Ninepin Bowling Overview

About Ninepin Bowling

IBSA Ninepin bowling for players with visual impairments features competitions for men, women and teams.

In a game, each player throws 30 balls on four lanes for a total of 120.

Players are classified as B1, B2 or B3. B1 and B2 players must have an assistant to pass the bowling balls and provide advice. B3 players can also have an assistant, but players must take the balls by themselves.

More information about classification, the process by which athletes are assessed and categorised according to their disability, can be found here.

In the men’s team events there are two players each from the B1, B2 and B3 categories and in women’s events one player from each category.

The results from all team players are included and the winner is the team with the highest number of pins down. The results from team players are also used for qualification in individual finals by category.

The best eight players from each category (B1, B2 and B3) in the men’s and the best four women from each category compete in the final. The results from the qualifying round (120 throws), and the final (120 throws) are added together and the winner is the player who knocks down the most pins.