Ranta, Fishler, Ek 1-3 in Boys All Events at the 20th European Youth Championships

Tony Ranta, the anchor player from Finland, earned the gold medal in the in All Events with 4055 pinfall total from the Doubles, Trios and Team events and an average of 225.28. Ranta broke the old record set by Dane Thomas Larsen in 2005 by 223 pins.

Ben Fishler from Israel beat out last year's runner-up Svein Ake Ek from Norway for the silver medal by one pin, 3983 to 3982. The top 24 players in All Events advanced to the Masters finals in single-elimination, best-of-three games format. Round 1 of the Boys Masters will start on Saturday at 8.00 am (GMT +2).

The top eight will bypass the first round and will be seeded 1-8 in Round 2 versus the eight winners of Round 1 (Highest seed bowls the lowest seed, etc.)

Ranta, Fishler and Ek will be joined by 4. Sascha Obst, Germany, the defending Masters champion 5. Vladislavs Filimonovs, Latvia 6. Mario Otte, Netherlands 7. Aviv Alfital, Israel and Nikos Michas, Greece.

Arturs Levikins, Latvia, took the 24th and final qualifying post with 3696 or an average of 205.33.

Israel has the most players in the finals with four. Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia and Sweden are represented by two players, while Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Austria, Denmark, Germany and Ireland have one player each in the competition.

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