Review the archived videos of the 2012 BEC and WTBA International Open
Bowlingdigital.com has provided live streaming of the 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge which was held March 16-25 at Plaza Saint Maximin in suburban Paris, France. Live streaming started with the stepladder finals of the WTBA International Open featuring Liz Johnson, Chris Barnes and Walter Ray Williams Jr. and closed with the stepladder finals of the BEC including Joonas Jehkinen, Mika Koivuniemi and Mike Fagan. Eurosport have confirmed that the Brunswick Euro Challenge program will be broadcast on Eurosport 2 on May 3 at 22:00 hrs CET.
Captures his fourth PBA title and the 15.000 Euro top prize
2012 USBC Masters champion and U.S. Open runner-up Mike Fagan, United States, captured his fourth European Bowling Tour title and his fourth career PBA title when he defeated Joonas Jehkinen of Finland, 279-193, to win the 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge in suburban Paris, France. Jehkinen, who earned the No. 1 seed for the three-player stepladder finals by leading the match play round of 8, had to sit and wait for the winner of the opening match between third-seeded Fagan and the "big Finn", reigning PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi.
Tom Hess remains unchallenged; wins qualifying in 9th Brunswick Euro Challenge USBC Masters champion leads 399-player field from 35 countries with 25.5 average; Christian Racpan, Germany, is the sole player of ultimate Squad 25 to move into the top 52; cut for 52nd place is 1358 (226.33 avg.)
Tom Hess (l.), United States, won the qualifying of the 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge and leads total 64 players into Sunday's finals at Plaza Bowling Saint Maximin in suburban Paris, France. The 2011 USBC Masters champion led a field of 399 players from 35 countries with 1533 pinfall and an average of 255.50. Christian Racpan (r.) of Germany was the sole player of the ultimate qualifying squad 25 who moved into the top 52 with 1399, goor for 23rd place.
Englishman shoots 1428 to take over 11th place; Venezuela's Ruiz was the only other player to move into the top 52; Cut for 52nd place is now 1356 (226 avg.)
Raymond Teece (l.) of England rolled a 1428 series in the penultimate qualifying squad 24 to rocket from 90th to 11th place in the qualifying of the Brunswick Euro Challenge Saturday evening at Plaza Bowling St. Maximin, France. Ildemaro Ruiz (r.) of Venezuela totaled 1359 pins and was the only other player who moved into the top 52. Qualifying concludes Saturday night with Squad 25 and the Desperado Squad.
Palermaa, Jussila, Koivuniemi shoot 1414, 1413 and 1412; Barnes ties Koivuniemi to book the finals; four players move into the top 52; cut is now 1355 (223.83)
Finnish bowlers set the tone in the third to last qualifying squad of the Brunswick Euro Challenge Saturday afternoon at Plaza Saint Maximin in suburban Paris, France. Osku Palermaa (l.), who is targeting to win his third consecutive tournament and his fourth career PBA title in Paris, totaled 1414 pins to lead Squad 23 with his compatriots Perttu Jussila (r.) and Mika Koivuniemi one and two pins behind with 1413 and 1412, respectively.
Another three players move into top 52 including Missy Parkin, who is on the bubble with 1348; number of participants nears 400
Paul Moor (l.) of England started the final day of qualifying in the 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge with a 1391 series to jump from 40th to 22nd place in the standings. The lefty had games of 215, 263, 223, 265, 216 and 209, an average of 231.83 over six games. USBC Masters champion Tom Hess (r.), United States, continued to lead the field of 395 players, 79 women and 316 men, from 35 countries with 1533 (255.50).
Finn shoots 1464 in Squad 20; Alexandre Vahidi leads second consecutive Midnight squad; Norm Duke is on the bubble with 1338 (223 avg.)
Joonas Jehkinen (pictured) became the second consecutive Finnish squad leader in the Brunswick Euro Challenge when he averaged 244 over six games in Squad 20 Friday night at Plaza Bowling Saint Maximin in suburban Paris, France. Jehkinen rolled games of 256, 243, 217 and 204 before he finished with high games of 265 and 279. His 1464 pinfall total propelled the Finn into seventh place in the overall qualifying standings. Qualifying ends on Saturday with squads 22-25 and the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad.
PBA superstar Chris Barnes is on the bubble with 1333 and an average of 222.17
Joonas Jähi (l.) of Finland had a strong finish in his six-game series in Squad 19 at the Brunswick Euro Challenge, a World Bowling Tour and European Bowling Tour event, en route to move into 19th place in qualifying with 1398 and an average of 233. The Finnish international Tom Hess (r.) leads the field of 362 players, 289 men and 73 women, from 32 countries since Squad 9 with 1533 and an average of 255.50.
Swedish PBA exempt player cracks top 12; another six players positioned themselves in the top 52; cut for 52nd place is now 1328 (221.33 avg.)
Three-time WTBA World Champion Martin Larsen (l.) became the 18th player in the 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge who surpassed the 1400-mark in qualifying when the Swede totaled 1426 pins, an average of 237.67 in Squad 18, to leap into 11th place in the standings. Four players of the United States, Tom Hess (r., 1533), Dino Castillo (1531), Mike Fagan (1514) and Sean Rash (1488) are in control of the 345 player leaderboard.
CDB, Nico D'Achille and Hafthor Hardarson were the only players of Squad 17 to surpass the cut line; cut for 52nd place is now 1322 (220.33 avg.)
USBC Hall of Fame Carolyn Dorin-Ballard (l.) saved her best game for last in the qualifying of the Brunswick Euro Challenge on Friday morning. The 20-time PWBA titlist, who finished second in last year's BEC, closed out with a 245 high game for 1370 total en route to move into 26th place in the overall standings. Nico D'Achille, Italy, and Hafthor Hardarson (r.), Iceland, were the only other players who moved into the top 52.
Fins and Nathan Bohr shoot over 1400 to crack top 12 in Squad 15; Swede Karl Wahlgren rolls first 300; no player of the Midnight Squad 16 makes top 52; cut for 52nd place is now 1318 (219.67 avg.)
Reigning PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi (l.) and three-time PBA champion Osku Palermaa (r.), both of Finland, had six-game series of 1453 and 1440 Thursday night en route to move into the top 10 in the qualifying of the Brunswick Euro Challenge. Koivuniemi, who leads the World Bowling Tour men's point ranking, led Squad 15 behind games of 259, 233, 225, 278, 213 and 245 en route to overtake seventh place in the overall qualifying standings.
USBC Masters champion shoots 1514 to take over third place; Stuart Williams, Zulmazran Zulkifli move into top 12; cut for 52nd place is now 1308 (218 avg.)
USBC Masters champion Mike Fagan (l.), United States, posted a 1514 series in Squad 14 to become the third player in the 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge who cracked the 1500-bar. Tom Hess and Dino Castillo sit in first and second place with 1533 and 1531, resp. Stuart Williams (r.), England's first PBA champion, finished Squad 14 with 1475 to move into fifth place.Â
Dane shoots 1439 to jump into fifth place in qualifying; Liz Johnson, Zandra Aziela become top-ranked women; cut for 52nd place is now 1292 (215.33 avg.)
Danish national team member Anders Lousdal (pictured) led Squad 13 on Thursday afternoon with 1439 six-game total to break into the phalanx of U.S. players atop the leaderboard of the Brunswick Euro Challenge. Lousdal started the day (the morning squad 12 has been cancelled) with 289 followed by 220, 257, 208, 233 and 232, an average of 239.83, to become the best non-American player in fifth place. Qualifying continues on Thursday with Squads 14 and 15.
Blanchard, MacLelland pace Squad 11 to move into top 12; cut for 52nd place increased to 1272
Six U.S. bowlers lead a field of 228 players from 22 countries after the conclusion of 11 out of 25 qualifying squads in the Brunswick Euro Challenge Wednesday night at Plaza Bowling Saint Maximin in suburban Paris. 2011 USBC Masters champion Tom Hess (l) continued to lead with 1533 and an average of 255.50. Josh Blanchard (r.) led Squad 11 en route to overtake fifth place with 1428.
Another four players crack top 12; U.S. pros hold top five spots; cut for 52nd place is now 1262
Tom Smallwood (l.), United States, posted a 1465 six-game series in Squad 10 to jump into fourth place in tqualifying at the Brunswick Euro Challenge in suburban Paris. The 2009 PBA World Championship winner averaged 244.17 including a 298 game. 2011 USBC Masters champion Tom Hess (r.) held on to the lead with 1533. Fellow PBAers Dino Castillo (1531), Sean Rash (1488) and Tommy Jones rounded out the top 5.
Hess, Castillo crack the 1500-bar in Squad 9; cut for 52nd place is now 1228
Four PBA players took control of the leaderboard in the Brunswick Euro Challenge Monday evening at Plaza Saint Maximin in Saint Maximin, France. 2011 USBC masters champion Tom Hess (l.) and Dino Castillo (r.) cracked the 1500-bar, PBA champions Sean Rash and Tommy Jones surpassed the 1400-mark. Hess toppled 1533 pins, an average of 255.50, to lead the field of 163 players.
The top 8 players of Squads 1-8 are automatically qualified for the finals; cut for 52nd place is 1198
Jimmy Ravez (pictured) of Belgium remained unchallenged in the eighth qualifying squad of the Brunswick Euro Challenge Monday evening at Plaza Saint Maximin in Saint Maximin, France, and continued to lead the field of 135 players from ten countries with 1396 pinfall and an average of 232.67. Ravez and the next seven players in the standings after the first eight squads are automatically qualified for Sunday's finals. Qualifying continues on Tuesday, March 20, with Squads 9 scheduled for 8.30 p.m. CET.
Six players move into top 8 in Sunday's qualifying squads 5, 6 and 7; cut for 52nd place is 1194
Jimmy Ravez (l.), Belgium, rolled a 1396 series in Squad 7 Sunday evening at Plaza Saint Maximin in Saint Maximin, France, en route to overtake the lead in the qualifying of the Brunswick Euro Challenge. Ravez had games of 267, 238, 206, 268 and 235 but missed the 1400-mark due to a final 182 game. Second-placed Amandine Jacques (r.) became the first woman this year to win a qualifying squad when the French bowler posted 1386 in Squad 5.
Past European Bowling Tour ranking champion rolls 1375 series; cut for 52nd place is 1159
The 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge got underway with three qualifying squads Saturday at Plaza Saint Maximin in Saint Maximin, France. Four-time European Bowling Tour Point ranking champion Gery Verbruggen (pictured) of Belgium had games of 210, 237, 226, 222. 234 and 246 to lead the field of 88 players from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia and United States with 1375 six-game total and an average of 229.17. Qualifying continues on Sunday, March 18, with Squads 5-7 scheduled for 9 a.m., 1 and 5 p.m. CET.
439 players from 38 countries registered; EBT Platinum event offers 106.000 Euro total prize fund and a PBA title for the winner; Bowlingdigital to provide Live Streaming of the BEC and the WTBA International Open stepladder finals
The Brunswick Euro Challenge, a "Platinum" event on the 2012 European Bowling Tour, is also the seventh event of the 2012 World Bowling Tour. The 106.000 Euro tournament will be held March 16-25 at Plaza Saint St. Maximin near Paris, France and offers 15.000 Euro and a PBA title for the winner. As of today 439 players from 38 countries have registered. Bowlingdigital will provide Live Streaming of the BEC and the WTBA International Open stepladder finals.
2012 USBC Masters champion and U.S. Open runner-up Mike Fagan, United States, captured his fourth European Bowling Tour title and his fourth career PBA title when he defeated Joonas Jehkinen of Finland, 279-193, to win the 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge in suburban Paris, France. Jehkinen, who earned the No. 1 seed for the three-player stepladder finals by leading the match play round of 8, had to sit and wait for the winner of the opening match between third-seeded Fagan and the "big Finn", reigning PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi. 
Raymond Teece (l.) of England rolled a 1428 series in the penultimate qualifying squad 24 to rocket from 90th to 11th place in the qualifying of the Brunswick Euro Challenge Saturday evening at Plaza Bowling St. Maximin, France. Ildemaro Ruiz (r.) of Venezuela totaled 1359 pins and was the only other player who moved into the top 52. Qualifying concludes Saturday night with Squad 25 and the Desperado Squad.
Finnish bowlers set the tone in the third to last qualifying squad of the Brunswick Euro Challenge Saturday afternoon at Plaza Saint Maximin in suburban Paris, France. Osku Palermaa (l.), who is targeting to win his third consecutive tournament and his fourth career PBA title in Paris, totaled 1414 pins to lead Squad 23 with his compatriots Perttu Jussila (r.) and Mika Koivuniemi one and two pins behind with 1413 and 1412, respectively.
Joonas Jehkinen (pictured) became the second consecutive Finnish squad leader in the Brunswick Euro Challenge when he averaged 244 over six games in Squad 20 Friday night at Plaza Bowling Saint Maximin in suburban Paris, France. Jehkinen rolled games of 256, 243, 217 and 204 before he finished with high games of 265 and 279. His 1464 pinfall total propelled the Finn into seventh place in the overall qualifying standings. Qualifying ends on Saturday with squads 22-25 and the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad.
Joonas Jähi (l.) of Finland had a strong finish in his six-game series in Squad 19 at the Brunswick Euro Challenge, a World Bowling Tour and European Bowling Tour event, en route to move into 19th place in qualifying with 1398 and an average of 233. The Finnish international Tom Hess (r.) leads the field of 362 players, 289 men and 73 women, from 32 countries since Squad 9 with 1533 and an average of 255.50.
Three-time WTBA World Champion Martin Larsen (l.) became the 18th player in the 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge who surpassed the 1400-mark in qualifying when the Swede totaled 1426 pins, an average of 237.67 in Squad 18, to leap into 11th place in the standings. Four players of the United States, Tom Hess (r., 1533), Dino Castillo (1531), Mike Fagan (1514) and Sean Rash (1488) are in control of the 345 player leaderboard.
USBC Hall of Fame Carolyn Dorin-Ballard (l.) saved her best game for last in the qualifying of the Brunswick Euro Challenge on Friday morning. The 20-time PWBA titlist, who finished second in last year's BEC, closed out with a 245 high game for 1370 total en route to move into 26th place in the overall standings. Nico D'Achille, Italy, and Hafthor Hardarson (r.), Iceland, were the only other players who moved into the top 52.
Reigning PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi (l.) and three-time PBA champion Osku Palermaa (r.), both of Finland, had six-game series of 1453 and 1440 Thursday night en route to move into the top 10 in the qualifying of the Brunswick Euro Challenge. Koivuniemi, who leads the World Bowling Tour men's point ranking, led Squad 15 behind games of 259, 233, 225, 278, 213 and 245 en route to overtake seventh place in the overall qualifying standings.
USBC Masters champion Mike Fagan (l.), United States, posted a 1514 series in Squad 14 to become the third player in the 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge who cracked the 1500-bar. Tom Hess and Dino Castillo sit in first and second place with 1533 and 1531, resp. Stuart Williams (r.), England's first PBA champion, finished Squad 14 with 1475 to move into fifth place. 
Danish national team member Anders Lousdal (pictured) led Squad 13 on Thursday afternoon with 1439 six-game total to break into the phalanx of U.S. players atop the leaderboard of the Brunswick Euro Challenge. Lousdal started the day (the morning squad 12 has been cancelled) with 289 followed by 220, 257, 208, 233 and 232, an average of 239.83, to become the best non-American player in fifth place. Qualifying continues on Thursday with Squads 14 and 15.
Six U.S. bowlers lead a field of 228 players from 22 countries after the conclusion of 11 out of 25 qualifying squads in the Brunswick Euro Challenge Wednesday night at Plaza Bowling Saint Maximin in suburban Paris. 2011 USBC Masters champion Tom Hess (l) continued to lead with 1533 and an average of 255.50. Josh Blanchard (r.) led Squad 11 en route to overtake fifth place with 1428.
Four PBA players took control of the leaderboard in the Brunswick Euro Challenge Monday evening at Plaza Saint Maximin in Saint Maximin, France. 2011 USBC masters champion Tom Hess (l.) and Dino Castillo (r.) cracked the 1500-bar, PBA champions Sean Rash and Tommy Jones surpassed the 1400-mark. Hess toppled 1533 pins, an average of 255.50, to lead the field of 163 players. 
Jimmy Ravez (pictured) of Belgium remained unchallenged in the eighth qualifying squad of the Brunswick Euro Challenge Monday evening at Plaza Saint Maximin in Saint Maximin, France, and continued to lead the field of 135 players from ten countries with 1396 pinfall and an average of 232.67. Ravez and the next seven players in the standings after the first eight squads are automatically qualified for Sunday's finals. Qualifying continues on Tuesday, March 20, with Squads 9 scheduled for 8.30 p.m. CET. 
Jimmy Ravez (l.), Belgium, rolled a 1396 series in Squad 7 Sunday evening at Plaza Saint Maximin in Saint Maximin, France, en route to overtake the lead in the qualifying of the Brunswick Euro Challenge. Ravez had games of 267, 238, 206, 268 and 235 but missed the 1400-mark due to a final 182 game. Second-placed Amandine Jacques (r.) became the first woman this year to win a qualifying squad when the French bowler posted 1386 in Squad 5.
The 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge got underway with three qualifying squads Saturday at Plaza Saint Maximin in Saint Maximin, France. Four-time European Bowling Tour Point ranking champion Gery Verbruggen (pictured) of Belgium had games of 210, 237, 226, 222. 234 and 246 to lead the field of 88 players from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia and United States with 1375 six-game total and an average of 229.17. Qualifying continues on Sunday, March 18, with Squads 5-7 scheduled for 9 a.m., 1 and 5 p.m. CET. 
The Brunswick Euro Challenge, a "Platinum" event on the 2012 European Bowling Tour, is also the seventh event of the 2012 World Bowling Tour. The 106.000 Euro tournament will be held March 16-25 at Plaza Saint St. Maximin near Paris, France and offers 15.000 Euro and a PBA title for the winner. As of today 439 players from 38 countries have registered. Bowlingdigital will provide Live Streaming of the BEC and the WTBA International Open stepladder finals.