The 35th edition of the AMF Bowling World Cup, won October 9 by Amanda Bradley of Australia and Ahmed Shaheen of Qatar, was replete with all the high-scoring fireworks befitting the final World Cup of the millennium.

Bradley, a 24-year-old shipping clerk from Newcastle, defeated 1997champion Su-Fen Tseng of Chinese Taipei 219-179 in the women's championship match. Tseng was making her third stepladder finals appearance and seeking her second AMF Bowling World Cup title, but three open frames, including a 7-10 split, consigned her to second place. Tseng downed Sarah Yap of Malaysia in the opening match, 247-235.


Shaheen, a 30-year-old entrepreneur from Doha who rolled a perfect game in the 1997 AMF Bowling World Cup in Egypt, defeated early leader Shigeo Saito of Japan 196-155 and top seed Frank Boerner of Germany 224-184 to claim his crown. Five consecutive strikes early in the match iced the victory for Shaheen by the eighth frame. Boerner had been hoping to make it two German victories in three years in the men's division (Christian Nokel won in Egypt in 1997).

Bradley demolished the women's 48-game record by toppling 10725 pins and averaging 223.4 (including bonus pins earned in matchplay). Her performance topped the 220.3 mark set in Cairo, Egypt, in 1997 by Su-Fen Tseng of Chinese Taipei.

Frank Boerner of Germany raised the bar for the men with his 11028 pins and 229.8 average, bettering the 227.7 posted by Yung-Nein Peng of Chinese Taipei, also in Cairo.

The 1999 AMF Bowling World Cup also produced four perfect games-Shigeo Saito of Japan, Kenny Ang of Malaysia, Jill Friis of Canada and Mohamed Al-Qubaisi of the UAE-which nearly equaled the number of 300 games compiled in the previous 34 years (6). In addition to the four perfect games, 299 scores were rolled by Jon Helgi Bragason of Iceland and Garreth Hechter of South Africa. The second-best women's score, 290, was posted by England's Nicola Harvey.

Friis' 300 game was the second perfect game rolled by a woman in the AMF Bowling World Cup. The first came in 1997, in Cairo, by Shalin Zulkifli of Malaysia. Canada's Jack Guay rolled the first-ever 300 in 1994 in Hermosillo, Mexico. He duplicated that feat one year later in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and remains the only person, male or female, to roll more than one perfect game in the AMF Bowling World Cup international finals.


Philip Dunne of Ireland became the most prolific Bowling World Cup athlete, as Las Vegas was his 12th international finals. Marco Odio of Costa Rica is close behind, with 10 appearances. Paeng Nepomuceno of the Philippines remains on top when it comes to appearances in the championship stepladder finals, with nine.

Bradley's victory marks the third time in four years that the women's title has been won by an Australian. Her title ties Australia with Canada and Germany for third place in number of country victories, with five. All five Aussie victories have come from women (Jeanette Baker, 1982 and 1983; Cara Honeychurch, 1996; Maxine Nable, 1998). The United States leads with 11 victories (seven men, four women), but no U.S. player has won since 1995 (Patrick Healey Jr.), and no U.S. woman since 1990 (Linda Graham).

Shaheen is the third Arabic bowler, and the second from Qatar, to win the AMF Bowling World Cup. Mohamed Al-Qubaisi of the UAE, who finished sixth this year, was the first, in 1988. Shaheen's countryman, Salem Al-Monsouri, won in 1989.

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FINAL STANDINGS - MEN:
1. Ahmed Shaheen, Qatar; 2. Frank Boerner, Germany; 3. Shigeo Saito, Japan.

FINAL STANDINGS - WOMEN:
1. Amanda Bradley, Australia; 2. Su-Fen Tseng, Chinese Taipei; 3. Sarah Yap, Malaysia.

STEPLADDER FINALS MEN            
               
Position Name Country   Name Country Results
               
1 Ahmed Shaheen** Qatar def. Frank Boerner* Germany 224 184
2 Ahmed Shaheen** Qatar def. Shigeo Saito Japan 196 155
               
               
               
TOP 8 AFTER 48 GAMES              
Name Country Pinfall        
1 Frank Boerner* Germany 11028        
2 Ahmed Shaheen** Qatar 10914        
3 Shigeo Saito Japan 10877 High Game 300      
4 Kenny Ang*** Malaysia 10874 High Game 300      
4 Mike Mullin USA 10874        
6 Mohammed Khalifa AlQubasi********+ UAE 10789 High Game 300      
7 Petri Mannonen Finland 10755        
8 Rowen Bautista Philippines 10550        
               
               
TOP 24 AFTER 40 GAMES              
Name Country Pinfall        
1 Kenny Ang*** Malaysia 9169 Sportsman of the Tournament    
2 Shigeo Saito Japan 9104        
3 Frank Boerner* Germany 9064        
4 Mike Mullin USA 8861        
5 Ahmed Shaheen** Qatar 8826        
6 Petri Mannonen Finland 8825        
7 Mohammed Khalifa AlQubasi********+ UAE 8690        
8 Rowen Bautista Philippines 8636        
9 Andres Gomez** Colombia 8601        
10 Luis Rodriguez Puerto Rico 8585        
11 Philip Dunne********* Ireland 8548        
12 Roger Pieters*** Belgium 8530        
13 Marco Odio******** Costa Rica 8527        
14 Anders Hermansson Sweden 8526        
15 Colin Hunt Australia 8453        
16 Jea-Hoon Kim Korea 8441        
17 Freidrich Kern Austria 8432        
18 Jon Helgi Bragason* Iceland 8420        
19 Roberto Silva Mexico 8375        
20 Walter Assis Costa*** Brazil 8294        
21 Garrath Hechter South Africa 8279        
22 Tan Yong Seng* Singapore 8164        
23 Rodrigo Cruz Panama 8082        
24 Warren Parkinson** Guam 7944        
               
               
TOP 24 AFTER 24 GAMES              
Name Country Pinfall        
1 Shigeo Saito Japan 5673        
2 Kenny Ang*** Malaysia 5608        
3 Frank Boerner* Germany 5539        
4 Petri Mannonen Finland 5335        
5 Ahmed Shaheen** Qatar 5330        
6 Mike Mullin USA 5280        
7 Luis Rodriguez Puerto Rico 5274        
8 Andres Gomez** Colombia 5243        
9 Philip Dunne********* Ireland 5194        
10 Roberto Silva Mexico 5173        
10 Anders Hermansson Sweden 5173        
12 Mohammed Khalifa AlQubasi********+ UAE 5169        
13 Rowen Bautista Philippines 5164        
14 Jon Helgi Bragason* Iceland 5138        
15 Marco Odio******** Costa Rica 5129        
16 Colin Hunt Australia 5094        
17 Roger Pieters*** Belgium 5071        
18 Jea-Hoon Kim Korea 5070        
19 Freidrich Kern Austria 5064        
19 Rodrigo Cruz Panama 5064        
21 Walter Assis Costa*** Brazil 5049        
22 Tan Yong Seng* Singapore 5037        
23 Garrath Hechter South Africa 5017        
24 Warren Parkinson** Guam 5016        
25 Luca Mantovani Italy 5013        
26 Lie Joe Tjam Indonesia 5008        
27 Patrick van de Veerdonck Netherlands 5002        
28 Serge Frouvelle France 4978        
29 Abdu Albarqi Saudi Arabia 4916        
30 Christian Saint-Bonnet** Argentina 4897        
31 Robert Birnie*** Scotland 4895        
32 Rolando Sebelen***** Dominican Republic 4884        
33 Avi Yakobovitz Israel 4849        
34 Roberto Baranano** Uruguay 4839        
35 Cheung Kwok Hui Hong Kong 4836        
36 Kim Haugen Norway 4825        
37 Daryl Dutchak Canada 4813        
38 Philippe Huber Switzerland 4810        
39 Hashem Al Aqeel Kuwait 4797        
40 Francisco Oduber Aruba 4794        
41 Ozolinsh Harrijs Latvia 4786        
42 Kenny Donnelly Northern Ireland 4760        
43 Tadeo Gomez**** El Salvador 4741        
44 Pete Richardson* New Zealand 4733        
45 Tamas Holczer Hungary 4719        
46 Yuri Sekirkin Russia 4695        
47 David Hill* Isle of Man 4688        
48 Ayhan Bilge Turkey 4674        
49 Derek Tomlin** Guernsey 4664        
50 Adel Qudrat Rasti Bahrain 4648        
51 Terry Richards Wales 4604        
52 Marin Tranier**** Vanuatu 4576        
53 Te-Lin Lai Chinese Taipei 4570        
54 Franjo Katalenic*** Croatia 4567        
55 Jose Estevez*** Spain 4545        
56 Mohamed I Shehato* Egypt 4535        
57 Paul Moor England 4529        
58 Benigno Villa**** Paraguay 4499        
59 Alvaro Monsalve Chile 4445        
60 Ye Min Swe* Myanmar 4431        
61 Sonith Lockhart Bahamas 4425        
62 Declan McKeown Jersey 4406        
63 Edmond Ferrod Virgin Islands 4341        
64 Patrice Esparson* Reunion 4321        
65 Miquel Mendes Guatemala 4312        
66 Fabrice Peiffer* Martinique 4305        
67 Alain Lieners* Luxembourg 4287        
68 H V Sarda India 4221        
69 Vitor Marques** Portugal 4189        
70 Haroldas Nevidauskas** Lithuania 4163        
71 Gerard Moeljono New Caledonia 4158        
72 Raul Beekmann Estonia 4151        
73 Patrick Leroy** Morocco 4144        
74 Jimmy Yick French Guyana 4142        
75 Igor Sbitnev Ukraine 4095        
76 Roman Zarna* Poland 4070        
77 Tamrat Ashenafi Ethiopia 3740        
78 Loai Amer Yemen 3414        
               
               
               
STEPLADDER FINALS WOMEN            
               
Position Name Country   Name Country Results
               
1 Amanda Bradley Australia def. Su-Fen Tseng**+ Chinese Taipei 219 179
2 Su-Fen Tseng**+ Chinese Taipei def. Sarah Yap Malaysia 247 235
               
               
               
               
TOP 8 AFTER 48 GAMES              
Name Country Pinfall        
1 Amanda Bradley Australia 10725        
2 Su-Fen Tseng***+ Chinese Taipei 10338        
3 Sarah Yap Malaysia 10254        
4 Debbie Kuhn USA 10203        
5 Myo-Boub Joung Korea 10136        
6 Jesmine Ho Yen Wah* Singapore 10094        
7 Ross Greiner*** Netherlands 10086        
8 Paola Gomez* Colombia 9989        
               
               
TOP 24 AFTER 40 GAMES              
Name Country Pinfall        
1 Amanda Bradley Australia 8910        
2 Ross Greiner*** Netherlands 8511        
3 Myo-Boub Joung Korea 8478        
4 Su-Fen Tseng***+ Chinese Taipei 8477        
5 Sarah Yap Malaysia 8476        
6 Debbie Kuhn USA 8404        
7 Paola Gomez* Colombia 8308        
8 Jesmine Ho Yen Wah* Singapore 8303        
9 Nicola Harvey* England 8200        
10 Josefin Eliasson Sweden 8187        
11 Karen Holder Panama 8158        
12 Jill Friis Canada 8156 High Game 300      
13 Melody Yeung***** Hong Kong 8149        
14 Lisa Paluzzi*** South Africa 8116        
15 Valerie Mourgues France 8007        
16 Petra Kusserow Germany 7999        
17 Heta Allen Finland 7874        
18 Sandra Torrents** Spain 7873        
19 Hayde Aristizabal** Argentina 7845        
20 Laura Rhoney Scotland 7826        
21 Aida Granillo********* El Salvador 7824        
22 Patricia Vezzu** Belgium 7770        
23 Zussie Machon**** Guatemala 7719        
24 Mette Hansen Norway 7702        
               
               
TOP 24 AFTER 24 GAMES              
Name Country Pinfall        
1 Amanda Bradley Australia 5502        
2 Myo-Boub Joung Korea 5148        
3 Su-Fen Tseng***+ Chinese Taipei 5146        
4 Sarah Yap Malaysia 5099        
5 Debbie Kuhn USA 5095        
6 Jill Friis Canada 5079 Sportswoman of the Tournament    
7 Paola Gomez* Colombia 5045        
8 Nicola Harvey* England 4993        
9 Ross Greiner*** Netherlands 4976        
10 Jesmine Ho Yen Wah* Singapore 4931        
11 Karen Holder Panama 4886        
12 Lisa Paluzzi*** South Africa 4861        
13 Josefin Eliasson Sweden 4857        
14 Melody Yeung***** Hong Kong 4810        
15 Patricia Vezzu** Belgium 4804        
16 Sandra Torrents** Spain 4798        
17 Heta Allen Finland 4791        
18 Valerie Mourgues France 4780        
19 Petra Kusserow Germany 4750        
20 Hayde Aristizabal** Argentina 4725        
21 Laura Rhoney Scotland 4717        
22 Aida Granillo********* El Salvador 4707        
23 Mette Hansen Norway 4657        
24 Zussie Machon**** Guatemala 4648        
25 June Dill** Bermuda 4647        
26 Kerena Dykes Ireland 4646        
27 Nadia Al-Awadhi** Bahrain 4615        
28 Lucia Vieira Brazil 4611        
29 Iris Karakash****** Switzerland 4610        
31 Tomomi Hirano Japan 4594        
31 Lupita Garza* Mexico 4584        
32 Arianne Cerdena**** Philippines 4579        
33 Cristina Kortright Puerto Rico 4571        
34 Maria Scirosso Italy 4555        
35 Anabel Alberti Dominican Republic 4519        
36 Ivonne Altmuller Austria 4455        
37 Lesley Potter** New Zealand 4409        
37 Tatiana Smirnova** Russia 4409        
39 Amal M Bakr Egypt 4380        
40 Lauren Gervolino* New Caledonia 4332        
41 Ida Pardo* Israel 4327        
42 Edna Maduro*** Aruba 4257        
43 Susan Thomas Wales 4256        
44 Merye Martinson Estonia 4179        
45 Glynis Wilson Northern Ireland 4077        
46 Marie Pierre Tartaroli* Reunion 4065        
47 Olga Gorbacheva Latvia 4047        
48 Andrea Simon Hungary 4027        
49 Marcia Soto Chile 4005        
50 Oksana Skorobagach* Ukraine 3940        
51 Meg Devlin Jersey 3938        
52 Pauline Maxwell** Isle of Man 3900        
53 Rita De Franco**** Ethiopia 3871        
54 Paula Harts Bahamas 3832        
55 Joanna Agnieszka Poland 3812        
56 Cora Crawford Virgin Islands 3790        
57 Marcia Macario* Portugal 3784        
58 Alouani Bouchra Morocco 3689        
59 Sophie Deneux Martinique 3652        
59 Neylan Etiman Turkey 3652        
61 Linda Robilliard Guernsey 3613        
62 Ma Kay Zin Phyo Myanmar 3557        
63 Jharna Badlani India 3529        
64 Annick Cero French Guyana 3389        
               
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