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Weber Cup
The Weber Cup, named after bowling legend Dick Weber, is a men's ten-pin bowling competition between Team Europe and Team USA. The teams competing over three days in a series of singles, doubles and team (baker) matches. The Weber Cup is equivalent to the Ryder Cup in golf and the Mosconi Cup in pool. History and background The Weber Cup is the annual Europe vs United States ten-pin bowling championships and is currently broadcast live from start to finish on Sky Sports in the UK and in many other international channels around the world. It usually takes place in October every year. For the first seven events, from 2000 to 2006, 35 matches were played. Each match worth one point. The first team to 18 points won the tournament. From 2007, the tournament was reduced slightly to 33 matches, again each match is worth 1 point so the first team to 17 will win. All matches are played in a single lane arena, with banked spectators on both sides, which is specially constructed for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Weber Cup
The 2007 Weber Cup, took place from October 19 to 21 at the Barnsley Metrodome. With the overall score standing at 4–3 to the Americans, there was everything to play for following the previous year's nail-biting epic which saw the destiny of the trophy decided in the final few frames of the deciding match. The Europeans were once again skippered by Sweden's Tomas Leandersson who had opted for a Nordic countries, Nordic influenced line-up which includes veteran Tore Torgersen of Norway, Professional Bowlers Association, PBA star Mika Koivuniemi (Finland) playing in his second Weber Cup and 3-time European Bowling Tour, EBT champion, Paul Moor (England). The new boy on the team was two-handed Finland, Finnish star Osku Palermaa, who at the time topped the European Bowling Tour, EBT rankings. For Team United States, Weber Cup stalwart Tim Mack (Ten-pin Bowling), Tim Mack again captained Team United States. He was joined by another Weber Cup veteran, Bill Hoffman (Ten-pin Bowling), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |