Czech Republic's Marek Talpa earned the No. 1 seed for the Boys Singles Playoffs at the European Youth Championships after finishing the six-game preliminaries atop the 100-player leaderboard.

Talpa, who averaged of 231.17 in the first squad, had to sit an wait if his 1387 total, would hold on in the second squad. Øyvin Kulseng, Norway, had a slow start into Squad 2 with 176 but then fired games of 220, 266, 245 and 241 to lead the squad after five games with 1148.

Kulseng needed 240 in the last game to earn he No. 1 seed but to add some more pressure five pins more than Filip Wilhelmsson, Sweden, in his last game, to over take the All Events leader by one pin.

Obviously too much pressure for Kulseng, who closed out with 177 for 1325 total, to move into fourth place in the combined standings.

Lukas Pereckas, Lithuania; Scott Connelly, Scotland; Joshua Schuurman, Netherlands; and Konstantinos Xagoraris, Greece, had a chance to overtake Kulseng with a big game but all four fell short to land in fifth through eighth place.

Kulseng took the fourth and last place to advance and will meet top-seeded Talpa in the semifinals on Saturday evening immediately following the girls Singles preliminaries.

In the other semifinal second place Alexander Minenko of Russia (1340) will bowl Team champion Jeroen van Geel, Netherlands, who was third with 1333.

Wilhelmsson survived the strong charge by Kulseng and rolled a 187 final game to secure the gold medal in All Events with 3826 total and an average of 212.56. It was the first gold medal for Sweden in the championships.

Kulseng took silver with 3812 (211.78). Markus Bergendorff overtook Emil Nilsson, Sweden, by 40 pins to claim the bronze medal with 3802 (211.22). Nilsson had to settle for fourth place with 3762.

Those four plus fifth through eighth placed Joshua Schuurman, Netherlands; Lukas Pereckas, Lithuania; Jesse Kallio and Saku Konttila, Finland, will bypass the first round of Masters match play. Squaring off in the first round are the players ranked 9th through 24 in All Events (combined results in Doubles, Team and Singles).

The 25th European Youth Championships will be held from March 31 through April 9, 2012 at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark.

The EYC 2012 is divided in two divisions - boys and girls. Each team consists of maximum four male and four female players, who must not have reached the age of 19 before August 31st, 2012.

The players compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Doubles, Teams, Singles, All Events (18 games) and Masters (top 24 in All Events, single-elimination, best-of-three games). Competition starts on Monday, April 2 with the Boys Doubles and ends on Easter Sunday, April 8, with the Boys and Girls Masters match play.

For more information please download 2012 EYC Bulletin (MS Word document).

 

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25th European Youth Championships - Boys Singles Preliminaries

The top 4 players advance to the finals.

Pos	Players	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Marek Talpa	Czech Republic	254	223	226	703	240	236	208	684	1387	231.17
2.	Alexander Minenko	Russia	235	201	228	664	233	195	248	676	1340	223.33
3.	Jeroen van Geel	Netherlands	202	167	267	636	237	225	235	697	1333	222.17
4.	Øyvin Kulseng	Norway	176	220	266	662	245	241	177	663	1325	220.83
5.	Lukas Pereckas	Lithuania	252	194	226	672	200	227	213	640	1312	218.67
6.	Scott Connelly	Scotland	204	181	256	641	233	226	206	665	1306	217.67
7.	Joshua Schuurman	Netherlands	237	169	226	632	213	227	217	657	1289	214.83
8.	Konstantinos Xagoraris	Greece	181	236	190	607	223	255	203	681	1288	214.67
9.	Christopher Lam	England	214	185	187	586	268	247	186	701	1287	214.50
10.	Saku Konttila	Finland	171	232	227	630	235	222	197	654	1284	214.00
11.	Ben Howison-Johnstone	England	215	239	201	655	187	175	266	628	1283	213.83
12.	Christopher Sloan	Ireland	233	253	189	675	220	199	180	599	1274	212.33
13.	Niko Kurppa	Finland	181	199	278	658	166	223	217	606	1264	210.67
14.	Artemii Zubkov	Russia	197	192	206	595	201	215	246	662	1257	209.50
15.	Ido Sharet	Israel	207	245	226	678	203	182	193	578	1256	209.33
16.	Lukáš Hurych	Czech Republic	213	213	182	608	212	234	200	646	1254	209.00
17.	Dominic Buchmann	Germany	196	186	220	602	192	244	209	645	1247	207.83
18.	Jesse Kallio	Finland	213	171	188	572	248	194	216	658	1230	205.00
19.	Jord van Weeren	Netherlands	224	175	243	642	211	191	183	585	1227	204.50
20.	Thomas Moeller Petersen	Greece	237	192	207	636	190	168	232	590	1226	204.33
21.	Michal Mužík	Czech Republic	135	164	256	555	264	171	234	669	1224	204.00
22.	Oleksandr Kondratyev	Ukraine	197	205	192	594	224	190	215	629	1223	203.83
23.	Matej Jakabovic	Slovakia	222	208	181	611	205	192	210	607	1218	203.00
24.	Martin Ø. Pedersen	Denmark	181	203	189	573	203	255	187	645	1218	203.00
25.	Christian Celler	Austria	209	199	246	654	205	162	195	562	1216	202.67
26.	Antonio Fiorentino	Italy	197	150	236	583	247	201	184	632	1215	202.50
27.	Nicola Pongolini	Italy	203	216	187	606	215	212	181	608	1214	202.33
28.	Francisco Suarez	Catalonia	184	140	213	537	197	213	266	676	1213	202.17
29.	Stamatios Roros	Greece	192	181	218	591	224	207	187	618	1209	201.50
30.	Markus Bergendorff	Denmark	196	192	210	598	227	195	188	610	1208	201.33
31.	Erich Pisarsky	Hungary	251	166	162	579	212	160	246	618	1197	199.50
32.	Viktor Stepanenko	Ukraine	181	213	181	575	201	202	213	616	1191	198.50
33.	Jesper Svensson	Sweden	188	221	188	597	204	217	171	592	1189	198.17
34.	Sergi Montanya	Catalonia	255	179	148	582	197	198	211	606	1188	198.00
35.	Mathias Reinertsen	Norway	201	162	234	597	151	205	234	590	1187	197.83
36.	Elliot Crosby	England	204	188	206	598	218	186	181	585	1183	197.17
37.	Mikhail Belenkiy	Russia	191	190	222	603	170	201	206	577	1180	196.67
38.	Fabio Merkovsky	Slovakia	221	199	220	640	200	175	159	534	1174	195.67
39.	Hadley Morgan	England	199	191	178	568	212	202	190	604	1172	195.33
40.	Aleksander Stepien	Poland	169	200	196	565	204	186	216	606	1171	195.17
41.	Alexandros Molfesis	Greece	203	215	175	593	174	218	178	570	1163	193.83
42.	Mert Aydin	Turkey	178	213	210	601	139	204	217	560	1161	193.50
43.	Shahar Efraty	Israel	182	192	167	541	195	179	245	619	1160	193.33
44.	Victor Gundersen	Denmark	180	181	195	556	220	222	162	604	1160	193.33
45.	Emil Nilsson	Sweden	157	226	247	630	178	183	160	521	1151	191.83
46.	Arnar David Jonsson	Iceland	137	182	215	534	186	203	223	612	1146	191.00
47.	Christian Birlinger	Germany	226	210	156	592	176	171	205	552	1144	190.67
48.	Marco Biondi	Scotland	177	200	212	589	224	164	167	555	1144	190.67
49.	Nichlas Christensen	Denmark	167	222	196	585	225	145	188	558	1143	190.50
50.	Alexandru-Valentin Arbanas	Romania	156	219	243	618	160	175	187	522	1140	190.00
51.	Stuart Snedden	Scotland	184	210	226	620	214	159	144	517	1137	189.50
52.	Sigbjørn Eide	Norway	221	176	169	566	200	204	166	570	1136	189.33
53.	Maxim Okorokov	Russia	199	213	180	592	176	185	181	542	1134	189.00
54.	Clement Dubus	Belgium	172	220	196	588	142	190	213	545	1133	188.83
55.	Robin Menacher	Germany	173	159	204	536	168	247	180	595	1131	188.50
56.	Filip Wilhelmsson	Sweden	176	199	189	564	209	170	187	566	1130	188.33
57.	Christoph Schurian	Germany	144	194	185	523	168	220	213	601	1124	187.33
58.	Daniels Vezis	Latvia	211	192	196	599	201	173	151	525	1124	187.33
59.	Anton Chepov	Ukraine	171	186	205	562	203	130	226	559	1121	186.83
60.	Armands Veliks	Latvia	224	196	169	589	182	178	172	532	1121	186.83
61.	Jordi Putman	Netherlands	158	213	193	564	195	201	160	556	1120	186.67
62.	Nino Stenko	Slovenia	206	151	241	598	184	179	155	518	1116	186.00
63.	Or Speizman	Israel	152	219	198	569	151	199	194	544	1113	185.50
64.	Manfredas Ginetas	Lithuania	190	181	136	507	187	211	201	599	1106	184.33
65.	Juuso Rikkola	Finland	170	161	159	490	163	258	194	615	1105	184.17
66.	Matthew Kestell	Ireland	156	208	165	529	181	176	214	571	1100	183.33
67.	Marek Keckes	Slovakia	191	151	219	561	158	144	229	531	1092	182.00
68.	Pontus Andersson	Sweden	168	164	170	502	195	191	201	587	1089	181.50
69.	Patrick Gimmestad Emblem	Norway	231	185	161	577	201	166	145	512	1089	181.50
70.	David Vítek	Czech Republic	187	222	119	528	165	187	202	554	1082	180.33
71.	Patryk Preus	Poland	203	199	182	584	190	163	143	496	1080	180.00
72.	Martin-David Orlanda	Romania	151	156	227	534	159	187	195	541	1075	179.17
73.	Paul Valla	Austria	169	189	189	547	167	181	179	527	1074	179.00
74.	Lars Wouters	Belgium	246	149	143	538	191	187	157	535	1073	178.83
75.	Daniel McKay	Scotland	150	191	161	502	161	215	191	567	1069	178.17
76.	Brajan Kastner	Poland	164	174	180	518	154	217	179	550	1068	178.00
77.	Olari Nebokat	Estonia	167	203	131	501	214	173	174	561	1062	177.00
78.	Daniel Wisniewski	Poland	146	192	167	505	191	127	236	554	1059	176.50
79.	Gytis Dailidenas	Lithuania	171	189	144	504	155	192	202	549	1053	175.50
80.	Mihai-Robert Pavel	Romania	147	192	192	531	186	166	170	522	1053	175.50
81.	Juraj Voskar	Slovakia	195	194	180	569	160	144	178	482	1051	175.17
82.	Gökhan Semih Ekici	Turkey	190	173	144	507	152	196	193	541	1048	174.67
83.	Kevin Wattimena	Ireland	178	172	180	530	187	133	193	513	1043	173.83
84.	Verners Veidulis	Latvia	167	177	162	506	173	171	192	536	1042	173.67
85.	Giuseppe Tonno	Italy	231	150	122	503	159	167	207	533	1036	172.67
86.	Arturas Perminas	Lithuania	146	187	198	531	195	128	174	497	1028	171.33
87.	Tair Shechter	Israel	195	164	171	530	152	151	192	495	1025	170.83
88.	Jason Dupay	Belgium	177	151	143	471	181	185	186	552	1023	170.50
89.	Gudmundur Ingi Jonsson	Iceland	180	182	130	492	153	158	214	525	1017	169.50
90.	Edgars Juberts	Latvia	189	185	197	571	143	156	147	446	1017	169.50
91.	Milutin Drajer	Serbia	181	169	201	551	176	138	151	465	1016	169.33
92.	Maximilian Scherling	Austria	143	132	190	465	214	196	140	550	1015	169.17
93.	Marco Pilecky	Austria	210	151	183	544	160	122	180	462	1006	167.67
94.	Kevin Mahon	Ireland	169	143	149	461	189	174	152	515	976	162.67
95.	Davy de Meerleer	Belgium	160	165	165	490	166	150	156	472	962	160.33
96.	Andri Freyr Jonsson	Iceland	138	193	129	460	159	153	179	491	951	158.50
97.	Pordur Örn Reynisson	Iceland	172	146	160	478	158	145	167	470	948	158.00
98.	Razvan-Cristian Nitu	Romania	137	132	131	400	179	188	178	545	945	157.50
99.	Gökberk Server Ekici	Turkey	132	151	176	459	161	148	144	453	912	152.00
100.	Umut Corak	Turkey	202	125	146	473	182	112	121	415	888	148.00

 

High Games and High Series

Individual High Scores
1 Game: Niko Kurppa, Finland, 278
3 Games: Marek Talpa, Czech Republic, 703
6 Games: Marek Talpa, Czech Republic, 1387

 

25th European Youth Championships - Boys All Events

Final standings after 18 games. The top 24 advance to Masters match play. The top 8 earn one bye.

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Doubles	Team	Singles	Total	Ave.
1.	Filip Wilhelmsson	Sweden	18	1304	1392	1130	3826	212.56
2.	Øyvin Kulseng	Norway	18	1282	1205	1325	3812	211.78
3.	Markus Bergendorff	Denmark	18	1365	1229	1208	3802	211.22
4.	Emil Nilsson	Sweden	18	1236	1375	1151	3762	209.00
5.	Joshua Schuurman	Netherlands	18	1143	1286	1289	3718	206.56
6.	Lukas Pereckas	Lithuania	18	1243	1151	1312	3706	205.89
7.	Jesse Kallio	Finland	18	1356	1120	1230	3706	205.89
8.	Saku Konttila	Finland	18	1156	1251	1284	3691	205.06
9.	Mathias Reinertsen	Norway	18	1186	1310	1187	3683	204.61
10.	Arnar David Jonsson	Iceland	18	1279	1257	1146	3682	204.56
11.	Oleksandr Kondratyev	Ukraine	18	1172	1282	1223	3677	204.28
12.	Alexander Minenko	Russia	18	1167	1160	1340	3667	203.72
13.	Jord van Weeren	Netherlands	18	1207	1206	1227	3640	202.22
14.	Jesper Svensson	Sweden	18	1278	1169	1189	3636	202.00
15.	Nicola Pongolini	Italy	18	1176	1242	1214	3632	201.78
16.	Francisco Suarez	Catalonia	18	1251	1165	1213	3629	201.61
17.	Dominic Buchmann	Germany	18	1183	1199	1247	3629	201.61
18.	Stamatios Roros	Greece	18	1160	1259	1209	3628	201.56
19.	Christopher Sloan	Ireland	18	1198	1151	1274	3623	201.28
20.	Daniels Vezis	Latvia	18	1273	1225	1124	3622	201.22
21.	Christopher Lam	England	18	1147	1184	1287	3618	201.00
22.	Alexandros Molfesis	Greece	18	1242	1209	1163	3614	200.78
23.	Lukáš Hurych	Czech Republic	18	1246	1111	1254	3611	200.61
24.	Artemii Zubkov	Russia	18	1152	1195	1257	3604	200.22
25.	Jeroen van Geel	Netherlands	18	1053	1218	1333	3604	200.22
26.	Pontus Andersson	Sweden	18	1282	1232	1089	3603	200.17
27.	Marek Talpa	Czech Republic	18	1043	1172	1387	3602	200.11
28.	Ido Sharet	Israel	18	1191	1151	1256	3598	199.89
29.	Juuso Rikkola	Finland	18	1205	1278	1105	3588	199.33
30.	Konstantinos Xagoraris	Greece	18	1116	1172	1288	3576	198.67
31.	Michal Mužík	Czech Republic	18	1102	1248	1224	3574	198.56
32.	Christian Birlinger	Germany	18	1271	1158	1144	3573	198.50
33.	Antonio Fiorentino	Italy	18	1164	1185	1215	3564	198.00
34.	Erich Pisarsky	Hungary	18	1112	1246	1197	3555	197.50
35.	Martin Ø. Pedersen	Denmark	18	1170	1150	1218	3538	196.56
36.	Robin Menacher	Germany	18	1183	1213	1131	3527	195.94
37.	Victor Gundersen	Denmark	18	1212	1148	1160	3520	195.56
38.	Elliot Crosby	England	18	1196	1129	1183	3508	194.89
39.	Mikhail Belenkiy	Russia	18	1174	1152	1180	3506	194.78
40.	Thomas Moeller Petersen	Greece	18	1134	1142	1226	3502	194.56
41.	Scott Connelly	Scotland	18	1119	1075	1306	3500	194.44
42.	Aleksander Stepien	Poland	18	1183	1145	1171	3499	194.39
43.	Niko Kurppa	Finland	18	1149	1080	1264	3493	194.06
44.	Clement Dubus	Belgium	18	1175	1160	1133	3468	192.67
45.	Nichlas Christensen	Denmark	18	1075	1245	1143	3463	192.39
46.	Christian Celler	Austria	18	1170	1066	1216	3452	191.78
47.	Maxim Okorokov	Russia	18	1202	1106	1134	3442	191.22
48.	Sigbjørn Eide	Norway	18	1215	1079	1136	3430	190.56
49.	Hadley Morgan	England	18	1109	1128	1172	3409	189.39
50.	Ben Howison-Johnstone	England	18	1045	1068	1283	3396	188.67
51.	Jordi Putman	Netherlands	18	1158	1111	1120	3389	188.28
52.	Matej Jakabovic	Slovakia	18	1045	1123	1218	3386	188.11
53.	Stuart Snedden	Scotland	18	1123	1121	1137	3381	187.83
54.	Daniel Wisniewski	Poland	18	1124	1181	1059	3364	186.89
55.	Jason Dupay	Belgium	18	1153	1186	1023	3362	186.78
56.	Sergi Montanya	Catalonia	18	981	1185	1188	3354	186.33
57.	Verners Veidulis	Latvia	18	1113	1197	1042	3352	186.22
58.	Brajan Kastner	Poland	18	1147	1129	1068	3344	185.78
59.	Patryk Preus	Poland	18	957	1300	1080	3337	185.39
60.	Fabio Merkovsky	Slovakia	18	1099	1059	1174	3332	185.11
61.	Juraj Voskar	Slovakia	18	1136	1135	1051	3322	184.56
62.	Armands Veliks	Latvia	18	1108	1087	1121	3316	184.22
63.	Christoph Schurian	Germany	18	1107	1083	1124	3314	184.11
64.	Viktor Stepanenko	Ukraine	18	1001	1104	1191	3296	183.11
65.	Edgars Juberts	Latvia	18	1150	1119	1017	3286	182.56
66.	Shahar Efraty	Israel	18	1123	1000	1160	3283	182.39
67.	Marco Biondi	Scotland	18	1080	1046	1144	3270	181.67
68.	Nino Stenko	Slovenia	18	970	1160	1116	3246	180.33
69.	Matthew Kestell	Ireland	18	1094	1051	1100	3245	180.28
70.	Olari Nebokat	Estonia	18	1080	1102	1062	3244	180.22
71.	Patrick Gimmestad Emblem	Norway	18	1108	1045	1089	3242	180.11
72.	David Vítek	Czech Republic	18	1027	1118	1082	3227	179.28
73.	Or Speizman	Israel	18	1020	1089	1113	3222	179.00
74.	Lars Wouters	Belgium	18	1127	1020	1073	3220	178.89
75.	Paul Valla	Austria	18	1163	969	1074	3206	178.11
76.	Pordur Örn Reynisson	Iceland	18	1099	1127	948	3174	176.33
77.	Gytis Dailidenas	Lithuania	18	1031	1087	1053	3171	176.17
78.	Alexandru-Valentin Arbanas	Romania	18	1023	999	1140	3162	175.67
79.	Giuseppe Tonno	Italy	18	1116	1007	1036	3159	175.50
80.	Marek Keckes	Slovakia	18	1082	983	1092	3157	175.39
81.	Tair Shechter	Israel	18	1123	1006	1025	3154	175.22
82.	Daniel McKay	Scotland	18	1105	969	1069	3143	174.61
83.	Anton Chepov	Ukraine	18	1002	1018	1121	3141	174.50
84.	Manfredas Ginetas	Lithuania	18	1003	1015	1106	3124	173.56
85.	Marco Pilecky	Austria	18	982	1135	1006	3123	173.50
86.	Mihai-Robert Pavel	Romania	18	1045	1000	1053	3098	172.11
87.	Razvan-Cristian Nitu	Romania	18	1088	1045	945	3078	171.00
88.	Gökberk Server Ekici	Turkey	18	995	1170	912	3077	170.94
89.	Davy de Meerleer	Belgium	18	1001	1099	962	3062	170.11
90.	Kevin Wattimena	Ireland	18	969	1045	1043	3057	169.83
91.	Martin-David Orlanda	Romania	18	970	978	1075	3023	167.94
92.	Mert Aydin	Turkey	18	900	951	1161	3012	167.33
93.	Arturas Perminas	Lithuania	18	991	958	1028	2977	165.39
94.	Kevin Mahon	Ireland	18	993	995	976	2964	164.67
95.	Maximilian Scherling	Austria	18	969	959	1015	2943	163.50
96.	Andri Freyr Jonsson	Iceland	18	942	1015	951	2908	161.56
97.	Gökhan Semih Ekici	Turkey	18	941	879	1048	2868	159.33
98.	Gudmundur Ingi Jonsson	Iceland	18	917	929	1017	2863	159.06
99.	Milutin Drajer	Serbia	18	854	893	1016	2763	153.50
100.	Umut Corak	Turkey	18	779	809	888	2476	137.56
101.	Antonio Carafa	Italy	12	1092	1142		2234	186.17