1953 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

1st World Ninepin Bowling Classic
Championships

Host city	Belgrade
Country	SFR Yugoslavia
Nations	7
Athletes	48
Events	4
Opening	June 21, 1953 (1953-06-21)
Closing	June 24, 1953 (1953-06-24)
Opened by	Heinz Kropp
Main venue	KK Partizan

The 1953 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the first edition of the championships and were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, from 21–24 June 1953. Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.

In the men's competition the title was won by Yugoslavia in the team competition and by Alfred Baierl (Austria) in the individual event. In the women's competition the title was won by Austria in the team competition and by Jelena Šincek (Yugoslavia) in the individual event.

Participating teams

Men

• Austria
• Germany
• Finland
• France
• Saar
• Switzerland
• Yugoslavia

Women

• Austria
• Yugoslavia

Results

Men - team

The competition was played with 200 throws mixed (100 full, 100 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors
and the scores were added up.

Rank	Team	Result
	Yugoslavia Dujam Smoljanović Stanko Hladnik Vlado Martelanc Dušan Denić Eugen Kobal Stanko Pogelšek	4997 861 840 819 820 840 817
	Austria Friedrich Beschl Hans Portadar Wilhelm Donath Hans Haidvogel Anton Czech Karl Fehr	4832 839 817 781 802 755 838
	Germany Hans Sonntag Philipp Noll Günther Lehmann Hans Dammann Adolf Wigger Ludwig Schmid	4754 762 839 759 805 795 794
4	France Victor Chatelain Pierre Neff Raymond Brechenmacher Albert Lamey Rene Weiss Charles Metzger	4476 698 766 743 728 739 802
5	Saar (combined) Jacob Theisen Johan Gäbges Josef Assmann Peter Heinz Artur Notz Josef Stocker (SUI)	4297 690 713 792 779 692 631
6	Switzerland Jakob Aschwander Fritz Bröningmann Fritz Stutz Fritz Bölsterly Alfred Bröhi Alfred Riesen	4248 715 716 734 701 691 691

Women - team

The competition was played with 100 throws mixed (50 full, 50 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors
and the scores were added up.

Rank	Team	Result
	Austria Anna Reitzer Anna Heinzel Rosa Kesselgruber Maria Zimmel Steffi Weiss Maria Schmoranzer	2206 358 346 339 402 395 366
	Yugoslavia Marija Šimunić Anica Švajger Ankica Puharić Francka Erjavec Jelica Šincek Barica Bulić	2186 386 357 338 345 386 374

Men - individual

Rank	Name	Nation	Score
	Alfred Beierl	Austria	862
	Ludwig Schmid	Germany	858
	Zvonimir Kružić	Yugoslavia	851
4.	Stanko Pogelšek	Yugoslavia	839
5.	Vlado Martelanc	Yugoslavia	835
6.	Evgen Kobal	Yugoslavia	832
7.	Alfred Wigger	Germany	831
8.	Hans Kreuzer	Austria	829
9.	Miljenko Bobanac	Yugoslavia	824
10.	Stanko Hladnik	Yugoslavia	819
11.	Karl Fehrer	Austria	806
12.	Anton Czech	Austria	797
13.	Hans Heindel	Austria	791
14.	Charles Metzger	France	782
15.	Fritz Bölsterli	Switzerland	782
16.	Peter Heinz	Saar	779
17.	Philipp Noll	Germany	773
18.	Hans Dammann	Germany	770
19.	Josef Assmann	Saar	768
20.	Rene Weiss	France	764
21.	Karl Aschwander	Switzerland	760
22.	Hans Maier	Austria	753
23.	Albert Lamey	France	742
24.	Raymond Brechenmacher	France	732
25.	Wilhelm Hübner	Germany	731
26.	Hans Sonntag	Germany	727
27.	Pierre Neff	France	722
28.	Victor Chatelain	France	709
29.	Fritz Brönimann	Switzerland	688
30.	Arthur Notz	Saar	685
31.	Jacob Theisen	Saar	679
32.	Johann Gäbges	Saar	667
33.	Kauko Ahlström	Finland	654
34.	Fritz Böhli	Switzerland	635
35.	Josef Stocker	Switzerland	632
36.	Arvi Tikkanen	Finland	600

Women - individual

Rank	Name	Nation	Score
	Jelena Šincek	Yugoslavia	417 (WR)
	Maria Schmoranzer	Austria	386
	Maria Zimmerl	Austria	379
4.	Steffi Weiss	Austria	375
5.	Wetti Knapp	Austria	361
6.	Anna Heinzel	Austria	359
7.	Barbara Bulić	Yugoslavia	359
8.	Marija Šimunić	Yugoslavia	354
9.	Zinka Tepina	Yugoslavia	350
10.	Hedwig Biedermann	Austria	333
11.	Ana Švajger	Yugoslavia	331
12.	Marija Gašparić	Yugoslavia	330

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria (AUT)	2	2	1	5
2	Yugoslavia (YUG)*	2	1	1	4
3	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)		4	4	3	11

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Yugoslavia Dujam Smoljanović Stanko Hladnik Vlado Martelanc Dušan Denić Eugen Kobal Stanko Pogelšek	Austria Friedrich Beschl Hans Portadar Wilhelm Donath Hans Haidvogel Anton Czech Karl Fehr	Germany Hans Sonntag Philipp Noll Günther Lehmann Hans Dammann Adolf Wigger Ludwig Schmid
Individual	Alfred Beierl Austria	Ludwig Schmid Germany	Zvonimir Kružić Yugoslavia

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Austria Anna Reitzer Anna Heinzel Rosa Kesselgruber Maria Zimmel Steffi Weiss Maria Schmoranzer	Yugoslavia Ljerka Prezelj Anika Jakovec Ruža Vaštag Jelena Šincek Franciška Erjavec Barbara Bulić
Individual	Jelena Šincek Yugoslavia	Maria Schmoranzer Austria	Maria Zimmerl Austria

References

• WC 1953 on KZS
• WC History on WNBA NBC Archived 2020-08-07 at the Wayback Machine