12/17/06
2006 European Rankings
Three in a row for Paul Moor, wins 2006 men's European Rankings
European Rankings after 20 Events - Final Standings
Paul Moor from England has won the European rankings for the third consecutive year. Kungsbacka champion Osku Palermaa from Finland came up strong but fell 16 points short to finish second. Runner-up Peter Ljung, Sweden, ended up third. Rounding out the top 8 and joining those three in the 2007 World Ranking Masters in Qatar are 4. Stuart Williams, England 5. Martin Larsen, Sweden 6. Thomas Gross, Austria 7. Jason Belmonte, Australia and 8. Kai Virtanen, Finland.
12/17/06
2006 European Rankings
Brøndsted follows in Moor's footprints, wins third consecutive ranking title
European Rankings after 20 Events - Final Standings
Two-time defending European women's ranking champion
Britt Brøndsted won the women's rankings in the Kungsbacka Int'l en route to overtake previous leader Zara Glover, England, and to win the third consecutive ranking title. Joining those two in the 2007 World Ranking Masters in Qatar are Swedes Nina Flack (3rd), Helen Johnson (5th) and Anna Mattsson-Baard (6th) as well as Isabelle Saldjian, France (4th), Patricia Schwarz, Germany, (7th) and Ivonne Gross, Austria (8th).
11/19/06
European Rankings
Moor needs eight points to defend men's ranking title, women's lead changes again
European Rankings after 19/20 Events
With his victory in Naples,
Paul Moor from England almost secured his third consecutive European ranking title. The lefty has 653 points and is 92 points ahead of second-placed Osku Palermaa. Thanks to a 3rd place finish in the women's rankings in Naples, Moor's compatriot
Zara Glover regained the lead in the women's division.
10/23/06
2006 European Rankings
Bröndsted regains lead in European rankings; Palermaa back in second place
European Rankings after 18/20 Events
Two-time defending ranking champion
Britt Bröndsted from Denmark regained the lead in the women's European rankings. Vienna Open runner-up
Osku Palermaa, Finland, improved one spot into second place with 521 points and narrowed the gap to leader Paul Moor, England, to 32 pins.
10/20/06
European Rankings
ETBF revises European Rankings without event detail
The European Tenpin Bowling Federation must have revised the men's rankings. The changes influenced the top 8, who will qualify for the 2007 World Ranking Masters in Qatar.
Kai Virtanen (l.), Finland, fell from 7th to 8th place while Austria's
Thomas Gross (r.) moved up to 7th position.
10/09/06
2006 European Rankings
English bowlers atop the men's and women's European Rankings
European Rankings after 17/20 Events
After the conclusion of the San Marino Open, the 17th out of 20 tournaments of the 2006 European Bowling Tour,
Paul Moor and
Zara Glover, both from England, sit atop the men's and women's European rankings. With her victory in San Marino, Glover earned 100 points to move past two-time defending champion Britt Bröndsted, Denmark.
09/18/06
2006 European Rankings
Palermaa and Glover narrow the gap in European Point Rankings
European Rankings after 15/20 Events
Osku Palermaa from Finland and
Zara Glover from England and narrowed the gap to the men's and women's ranking leaders by finishing eighth and fourth, respectively, in the men's and women's rankings of the Viernheim Open, the 15th stop of the 2006 European Bowling Tour and one of the tour's majors.
08/21/06
2006 European Rankings
Three multiple champions among the top 8 in the men's European Rankings
European Rankings after 14/20 Events
Paul Moor,
Stuart Williams, both of England, and
Osku Palermaa, Finland, remained 1-3 in the men's 2006 European rankings after the conclusion of the Olympia Tournament in Sweden. Helsingborg champion
Peter Ljung (left), wo became the third multiple champion this season (Moor and Finn Lasse Lintilä are the others), cashed 100 points in the EBT 'major' and jumped into fourth position with 351 points.
08/18/06
2006 European Rankings
Two Englishmen in the lead in men's European Rankings
European Rankings after 13/20 Events
Paul Moor and
Stuart Williams, both from England, have positioned themselves atop the leaderboard of the 2006 men's European rankings after the conclusion of the Danish Masters Classic. Moor (right) finished second to widen his lead with 455 total points. Williams (left) leaped into second place behind a fifth place finish with 341.
07/30/06
2006 European Rankings
Moor is back atop the men's European Rankings after Barcelona
European Rankings after 12/20 Events
Two-time defending European ranking champion
Paul Moor from England is back atop the men's rankings after winning the Ciutat de Barcelona in Spain, the 12th event of the 206 European Bowling Tour. Moor earned 100 ranking points for the victory and overtook Jason Belmonte and Osku Palermaa, who were at the World Youth Championships with the Australian and Finnish youth national squads.
06/18/06
2006 European Rankings
No changes atop the leaderboard after Malta Open
European Rankings after 11/20 Events
Jason Belmonte, Australia, and
Britt Bröndsted of Denmark remained the men's and women's No. 1 Europe as only one man and four women from the European top 10 participated in the Malta Open Championships.
Zara Glover (England, pictured), third place finisher in Malta, narrowed the gap to 23 points. Runner-up Helen Johnson, Sweden, moved into third place. Nikolay Ovchinnikovs, Latvia, finished 14th but remained in 7th place in the men's rankings.
06/15/06
2006 European Rankings
Belmonte and Bröndsted lead European rankings at halftime
European Rankings after 10/20 Events
Though Australian
Jason Belmonte didn't participate in the Dutch Open 2006 in Scheveningen and
Britt Bröndsted of Denmark missed the first cut, the duo continued to lead the men's and women's European Rankings after ten out of twenty events.
06/06/06
2006 European Rankings
Australian overtakes lead in European rankings
Edited 06/06/06
Australian
Jason Belmonte made history when he received 60 ranking points for finishing fourth in the Aalborg International to become the first non-European bowler to lead the European rankings. The top 8 men and women at the end of the season qualify for the 2007 World ranking Masters to be held in Doha, Qatar. Players from the
Asian and
American Zone and even
professional bowlers can qualify for the WRM through the European Bowling Tour.
05/01/06
2006 European Rankings
Moor and Bröndsted in familiar position in European rankings
Two-time defending European ranking champions
Paul Moor of England and
Britt Bröndsted of Denmark sit atop the men's and women's 2006 rankings after the Istanbul Open, the 8th of 20 events on the 2006 European Bowling Tour. Moor overtook the lead in the men's rankings thanks to the victory over Jason Belmonte, Australia.
04/17/06
2006 European Rankings
Palermaa and Bröndsted widen lead in European rankings
Thanks to a third and fourth-place finish in the men's and women's rankings in the Husqvarna international,
Osku Palermaa of Finland and
Britt Bröndsted of Denmark widened their lead in the European rankings after the seventh out of twenty events of the 2006 European Bowling Tour.
