The European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) is a

ten-pin bowling Tenpin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler bowling form, rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned Tetractys, evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle. The goal is to knock down all ten Bowlin ...

organisation that hosts the worldwide European Bowling Tour (EBT), similar to that of the tour held by the

Professional Bowlers Association The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States. Headquartered in Mechanicsville, Virginia, and currently owned by the Lucky Strike Entertainment Corpor ...

(PBA). The EBT is one of three tours (Europe, Americas, Asia) that form part of the ranking system of the World Tenpin Bowling Association (WTBA), with the top 8 bowlers each year invited to the

World Ranking Masters The World Ranking Masters was ten-pin bowling's international ranking system, as with professional tennis. It was governed by the World Tenpin Bowling Association (WTBA). The rankings were formulated at the end of the three international tours, t ...

. The tour is run by the European Tenpin Bowling Federation. The ETBF is a subsection, or "European Zone", of the WTBA under the Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs.

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Bowling links all over the World, sorted by categories
{{Ten pin bowling Bowling organizations

Bowling Bowling is a Throwing sports#Target sports, target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a bowling ball, ball toward Bowling pin, pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). Most references to ''bowling'' are ...

Bowling in Europe