| World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships | |
| Status: | inactive |
| Genre: | sporting event |
| Date: | varying |
| Frequency: | biennial |
| Location: | Europe |
| Country: | varying |
| Organised: | WNBA NBC |
The World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships were a biennial nine-pin bowling competitions organized by the World Ninepin Bowling Association (WNBA NBC). The World Championships was started in 1953 and until 1959 took place every two years. The next one was held 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.[1] [2] [3]
Since 2005, the competition has been divided. Team are held in odd years, while Singles in even years.
The following list shows when new events were added for the first time:
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date | Events | Top of the medal table | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1st | align=center | align=center | 4 | ||||||
| align=center | 2nd | align=center | 30 Aug – 5 Sep | align=center | 4 | |||||
| align=center | 3rd | align=center | 9 – 14 Jun | align=center | 4 | |||||
| align=center | 4th | align=center | 22 - 27 Sep | align=center | 4 | |||||
| align=center | 5th | align=center | 24 – 29 Sep | align=center | 4 | |||||
| align=center | 6th | align=center |  | 19 – 25 Jun | align=center | 6 | | First with pair | ||
| align=center | 7th | align=center | (2) | 9 – 15 Jun | align=center | 6 | ||||
| align=center | 8th | align=center |  | 24 – 30 May | align=center | 6 | | |||
| align=center | 9th | align=center | (2) | 27 May – 4 Jun | align=center | 6 | | |||
| align=center | 10th | align=center | (2) | 17 – 23 May | align=center | 6 | | |||
| align=center | 11th | align=center | Vienna (2) | (3) | 14 - 20 May | align=center | 6 | |||
| align=center | 12th | align=center | 20 - 26 May | align=center | 6 | | ||||
| align=center | 13th | align=center | (2) | 24 - 30 May | align=center | 6 | | |||
| align=center | 14th | align=center | (2) | 4 - 11 Jun | align=center | 6 | ||||
| align=center | 15th | align=center | (3) | 27 May - 1 Jun | align=center | 6 | ||||
| align=center | 16th | align=center | (3) | 18 - 26 May | align=center | 6 | ||||
| align=center | 17th | align=center | 17 - 20 May | align=center | 6 | |||||
| align=center | 18th | align=center | (4) | 20 - 26 May | align=center | 8 | First with combination | |||
| align=center | 19th | align=center | Bratislava (2) | (3) | 17 - 23 May | align=center | 8 | |||
| align=center | 20th | align=center | 15 - 22 May | align=center | 10 | First with the division of teams into two groups | ||||
| align=center | 21st | align=center | (4) | 19 - 25 May | align=center | 10 | ||||
| align=center | 22nd | align=center | 9 - 15 May | align=center | 10 | |||||
| align=center | 23rd | align=center | 14 - 20 May | align=center | 8 | |||||
| align=center | 24th | align=center | 19 - 25 May | align=center | 8 | |||||
| align=center | 25th | align=center | (3) | 15 - 22 May | align=center | 11 | First with sprint and mixed tandem. Individual on distance 120 throws. | |||
| Since 2005 separated into Singles and Team Championships. |
List of hosts by the number of championships hosted.
| Times hosted | Host | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (including East and West Germany) | 1955, 1959, 1974, 1986, 1994 | |
| 4 | 1957, 1968, 1976, 1990 | ||
| 4 | (including Czechoslovakia) | 1962, 1982, 1992, 1996 | |
| 3 | 1966, 1980, 2004 | ||
| 3 | 1953, 1972, 1984 | ||
| 1 | 2002 | ||
| 1 | 1988 | ||
| 1 | 1970 | ||
| 1 | 2000 | ||
| 1 | 1998 | ||
| 1 | 1978 |