Kim Thorsgaard Jensen
Mai Ginge Jensen (Denmark) vs. Eliisa Hiltonen (Finland) in the final of the women’s division of the ECC 2018 was a repetition of the final of the Masters event in the European Women Championships for only four months ago.
In the EWC 2018 Masters in Brussels in June, Mai Ginge Jensen won 2-1 in the best of three games final, while Mai Ginge Jensen again came out of the Danish-Finnish battle with a victory, this time 2-0 in the ECC 2018 final, also played over best of three games.
Bodo Konieczny (Germany) was crowned as the ECC 2018 champion in the men’s division, after a very tight and well played final against Denmark’s Jesper Agerbo, which Bodo Konieczny won 2-1. The scores of the last exiting game were 263 vs. 258.
The 41th issue of the European Champions Cup was conducted in Langen, Germany in the 18 lane centre, Bowl for Fun.
The format of the ECC 2018 included 2 X 8 games qualification, followed by another 8 games for top 16 and yet another 4 games for top 8, providing the following two standings:
Top 8 Women after 28 games
1 / 6153: Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark
2 / 6109: Solene Goron, France
3 / 6012: Eliisa Hiltonen, Finland
4 / 5990: Nadine Geissler, Germany
5 / 5863: Chantal Jacobs, The Netherlands
6 / 5807: Filippa Persson, Sweden
7 / 5800: Annie Thorell, Sweden
8 / 5704: Giada Di Martino, Italy
Top 8 Men after 28 games
1 / 6434: Jaroslav Lorenc, Czech Republic
2 / 6364: Viktor Danielsson, Sweden
3 / 6283: Jesper Agerbo, Denmark
4 / 6263: Bodo Konieczny, Germany
5 / 6226: Aidas Daniunas, Lithuania
6 / 6141: Sami Konsteri, Finland
7 / 6138: Oleksandr Nechypaiev, Ukraine
8 / 6007: Mats Maggi, Belgium
Top 4 continued into two Semi Finals matches concluded by a Final match; all decided in best of three games matches.
Women’s Semi Final 1
Mai Ginge Jensen – Nadine Geissler (2-0): 200-176 and 213-193
Women’s Semi Final 2
Solone Goron – Eliisa Hiltonen (0-2): 228-246 and 188-234
Women’s Final
Mai Ginge Jensen – Eliisa Hiltonen (2-0): 248-203 and 215-204
Men’s Semi Final 1
Jaroslav Lorenc – Bodo Konieczny (1-2): 173-248, 212-193 and 195-238
Men’s Semi Final 2
Viktor Danielsson – Jesper Agerbo (1-2): 246-232, 215-254 and 201-224
Men’s Final
Jesper Agerbo – Bodo Konieczny (1-2): 225-196, 236-242 and 258-263
We congratulate the two new champions of the European Champions Cup.
Click here to see the list of all medallists
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The ETBF Presidium decided at its meeting on 18 and 19 October 2018 in Langen – Germany to merge ETBF’s Education Committee and ETBF’s Technical Committee into one combined committee, hereafter named ETBF’s Education and Technical Committee.
The two committees have already worked closely together for years, since the development over time had created many overlapping tasks and activities.
The many existing and new activities and programs in the merged committee are obviously creating a big workload and also an increased need of coordination. The ETBF Presidium has therefore decided to appoint two co-chairs of the committee.
The one Co-Chairman of ETBF’s Education and Technical Committee is Onder Gurkan, who has chaired the former Education Committee for many years. The other Co-Chairman of the committee is Marios Nicolaides, who have been working as Technical Delegate for ETBF for a number of years and as an active instructor as well.
Both co-chairmen are members of ETBF’s Presidium in addition to their committee duties.
You can find more information about ETBF’s Education and Technical Committee under the item Organization / Education-Technical at this site.
You can also visit www.etbfacademy.eu for more knowledge about ETBF’s programs.
The 12th edition of the EBT Masters, the EBT Masters 2019, will be held in Bowling Charmatin in Madrid, Spain on Thursday 4 July 2019.
In the period of the EBT Masters 2019, the same centre in Madrid will host the VII Brunswick Madrid Challenge from 30 June to 7 July.
The following 8 women are qualified
1. Jenny Wegner, Sweden
2. Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark
3. Ghislaine Sigter van der Tol, The Netherlands
4. Maxime de Rooij, The Netherlands
5. Cajsa Wegner, Sweden
6. Sin Li Jane, Malaysia
7. Daria Pajak, Poland
8. Siti Safiyah, Malaysia
The first three reserves:
9. Danielle McEwan, USA
10. Nicole Sanders, The Netherlands
11. Cherie Tan, Singapore
The following 8 men are qualified
1. Anthony Simonsen, USA
2. Jesper Svensson, Sweden
3. Thomas Larsen, Denmark
4. Pontus Andersson, Sweden
5. Carsten W. Hansen, Denmark
6. Kyle Troup, USA
7. Ismail Rafiq, Malaysia
8. Chris Sloan, Ireland
The first three reserves:
9. Richard Teece, England
10. Gaëtan Mouveroux, France
11. Bill O’Neill, USA
There will be a prize pool of 9.000 € to each of the two genders to compete for in Madrid.
Like last year, Jenner Wegner from Sweden had already collected that many points in the tour standing that she was unreachable for anybody in Oslo; even Jenny did not attend the last stop of the tour season.
Jenny Wegner won the women’s division of the tour with 719 points in front of Mai Ginge Jensen from Denmark with 676 points and Ghislaine Sigter van der Tol from the Netherlands with 580 points at position 2 and 3.
Jenny Wegner is, by the following series, strongly dominating the EBT these years:
2015: Jenny Wegner wins the EB
2016: Jenny Wegner is the runner up in the EBT
2017: Jenny Wegner wins the EBT
2018: Jenny Wegner wins the EBT
The leader of the men’s division of the tour, Anthony Simonsen from USA, was reachable for Jesper Svensson from Sweden, but Jesper did not attend the tournament in Oslo, so also the winner of the men’s division was found before the last stop even started.
Anthony Simonsen became the first non-European bowler to win an EBT and even the first non-European bowler to be in Top 3, whatever we are talking about men or women.
Anthony Simonsen won the men’s division of the tour with 594 points in front of Jesper Svensson from Sweden with 537 points and Thomas Larsen from Denmark with 439 points at position 2 and 3.
We are congratulating the two tour winners, who each will be awarded 1.000 € for their victories of their division in the European Bowling Tour 2018.
Eric Sjöberg from Sweden took his first EBT Title ever, when he won the last stop of the season, the Norwegian Open 2018 by Brunswick.
Eric Sjöberg concluded a fantastic day in Oslo with a 276 game, by which he passed a number of competitors in the very last game of the tournament.
In the second last step of the final in Oslo, 16 athletes were playing 3 games, starting from scratch. 8 athletes continued to the final step, playing another 3 games with the pin fall from the previous step carried forward.
The scores of the 8 finalists became as follows:
1. Eric Sjöberg, Sweden: 1366 (681+685)
2. Robert Lindberg, Sweden: 1362 (672+690)
3. Arnar David Jonsson, Iceland: 1330 (687+643)
4. Mikael Roos, Sweden: 1326 (678+648)
5. Niko Oksanen, Finland: 1304 (662+642)
6. Gaëtan Mouveroux, France: 1291 (653+638)
7. Peter Ljung, Sweden: 1256 (660+596)
8. Robin Persson, Sweden: 1208 (664+544)
Erik Sjöberg from Sweden became the highest ranked man for the first time in his career and the same did Wendy Bartaire from France. Wendy was positioned 11 in the tournament.
218 athletes had found their way to the Norwegian Capital Oslo and Veitvet Bowling Centre, where the Norwegian Open 2018 by Brunswick concluded the 19th season of the European Bowling Tour, the EBT 2018.
Click here to see the ranking in the Women’s Division
Click here to see the ranking in the Men’s Division
For various domestic reasons the conduction periods for three tournaments included in the European Bowling Tour 2019 are changed.
Odense International
Previous period: 1-8 September 2019
New period: 25 August – 1 September 2019
Venue: Odense Bowling Centre in Odense, Denmark
Rome Open All4Bowling
Previous period: 14-22 September 2019
New period: 7-15 September 2019
Venue: Bowling Brunswick in Rome, Italy
The organizer in Rome announces furthermore a name change of the tournament from Rome Open to Rome Open All4Bowling, which also was the name of the tournament in 2018.
Brunswick Dimitris Karetsos Tournament
Previous period: 21-29 September 2019
New period: 14-22 September 2019
Venue: Alexander the Great Bowling Club in Thessaloniki, Greece
Click here to see the EBT 2019 Calendar.
We are able to welcome Brunswick Bowling in Rome, which previously housed a tour stop in 2010 and 2011, back as a host centre for a stop in the European Bowling Tour. The new Satellite Tournament in Rome was conducted as the 11th stop of the European Bowling Tour 2018 under the name Rome Open All4Bowling.
The company BowlZone presented a very nice layout for the streaming they did for the organizer. You can find the many videos from the tournament by clicking here.
The tournament reopened in Rome with a fantastic number of not less than 313 athletes taking part, playing as much as 711 entries.
44 athletes were qualified to the final steps of which the first four steps included rounds of 3 games until the number of athletes was reduce to the last 8 remaining athletes.
The 8 athletes continued as follows
643: Oliver Morig, Germany qualified to the Final Step 7
637: Piearpaolo De Filippi, Italy qualified to the Final Step 7
634: Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark qualified to the Final Step 6
630: Amandine Jacques, France qualified to the Final Step 6
613: Gaetan Mouveroux, France qualified to the Final Step 5
602: Antonino Fiorentino, Italy qualified to the Final Step 5
579: Rob Thurlby, England qualified to the Final Step 5
576: Oleksander Nechypaiev, Ukraine qualified to the Final Step 5
Final Step 5
222: Gaetan Mouveroux, France
215: Oleksander Nechypaiev, Ukraine
212: Rob Thurlby, England
201: Antonino Fiorentino, Italy
Final Step 6
182: Oleksander Nechypaiev, Ukraine
180: Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark
177: Gaetan Mouveroux, France
000: Amandine Jacques, France (did not bowl)
Final Step 7
203: Oliver Morig, Germany
198: Piearpaolo De Filippi, Italy
174: Oleksander Nechypaiev, Ukraine
165: Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark
Final Step 8
198: Oliver Morig, Germany
198: Piearpaolo De Filippi, Italy
One ball roll off shots for the title
Oliver Morig X and Piearpaolo De Filippi 8; Morig to win the title.
Mai Ginge Jensen became the highest ranked women in a tour stop for the 11th time in her career, while Oliver Morig won his first EBT Title ever and became the highest ranked man for in a tour stop the first time as well.
Jenny Wegner from Sweden is leading the women’s division of the tour with 719 points in front of Mai Ginge Jensen from Denmark at position 2 with 606 points and Ghislaine Sigter van der Tol from The Netherlands at position 3 with 580 points.
Anthony Simonsen from USA is leading the men’s division of the tour with 594 points in front of Jesper Svensson from Sweden with 537 points at position 2 and Thomas Larsen from Denmark with 439 points at position 3.
Click here to see the ranking in the Women’s Division
Click here to see the ranking in the Men’s Division
The Storm Lucky Larsen Masters was conducted for the second time in Malmoe’s Baltiska Bowlinghallen as the 10th stop in the European Bowling Tour 2018.
Last year the tournament opened with a firework of not less than 1.087 bowled entries, and this great number was almost copied in the 2018 issue of the tournament, where 1.058 entries were bowled in Malmoe.
The format of the tournament offered 60 spots for the final steps, of which 27 joined Step 1 to play 4 games starting from scratch on Sunday 9 September in Baltiska.
Top 11 from Step 1 was in Step 2 joined by athletes positioned 9-33 from the qualification, forming a field of 36 athletes playing 4 games starting from scratch.
Top 16 from Step 2 was in Step 3 joined by athletes positioned 1-8 from the qualification, forming a field of 24 athletes playing 8 games starting from scratch.
The following four athletes continued to three one game stepladder matches:
1. Jason Belmonte, Australia: 1916
2. Kyle Troup, USA: 1810
3. Bill O’Neill, USA: 1800
4. Chris Sloan, Ireland: 1776
Match 1
234: Bill O’Neill, USA, USA
236: Chris Sloan, Ireland
Match 2
235: Kyle Troup, USA
187: Chris Sloan, Ireland
Match 3
232: Jason Belmonte, Australia
248: Kyle Troup, USA
Sandra Gongora from Mexico became the highest ranked women in a tour stop for the first time in her career from position 20 in the tournament and also Kyle Troup became the highest ranked man for the first time in his career.
Jenny Wegner from Sweden is leading the women’s division of the tour with 719 points in front of Ghislaine Sigter van der Tol from The Netherlands at position 2 with 580 points and Mai Ginge Jensen from Denmark at position 3 with 556 points.
Anthony Simonsen from USA is leading the men’s division of the tour with 594 points in front of Jesper Svensson from Sweden with 537 points at position 2 and Thomas Larsen from Denmark with 439 points at position 3.
Click here to see the ranking in the Women’s Division
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Arnar David Jonsson became the first Icelandic bowler to win a tour stop, when he defeated Carsten W. Hansen from Denmark 213 vs. 206 in the one game final of Odense International.
The tournament was, as the 9th Stop of the European Bowling Tour 2018, conducted in Odense Bowling Centre for the 8th consecutive time.
The format of the final in Odense offered a first step over 6 games with 32 athletes taking part, of which the 10 highest ranked was awarded starting pins from 140 pins to the highest ranked down to 10 pins for the 10th ranked.
Step 2 of the final included top 16 from step 1, who added another 4 games to a total of 10 games + starting pins, deciding the top 8 field for the next four final steps.
The last 4 steps of the format offered one game matches as follows:
Step 3: 4 matches, where 4 winners and 2 happy losers continued
Step 4: 3 matches, where 3 winners and 1 happy loser continued
Step 5: 2 matches, where 2 winners continued
Step 6: 1 match deciding the winner of the tournament
Top 8 after the Final Step 2
1. 2182: Thomas Larsen, Denmark
2. 2178: Carsten W. Hansen, Denmark
3. 2126: Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark
4. 2092: Arnar David Jonsson, Iceland
5. 2073: Robert Lindberg, Sweden
6. 2064: Chris Sloan, Ireland
7. 2042: Francois Louw, South Africa
8. 2037: Patrik Jannik Sörensen, Denmark
The Final Step 3
Thomas Larsen – Francois Louw: 203 – 158
Carsten W. Hansen – Patrik Jannik Sörensen: 212 – 208
Mai Ginge Jensen – Robert Lindberg: 191 – 214
Arnar David Jonsson – Chris Sloan: 237 – 191
There was a tie for the 2nd lucky looser position, broken as follows:
Mai Ginge Jensen: 8 pins and repeated tie braking 9 pins
Chris Sloan: 8: 8 pins and repeated tie braking 7 pins
The Final Step 4
Thomas Larsen – Patrik Jannik Sörensen: 185 – 201
Carsten W. Hansen – Arnar David Jonsson: 223 – 258
Mai Ginge Jensen – Robert Lindberg: 198 – 199
The Final Step 5
Carsten W. Hansen – Robert Lindberg: 172 – 248
Arnar David Jonsson – Patrik Jannik Sörensen: 226 – 197
The Final Step 6
Carsten W. Hansen – Arnar David Jonsson 206 – 213
Mai Ginge Jensen became the highest ranked women ion a tour stop for the 10th time in her career, while Arnar David Jonsson became the highest ranked man for the first time.
Jenny Wegner from Sweden is leading the women’s division of the tour with 594 points in front of Ghislaine Sigter van der Tol from The Netherlands at position 2 with 580 points and Mai Ginge Jensen from Denmark at position 3 with 556 points.
Anthony Simonsen from USA is leading the men’s division of the tour with 469 points in front of Jesper Svensson from Sweden with 422 points at position 2 and Thomas Larsen from Denmark with 419 points at position 3.
Click here to see the ranking in the Women’s Division
Click here to see the ranking in the Men’s Division
The ETBF Presidium has decided to award the hosting of the European Youth Championships 2021 to the French Federation of Bowling and Sport of Quills.
The championships will be held in Cristal Bowling, in Wittelsheim – France from 27 March to 5 April 2021.
The European Youth Championships 2021 will be the 34th issue of the championships, which were held for the first time in 1972.