Ingunn Øien, Norway and Marco Reviglio, Italy won the women's and men's titles in the 30th European Champions Cup sponsored by Ebonite. Both players led the field from 40 countries after 24 games qualifying to earn the No. 1 seed for the 8-player match play finals in best-of-three games format. Øien (pictured with coach Pepe Engström) swept Therese Forsell, Sweden, and Reviglio swept Thomas Gross, Austria, 2-0, in the title matches.

Claude Legrand, Host Tournament Coordinator of the 30th European Champions Cup sponsored by Ebonite (formerly known as European Cup for Individuals) will welcome players from record 40 countries to the championship which will be held at X-treme Bowling Center in Foetz, Luxembourg from September 1 through 23, 2007.

No. 2 seed Or Aviram (left) from Israel came back from being down 1-0 to defeat No. 1 seed Mads Sandbækken, two games-to-one en route to win the men's title in the European Champions Cup at Zelta Bowling Center in Riga. Sixth-seeded Annika Kilander (right) from Sweden swept Norway's Heidi Thorstensen, seeded fourth, two-games-to-none, to claim the women's title.

English ranking leader Dominic Barrett (left) and Dutch international Ghislaine van der Tol overtook the lead in the European Champions Cup in Riga, Latvia, after the second six-game block on long oil. First-round leaders Anders Öhman, Sweden, and Fiona Banks, England, slipped to third.

Defending champion Anders Öhman from Sweden and two-time European gold medalist Fiona Banks, England, took the lead in the European Champions Cup at Zelta Bowling Center in Riga, Latvia after the first 8-game block on the short oil pattern.

The European Champions Cup (formerly known as European Cup for Individuals) was opened yesterday at the Zelta Bowling Center in Riga, Latvia. Anders "Linus" Öhman of Sweden (left) and Tanya Petty (right) of Germany are the defending champions.