	Brno	Czech Republic	18 – 24 May	7	Hungary
6th	2016	Novigrad	Croatia	22 – 28 May	7	Serbia
7th	2018	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	20 – 26 May	7	Serbia
–	2020	Tarnowo Podgórne	Poland (2)	17 – 23 May	–	–	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
8th	2022	Elva	Estonia	22 – 28 May	7	Serbia
9th	2024	Brezno	Slovakia	27 May – 1 June	TBA
10th	2026	Schwaz	Austria	24 – 30 May	TBA
11th	2028	Sibiu	Romania	21 – 28 May	TBA

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Serbia	14	10	15	39
2	Croatia	9	5	12	26
3	Hungary	8	14	7	29
4	Germany	6	8	14	28
5	Romania	4	6	7	17
6	Czech Republic	4	4	4	12
7	Slovenia	4	3	9	16
8	Austria	2	2	5	9
9	Slovakia	2	1	5	8
10	Estonia	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
12	France	0	1	2	3
	North Macedonia	0	1	2	3
14	Italy	0	0	4	4
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		55	55	88	198

List of hosts

List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

Times hosted	Host	Year(s)
2	Austria	2010, (2026)
2	Romania	2018, (2028)
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2008
1	Croatia	2016
1	Czech Republic	2014
1	Estonia	2022
1	North Macedonia	2006
1	Poland	2012, 2020
1	Slovakia	(2024)

References

1. "WNBA history from official site".
2. "Women medalists of nine-pin bowling World Championships" (PDF).
3. "Men medalists of nine-pin bowling World Championships" (PDF).