The Brunswick Euro Challenge, which will be held from March 5-14, 2010 at 28-laner Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin near Paris, France, is the fifth event of the 2010 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Gold" tournaments.

Since the Ankara Open has been cancelled, the 2010 EBT Tour features 2 EBT Platinum tournament (formerly Premier), 6 EBT Gold tournaments (formerly Major), 8 EBT Silver tournaments (formerly Challenger) and 4 EBT Satellite tournaments (new category).

The stepladder finals will be broadcasted live on Eurosport 2 Sunday, March 14 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CET. Additional to the live broadcast, Eurosport 2 will air at least two more re-broadcasts in the weeks following the live coverage (exact dates to be determined). Eurosport Asia-Pacific will also run the BEC 2010 final several times.


As of today 471 players from 37 countries - Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Spain, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Latvia, Morocco, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Ukraine, United States and Venezuela - have registered for the event.

The list of participants will be spearheaded by 32-time PBA champion and 2-time PBA Player of the Year, Parker Bohn III (pictured left) and 20-time PWBA champion and PWBA Player of the Year, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard (right).

For the third consecutive year, the 2010 Brunswick Euro Challenge sponsored by Brunswick Bowling will be organized by Brunswick distributor Valcke Bowling.

In addition to sponsoring the event, Brunswick will be conducting seminar and training sessions for bowlers, coaches, center mechanics, center managers and proprietors. Click on the link to view the complete Seminar Schedule (pdf file).

Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin is a 28-lane Brunswick-equipped facility located 40 kilometers north of Paris. The bowling center features Brunswick lanes, scoring, pinsetters, pins and lane maintenance. This location was chosen in 2008 (previous BECs were held in Thessaloniki, Greece) to attract more bowlers from Western European.

Saint Maximin's close proximity to Charles de Gaulle airport provides excellent connections to main European cities and major American and Asian airports. Many low-fare airlines serve this airport.

The 2008 BEC drew 405 players, 311 men and EBT record 94 women, from 36 countries. The 2009 edition saw 314 players, 239 men and 75 women, from 28 countries. The 2010 edition will become the biggest BEC since the tournament's inaugural event in the year 2004.

2-time PBA champion Mike Fagan (pictured left), United States, is the defending champion. The 29-year-old righthander will be targeting to make his third consecutive BEC title match. Last year, Fagan defeated  PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss, 236-225, to win his second EBT title and 16.000 Euro. In 2008, Fagan, seeded first, fell to Peter Ljung, Sweden, 220-187, to settle for the 9.000 Euro runner-up check. Mai Ginge Jensen (right), Denmark, finished third last year to win the women ranking.

2009 BEC Title Match

2008 BEC Title Match

The 2010 Brunswick Euro Challenge will be contested on a 39 feet long sport pattern of medium difficulty (MS Excel file).

Players will compete for total prize money of 90,000 Euro (currently about US$123,250), and includes special prizes "B Bowlers" and Women.

Once again Bowlingdigital will cover the event live from Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin with results and updates after each round plus our much-anticipated high definition videos produced by Flavio Cuva and high quality photos by Beat Grauwiler (l-r).

Please scroll down this page for more information about the tournament format, schedule and prize money.

Click here to review Bowlingdigital's Live Coverage from the 2009 Brunswick Euro Challenge or click here to go straight to the video section. You will find more videos here.