09/30/06
2006 ECC
Aviram and Kilander become champions of the champions in Latvia
Zelta Bowling Center in Riga, Latvia (Sep. 25 - Oct. 1, 2006)
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. 
In the semis, Sandbækken (left) flew past defending champion Anders Öhman, Sweden, while Aviram swept England's Dom Barrett. On the women's side, Thorstensen (right) easily defeated Natassa Rovithaki, Greece while Kilander made quick work of Patricia Klug (below, right), Austria. 
In the opening round, the top 4 men, #1 Mads Sandbækken, Norway, #2 Or Aviram, Israel, #3 Dominic Barrett (left), England and #4 Anders Öhman, Sweden won their best-of-three games matches to advance to the semi-finals. No. 4 Heidi Thorstensen, Norway, became the top-seeded player in the women's semi-final as qualifying leader Fiona Banks, England, #2 and two-time defending champion Tanya Petty, Germany and #3 Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands, were eliminated in the first round.
Pictures courtesy of Helmut Amstätter.
Men's Results
Women's Results
European Champions Cup - Men's Division Final Standings
Zelta Bowling Center in Riga, Latvia (Sep. 25 - Oct. 1, 2006)
1. Or Aviram, Israel
2. Mads Sandbakken, Norway
3. Dominic Barrett, England
4. Anders Öhman, Sweden
5. Thomas Gross, Austria
6. Philippe Huber, Switzerland
7. Dimitrios Karetsos, Greece
8. Osku Palermaa, Finland
9. Petri Taskinen, Sweden
10. Zilvinas Perminas, Lithuania
11. Jean-Marc Lebon, Belgium
12. Ryan Press, Northern Ireland
13. Mykhaylo Kalika, Ukraine
14. Michael Sassen, Netherlands
15. Federico Rossi, Italy
16. Mark McQueen, Scotland
17. Oleg Kozyrev, Russia
18. Patrick Glorieux, France
19. Brian Farrugia, Malta
20. Jose I. Estevez, Spain
21. Tomy Wende, Germany
22. Janno Kannike, Estonia
23. Sean McDonnell, Ireland
24. Domagoj Dobrilovic, Croatia
25. Freyr Bragason, Iceland
26. Heorhi Pruhozhi, Belarus
27. Giovanni Ercolani, San Marino
28. Costas Kyriakou, Cyprus
29. Clive Morris, Wales
30. Ayhan Bilge, Turkey
31. Romain Oberweis, Luxembourg
32. Nikolajs Ovčiņņikovs, Latvia
33. Jaroslaw Jaroszek, Poland
34. Laszlo Duleba, Hungary
35. Marek Husar, Slovakia
36. Alexander Lefterov, Bulgaria
37. Bob du Feu, Guernsey
38. Branko Kobal, Slovenia
39. Martin Sefl, Czech Republic
European Champions Cup - Women's Division Final Standings
Zelta Bowling Center in Riga, Latvia (Sep. 25 - Oct. 1, 2006)
1. Annika Kilander, Sweden
2. Heidi Thorstensen, Norway
3. Patricia Klug, Austria
4. Natassa Rovithaki, Greece
5. Fiona Banks, England
6. Tanya Petty, Germany
7. Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands
8. Olga Tarasova, Ukraine
9. Marylin Planchard, France
10. Kirsten Horemans, Belgium
11. Sue Abela, Malta
12. Irina Zhestovskih, Russia
13. Alexandra Göbel, Germany
14. Jana Maresovai, Czech
15. Paivi Wiman, Finland
16. Virginia Esteban, Spain
17. Leta Anuziene, Lithuania
18. Raffaella Fusco, Italy
19. Maria Toth, Hungary
20. Ruth Doppler, Switzerland
21. Mali Mizrahi, Israel
22. Susan Thomas, Wales
23. Lynda Black-Watson, Northern Ireland
24. Natalia Martin, Poland
25. Sandra Brice, Latvia
26. Sigfridur Sigurdardottir, Iceland
27. Sofia Hristova, Bulgaria
28. Holly Fleming, Scotland
29. Jelena Povaljuhina, Estonia
30. Inna Kunts, Belarus
31. Karmen Luksa, Slovenia
32. Marianna Gazova, Slovakia
33. Gulhan Aksular, Turkey
34. Joanne Johnson, Guernsey
35. Aimee Kellegher, Ireland
36. Ljiljana Rakamaric, Croatia
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