The girls from the host country Sweden target for the second gold medal in as many events in the 4-player team event in the 22nd European Youth Championships. Starting the second 3-game block in second place, Elin Adolfsson, Isabell Hultin, Joline Persson Planefors and Sandra Andersson were the only team which averaged over 200 en route to earn the No. 1 seed for the finals later today.

The Swedes, who won gold and bronze in Doubles on Tuesday, started with a 760 game to overtake Block 1 leader England by four pins and pulled away with the field-best 911 in game #2. They finished with 750 and a 2421 3-game series for 4868 pinfall total and an average of 202.83.

Overnight leaders Danielle Hopcroft, Katrina MacIver, Laura Ellis and Nikki Beard slipped to second place behind a 2316 series and total pinfall of 4783 (199.29).

Israel with Liat Vizenfeld, Mor Dayan, Shahaf Antin and Shir Levy was close behind in third place with 4779, while Finland's Jenni Styrman, Roosa Lundén, Salla Mäkelä and Sanna Pasanen remained in fourth place with 4624.

The top four teams will battle it out for the medals on Thursday evening. The No. 1 seed Sweden meets the No. 4 qualifier Finland and the No. 2 seed England takes on No. 3 Israel. The winners of that one-game match will bowl for gold while the losers will share the bronze medal.

The EYC 2009 are 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, 2009.

The players compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Teams, All Events (18 games) and Masters (top 24 in All Events, single-elimination, best-of-three games).

Photos and results courtesy of eyc2009.se.

 

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Girls 4-Player Team Preliminaries - Standings after 6 games

The top 4 advance to the finals on Thursday

Pos	Country/Player	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Sweden	799	817	831	2447	760	911	750	2421	4868	202.83
	Elin Adolfsson	203	222	182	607	179	268	184	631	1238	206.33
	Isabell Hultin	219	203	178	600	210	196	162	568	1168	194.67
	Joline Persson Planefors	172	200	249	621	170	226	192	588	1209	201.50
	Sandra Andersson	205	192	222	619	201	221	212	634	1253	208.83
2.	England	885	796	786	2467	736	822	758	2316	4783	199.29
	Danielle Hopcroft	256	218	201	675	188	179	197	564	1239	206.50
	Katrina MacIver	192	201	171	564	187	196	164	547	1111	185.17
	Laura Ellis	192	190	233	615	203	232	214	649	1264	210.67
	Nikki Beard	245	187	181	613	158	215	183	556	1169	194.83
3.	Israel	815	799	789	2403	758	819	799	2376	4779	199.13
	Liat Vizenfeld	198	200	247	645	163	201	243	607	1252	208.67
	Mor Dayan	191	209	167	567	196	181	177	554	1121	186.83
	Shahaf Antin	233	202	201	636	222	212	202	636	1272	212.00
	Shir Levy	193	188	174	555	177	225	177	579	1134	189.00
4.	Finland	745	791	764	2300	802	728	794	2324	4624	192.67
	Jenni Styrman	161	148	212	521	153	158	223	534	1055	175.83
	Roosa Lundén	210	242	146	598	224	203	157	584	1182	197.00
	Salla Mäkelä	180	198	242	620	213	200	215	628	1248	208.00
	Sanna Pasanen	194	203	164	561	212	167	199	578	1139	189.83
5.	Netherlands	685	760	814	2259	750	724	832	2306	4565	190.21
	Bernadette Schijf	198	191	215	604	192	170	222	584	1188	198.00
	Carmen Haandrikman	158	190	234	582	214	193	184	591	1173	195.50
	Chantal Jacobs	171	187	202	560	167	198	232	597	1157	192.83
	Jamilla Giesbert	158	192	163	513	177	163	194	534	1047	174.50
6.	Germany	723	689	832	2244	723	803	754	2280	4524	188.50
	Belinda Lupa	224	170	181	575	159	198	173	530	1105	184.17
	Katharina Koch	158	183	205	546	188	213	183	584	1130	188.33
	Sandra Matz	142	166	246	554	202	203	207	612	1166	194.33
	Sarah Steh	199	170	200	569	174	189	191	554	1123	187.17
7.	Denmark	761	662	750	2173	750	781	803	2334	4507	187.79
	Camilla J. Søndberg	210	151	161	522	171	183	188	542	1064	177.33
	Heidi B. Madsen	168	147	204	519	197	154	206	557	1076	179.33
	Malene U. Køhler	205	177	204	586	201	235	177	613	1199	199.83
	Pernille E. Kristensen	178	187	181	546	181	209	232	622	1168	194.67
8.	Norway	783	695	709	2187	743	711	747	2201	4388	182.83
	Jeanett Haavelmoen Johansen	215	195	170	580	245	169	196	610	1190	198.33
	Line Berg Almestrand	187	189	187	563	170	236	200	606	1169	194.83
	Marthe Hegna Karlberg	198	151	178	527	175	146	162	483	1010	168.33
	Miriam Lindgaard Stivang	183	160	174	517	153	160	189	502	1019	169.83
9.	Russia	777	753	666	2196	756	698	734	2188	4384	182.67
	Daria Voronkova	202	202	164	568	187	167	178	532	1100	183.33
	Kristina Kryl	205	172	174	551	202	189	171	562	1113	185.50
	Ksenia Karaseva	187	172	161	520	174	181	192	547	1067	177.83
	Polina Kosyakova	183	207	167	557	193	161	193	547	1104	184.00
10.	Czech Republic	729	736	685	2150	723	684	768	2175	4325	180.21
	Nikola Marvalová	201	166	171	538	209	170	210	589	1127	187.83
	Pavla Nováčková	174	193	170	537	157	189	210	556	1093	182.17
	Vendula Morávková	164	186	149	499	169	155	138	462	961	160.17
	Veronika Nováková	190	191	195	576	188	170	210	568	1144	190.67
11.	Scotland	653	837	628	2118	681	746	760	2187	4305	179.38
	Natasha Ross	232	224	190	646	186	229	185	600	1246	207.67
	Pauline Chung	131	218	157	506	155	160	169	484	990	165.00
	Stephanie Fisher	126	226	145	497	157	201	210	568	1065	177.50
	Tania Yusaf	164	169	136	469	183	156	196	535	1004	167.33
12.	France	702	748	743	2193	705	719	679	2103	4296	179.00
	Annabelle Jean	179	190	179	548	188	172	169	529	1077	179.50
	Laurene Bouillier	180	210	175	565	150	210	190	550	1115	185.83
	Solene Goron	155	201	208	564	200	194	170	564	1128	188.00
	Stephanie Dbourg	188	147	181	516	167	143	150	460	976	162.67
13.	Turkey	591	567	677	1835	618	725	546	1889	3724	155.17
	Ezgi Gumus	169	159	196	524	136	204	121	461	985	164.17
	Hande Yesilkaya	118	144	179	441	170	209	146	525	966	161.00
	Melisa Ata	148	138	155	441	174	168	137	479	920	153.33
	Serenay Kurt	156	126	147	429	138	144	142	424	853	142.17
14.	Wales	464	611	556	1631	604	562	633	1799	3430	142.92
	Carrianne Rogers	98	189	155	442	142	154	179	475	917	152.83
	Kelly Jones	121	162	126	409	177	150	153	480	889	148.17
	Natasha Newman	126	122	134	382	152	128	155	435	817	136.17
	Taylor Rae	119	138	141	398	133	130	146	409	807	134.50