The World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships is a biennial

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competition organized by the

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(WNBA NBC). The World Championships was started in 2006, after dividing the

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into

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and Singles. During the first championships in

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, the pairs event took place for the last time in history. Since 2008, the Single's Championships have in the program sprints and mixed tandems events, after removing them from the Team Championships (successively in 2005 and 2007).

List of championships

Medal count

List of hosts

List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

References

{{Main world championships World championships in ninepin bowling classic Recurring sporting events established in 2006