ROUND1 Japan Cup is an annual PBA (

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 ...

) and JPBA (

Japan Professional Bowling Association The (JPBA) is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in Japan. The organization was founded by , and was established on January 27, 1967. The JPBA sanctions tournaments and other functions related to professiona ...

)

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 ...

event sponsored by ROUND1. In its earlier years, the tournament typically featured the top 16 bowlers from each organization, but has recently enjoyed an expanded field. It has been dominated by

PBA Tour The PBA Tour is the major professional tour for tenpin bowling, operated by the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). Headquartered in Mechanicsville, Virginia, over 3,000 members worldwide make up the PBA. While most of the PBA members are Reg ...

professionals since 1989. Until Yuya Katoh's win in 2013, the last JPBA bowler to win the event was Takeo Sakai in 1988. The tournament celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2010. The 2010 Dydo Japan Cup featured a starting field of 144 bowlers, which included JPBA members from Japan and South Korea, PBA members, and Japanese amateurs. The event was not held in 2011, due in large part to the earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan. The 2013 edition of the Japan Cup was held from November 28 through December 1, 2013. The top 16 PBA Tour players (based on 2012-13 competition points), plus a handful of at-large PBA Tour invitees, joined a large field of players from Japan and South Korea.Yuya Katoh Upsets Field to Win Round1 Japan Cup, End 25-Year Home-Country Title Drought
Vint, Bill at pba.com on 12 January 2014.

2019 Results

TV Finals

Finals

*Match 1:

Chris Barnes Chris Barnes may refer to: * Chris Barnes (actor) (born 1965), American child actor *Chris Barnes (bowler) Chris Barnes (born February 25, 1970) is an American professional Ten-pin bowling, bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Associat ...

def. Dom Barrett 253-222 *Match 2:

Jason Belmonte Jason Belmonte (born 29 July 1983) is an Australian professional ten-pin bowling, ten-pin bowler. He plays on the PBA Tour in the United States and in world events. He is known for being one of the first bowlers to gain media attention for usi ...

def. Chris Barnes 245-220 *Match 3: Jason Belmonte def. Takuya Miyazawa 227-189 *Match 4: Jason Belmonte def.

Jakob Butturff Jakob Butturff (born April 28, 1994) is a left-handed American bowler (ten-pin), ten-pin bowler from Chandler, Arizona and a member of the Professional Bowlers Association. He competes in events on the PBA Tour and in global events as a ...

224-213

Final standings

*1st Place - Jason Belmonte, (US$44,650) *2nd Place - Jakob Butturff, (US$22,330) *3rd Place - Takuya Miyazawa, (US$11,150) *4th Place - Chris Barnes, (US$8,900) *5th Place - Dom Barret, (US$7,100)

Winners

*2019

() *2018

Dominic Barrett Dominic “Dom” Simon Barrett (born 30 July 1985 in Cambridge, England) is one of England's leading ten-pin bowlers. He competes in world events and on the PBA Tour, where he has won ten titles. This total includes three PBA major titles: the P ...

() *2017 E. J. Tackett () *2016

Amleto Monacelli Amleto Monacelli (born 27 August 1961) is a Venezuelan professional bowler and a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He has amassed 20 titles on the PBA Tour, making him one of only 17 players in history to accumulate at least ...

() *2015

() *2014 Park Kyung Shin () *2013 Yuya Katoh () *2012

Mika Koivuniemi Mika Juhani Koivuniemi (born 6 April 1967) is a Finnish professional ten-pin bowler and bowling coach. He competed on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) tour in the United States, and won bowling titles in 21 different countries during h ...

() *2010 Tommy Jones () *2009 Patrick Allen () *2007

() *2006 Walter Ray Williams, Jr. () *2005 Tommy Jones () *2004 Tommy Jones () *2003

() *2002 Robert Smith () *2001 Bob Learn, Jr. () *2000

Parker Bohn III Parker Morse Bohn III (born July 13, 1963) is a left-handed American professional ten-pin bowler. He has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) since 1984, and is a member of the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame. Bohn is one of ...

() *1999

() *1998

() *1997 Doug Kent () *1996 Steve Wilson () *1995

() *1994

Brian Voss Brian Voss (born August 4, 1958) in Cornelius, North Carolina, is a professional ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association since 1982. The right-hander owns 25 PBA Tour titles (12th all-time), including one major champi ...

() *1993 Pete Weber () *1992

() *1991 Walter Ray Williams, Jr. () *1990 Chris Warren () *1989

Randy Pedersen Randy Pedersen (born May 28, 1962) is an American sportscaster and former professional Bowler (ten-pin), bowler as a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He is currently a color analyst for Fox Sports (United States), Fox Sports ...

() *1988 Takeo Sakai () *1987

() *1986 Pete Weber () *1985 Ken Taniguchi ()

References

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