UPCOMING CHAMPIONSHIPS AND MAJOR TOURNAMENTS
18th Storm San Marino Open (EBT-2024): 6-14 July 2024 in San Marino
Brunswick Euro Challenge (EBT-2024): 13-21 July 2024 in Munich, Germany
Odense International 2024 (EBT-2024): 17-25 August 2024 in Odense, Denmark
Swedish Youth Masters Eslöv (EBT-Youth 2425): 17-25 August 2024 in Eslöv, Sweden
Kegel Aalborg International Youth 2024 (EBT-Youth 2425): 25 August – 1 September 2024 in Aalborg, Denmark
EBT Youth Masters 2024: 30 August in Aalborg, Denmark
International Hammer Challenge (EBT-2024): 30 August – 8 September 2024 in Tali, Finland
Norwegian Open 2024 by Storm (EBT-2024): 7-15 September 2024 in Hønefoss, Norway
Brunswick Dutch Youth Masters (EBT Youth): 7-15 September 2024 in Leiden, Netherlands
Mega Xtreme Sofia Open 2024 (EBT-2024): 28 September – 6 October 2024 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Find more events in the Tournament Calendar and in the Championship Calendar
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LATEST NEWS FROM EBF
Valgeir Gudbjartsson
18th Storm San Marino Open
The 18th Storm San Marino Open was once again held in beautiful Serravalle, San Marino from the 6th of July until the 14th of July 2024 in Rose‘n Bowl bowling centre. Total of 447 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the tournament by 147 players, where of 21 were women.
After three final steps and four games in the deciding fourth final step it came down to the two last players. Kevin Melin from Sweden and three time EBT winner, Arnar Jonsson from Iceland.
Before the last game, Melin had a 55 pin lead and looked like he was going to win the title without any problems, but in the last game Jonsson managed to string a few strikes and mount a comeback but unfortunately he left the 10 pin on his second shot in the 10th frame meaning that Melin only needed 6 pins for the win. He did more than that and got 9 pins which mean‘t that Melin captured his first ever EBT title! Congratulations Kevin.
Essi Pakarinen, Finland was the highest ranked woman for the second tournament in a row, she finished in 6th place and extends her lead in the women ranking.
The complete ranking after the 8th tournament can be seen here: Women | Men [...]
Valgeir Gudbjartsson
Brunswick Madrid Challenge
The 10th Brunswick Madrid Challenge was once again held in beautiful Madrid, Spain from the 29th of June until the 7th of July 2024 in Bowling Chamartín bowling centre. Total of 424 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the tournament by 156 players, where of 20 were women.
After four final steps it came down to a three player stepladder final. First seeded was Mike Bartaire from France, second seed was Jesus Briceno from Spain and the third seed was Alvin Kvarnström from Sweden. All of them were hoping for their first title on the European Tour.
In the first match, Briceno managed to defeat Kvarnström with the score of 237 to 205 and move on to the final match.
In the final match, Briceno took home the victory in his home country in a very exciting finale where Bartaire had the chance to win but missed a single pin spare in the 10th frame to lose by only 8 pins, 245 pins for Briceno to Bartaire‘s 237.
This was Briceno‘s first title on the tour, congratulations Jesus!
Essi Pakarinen, Finland was the highest ranked woman, she finished in 13th place.
The complete ranking after the 7th tournament can be seen here: Women | Men [...]
Valgeir Gudbjartsson
EBT Youth Masters 2024
The EBT-Youth Masters 2024 will be conducted in Lövvang Bowling Center, Aalborg, Denmark on the 30 August 2024, in conjunction with the EBT-Youth 2024-2025 Stop2.
Invitation letter is been prepared and sent to all top 8 athletes from each category (1,2,3 – Boys/Girls) now.
In this invitation the information is about format, prize money and schedule.
All top 8 atletes in the ranking as can be seen here have received an invitation direct per email.
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Valgeir Gudbjartsson
European Women’s Championship 2024
The EWC2024 was conducted in Wittelsheim, France 4-15 June 2024 – 108 athletes from 23 Federations participated in 6 disciplines.
During the Women Championship we saw 2 new records and many exciting matches.
The new European Champions are as follows:
Singles: Nora Johansson, Sweden
Doubles: Sabrina Laub and Franziska Czech, Germany
Trios: Janin Ribguth, Sabrina Laub and Franziska Czech, Germany
Teams: Anna Andersson, Sandra De Neergaard, Jenny Wegner, Hanna Engberg, Josefin Hermansson, Nora Johansson, Sweden
All Events: Nora Johansson, Sweden
Masters: Nora Johansson, Sweden
Other results can be found here: https://bowlingresults.info/ewc/2024
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Valgeir Gudbjartsson
Kegel Aalborg International 2024
The Kegel Aalborg International 2024 was once again held in Aalborg, Denmark from the 19th of May until the 26th of May in the classic Lovvang Bowling Centre. Total of 456 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the tournament by 163 players, where of 37 were women.
After three final steps it came down to a two player final between Robin Ilhammar from Sweden and the European Youth Masters champion Mathias Otting from Norway.
In the end Ilhammar managed to get the win with the score of 237 to Otting‘s score of 222. This was Ilhammar‘s second title on the tour.
Third place belonged to Paul Purps from Germany who won the 3rd place match against Alexander Tigerstrand from Sweden.
Nora Johansson, Sweden was the highest ranked woman, she finished in 13th place.
The complete ranking after the fourth tournament can be seen here: Women | Men [...]
Valgeir Gudbjartsson
Bowl for Fun Open 2024
The Bowl for Fun Open was held in Langen, Germany from the 8th of May until the 19th of May in the Bowl for Fun bowling centre. Total of 507 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the tournament by 183 players, where of 29 were women.
After the first three final steps it came down to a 4 player stepladder. The four players making the stepladder were Teodor Samuelsson from Sweden, Niclas Sörensen from Denmark, Mike Bergmann from the Netherlands and Emanuel Jonsson from Sweden.
In the first match Bergmann won against Jonsson with the score of 228 to 222.
In the second match Sörensen won against Bergmann with the score of 264 to 258.
And in the final match it was the Teodor Samuelsson show, he started with the front 10 strikes but did not manage to finish with a 300 but instead shot a 287 to Sörensen‘s score of 188.
This is Samuelsson‘s first win on the European Tour, congratulations Teodor!
Misaki Bolleby, Japan was the highest ranked woman, she finished in 26th place.
The complete ranking after the fourth tournament can be seen here: Women | Men (Will be updated ASAP with points from Langen and Aalborg)
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