World Tenpin Masters


The World Tenpin Masters is an annual Ten-pin bowling tournament. It consists of a single lane surrounded by banked seating on both sides to give the event the kind of high-pressure atmosphere that makes the Masters the world’s leading televised bowling tournament.
The event is televised by Matchroom Sport Television and will be subsequently broadcast as 15 x 1 hour programmes both at home on Sky Sports and around the world.

History

It is second to and starts where the Weber Cup left off. It features 16 of the world’s best bowlers, representing twelve different countries, going head-to-head in a straight knockout format. Each match is played over two games with the bowler with the highest aggregate over the two games determining the winner and proceeding. It stands next to the Weber Cup and AMF World Cup as one of the world’s largest annual international sports Ten-pin bowling championships in terms of number of participating nations. In 2009 19-year-old Matt Chamberlain of England became the youngest ever qualifier of the event after winning the PTBC 2008 Tournament.
All tournament officials are supplied by the British Tenpin Bowling Association.

2008 Tournament

The 2008 World Tenpin Masters was held at the Barnsley Metrodome from April 18 to April 20 and featured 16 of the top male and female bowlers from around the world.

Tournament Format

Prize Fund

Previous Finals
YearLocationWinnerScoreRunner-up
1998Adwick Leisure Centre, Doncaster Tore Torgersen432 - 395 Tomas Leandersson
1999Milton Keynes Shopping Centre Paeng Nepomuceno422 - 402 Steve Thornton
2000Milton Keynes Shopping Centre Tim Mack438 - 436 Tore Torgersen
2001Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham Shalin Zulkifli455 - 450 Tore Torgersen
2002Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham Tore Torgersen465 - 449 Tim Mack
2003Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham Nikki Harvey431 - 402 Andrew Frawley
2004Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham Tore Torgersen436 - 415 Tomas Leandersson
2005Adwick Leisure Centre, Doncaster Jens Nickel485 - 389 Paul Moor
2006Barnsley Metrodome Chris Barnes458 - 437 Paul Moor
2007Barnsley Metrodome Jason Belmonte566 - 524 Paul Moor
2008Barnsley Metrodome Guy Caminsky526 - 517 Chris Barnes
2009Barnsley Metrodome Dominic Barrett503 - 424 Jason Belmonte