PBA World Series of Bowling


The PBA World Series of Bowling is an annual multi-tournament ten-pin bowling event held by the Professional Bowlers Association in North America.

Formation

The inaugural World Series of Bowling event was held by the PBA at the start of the PBA Tour season, and took place in the Detroit, Michigan suburbs of Allen Park and Taylor. Part of the reason for developing the World Series, given the U.S. economic recession at the time, was to consolidate multiple tournaments into one location to save on travel and broadcast crew costs. The World Series included five “animal pattern” tournaments, each named for a custom lane-oiling pattern. All of the animal pattern tournaments took place in Allen Park's Thunderbowl Lanes. A stand-alone tournament at nearby Taylor Lanes, the Motor City Open, was also considered part of the inaugural World Series of Bowling. In addition to being stand-alone title tournaments, the animal pattern events served as initial qualifying for that season's PBA World Championship major. While television tapings for the final rounds of the Motor City Open and all five animal pattern tournaments took place September 5 and 6, the PBA World Championship finals were not held until December 13, 2009 in Wichita, Kansas.

History

World Series of Bowling II moved to Las Vegas for the. The event had five animal oil pattern events, with the PBA World Championship again running in a split format. Subsequent events ran only four or three animal pattern tournaments, but continued to use these events as initial qualifying for the PBA World Championship. After being held in Las Vegas for the next four years, the event moved to Reno, Nevada for three consecutive seasons.
The World Series of Bowling has run every PBA season since its inception, except for. After Fox Sports acquired the PBA television rights earlier that year, the decision was made to move the World Series to a spring event so it would be included in Fox's TV schedule. Thus, World Series of Bowling X was moved from late 2018 to March 2019, and was held in its original home of Allen Park, MI.

Event Results

World Series of Bowling I

Dates: August 2–September 6, 2009 and December 13, 2009
Location: Allen Park, MI, except where noted
Events:
EventAirdatePreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerRunner-up
Motor City OpenNov 1Aug 2–6 Sep 5Walter Ray Williams, Jr., USAChris Barnes, USA
Cheetah ChampionshipNov 8Aug 11–13Sep 5Norm Duke, USARyan Ciminelli, USA
Viper ChampionshipNov 15Aug 14–16Sep 5Rhino Page, USARyan Ciminelli, USA
Chameleon ChampionshipNov 22Aug 18–20Sep 6Bill O'Neill, USARonnie Russell, USA
Scorpion ChampionshipNov 29Aug 23–25Sep 6Mike Devaney, USAJason Belmonte, Australia
Shark ChampionshipDec 6Aug 27–29Sep 6Jack Jurek, USAMike Fagan, USA
PBA World ChampionshipDec 13
Aug 30–Sep 3LiveTom Smallwood, USAWes Malott, USA

World Series of Bowling II

Dates: October 25–November 6, 2010 and January 14–16, 2011
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Events:
EventAirdatePreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerRunner-up
Cheetah ChampionshipNov 28Oct 25, Nov 1Nov 5Eugene McCune, USANorm Duke, USA
Viper ChampionshipDec 5Oct 26, Nov 1Nov 5Bill O’Neill, USAAndres Gomez, Colombia
Chameleon ChampionshipDec 12Oct 27, Nov 2Nov 6Scott Norton, USASean Rash, USA
Scorpion ChampionshipDec 19Oct 28, Nov 2Nov 6Yong-Jin Gu, South KoreaJun-Yung Kim, South Korea
Shark ChampionshipDec 6Oct 29, Nov 3Nov 6Osku Palermaa, FinlandDan MacLelland, Canada
PBA World ChampionshipJan 14–16Oct 25–29LiveChris Barnes, USABill O’Neill, USA

World Series of Bowling III

Dates: November 5–19, 2011
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Events:
EventAirdatePreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerRunner-up
Viper OpenJan 22Nov 5Nov 18Stuart Williams, EnglandIldemaro Ruiz, Venezuela
Chameleon OpenFeb 12Nov 6Nov 19Jason Belmonte, AustraliaSean Rash, USA
Scorpion OpenFeb 19Nov 7Nov 19Dominic Barrett, EnglandSean Rash, USA
Shark OpenMar 4Nov 8Nov 19Jason Belmonte, AustraliaChris Barnes, USA
PBA World ChampionshipJan 15Nov 5–8, 17–18Nov 18Osku Palermaa, FinlandRyan Shafer, USA

Notes: WSOB III was the first and only World Series in which all events were won by players from outside North America.

World Series of Bowling IV

Dates: November 3–11, 2012
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Events:
EventAirdatePreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerRunner-up
Cheetah ChampionshipDec 16Nov 3–7Nov 10Bill O’Neill, USAMike Wolfe, USA
Viper ChampionshipDec 23Nov 3–7Nov 10Brad Angelo, USAMika Koivuniemi, Finland
Chameleon ChampionshipDec 30Nov 3–7Nov 11Scott Norton, USAJason Belmonte, Australia
Scorpion ChampionshipJan 6Nov 3–7Nov 11Tom Daugherty, USAOsku Palermaa, Finland
PBA World ChampionshipJan 13Nov 3–9Nov 11Parker Bohn III, USAJason Belmonte, Australia

World Series of Bowling V

Dates: October 25–November 3, 2013
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Events:
EventAirdatePreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerRunner-up
Cheetah ChampionshipDec 1Oct 25–26Nov 2Wes Malott, USAParker Bohn III, USA
Viper ChampionshipDec 8Oct 25, 27Nov 2Chris Barnes, USARyan Ciminelli, USA
Chameleon ChampionshipDec 15Oct 25, 28Nov 2Ryan Ciminelli, USADominic Barrett, England
Scorpion ChampionshipDec 22Oct 25, 29Nov 3Tom Smallwood, USAMarshall Kent, USA
PBA World ChampionshipJan 13Oct 25–31Nov 3Dominic Barrett, EnglandSean Rash, USA

World Series of Bowling VI

Dates: October 25–November 2, 2014
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Events:
EventAirdatePreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerRunner-up
Cheetah ChampionshipDec 14Oct 25, 30Nov 2Anthony Pepe, USAMika Koivuniemi, Finland
Viper ChampionshipDec 21Oct 26, 30Nov 2Mika Koivuniemi, FinlandConnor Pickford, USA
Chameleon ChampionshipDec 28Oct 27, 31Nov 2DJ Archer, USARonnie Russell, USA
Scorpion ChampionshipJan 4Oct 28, 31Nov 2Michael Haugen Jr., USAMartin Larsen, Sweden
PBA World ChampionshipJan 11Oct 25–31LiveMike Fagan, USAWes Malott, USA

World Series of Bowling VII

Dates: December 8–19, 2015
Location: Reno, Nevada
Events:
EventAirdatePreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerRunner-up
Cheetah ChampionshipDec 20Dec 8, 14Dec 18Parker Bohn III, USAPaul Moor, England
Viper ChampionshipDec 27Dec 9, 14Dec 18Ryan Ciminelli, USAKim Bolleby, Thailand
Chameleon ChampionshipJan 3Dec 10, 15Dec 19Jesper Svensson, SwedenPascal Winternheimer, Germany
Scorpion ChampionshipJan 10Dec 11, 15Dec 19Jon Van Hees, USAJason Sterner, USA
PBA World ChampionshipDec 17Dec 8–13LiveGary Faulkner Jr., USAE. J. Tackett, USA

World Series of Bowling VIII

Dates: November 29–December 11, 2016
Location: Reno, Nevada
Events:
EventAirdatePreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerRunner-up
Cheetah ChampionshipDec 18Nov 29, Dec 6, 8Dec 10Mike Wolfe, USADarren Tang, USA
Chameleon ChampionshipDec 24Nov 30, Dec 6, 8Dec 10Mitch Beasley, USAAJ Johnson, USA
Scorpion ChampionshipDec 25Dec 1, 7–8Dec 10Tommy Jones, USABJ Moore, USA
Shark ChampionshipDec 25Dec 2, 7–8Dec 10François Lavoie, CanadaWalter Ray Williams Jr., USA
PBA World ChampionshipDec 11Nov 29–Dec 5LiveE. J. Tackett, USATom Smallwood, USA

World Series of Bowling IX

Dates: November 8–19, 2017
Location: Reno, Nevada
Events:
EventAirdatePreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerRunner-up
Chameleon ChampionshipDec 17Nov 8, 15Nov 18Liz Johnson, USAAnthony Pepe, USA
Shark ChampionshipDec 17Nov 9, 15Nov 18Richie Teece, EnglandCharlie Brown Jr., USA
Cheetah ChampionshipDec 24Nov 11, 16Nov 19Jesper Svensson, SwedenThomas Larsen, Denmark
Scorpion ChampionshipDec 24Nov 12, 16Nov 19E. J. Tackett, USAJason Belmonte, Australia
PBA World ChampionshipDec 31Nov 8–9, 11–14Nov 19Jason Belmonte, AustraliaJesper Svensson, Sweden

World Series of Bowling X

Dates: March 12–21, 2019
Location: Allen Park, Michigan
Events:
EventAirdatePreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerRunner-up
Cheetah ChampionshipMar 18Mar 12, 18LiveDick Allen, USAKyle Sherman, USA
Chameleon ChampionshipMar 19Mar 13, 19LiveJason Belmonte, AustraliaAndres Gomez, Colombia
Scorpion ChampionshipMar 20Mar 14, 20LiveKristopher Prather, USABJ Moore, USA
PBA World ChampionshipMar 21Mar 12–16LiveJason Belmonte, AustraliaJakob Butturff, USA

World Series of Bowling XI

Dates: March 6–18, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
The PBA's World Series of Bowling XI. which includes three standard PBA title events and the PBA World Championship, was scheduled to take place March 6–18, 2020 in Las Vegas, with live finals broadcasts occurring across four consecutive days on FS1. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, only the PBA World Championship was completed. The match play rounds and finals of the other three tournaments were postponed indefinitely.