17th January, Hong Kong, China: Korea stamped their mark with a commanding performance at the 2025 IBF Para World Bowling Championships after winning 11 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronze medals to emerge as overall champion with Hong Kong China second and Japan third.

Kim Jin Seop got Korea off to a superb start by capturing the Men's TPB1 Singles gold. Lau Hiu Chun gave Hong Kong China their first gold medal after she finished first in the Women's TPB1 Singles event. Kim Heung Hwa of Korea also contributed a bronze medal on the opening day of the championships.

Chan Tat Chung added Hong Kong China's second gold in the Men's TPB2 Singles and Cheung Hoi Tung bagged their third gold in the Men's TPB3 Singles category. Lee Kun Hye won the Women's TPB3 Singles gold medal and Choi Jae Yeon picked up the bronze medal.

Park Jong Hwan and Lee Jae Youn added a silver and a bronze medal for Korea in the Men's TPB3 Singles while Kim Heung Hwa also contributed a bronze medal in the Women's TPB1 category. On the second day of the championships, Abang Yahya Abang Azhar of Malaysia took the Men's TPB4 Singles gold denying Korea's third gold as Yun Seung Sang finished second.

Korea drew blank on Day 4 as Australia dominated the Team of 4 event, only for TPB4 category. Tyler Allen, Ashley Poelstra, Matthew Hurst and Kallan Strong won their first gold medal of the championships in the Men's TPB4. Malaysia and Singapore picked up the silver and bronze medals.

Dianne DeMello, Kate Jullerat, Courtney Bucknell and Amanda Threlfall won Australia's second gold medal in the same event for the women's division. Hong Kong finished second in the Women's TPB4 Team event but did not win a medal as there were only two teams that competed.

The Singles for TPB8 category (wheelchair) saw Korea winning the gold and USA the silver and bronze medals. Chinese Taipei picked up the Women's TPB8 Singles gold with Korea and Thailand the silver and bronze medals.

Malaysia's Marcos Chang won the Men's TPB9 Singles gold and Korea's Park Ji Eun captured the Women's TPB9 Singles gold medal. Japan's Maeda Mitsuhiko, who rolled the championships one and only perfect game, bagged the Men's TPB10 Singles gold while Korea's Kim Su Yeong triumphed in the Women's division with the gold.

The championships ended on a high for Hong Kong as Wong Shun Leung, Wong Kwok Cheung and Chow Pui Kin emerged victorious by winning another gold medal in the Trios TPB8+9+10 category. Korea and Chinese Taipei settled for the silver and bronze medals. Korea's Kim Su Yeong and Park Ji Eun won the TPB8+9+10 Trios gold medal.

Hong Ka Lung of Hong Kong China won TPB1 All Events gold, his comaptriot, Chan Tat Chung won the Men's TPB2 All Events gold and Park Jong Hwan of Korea won the TPB3 All Events gold. Lau Hiu Chun took the Women's TPB1 All Events gold, Ogata Mami the TPB2 All Events gold and Lee Kun Hye the TPB3 All Events gold.

Abang Yahya Abang Azhar of Malaysia won his second individual gold medal after topping the Men's TPB4 All Events standings. Yun Seung Sang added a bronze medal for Korea. Lisa Nordstrom Gren picked up Sweden's second gold from the Women's TPB4 All Events.

Oh Ki Seok, Park Ji Eun and Kim Su Yeong gave Korea their ninth, tenth and 11th gold medals from the Men's TPB8, Women's TPB9 and TPB10 All Events. Marcos Chang of Malaysia and Maeda Mitsuhiko of Japan captured the All Events gold medals in the Men's TPB9 and TPB10 categories.