25 countries to compete in Women’s European Championships

10 June, 2016

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The 2016 Women’s European Championships will be held from June 10 to 18 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria.

25 out of 48 European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) member federations – Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and the host country Austria – participate in the event.

Each team consists of maximum six players, who compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the nine-day competition.

Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team events features six games preliminaries with the top 4 advancing to the playoffs in one-game format, seeded 1 to 4 according to their position in qualifying. No. 1 bowls No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3. The winners bowl for gold and silver and the losers share the bronze medals.

The top three players with the highest 24-game total (combined results of the Singles, Doubles and Team preliminaries) receive the medals in All Events.

The top 24 in All-Events advance to single-elimination Masters match play in best-of-three games format. The top 8 receive one bye.

In each round, the highest seeded player bowls the lowest seeded player, the second-highest seeded player bowls the second-lowest seeded player, and so on. Winners advance and losers will be eliminated. The remaining two players bowl for gold and silver and the losers of the semifinals share the bronze medals.

The 2016 Women’s European Championships serve as the qualifying event for female bowlers competing in the X World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland. The top 5 countries with the two highest positioned players in All-Events qualify for the World Games. The bowling competition will be held July 20-24 at Sky Bowling.

2016 Women’s European Championships – Schedule

All times Central European Summer Time (CEST)

Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Ball Registration
Unofficial Practice

Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Last Day of Team Arrivals
Ball Registration
Unofficial Practice

Thursday, June 9, 2016
9.00 – 17.00 Ball Registration
9.00 – 10.00 Team Managers Meeting
10.30 – 12.00 Official Practice Squad 1
13.00 – 14.30 Official Practice Squad 2
15.30 – 17.00 Official Practice Squad 3
18.00 Opening Ceremony

Friday, June 10, 2016
9.00 – 12.30 Singles Squad 1
13.30 – 17.00 Singles Squad 2

Saturday, June 11, 2016
9.00 – 12.30 Singles Squad 3
13.30 – 15.00 Singles Top 4 Finals
15.00 – 15.30 Medal Ceremony Singles

Sunday, June 12, 2016
9.00 – 12.30 Doubles Squad 1
13.30 – 17.00 Doubles Squad 2

Monday, June 13, 2016
9.00 – 12.30 Doubles Squad 3
13.30 – 15.00 Doubles Top 4 Finals
15.00 – 15.30 Medal Ceremony Doubles

Tuesday, June14, 2016
9.00 – 11.45 Trio Squad 1, Games 1-3
12.45 – 15.30 Trio Squad 2, Games 1-3

Wednesday, June 15, 2016
9.00 – 11.45 Trio Squad 2, Games 4-6
12.45 – 15.30 Trio Squad 1, Games 4-6
16.30 – 18.30 Trios Top 4 Finals
18.30 – 19.00 Medal Ceremony Trios

Thursday, June 16, 2016
10.00 – 14.30 Teams Squad, Games 1-3

Friday, June 17, 2016
9.00 – 13.3o Teams Squad, Games 4-6
14.30 – 17.30 Teams Top 4 Finals
17.30 – 18.15 Medal Ceremony Teams & All Events

Saturday, June 18, 2016
8.00 – 9.3o Masters Step 1
9.30 – 11.00 Masters Step 2
12.00 – 13.30 Masters Step 3
13.30 – 15.00 Masters Semi Finals
15.00 – 16.30 Masters Finals
16.30 – 17.00 Medal Ceremony Masters

Herbert Bickel