The Ninepin Bowling Classic Singles World Cup was a biennial nine-pin bowling competition organized by the World Ninepin Bowling Association (WNBA NBC). The World Cup was started in 1989 and until 2003 took place every year. The next one was held in 2004 and take place biennially since then.^[1][2]

The formula of the competition has changed many times. Since 2003, it has been played in the KO system. Since 2005 games for the 3rd place were not played, but two bronze medals were awarded. Since 2009, the World Cup was held simultaneously with the U23 World Cup.

The 2023 edition was the last held. Due to changes in the WNBA-NBC calendar, the World Cup will be replaced with the European Championship.^[3]

List of championships

Edition	Year	City	Country	Women's winner	Men's winner	Notes
1st	1989	Steyr	Austria	Antonia Škafar	Béla Csányi
2nd	1990	Eppelheim	Germany	-	-	The competition was canceled due to an insufficient number of participants
3rd	1991	Budapest	Hungary	Claudia Schumann	József Mészáros	Combination: Naděžda Dobešová; József Mészáros
4th	1992	Tomaszów Mazowiecki	Poland	Naděžda Dobešová	Franc Kirbiš	Combination: Naděžda Dobešová; Friedhelm Zänger
5th	1993	Zagreb	Croatia	Biserka Perman	Leontin Popp	Combination: Biserka Perman; Cvitan Vučak
6th	1994	Tramin	Italy	Cilly Ploner	Arpad Boroš
7th	1995	Blansko	Slovakia	Ágota Kovácsné Grampsch	Albin Juvančič
8th	1996	Vienna	Austria (2)	Beate Schönerstedt	Uroš Stoklas
9th	1997	Kelsterbach	Germany (2)	Claudia Hoffmann	Nicolae Lupu
10th	1998	Bratislava	Slovakia (2)	Claudia Hoffmann	Petrut Mihalcioiu
11th	1999	Skopje	Macedonia	Elda Sinovčić	Josef Sieder
12th	2000	Hallein	Austria (3)	Claudia Hoffmann	Branislav Bogdanović
13th	2001	Budapest (2)	Hungary (2)	Sanela Nović Suturović	Franc Kirbiš
14th	2002	Klagenfurt	Austria (4)	Sandra Matešić	Branislav Bogdanović
15th	2003	Skopje (2)	Macedonia (2)	Beata Włodarczyk	Uroš Stoklas
16th	2005	Celje	Slovenia	Beata Włodarczyk	Branislav Bogdanović
17th	2007	Klagenfurt (2)	Austria (5)	Daniela Muntean	Matko Bulka
18th	2009	Rijeka	Croatia (2)	Barbara Fidel	Mario Mušanić
19th	2011	Tallinn	Estonia	Beata Włodarczyk	Ivan Čech
20th	2013	Zalaegerszeg	Hungary (3)	Eva Sajko	Matko Bulka
21st	2015	Hirschau	Germany (3)	Nataša Ravnić Gašparini	Norbert Kiss
22nd	2017	Straubing	Germany (4)	Hana Wiedermannová	Vilmoš Zavarko
23rd	2019	Přerov	Czech Republic	Anita Méhész	Vilmoš Zavarko
-	2021	Schönebeck	Germany			Cancelled due the COVID-19 pandemic
24th	2023	Rijeka (2)	Croatia (3)	Anna Müller	Lukas Huber

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Croatia	12	5	8	25
2	Slovenia	7	8	5	20
3	Germany	6	12	4	22
4	Hungary	6	5	13	24
5	Czech Republic	5	3	6	14
6	Romania	4	5	5	14
7	Poland	3	3	4	10
8	FR Yugoslavia	3	0	2	5
9	Serbia	2	2	5	9
10	Italy	2	0	0	2
11	Slovakia	1	3	4	8
12	Austria	1	2	5	8
13	Yugoslavia	1	1	3	5
14	Macedonia	0	1	1	2
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1	0	1
	Estonia	0	1	0	1
17	France	0	0	2	2
18	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		53	52	68	173

List of hosts

List of hosts by number of competitions hosted.

Times hosted	Host	Year(s)
5	Austria	1989, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007
4	Germany	1990, 1997, 2015, 2017, 2021
3	Croatia	1993, 2009, 2023
3	Hungary	1991, 2001, 2013
2	Macedonia	1999, 2003
2	Slovakia	1995, 1998
1	Czech Republic	2019
1	Estonia	2011
1	Italy	1994
1	Poland	1992
1	Slovenia	2005