2021 World Team Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

The 2021 nine-pin bowling World Team Championships was the ninth edition of the team championships and held in Tarnowo Podgórne, Poland, in October 2021.

9th nine-pin bowling
World Team Championships

Host city	Tarnowo Podgórne
Country	Poland
Nations	14
Sport	9-pins
Events	2
Opening	October 23, 2021 (2021-10-23)
Closing	October 30, 2021 (2021-10-30)
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Tarnowo
Podgórne

Location in Europe

Tarnowo
Podgórne

Location in Poland

In men's tournament Serbia has secured gold medal, while in women's tournament world champion title was captured by Germany.

Postponement and new bidding

Initially scheduled to take place from 19 May to 29 May 2021 and be held in Plauen, Germany,^[1] however, on August 31, 2020, the contract with the WNBA was terminated.^[2]

On December 21, WNBA announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the championship scheduled for May will not be held. The event will not be moved to another date.^[3]

There were plans to organize the championships on special rules together with the youth championships in Kranj and Kamnik, but it was not approved by the national federations.^[4] On July 21, during the online conference, Tarnowo Podgórne was chosen as the host of the October competition as compensation for the championships not held a year earlier.^[5]

2021 World Team Championships
bidding results

City	Nation	Votes
Tarnowo Podgórne	Poland	14
Munich	Germany	4
Kranj-Kamnik	Slovenia	WD

Schedule

Two competitions was held.^[6]

All time are local (UTC+2).

Date	Time	Round
23 Oct 2021	11:00	Men group A & B games
	19:00	Opening ceremony
24 Oct 2021	08:00	Group stage
25 Oct 2021
26 Oct 2021
27 Oct 2021
28 Oct 2021	08:00	Quarterfinals
29 Oct 2021	12:00	Semifinals
30 Oct 2021	10:00	Third place games
	14:00	Women Final
	16:30	Men Final
	19:30	Medal and closing ceremony

Participating teams

Men  Austria  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Czech Republic  Estonia  France  Germany  Hungary  North Macedonia  Poland  Romania  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia

Women  Austria  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Czech Republic  Estonia  France  Germany  Hungary  Poland  Romania  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Serbia Čongor Baranj Robert Ernješi Bojan Kličarić Igor Kovačić Adrijan Lončarević Aleksandar Milinković Daniel Tepša Radovan Vlajkov Vilmoš Zavarko	Germany Tim Brachtel Florian Fritzmann Timo Hoffmann Manuel Lallinger Dominik Kunze Jürgen Pointinger Daniel Schmid Manuel Weiß Christian Wilke	Croatia Luka Bolanča Mihael Grivičić Alen Kujundžić Matija Mance Branko Manev Hrvoje Marinović Nikola Muše Ivan Totić Bojan Vlakevski
Women details	Germany Jana-Sophie Bachert Sina Beißer Alena Bimber Anna Müller Yvonne Schneider Saskia Seitz Sandra Sellner Celine Zenker	Czech Republic Jana Braunová Helena Gruszková Vlasta Kohoutová Simona Koutníková Kateřina Majerová Dana Martinkevič Natalia Tatoušková Natalie Topičová Hana Wiedermannová	Croatia Ana Bacan-Schneider Mirna Bosak Valentina Gal Amela Nicol Imširović Marijana Liović Ines Maričić Milana Pavlić Nataša Ravnić Klara Sedlar

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
2	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	0	1
3	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
4	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

References

1. "Plauen is host to the 2021 World Championships".
2. "Decision on the NBC World Championships 2020 and 2021" (PDF).
3. "Information on the continuation of NBC sports operations in 2021" (PDF).
4. "Invitation to 2021 World Team Championships" (PDF).
5. "2021 World Team Championships in Tarnowo Podgórne".
6. Championships hourly schedule