The Mega-Xtreme Sofia Open 2024 was for the first time included in the european tour. It was held in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, from the duration of 28th of September until the 6th of October 2024 in Joy Station bowling centre. Total of 544 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the tournament by 138 players, where of 12 were women.
After four final steps it came down to a four man elimination format.
The four players were Matyas Mnacko, Ondrej Trojek and Lukas Jelinek all from the Czech Republic and Luukas Väänänen from Finland.
After the first game, Mnacko was eliminated with the lowest score of 178.
After the second game it was Trojek that was eliminated with the lowest score of 177.
Then it came down to the exciting final game between Jelinek and Väänänen, both players started with the front 8 strikes but then Jelinek made the first mistake only managing a 7 spare in the 9th frame, however he managed to strike out in the 10th frame to finish with 277.
That put Väänänen in the lead going into the final frame where he only needed a 9 spare and 9 to win his first title.
He managed to get 9 spare but then threw a bad shot and only managed to get 7 meaning that Lukas Jelinek from the Czech Republic was the winner! This was his second title on the European Tour after his win in the French Open last year.
The winner of the women‘s ranking was Sarah Gamal from Egypt, who finished in 9th place.
The complete ranking after the 13th tournament of this year’s tour can be seen here: Women | Men