Inside Line The Sky Tower in Wroclaw is Poland’s tall- News, Notes And Perspective est residential building and home to Sky Bowling, the host of the 2012 QubicaAMF World Cup. Below is a list of all World Cup champions and runners-up since the first tournament in 1965. The women’s division was introduced in 1972. ALMANAC QUBICAAMF WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS MEN’S WINNER/RUNNERUP Year siTE WOMEN’S WINNER/RUNNERUP Lauri Ajanto, Finland/Tom Hathaway, USA 1965 Dublin Ireland John Wilcox, USA/Vittorio Noveletto, Italy 1966 Wembley, England Jack Connaughton, USA/Kazuo Hayashi, Japan 1967 Paris, France Fritz Blum, West Germany/Jim Kramer, Canada 1968 Guadalajara, Mexico Graydon Robinson, Canada/Ut Lenavat, Thailand 1969 Tokyo, Japan Klaus Mueller, West Germany/Henry Tan, Singapore 1970 Copenhagen, Denmark Roger Dalkin, USA/Benjamin Corona, Mexico 1971 Kowloon, Hong Kong Ray Mitchell, Canada/Loreto Maranan, Philippines 1972 Hamburg, West Germany Irma Urrea, Mexico/Oy Sri-Saard, Thailand Bernie Caterer, Great Britain/Glen Watson, Canada 1973 Singapore Kesinee Srivises, Thailand/Mele Analya, Mexico Jairo Ocampo, Colombia/Louis Wildermeersch, Belgium 1974 Caracas, Venezuela Birgette Lund, Denmark/Dale Gray, Australia Lorenzo Monti, Italy/Carlos Lovera, Venezuela 1975 Manila, Philippines Cathy Townsend, Canada/Hattieann Morrissette, Bermuda Paeng Nepomuceno, Philippines/Carlos Lovera, Venezuela 1976 Tehran, Iran Lucy Giovinco, USA/Doris Gradin, Sweden Arne Stroem, Norway/Philippe Dubois, France 1977 Tolworth, England Rea Rennox, Canada/Lauren LaCost, USA Samran Banyen, Thailand/Philippe Dubois, France 1978 Bogota, Colombia Lita De La Rosa, Philippines/Pauline Caffola, Ireland Philippe Dubois, France/Montree Vipitsini, Thailand 1979 Bangkok, Thailand Bong Coo, Philippines/Hattieann Morrissette, Bermuda Paeng Nepomuceno, Philippines/Alfonso Rodriguez, Mexico 1980 Jakarta, Indonesia Jean Gordon, Canada/Hannelore Hoplitschek, W. Germany Robert Worrall, USA/Manny Magno, Philippines 1981 New York, N.Y., USA Pauline Smith, Great Britain/Miyuki Motoi, Japan Arne Stroem, Norway/Krua Somsak, Thailand 1982 Scheveningen, Netherlands Jeanette Baker, Australia/Inger Levhorn, Sweden You-Yien Chu, Chinese Taipei/Michael Chuah, Malaysia 1983 Mexico City, Mexico Jeanette Baker, Australia/Gisela Lins, West Germany Jack Jurek, USA/Nakeesatit Katha, Thailand 1984 Sydney, Australia Eliana Rigato, Italy/Annie Francois, France Alfonso Rodriguez, Mexico/Eric Kok, Netherlands 1985 Seoul, South Korea Marjorie McEntee, Ireland/Judy Howlett, Great Britain Peter Ljung, Sweden/Paeng Nepomuceno, Philippines 1986 Copenhagen, Denmark Annette Hagre, Sweden/Bec Watanabe, Philippines Remo Fornasari, Italy/Wu Shin-Bin, Taiwan 1987 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Irene Gronert, Netherlands/Heidi Maarit-Lind, Finland Mohammed Al-Qubaisi, UAE/Ian Bradford, Australia 1988 Kobe, Japan Linda Kelly, USA/Diana Tanlimco, Philippines Salem Al-Mansouri, Qatar/Kenneth Andersson, Sweden 1989 Dublin, Ireland Patty Ann, USA/Martina Beckel, West Germany Tom Hahl, Finland/Adam Apo, USA 1990 Pattaya, Thailand Linda Graham, USA/Marie Holmquist, Sweden Jon Juneau, USA/Ulf Hamnas, Sweden 1991 Beijing, China Asa Larsson, Sweden/Pauline Smith, Great Britain Paeng Nepomuceno, Philippines/Achim Grabowski, Germany 1992 Le Mans, France Martina Beckel, Germany/Maria Lanzavecchia, Argentina Rainer Puisis, Germany/Tomas Leandersson, Sweden 1993 Johannesburg, South Africa Pauline Smith, Great Britain/Ross Greiner, Netherlands Tore Torgersen, Norway, Mohammed Al-Qubaisi, UAE 1994 Hermosillo, Mexico Anne Jacobs, South Africa/Lucy Giovinco, USA Patrick Healey Jr., USA/Nobuyuki Takahama, Japan 1995 Sao Paolo, Brazil Gemma Burden, Great Britain/Kendra Cameron, USA Paeng Nepomuceno, Philippines/ Drew Hylen, USA 1996 Castlereagh, Northern Ireland Cara Honeychurch, Australia/Shalin Zulkifli, Malaysia Christian Nokel, Germany/Yung Nein Peng, Chinese Taipei 1997 Cairo, Egypt Su-Fen Tseng, Chinese Taipei/Ji-Soon Lee, Korea Cheng-Ming Yang, Chinese Taipei/Mario Quintero, Mexico 1998 Kobe, Japan Maxine Nable, Australia/Su-Fen Tseng, Chinese Taipei Ahmed Shaheen, Qatar/Frank Boener, Germany 1999 Las Vegas, Nev., USA Amanda Bradley, Australia/Su-Fen Tseng, Chinese Taipei Tomas Leandersson, Sweden/Tore Torgersen, Norway 2000 Lisbon, Portugal Mel Isaac, Wales/Clara Guerrero, Colombia Kim Haugen, Norway/Ahmed Shaheen, Qatar 2001 Pattaya, Thailand Nachimi Itakura, Japan/Liza del Rosario, Philippines Mika Luoto, Finland/Remy Ong, Singapore 2002 Riga, Latvia Shannon Pluhowsky, USA/Nikki Harvey, England C.J. Suarez, Philippines/Marcel van den Bosch, Netherlands 2003 Tegucigalpa, Honduras Kerrie Ryan-Ciach, Canada/Shannon Pluhowsky, USA Kai Vertanen, Finland/Petter Hansen, Norway 2004 Mt. Faber, Singapore Shannon Pluhowsky, USA/Kerrie Ryan-Ciach, Canada Michael Schmidt, Canada/Or Aviram, Israel 2005 Ljubljana, Slovenia Lynda Barnes, USA/Fiona Banks, England Osku Palermaa, Finland/Petter Hansen, Norway 2006 Mampote, Venezuela Diandra Asbaty, USA/Lisa John, England Bill Hoffman, USA/Jason Belmonte, Australia 2007 St. Petersburg, Russia Anne-Maree Putney, Australia/Sun Hee Lee, Korea Derek Eoff, USA/Martin Larsen, Sweden 2008 Hermosillo, Mexico Jasmine Yeong-Nathan, Singapore/A.M. Putney, Australia Choi Yong-Kyu, Korea/Michael Schmidt, Canada 2009 Melaka, Malaysia Caroline Lagrange, Canada/Zara Giles, England Michael Schmidt, Canada/Matt Miller, England 2010 Toulon, France Aumi Guera, Dominican Republic/Min-Young Gye, Korea Jason Belmonte, Australia/Tommy Jones, USA 2011 Johannesburg, South Africa Aumi Guera, Dominican Republic/Diandra Asbaty, USA Tournament Dates: November 25-December 1 2012 Wroclaw, Poland Tournament Dates: November 25-December 1 20 Bowlers Journal International | November 2012 www.bowlersjournal.com.