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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Britt Bröndsted of Denmark and Osku Palermaa of Finland overtook the lead in the women's and men's European rankings after the Brunswick Euro Challenge in Greece. Two-time defending ranking champion Bröndsted won the women's rankings at the BEC to overtake Zara Glover from England. Last year's men's runner-up Palermaa used his third second-place finish this season to position himself atop the men's leaderboard.
Kai Virtanen of Finland, a World Games and World Cup champion, received 44 ranking points in the Catalonia Open to maintain his lead in the men's European rankings with 147 points. Three-time World Champion Zara Glover, England, was the fourth-best women in Catalonia and earned 60 points en route to take the lead in the women's rankings with 159 points.
Finns Kai Virtanen (left) and Lasse Lintilä remained atop the 2006 Men's European Rankings after the fourth stop of the 2006 European Bowling Tour, the Ebonite International Luxembourg Open. Patricia Schwarz (right) of Germany remained atop the women's rankings. The European Bowling Tour is at Planet Bowling in Gava, Spain, this week for the Catalonia Open.
Different Finn, same top position - Kai Virtanen (left) used a seventh place finish in Tilburg to overtake Lasse Lintilä (right) by three pins en route to take the lead in the 2006 Men's European Rankings after the third stop of the 2006 European Bowling Tour. Patricia Schwarz of Germany, who was the top-ranked woman in the Ballmaster Open, remained atop the leaderboard of the Women's European Rankings.
As the second stop of the 2006 European Bowling Tour, Irish Open Championships, was a "regular" tournament and awarded half of the ranking points of a "major" tournament, Lasse Lintilä of Finland and Patricia Schwarz of Germany, who won the Ballmaster Open (major), remained unchallenged atop of the European Rankings.
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.
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).
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. 
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. 
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. 
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.
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. 
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. 
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. 
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.
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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
Britt Bröndsted of Denmark and Osku Palermaa of Finland overtook the lead in the women's and men's European rankings after the Brunswick Euro Challenge in Greece. Two-time defending ranking champion Bröndsted won the women's rankings at the BEC to overtake Zara Glover from England. Last year's men's runner-up Palermaa used his third second-place finish this season to position himself atop the men's leaderboard.
Kai Virtanen of Finland, a World Games and World Cup champion, received 44 ranking points in the Catalonia Open to maintain his lead in the men's European rankings with 147 points. Three-time World Champion Zara Glover, England, was the fourth-best women in Catalonia and earned 60 points en route to take the lead in the women's rankings with 159 points. 
Finns Kai Virtanen (left) and Lasse Lintilä remained atop the 2006 Men's European Rankings after the fourth stop of the 2006 European Bowling Tour, the Ebonite International Luxembourg Open. Patricia Schwarz (right) of Germany remained atop the women's rankings. The European Bowling Tour is at Planet Bowling in Gava, Spain, this week for the Catalonia Open. 
Different Finn, same top position - Kai Virtanen (left) used a seventh place finish in Tilburg to overtake Lasse Lintilä (right) by three pins en route to take the lead in the 2006 Men's European Rankings after the third stop of the 2006 European Bowling Tour. Patricia Schwarz of Germany, who was the top-ranked woman in the Ballmaster Open, remained atop the leaderboard of the Women's European Rankings. 
As the second stop of the 2006 European Bowling Tour, Irish Open Championships, was a "regular" tournament and awarded half of the ranking points of a "major" tournament, Lasse Lintilä of Finland and Patricia Schwarz of Germany, who won the Ballmaster Open (major), remained unchallenged atop of the European Rankings. 