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 ... (read more)

Dear friends, It is my sad duty to inform you that ESBC President Lia Fievet from The Netherlands has passed away yesterday. Lia was a good friend to many bowlers all around Europe and ... (read more)

The Norwegian Open 2024 by Storm was once again held in Hønefoss, Norway from the 6th of September until the 15th of September 2024 in Hønefoss Bowlingsenter. Total of 462 entries and re-entries were ... (read more)

The International Hammer Challenge 2024 was again held in Helsinki, Finland  from the 30th of August until the 8th of September 2024 in the magnificent Tali Bowling Centre. Total of 690 entries and re-entries ... (read more)

Odense International was once again held in Odense, Denmark from the 17th of August until the 25th of August 2024 in the Odense Bowling Centre. Total of 278 entries and re-entries were bowled during ... (read more)

The Brunswick Euro Challenge was once again held in Unterföhring just outside of Munich, Germany from the 13th of July until the 21st of July 2024 in the amazing Dream-Bowl Palace, which by many ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

The EBT Masters 2024 was held in Langen, Germany 15 May 2024 After the first 8 games the field was cut to 4 of each gender and they bowled another 4 games with scores ... (read more)

The Mediterranean Bowling Championships 2024 took place in Rome, Italy from 21st to 27th of April. BRUNSWICK BOWLING ROMA hosted the event under the leadership of the Italian Bowling & Billards Federation. 14 federations ... (read more)

The Valcke Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament was once again held in Tilburg, Netherlands from the 4th of February until the 11th of February in the beautiful Dolfijn – The Plays To Be bowling centre. Total ... (read more)

The EBT Director has made the decission to introduce exemption from the EBT Rules for the BOWL for Fun Open in Langen, Germany, Allowing unique and diverse style of play. There will be a ... (read more)

The 2024 Youth World Cup was conducted in the fantastic SEEN Bowling Center in Lima - Peru, from January 19th – 27th  2024. The championship organization was well orchestrated by the Peru Bowling In the ... (read more)

The Reykjavík International Games bowling tournament was once again held in Reykjavík, Iceland from the 20th of January until the 28th of January in the Keiluhöllin Egilshöll sports complex, this year for the first ... (read more)

The world-renowned Brunswick Ballmaster Open was conducted for the 54th time in the beautiful Tali Bowling Centre in Helsinki, Finland from the 4th of January until the 14th of January. Total of 1099 entries ... (read more)

The Motiv AIK International Tournament 2024 was once again conducted in the great Bowl-O-Rama bowling centre in Stockholm and it was the first EBT stop of the 2024 season. It was conducted from the ... (read more)

After three final steps it was all down to 4 players, Joakim West from Sweden, Kevin Melin from Sweden, Mathias Otting from Norway and Jesper Svensson from Sweden. They all played one game and ... (read more)

At the last EBF Presdium meeting following EBF Championships hostings were confirmed: European Youth Championships 2025 will be held in Samsun, Turkey during 12-21 April 2025 European Youth Championships 2026 will be held in ... (read more)

ECC2023 has come to an end, first time ever including Mix doubles which was a success: Final standing in the mix doubles: Gold          England (Verity Crawley and Hadley Morgan) Silver        Greece (Georgia ... (read more)

The EBF Congress 2023 was held in Hotel Am Borsigurm, in Berlin, Germany on the 22 October 2023 Delegates from 23 EBF federations were present. During the presentation of the Annual Report for 2021-2022 ... (read more)

The 6th Brunswick Open was conducted in Cristal Bowling in Wittelsheim, France from the 26th of September 2023 until the 1st of October 2023. Total of 562 entries and re-entries were bowled during the ... (read more)

The Dimitris Karetsos Tournament was conducted in the Cosmos Bowling Centre in Athens, Greece from the 14th of September 2023 until the 24th of September 2023. Total of 386 entries and re-entries were bowled ... (read more)

Norwegian Open 2023 by Storm was conducted Hønefoss Bowlingsenter from the 9th of September 2023 until the 17th of September 2023. Total of 439 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the ... (read more)

Odense International 2023 was conducted in Odense Bowling Center from the 20th of August 2023 until the 27th of August 2023. Total of 323 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the ... (read more)

The inaugural International Hammer Challenge 2023 was conducted in the famous Tali Bowl, Helsinki, Finland from the 11th of august 2023 until the 20th of august 2023. Total of 671 Entries and re-entries were ... (read more)

The IX Brunswick Madrid Challenge 2023 was conducted in Madrid, Spain, 15-23 July 2023. Total of 374 Entries and re-entries were bowled during the week by 138 athletes, where of 15 were women. After ... (read more)

The 17th Storm San Marino Open 2023 was conducted in Serravalle, San Marino, 8-16 July 2023. Total of 553 Entries and re-entries were bowled during the week by 195 athletes, where of 37 were ... (read more)

The EBT Masters 2023 was held in Rose´n Bowl, Serravalle, San Marino on the 12 July during the 17th San Marino Open. In short then 16 athletes were battling for prize of total 18.000 ... (read more)

The Valcke Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2023 was conducted in Tilburg, Netherlands 18-25 June 2023. Total of 450 Entries and re-entries were bowled during the week by 198 athletes, where of 27 were women. After ... (read more)

The EMC2023 was conducted in Wittelsheim, France 6-17 June 2023 – 172 athletes from 30 Federations participated in 6 disciplines. During the championship 11 x 300 games was made and 8 records broken. The ... (read more)

The EBT Masters 2023 will be held in San Marino on the 12 July during the 17th San Marino Open. Schedule will be as follows: 09.00 - 11.30: Qualification 8 games (Both Genders 16 ... (read more)

There is a FAKE EBF page on Facebook right now https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091062116476 PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT OR LIKE THIS PAGE AS IT IS HAVING NOTHING WITH EBF TO DO ... (read more)

The Kegel Aalborg International 2023 was conducted in Aalborg, Denmark 21-28 May 2023. Total of 163 Entries and 256 re-entries were bowled during the week by 163 athletes, where of 34 were women. After ... (read more)

The Bowl For Fun Open 2023 was conducted in Langen, Germany during 13-21 May 2023. Total of 733 Entries and re-entries were bowled during the week by 225 athletes, where of 29 were women ... (read more)

The 25th edition of the Mediterranean Bowling Championships took place in the Republic of San Marino from the 7th  to 14 th of May 2023. Rose’n Ball bowling center hosts the event under the ... (read more)

Dear Friends of the European Bowling Family, I unfortunately have to bring you the information that our EBF president, Addie Ophelders, has due to health issues and doctors advise decided to resign from all ... (read more)

It is with great regret that I have to inform you that Irene Nicolaides, Marios Nicolaides wife, passed away 17 February. Needless to say that this is a great loss for Marios and his ... (read more)

Dear friends, Although a little late, I am informing you that the South African Tenpin Bowling Association (TBASA) is since 1 January 2023 an Associate Member of EBF. When there was no African Zone, ... (read more)

Dear Friends, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that EBF has a new General Secretary. Thanks to the former Chairwoman of the Gender Equality Committee and also former  General Secretary of ... (read more)

The 53rd Brunswick Ballmaster Open 2023 was conducted in Helsinki, Finland during 6 - 15 January 2023. Total of 1081 Entries and re-entries were bowled during the week by 500 athletes, where of 72 ... (read more)

Piritta Kantola will co-chair EBF’s Education and Technical Committee with Marios Nicolaides starting on January 1. Piritta Kantola - a well-known coach and athlete from Finland - actively worked in EBF Educational Committee as ... (read more)

The AIK International Tournament 2023 was conducted in Stockholm, Sweden during 26 December 2022 - 8 January 2023.   Total of 803 Entries and re-entries were bowled during the week by 324 athletes, where of ... (read more)

Dear bowling friends, The year 2022 is coming to an end. It is a good custom if we wish each other a wonderful Christmas time and a good start in the New Year 2023.  ... (read more)

The FM Mattsson Christmas Tournament 2022 was conducted in Mora, Sweden during 10 - 18 December 2022. Total of 338 Entries and re-entries were bowled during the week by 147 athletes, where of 17 ... (read more)

It is with great honour and pride, that I inform you about the fact that our Secretary General Natasa Pirc Musar was elected last Sunday 13 November 2022 as President of the Republic of ... (read more)

The Brunswick Open 2022 was conducted in Wittelsheim, France during 27 September -2 October 2022.   Total of 483 Entries and re-entries by 192 athletes, where of 29 were women, bowled during the week. After ... (read more)

The Dimitris Karetsos Tournament 2022 was conducted in Athens, Greece during 16-25 September 2022.   Total of 435 Entries and re-entries by 155 athletes, where of 28 were women, bowled during the week. After four ... (read more)

The Norwegian Open 2022 by Storm was conducted in Hönefoss, Norway during 9-18 September 2022.   Total of 381 Entries and re-entries by 114310 Athletes, where of 30 were women, bowled during the week. After ... (read more)

European Youth Championships 2022 are now on going in Wittelsheim France. The Masters Competition was finished on the 10 September 2022. Medallists as follows: Boys results: Semi-finals: Robin Ilhammar, SE 2 – 1 Nicolas ... (read more)

European Youth Championships 2022 are now on going in Wittelsheim France. All Event Medals came clear after the singles competition finalized on the 9 September 2022 Medalists as follows: Boys: Robin Ilhammar, Sweden – ... (read more)

European Youth Championships 2022 are now on going in Wittelsheim France. Single competition finalized on the 9 September 2022 Finalists and medals as follow: Results from Boys singles: Semi-finals: Robin Ilhammar, SE 204 – ... (read more)

European Youth Championships 2022 are now on going in Wittelsheim France. Team competition finalized on the 7 September 2022 Finalists and medals as follow: Results from Boys Teams: Semi-finals: Finland 1004 – Slovakia 745 ... (read more)

European Youth Championships 2022 are now on going in Wittelsheim France. Doubles competition finalized on the 5 September 2022 Finalists and medals as follow, during the semi-finals of the boys doubles we saw both ... (read more)

The Storm Lucky Larsen Masters 2022 came to an end 4 September with young talent from Denmark winning his 2nd EBT title… The Storm Lucky Larsen Masters 2022 was conducted in Helsingborg, Sweden during ... (read more)

The Odense International 2022 was conducted in Odense, Denmark during 21-28 August 2022.   Total of 225 Entries and re-entries by 110 Athletes, where of 33 were women, bowled during the week. After the final ... (read more)

The EBF Presidium has awarded the hosting of the EYC2024 to Tali Bowling in co-operation with Finnish Bowling Federation. European Youth Championships 2024 will be held in Tali Bowling, Helsinki, Finland during 23 March ... (read more)

The European Bowling tour is coming very much alive…. During the next few weeks we will see the following activity on the tour: 21-28 August:   Odense Inernational – Odense, Denmark  https://europeanbowling.sport/tourn-2022-08-oin/ 26 August ... (read more)

The bowling competition at the 2022 World Games took place July 8–11, 2022, in Birmingham United States. The medals in the bowling competition of the games were awarded as follows: Women’s Singles Gold: USA, ... (read more)

The Brunswick Euro Challenge 2022 was held in the fabolous Dream Bowl-Palace in Unterförhing, Germany, during 25 June to 3 July 2022, total 715 entries and re-entries by 215 athletes, where of 45 were ... (read more)

Bernice Lim, Singapore,  and Jesse Kallio, Finland, won the EBT Masters 2020 in the women’s, respectively the men’s division. The EBT Masters 2022 is the 14th final of a European Bowling Tour. The competition was ... (read more)

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The EBT Masters 2022 – which is the final of the EBT 2020+2021 combined will be held in Dream Bowl, in Unterföhring, Germany on the 29.06.2022 The Athletes battling for the pricemoney are as ... (read more)

The Kegel Aalborg International 2022 was conducted in Lövvang Bowling Center, Aalborg, Denmark during 22-29 May 2022   Total of 334 entries by 133 athletes (where of 38 women) bowled during the week. After the ... (read more)

  Cajsa Wegner and Kim Bolleby, both from Sweden, won the EBT Masters 2020 in the women’s, respectively the men’s division. The EBT Masters 2020 is the 13th final of a European Bowling Tour. The ... (read more)

The EBT Masters 2020 – which is the final of the EBT 2019 will be held in Lövvang Bowling Center, Aalborg, Denmark on the 26 May 2022 The EBT Masters 2020 was supposed to ... (read more)

Announcement of the Gender Equality Commission from EBF On the proposal of the EBF President Mr. Addie Ophelders, the EBF Presidium in October 2021 decided to establish the Gender Equality Commission (GEC). The task ... (read more)

Dear Presidents, dear friends, If I tell you that we are living in a world which is in turmoil, I am not saying something new. We are all living in a shock of what had ... (read more)

New dates for the European Women Championships 2022 have been set as 10-21 August 2022 in Lövvang Bowling Center, Aalborg, Denmark. All previously registered federations have to re-submit forms B – E;  this can ... (read more)

The Brunswick Ballmaster Open 2022 was conducted in the famous Tali Bowling, Helsinki for the 52nd time during 6-16 January 2022 – number of entries were less than usual completely due to Covid-19 situation.   ... (read more)

New dates have been set for the European Mens Championships 2022, Helsinki Finland. The Hosts of EMC2022, and EBF agrees with the decision, to set new dates for the postponed EMC2022 as 1 – ... (read more)

Here we go again…. The Hosts of EMC2022 and EWC2022, and EBF agrees with the decision, have decided to postpone the European Men Championships which should be held in Helsinki, Finland 19-30 January 2022 ... (read more)

Dear friends, Also this COVID year is coming to an end. It has been a year where we as ETBF have been trying to start bowling again in Europe. Since January 2020 (ESC in ... (read more)

The Leandersson Christmas Tournament 2021 was conducted in Mora Parken Bowling, Sweden, during 11 to 19 October 2021 - a total of 329 entries by 145 athletes (where of 17 women) bowled during the ... (read more)

Dear friends,  It is with great sadness that we announce the passing away of our friend and colleague, Tomas Leandersson on 2/11/2021. After a long fight against cancer, he,  surrounded by his family died.  ... (read more)

The Norwegian Open 2021 by Brunswick, was conducted in Hönefoss bowlingsenter, Norway, during 8 to 17 October 2021;a total of 493 entries by 186 athletes (where of 38 women) bowled during the week. After ... (read more)

The 23rd edition of the Mediterranean Bowling Championships took place in Paris, France from 10th to 17th of October 2021. ESCAPE FACTORY bowling center hosted the event under the leadership of the France Bowling ... (read more)

The 4th Brunswick Open 2021, was conducted in Crystal Bowling, Wittelsheim, France during 28 September to 3 October 2021;a total of 422 entries by 170 athletes (where of 32 women) bowled during the week ... (read more)

The 33th edition of the European Youth Championships was conducted on 10-19 September 2021 in Dolfijn, The Plays To Be, in Tilburg, Netherlands In this first championship after Covid-19 then we saw athletes from ... (read more)

ETBF ACADEMY will host an international special 6-day combined Level-I and Level-II clinic for experienced coaches who are seeking Level II certification. Depending on qualifications coaches can enter a 2 day Level I clinic ... (read more)

Website for the European Women Championships 2022 has been opened at: https://ewc2022.etbfchampionships.eu/ The Championship will be conducted during 9-20 February 2022 in Løvvang Bowling Center, Aalborg, Denmark. At the site you will find all ... (read more)

We are live again…!  No EBT tournament has been since February 2020 and finally it has started…. The Brunswick Ballmaster Open 2021, was conducted in Tali, Helsinki, Finland during 14-22 August 2021;a total of ... (read more)

During the ETBF Congress in Unterföhring, Germany, in 2019 the member federations decided that: From 1st January 2021 no coaches will be allowed in the competition area unless they are certified coaches as ETBF ... (read more)

This amazing tournament finished yesterday and all participants and officials we are so happy having been able to be part of it! 8 federations, 16 boys and 12 girls (under 21) participated in their ... (read more)

Mediterranean Bowling Championship (MBC) is back. Tenpin Bowling Association of France and the MBC committee announce the days for the 2021 edition. The championship will take place from 10th to 17th of October 2021 ... (read more)

The Host of Brunswick Ballmaster Open, in Helsinki Finland, is taking the opportunity and is hosting the postponed Brunswick Ballmaster Open during 14-22 August 2021 Further info can be found at https://europeanbowling.sport/tourn-2021-01-bbo/ ... (read more)

Unfortunately, due to heavy scheduling in the beginning of 2022 we are forced to postpone the ESC2022 that was scheduled end of January 2022 in Aalborg, Denmark We are working on finding new suitable ... (read more)

It is my sad duty to inform you that ESBC Honourable Member Paul Douw from The Netherlands has passed away this Tuesday. Paul was a good friend to many bowlers all around Europe and ... (read more)

It is with great pleasure to announce the recognition of the Mediterranean Bowling Confederation by the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games (ICMG). The Mediterranean Bowling Confederation family is very grateful for the support ... (read more)

As our beloved sport and industry are hit strongly by the pandemic, the ETBF Presidium and Educational committee decided to use this as an opportunity to enhance their educational programs. The ETBF Academy Development ... (read more)

Unfortunately, due to the COVID pandemic then the host of the EMC 2020 together with ETBF has decided to postpone again – EMC will be hosted in Helsinki, Finland second part of January 2022 ... (read more)

Unfortunately, due to the COVID pandemic then the host of the Odense International 2021 has decided to cancel the tournament and return in 2022 again. Odense International, was expected to be hosted in Odense, ... (read more)

Unfortunately, due to the COVID pandemic then we have 2 cancellation:  Brunswick Madrid Challenge and Storm San Marino Open are both cancelled. Brunswick Madrid Challenge was supposed to be held in Madrid during 3-11 ... (read more)

I have just been informed that GEORGE SARAHETE from Finland has passed away on the 23 January 2021 at the age of 91 years. George was for many years the Secretary General of FIQ ... (read more)

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic ETBF and the Host, The Nederland Bowling Federation have agreed to postpone the EYC2021 that was supposed to be held in Tilburg, NL during the 25 March – 4 ... (read more)

Finally, the year 2020 is coming to an end. What a year! Many of us have suffered during this year. How often have we said: “is there light at the end of the tunnel”? ... (read more)

We have a newcomer to the European Bowling Tour 2021; Bologna Open - to be hosted during 11-19 September 2021 in Bologna, Italy. New tournament of Bronze status in the EBT. Further information to ... (read more)

The host of the Leandersson Christmas tournament in Sweden, has decided to cancel the 2020 version of the tournament due to restrictions due to COVID-19 The tournament will however be back strong in the ... (read more)

The host of the Brunswick Ballmaster Open tournament in Helsinki, Finland has decided to postpone the 2021 version of the tournament due to restrictions due to COVID-19 New dates will be announced during January, ... (read more)

The host of the Valcke Bronzen Schietspoel tournament in Tilburg, NL has decided to cancel the 2021 version of the tournament due to restrictions due to COVID-19 The Valcke Bronzen Schietspoel tournament is however ... (read more)

The Program of the European Bowling Tour 2021 has been released, it is presented here and presented at the ETBF website:  www.etbf.eu The EBT 2021 is the 22nd consecutive tour since the first European ... (read more)

Due to Covid-19 situation in Sweden and restrictions until 20 December 2020, then the organizer of the Leandersson Christmas Tournament has postponed the tournament by just about 2 weeks, starting on the 28 December ... (read more)

World Bowling has officially changed its name to the International Bowling Federation (IBF) and has vowed to properly act as the sport's global governing body. The decision was made at the organization's Extraordinary Congress, ... (read more)

The formation of the Mediterranean Bowling Confederation was decided during the General Assembly of the national bowling federations of the Mediterranean countries, which took place via teleconference on the 15th of October 2020 and ... (read more)

In yesterday´s release the International Bowling Federation approves string centers for Sport Bowling to ensure bowling operators and investors have a real choice in new technology – both free-fall and string technology are now ... (read more)

Due to the COVID-19 situation around Europe then the Hosts of EWC 2020 and EMC 2020 in co-operation with ETBF Presidium have decided to further postpone the Championships as follows: EWC 2020 will be ... (read more)

ECC 2020 cancelled, Due to the current Covid-19 virus we are facing, the organizing committee together with ETBF have decided to cancel the ECC 2020. This means, there will be no European Championship of ... (read more)

Further news from the Chairman of MBC: Due to the recent measures for the Coronavirus pandemic and the new restrictions all over Europe, unfortunately, we will have to move the Championship one more time ... (read more)

EYC 2020 cancelled, Tilburg, Netherlands, will be host city 2021 Due to the current Covid-19 virus we are facing, the organizing committee together with ETBF and the city of Tilburg have decided to cancel ... (read more)

Dear MBC Federations, Dear friends, As worries over COVID-19 continue to grow, so does the list of major events that are being cancelled. Many major event organizers are not taking any chances as cases ... (read more)

Today the following sad message was published from the Organizer of Brunswick Euro Challenge: Dear bowlers, the situation with COVID-19 (Corona-Virus) gets more serious in Germany and Europe. Many sports events were already canceled ... (read more)

The Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament, was conducted in Dolfijn, the Plays To Be, Tilburg, Netherlands during 16-23 February 2020;a total of 592 entries by 238 athletes (where of 50 women) bowled during the week ... (read more)

ETBF has got information about the 21st Maccabiah Games, which will be hosted in Israel in July 2021. The Maccabiah Games – sometimes referred to as „the Jewish Olympics“ are held every 4th year ... (read more)

Story 2020-04; ESC2020 Published on 1 February 2020 by Valgeir Gudbjartsson The 1st edition of the European Senior Championships was concluded on Saturday 1 February in Plus Bowling, Vienna, Austria. In this 1st version ... (read more)

The 32nd Irish Open Championships in association with Storm, 900 Global and 3G shoes, was conducted in Stillorgan Bowl, Ireland during 12-19 January 2020; total of 418 entries by 176 athletes were bowled during ... (read more)

The 50th Brunswick Ballmaster Open, conducted in the notorious Tali Bowl in Helsinki 3 – 12 January was historical; it was record setting tournament with 690 athletes, and 1334 entries.  Prize fund was also ... (read more)

The 40th AIK International Tournament Powered by Track, was conducted in Bowl-O-Rama in Stockholm, Sweden as usually over the year change 2019-2020.  369 athletes, 67 women and 302 men fought out for the first ... (read more)

Dear All, The Presidium of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation wishes all their member federations and the leadership of World Bowling a Merry Christmas and may the new year 2020 bring you and your ... (read more)

ETBF Presidium has awarded the hosting of the European Championship of Champions 2022 to The German Bowling Federation, ECC 2022 to be held at Bowlplay Berlin, Germany during 24-30 October 2022. ETBF Presidium is ... (read more)

This year we have newcomers as winners of the EBT.  On the women’s division we had Anna Andersson from Sweden winning the tour with 688 points, well in front of a well-known athlete, Jenny ... (read more)

Kegel Aalborg International 2019, was conducted in Aalborg, Denmark 3 – 10 November 2019.  107 athletes, 30 women and 77 men fought out for the first price. After the first of 4 games in ... (read more)

Glenn Morten Pedersen from Norway and Joline Persson Planefors from Sweden win the women´s and men´s titles at the ECC 2019 Glenn was leading the 38 athletes group from the second block of qualifications ... (read more)

Ladies and Gentlemen, dear friends, It is with great pleasure that I can announce our new secretary general for ETBF. Natasa Pirc Musar from Slovenia has already started working with the Presidium during our ... (read more)

Due to security concerns from some of the ETBF federations regarding the ECC 2019 that will be hosted in Ankara, Turkey 21-27 October 2019 then ETBF has got the following statement from the Turkish ... (read more)

The Norwegian Open 2019 by Brunswick , conducted in Oslo, Norway 4-13 October 2019.  192 athletes, 49 women and 143 men fought out for the first price. Scoring was high and in the final ... (read more)

The 3rd Brunswick Open 2019, conducted in Wittelsheim, France 1-6 October 2019.  153 athletes, 19 women and 134 men fought out for the first price of 6.000 EUR In the final match, we saw ... (read more)

The first Greek EBT stop for a long time was conducted in Thessaloniki, 14-22 September, 210 athletes, 47 women and 163 men, battled it out – with total of 514 entries and re-entries. In ... (read more)

At the last ETBF Congress, ETBF informed that agreement had been made with company bbbs – a company from Greece headed by one of the longtime friends of bowling, Bill Hartofillis. Bill made short ... (read more)

Stephan Unger from Germany won his first EBT title today at the 9th Odense International which was conducted from the 25th of August until today, the 1st of September. Unger beat last year’s winner, ... (read more)

The ETBF Congress, which is held every second year, was this time held on 9 June 2019 in Dream Bowl Palace, Unterföhring, where the European Men Championship was conducted from 10-19 June. About the ... (read more)

The program of the European Bowling Tour 2020 has been decided by the ETBF Presidium. The program is presented at the following page and at the ETBF Website: www.etbf.eu The EBT 2020 is the ... (read more)

Arnar David Jonsson from Iceland won his second tour stop ever, when he defeated Nicole Sanders from Netherlands in the final of the Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger. The tournament, which was conducted ... (read more)

One of the most beautiful locations in Europe, San Marino held the Storm San Marino Open for the 15th time, which was conducted from 6 July until 14 July. Daniel Fransson picked up his ... (read more)

One of the well-known tournaments in the European Bowling Tour, The Brunswick Madrid Challenge was conducted on 29 June to 7 July 2019. The final were a Swedish battle between the hottest young bowler ... (read more)

Rafiq Ismail and Sin Lin Jane from Malaysia won the EBT Masters 2019 that has just been finalized in Bowling Chamartin in Madrid. After 8 games then Rafiq Ismail and Sin Li Jane – ... (read more)

Denmark became the best nation, when the European Men Championships 2019 were conducted in Dream Bowl Palace, Unterföhring, Germany on the 10-21 June 2019. Denmark won 2 Gold medals, 1 Silver medal and 3 ... (read more)

The previously awarded host of Slovenia has informed ETBF that they cannot do the hosting as the Bowling center in Ljubljana will not be ready. Another host has been ready to take on the ... (read more)

The Rome Open, which was supposed to be conducted in September in Rome, is cancelled by the organizers due to various domestic problems. The organizer expresses the wish to reinsert the tournament into the ... (read more)

The 22st edition of the Mediterranean Bowling Championships was concluded on Saturday 6 April in Eden Superbowl, situated in Malta. These regional championships, which are conducted annually, are open for member federations with a ... (read more)

    The 12th edition of the EBT Masters, the EBT Masters 2019, will be conducted in Bowling Chamartin, in Madrid, Spain on 4 July 2019. The EBT Master 2019 is conducted on Thursday morning/early ... (read more)

The ETBF Presidium has decided to award the hosting of the European Senior Championships 2022 to Lovvang Bowling Centre in Aalborg, Denmark. The championships will be held in the well-known Lovvang Bowling Centre in ... (read more)

Dream-Bowl Palace did not manage to continue the record streak they had the last 2 years, but still a total of 1145 entries from 382 athletes in this year’s 16th issue of the Brunswick ... (read more)

Vice President of the ETBF, Kim Thorsgaard Jensen passed away on Tuesday 26 February 2019 at the age of 62. He joined our Presidium in 1997 when he was elected in Nottingham, UK. In ... (read more)

One of the classic tournaments in European Bowling Tour, The Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament was conducted on 24.02.-3.03.2019 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. A total of 210 athletes, which was 163 men and 47 women ... (read more)

It is with great sorrow that we were informed this morning that our dear friend and Vice President of ETBF, Kim Thorsgard Jensen passed away. Kim leaves a daughter and a son behind. He ... (read more)

The organizer of the VII Brunswick Madrid Challenge has decided to extend the duration of the tournament from 8 to 9 days, since they will add a squad on Saturday in the weekend before ... (read more)

The classic Irish Open Championships was conducted on 13-20 January 2019, as always in Leisureplex Stillorgan in Dublin. The tournament was this time conducted under the name, the 31st Irish Open Championships in association ... (read more)

The European Bowling Tour is running in its 20th season, and in just as many occasions the famous Brunswick Ballmaster Open has been adopted in the tour; something no other tournament in the tour ... (read more)

One of Europe’s surely classic tournaments, the AIK International Tournament Powered by Track, appeared for the second time in the EBT, when the tournament was conducted over the year change 2018-2019. A little more ... (read more)

The ETBF Presidium has decided to include a new Article 8.5.8 into Chapter 8.5 of the ETBF Constitution, with the primary purpose to ensure higher degrees of specification for tournaments adopted in other series ... (read more)

It is a great pleasure to congratulating Italy for their first ever won gold medal at a World Championship and Ireland for their first ever won medal at a World Championship. At the WMC ... (read more)

As a consequence of technical issues, the centre in Riga (Latvia), where the EYC 2019 was planned to be held, is not going to be certified in due time. As a further consequence, it ... (read more)

The organizer of the Swedish based tournament “Lucky Larsen Masters” has decided to conduct the 2019 edition of their tournament without handicap for women. It means that the tournament cannot keep its inclusion in ... (read more)

At a recently held meeting in the ETBF Presidium the rules for the EBT 2020 was decided. The rules are, with one exception, identical with the rules of the EBT 2019. The ETBF Presidium ... (read more)

Since the beginning of the EBT in 2000, there has been a handicap for women in tournaments with a mixed division. In the first 6 years of the tour (2000-2005) all tournaments with mixed ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

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 ... (read more)

The ETBF Presidium has decided to award the hosting of the European Senior Championships 2020 to the Austrian Bowling Federation. The championships will be held in the well-known Plus Bowling Centre in Vienna from ... (read more)

Georg Skryten from Norway in Boys Singles and Robert Lindberg and Alfred Berggren from Sweden in Boys Doubles stood for the total European title harvest at the World Youth Championships 2018, which were concluded ... (read more)

Jesper Agerbo from Denmark won his first tour stop ever, when he defeated his fellow countryman Thomas Larsen in the final of the Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger. Thomas Larsen has had a ... (read more)

Pontus Andersson from Sweden won in San Marino after a very tight three games final 718 vs. 716 against Kamron Doyle from USA, who attended a stop in the European Bowling Tour for only ... (read more)

The ETBF Presidium have decided to introduce a slight change of the EBT Masters format, where after it will include 8 games qualification for the 8 qualified athletes of each gender. Top 4 after ... (read more)

The VI Brunswick Madrid Challenge was conducted on 1-8 July 2018 in Bowling Chamartin in Madrid. The tournament, which as always was well managed by Paco Rodriguez, appeared in the European Bowling Tour 2018 ... (read more)

The first part of the European Women Championships 2018 was completely dominated by a very well plying Swedish Team. In the Singles event, the final became an overall Swedish affair, where Cajsa Wegner took ... (read more)

It has been found that a trade fare in Munich is overlapping the first days of the original conduction period of the European Men Championships 2019. Since the consequence of this would be both ... (read more)

As a consequence of a sponsorship agreement, Stop 11 of the European Bowling Tour 2018 is changed from Rome Open to Rome Open All4bowling. The tournament will unchanged be conducted on 8-16 September 2018 ... (read more)

The program of the European Bowling Tour 2019 has been decided by the ETBF Presidium. The EBT 2019 is the 20th consecutive tour since the first European Bowling Tour in 2000. The 15 tournaments ... (read more)

Jenny Wegner and Pontus Andersson, both from Sweden, won the EBT Masters 2018 in the women’s, respectively the men’s division. The EBT Masters 2018 is the 11th final of a European Bowling Tour. The ... (read more)

One of the classic tournaments in the European Bowling Tour, the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament, is back in the tour after one year’s absence. The tournament was conducted on 15-22 April 2018 in a ... (read more)

The 21st edition of the Mediterranean Bowling Championships was concluded on Saturday 21 April in Rollhouse Bowling, situated in Ankara. These regional championships, which are conducted annually, are open for member federations with a ... (read more)

Jari Ratia from Finland will replace Carsten W. Hansen from Denmark in the EBT Masters 2018. Carsten W. Hansen withdrew from the EBT Masters 2018 yesterday, on 16 April. The EBT Masters 2018 will ... (read more)

The organizer of Kegel Aalborg International have received more and more comments from bowlers, that a late May period of the tournament fits badly with the many taking a break in between seasons, especially ... (read more)

The ETBF Presidium has decided to award the hosting rights of the European Champions Cup, both in 2020 and in 2021. The ECC 2020 will be hosted by the Slovenian Bowling Federation on 19-25 ... (read more)

The European Youth Championships 2018 was the 31st of its kind and the 3rd EYC conducted in Lovvang Bowling Centre in Aalborg. The two previous EYC’s in Aalborg was conducted in 1978 and 2012 ... (read more)

Dream-Bowl Palace broke the tour record with fantastic 1.197 entries in the 14th issue of Brunswick Euro Challenge, a record which seemed to be impossible to beat, but they did it again this year, ... (read more)

The 11th edition of the EBT Masters, the EBT Masters 2018, will be conducted in then newly re-opened Dolfijn | The Plays To Be in Tilburg, The Netherlands on 23 April 2018. The EBT ... (read more)

As a consequence of a sponsorship agreement, Stop 11 of the European Bowling Tour 2018 is changed from the Lucky Larsen Masters to the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters. The tournament will unchanged be conducted ... (read more)

The organizer of Stop 07 in the EBT 2018, the VI Brunswick Madrid Challenge, has announced the period of the tournament to be shortened by one day. The tournament, which is conducted in Bowling ... (read more)

Anthony Simonsen from USA won the jubilee edition of the Irish Open, which were conducted in Leisureplex Stillorgan as the 30th Irish Open Championships in association with Storm. The tournament, which appeared in the ... (read more)

The European Bowling Tour has started in a thru fireworks of entries and wonderfully good bowling as never seen before. Last week the debuting AIK International Tournament Powered by Track entered the tour with ... (read more)

With not less than 455 attending athletes, playing as much as 1.060 entries, the Stockholm based tournament, AIK International Tournament Powered by Track, got a fantastic first time appearance in the European Bowling Tour ... (read more)