UPCOMING CHAMPIONSHIPS AND MAJOR TOURNAMENTS
Bowl for Fun Open 2024: 8-19 May 2024 in Langen, Germany
EBT Masters 2024: 15 May 2024 in Langen, Germany
Kegel Aalborg International 2024 (EBT-2024): 19-26 May 2024 in Aalborg, Denmark
European Women Championship 2024: 5-16 June 2024 In Wittelsheim, France
X Brunswick Madrid Challenge (EBT-2024): 30 June – 7 July 2024 in Madrid, Spain
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
Find more events in the Tournament Calendar and in the Championship Calendar
EBT 2024 Information, rules etc. | EBT Youth 2023/2024 Information etc. | ||
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LATEST NEWS FROM EBF
Marios Nicolaides
Mediterranean Bowling Championships 2024
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 with 54 athletes participated in 7 events, claiming 32 medals
23 April 2024
MBC 2024 ROME, ITALY – WOMEN SINGLES
1st place & Gold medallist, Eva Krafogel from Slovenia
2nd place & Silver medallist, Alexandra Giannadaki from Greece
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Ebru Acar Özoğluuntur from Turkey
MBC 2024 ROME, ITALY – MEN SINGLES
1st place & Gold medallist, Kayden Lagana’ from Malta
2nd place & Silver medallist, Nicholas Muscat from Malta
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Nikolaos Serelis from Greece
24 April 2024
MBC 2024 ROME ITALY – WOMEN DOUBLES
1st place & Gold medallist, Slovenia with Eva Krafogel & Maja Debenec
2nd place & Silver medallist, Greece with Georgia Sagona & Alexandra Giannadaki
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Cyprus with Niki Schiza & Myria Kastori
MBC 2024 ROME, ITALY – MEN DOUBLES
1st place & Gold medallist, Greece with Nikolaos Serelis & Ioannis Xydas
2nd place & Silver medallist, Malta with Nicholas Muscat & Kayden Lagana’
3rd place & Bronze medallist, France with Gregory Rius & Enzo Bergamino
25 April 2024
Mixed Doubles
1st place & Gold medallist, Cyprus with Niki Schiza & Nikolas Christofi
2nd place & Silver medallist, Greecel with Georgia Sagona & Nikolaos Serelis
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Slovenia with Eva Krafogel & Tomo Gaber Pinterič
26 April 2024
Team event
1st place & Gold medallist, Italy with Alessandra Morra, Eva Lemstra, Federico Rossi & Luca Micciche’
2nd place & Silver medallist, Malta with Tiziana Carannante, Cynthia Frendo Duca, Nicholas Muscat & Kayden Lagana’
3rd place & Bronze medallist, France with Berenice Leger, Anaïs Crouzat, Gregory Rius & Enzo Bergamino
Women all events
1st place & Gold medallist, Slovenia with Eva Krafogel
2nd place & Silver medallist, Spain with Cristina Más
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Slovenia with Maja Debenec
Men all events
1st place & Gold medallist, France with Enzo Bergamino
2nd place & Silver medallist, Cyprus with Nikolas Christofi
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Malta with Kayden Lagana’
27 April 2024
Women’s Masters
1st place & Gold medallist, Spain with Cristina Más
2nd place & Silver medallist, Slovenia with Eva Krafogel
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Slovenia with Maja Debenec
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Greece with Alexandra Giannadaki
Men’s Masters
1st place & Gold medallist, Greece with Nikolaos Serelis
2nd place & Silver medallist, France with Enzo Bergamino
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Italy with Federico Ross
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Cyprus with Nikolas Christofi
Marios Nicolaides/President
Mediterranean Bowling Confederation
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Valgeir Gudbjartsson
Valcke Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2024
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 of 452 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the tournament by 190 players, where of 35 were women.
After four final steps it came down to the final four players bowling two games where the highest total pinfall was the winner.
The four players were Mathias Ankerdal from Denmark, Victor Gundersen from Denmark, Paul Sullivan Purps from Germany and Juho Rissanen from Finland.
After the first game Victor was in the lead with a 258 game, Purps had the score of 224, Ankerdal had the score of 215 and in 4th place was Rissanen with the score of 183.
It all came down to the 10th frame in the second game where three players had the chance to win the tournament, Purps needed a double in the 10th frame but only got a 9 on his first shot and in the end finished with the score of 437. That meant that if Victor Gundersen would double he would win the tournament, however he only got the first strike and then got a 9 in the second shot which meant he ended on the score of 438.
Last one to step up was Mathias Ankerdal who knew that a double in the 10th would win him the tournament. He got the first strike but unfortunately for him, he only got 7 on the second shot.
In the end this was the final standings
Victor Gundersen – 438
Paul Sullivan Purps – 437
Mathias Ankerdal – 431
Juho Rissanen – 398
This is Gundersen‘s first win on the European Tour, congratulations Victor!
Nicole Sanders, Netherlands was the highest ranked woman, she finished in 14th place.
The complete ranking after the fourth tournament can be seen here: Women | Men [...]
Valgeir Gudbjartsson
BOWL for Fun Open 2024
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 mixed kind of bowling in the qualification stages, both conventional dual lane style and 18 athletes will qualify for the final stagest from that, then there will be single lane competition = single athlete pr lane playing 6 games and has to finish within certain time. There will also be 18 athletes qualifying for the final step 1 from that part, then in addition are 18 athletes more qualifying from various other ways, Early Bird, Desperato, High-Low and more. In total there will be 54 athletes qualified for final step 1.
Then the final step 1 will also played as single lane competition and 3 games have to be finalized within certain time limits, as before when the time limits ends then athletes if not finished have to stop and all frames left will be getting 0. – Final step 1 is 3 games and the time for the 3 games are 45 minutes – I think all can agree that this should not be difficult task!
Final step 2 and those followoing will be played as traditional dual lane competition.
For our parts – it will be insteresting to see how scoring pace and not least timing will go, there are number of people in our community that have some doubts if bowling is on the right path, i.a. the „purple“ domination is getting over our heads, and slow bowling as well.
If you can work the lane pattern then you can do the single lane competion as yours, and you can go all the way into top 27 without worrying of getting hurt by play on the same lane as any other damaging „your line“.
Please see all details of BOWL for Fun Open here
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Marios Nicolaides
IBF YOUTH WORLD CUP 2024
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 Boy’s division, the battle for the Gold medal ended between Swedish ROBIN ILHAMMAR and Germany’s ZENO JANSSEN, with ROBIN ILHAMMAR taking the title 2-0 (300-225 and 233-194).
In the third place – Bronze medal, LUKAS JELINEK from the Czech Republic defeated MEGAT ZAQRUL MSIQA from Malaysia 2-0 (224-223 and 196-192).
In the Girl’s division, the battle for the Gold medal ended between ELENA WEINSTOK, Costa Rica, and JENNA STRETCH, USA with ELENA WEINSTOK taking the title 2-0 (213-188 and 213-185).
In the third place – Bronze medal, SARA DUQUE from the COLOMBIA defeated NING TAY from SINGAPORE 2-0 (210-207 and 225-212).
Besides the always fantastic atmosphere in a youth event, the championships will be remembered for their attendance by a lot of talented young athletes, promising a very interesting future [...]
Valgeir Gudbjartsson
Reykjavík International Games 2024
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 time a part of the european tour. Total of 302 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the tournament by 87 players, where of 26 were women.
After four final steps it came down to a four player carousel final on live tv. That means that all four players played one game, low score eliminated. The last three players play another game from scratch and again the low score is eliminated, then the final two players play one more game from scratch were the high score is the champion.
In the first game it was Gústaf Smári Björnsson, Iceland that was eliminated with the score of 189, Matej Vojkovsky, Czech Republic was next with 215, second was Gunnar Þór Ásgeirsson, Iceland with 221 and the leader in game one was Kenzo Bogaerts, Belgium with the score of 267.
In the second game it was Vojkovsky that was eliminated with the score of 197, Ásgeirsson was next with the score of 201 and again leading was Bogaerts with the score of 247.
Then it all came down to the final game. Again it was Bogaerts that was in control and he ended up as the winner with the score of 222 to Ásgeirsson‘s 196. This was Kenzo Bogaerts‘ first ever EBT title, congratulations Kenzo.
Olivia Clara Steinunn Lindén, Iceland was the highest ranked woman for the first time, she finished in 16th place.
The complete ranking after the third tournament can be seen here (WIll be updated 01-02-2024 in the morning): Women | Men
EBT Ranking is being moved to a new dynamic viewing system Tuesday 30-01-2024 and Wednesday 31-01-2024. [...]
Valgeir Gudbjartsson
54th Brunswick Ballmaster Open
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 and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the tournament by 506 players, where of 103 were women.
After three final steps it came down to two semi final matches.
First it was Luukas Väänänen from Finland against Jesse Kallio also from Finland for a spot in the final. Kallio defeated Väänänen with the score of 218 against 214.
In the second semi final it was James Blomgren from Sweden against Niko Oksanen from Finland for the second final spot. Oksanen defeated Blomgren with the score of 204 against 181.
In the all Finish final it was Kallio that managed to come out on top with the score of 222 against Oksanen‘s score of 212. This was Kallio‘s first european tour title, congratulations Jesse Kallio.
The highest ranked woman in the tournament was Cherie Tan from Singapore who finished in 11th place.
The complete ranking after the first tournament can be seen here: Women | Men [...]