Ninepin bowling is a game played in Europe. European championships are held each year. Over 90,000 members are on teams in Germany, while there are 120,000 in Europe overall. Austria, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Liechtenstein are other common places to find Ninepin bowling lanes.

This sport is one in which a player brings a plastic ball that is rolled down an alley to nine pins. The "bowling ball" is smaller and lighter than US bowling and the ball may have two or no finger holes. The lanes are shorter than US bowling. The nine pins (cones) are placed in a diamond shape on the alley. In most lanes systems the pins have a rope on top, to pick up the pins and replace then back in to the diamond shape for the next roll. In Germany there are four kinds of lanes systems.

The game is played in 120 throws of four lanes. On each lane 30 throws. On one lane there are fifteen throws on all nine pins (full) and fifteen throws so on till no pins are left (cleaning).

In Switzerland the bowling balls are bigger and heavier than US bowling balls. There are two holes, one for the thumb and one for the other fingers.