Norway's Jens Mathiesen averages over 234 to earn the top seed in Boys Singles Finals

04/02/15

2015 EYC

Second place Valentin Saulnier shoots 1393 series to beat out Finns Lauri Sipilä, Niko Oksanen for the gold medal in All-Events

Jens Mathiesen (pictured left) of Norway averaged 234.83 over six games in the Boys Singles preliminaries Friday at Bowl Play in Leipzig, Germany, to earn the No. 1 seed in Saturday's medal round at the 28th European Youth Championships.

Mathiesen had games of 243, 226, 214, 247, 242 and 237 to lead the field of 97 players from 28 countries with 1409 pinfall total.

Doubles bronze medalist Valentin Saulnier (right) of France was 16 pins behind in second place with 1393 or an average of 234.83.

Saulnier leaped from fourth to first place in All-Events (combined scores in Singles, Doubles and Teams) to claim the gold medal with 4017 and an average of 223.17 over 18 games.

Finishing his series with 258 and 234, Saulnier overtook Lauri Sipilä (left) and Niko Oksanen (r.) by two and 37 pins, respectively. The Finns, who dominated the Doubles and Team preliminaries, had a rough day finishing in 12th (Oksanen, 1285) and 15th place (Sipilä, 1279).

Sipilä took the silver medal in All-Events with 4015 (223.06) and Oksanen got bronze with 3980 (221.11).

Saulnier will bowl Tomáš Vrabec (left) of Slovakia in the Singles semi-finals. Vrabec tied Yorick van Deutekom (right), Netherlands, at 1318 (219.67). The Dutch bowler was seeded fourth and will take on No. 1 seed Mathiesen in the other semi-final match.

Action shifts to Girls Singles preliminaries. As there will be no athletic activities in Germany due to Good Friday, the girls will bowl their Singles preliminaries on Saturday at 9 a.m. (Squad 1) and 1.15 p.m. (Squad 2) Central European Summer Time (CEST).

The top 4 boys and girls advance to the medal round starting Saturday at 5.30 (semi-finals) and 6 p.m. (championship). The Singles preliminaries also decide the medals in All-Events (combined scores in Singles, Doubles and Teams).

The 28th European Youth Championships will be held from March 27 through April 6, 2015 at Bowl Play, a 30-laner in Leipzig, Germany.

The Championships drew 155 players, 97 boys and 58 girls, from 29 member countries of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) - Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine.

Up to four boys and four girls per country who must not be born before September 1, 1996 will bowl in separate divisions for gold, silver and bronze medals in five disciplines: Singles, Doubles and four-player Teams, All-Events and Masters.

The 2015 EYC will be played on a 41-foot lane conditioning pattern with 25.56 mL volume oil total. Click here to view the Kegel LaneMap™ Guide of Bowl Play Leipzig.

Singles, Doubles and Team preliminaries feature six games with the top 4 advancing to the medal round. No. 1 bowls No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3 in the semi-finals. The winners bowl for gold and silver while the losers share the bronze medal. All matches will be decided in one game.

The three players with highest 18-game total of the Singles, Doubles and Teams preliminaries earn the medals in All-Events. The top 24 in All-Events determine the Masters champion in single-elimination match play in best-of-three games format.

Competition kicks off with the Boys Doubles preliminaries on Sunday, March 29, and concludes Sunday, April 5, with the Boys and Girls Masters finals followed by a farewell banquet.

Photos courtesy of German Bowling Federation and Max Bulanov.

German Boys come from behind to win gold in four-player Team event
Swedish girls win second gold medal at European Youth Championships in Team event
Finland earns the No. 1 seed for the medal round in Boys Team event
Swedish girls dominate second block; easily take the No. 1 seed in the Team finals
Sweden sets the pace in the Girls Team Preliminaries after the first block
Finland holds 50-pin lead as Boys Team Preliminaries reach halfway point
Swedes Wegner, Persson shoot two big games to claim gold in Girls Doubles
Finland's Oksanen, Strömberg win Boys Doubles title at 28th European Youth Championships
Swedish duos lead Girls Doubles preliminaries at the 28th European Youth Championships
Finnish boys earn No. 1 and No. 2 seed for Doubles medal round
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Championship Information - 2015 EYC Bulletin

28th European Youth Championships - Boys Singles Preliminaries

Top 4 advance to the medal round on Saturday, April 4, at 5.30 p.m. CEST.

Pos	Players	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Jens Mathiesen	Norway	243	226	214	683	247	242	237	726	1409	234.83
2.	Valentin Saulnier	France	225	269	184	678	223	258	234	715	1393	232.17
3.	Tomáš Vrabec	Slovakia	278	172	174	624	215	205	274	694	1318	219.67
4.	Yorick van Deutekom	Netherlands	207	194	192	593	212	244	269	725	1318	219.67
5.	Robert Lindberg	Sweden	245	205	227	677	204	214	221	639	1316	219.33
6.	Brandon Roberts	England	225	148	226	599	196	248	256	700	1299	216.50
7.	Rok Koštric	Slovenia	165	237	242	644	216	234	202	652	1296	216.00
8.	Christoph Schurian	Germany	153	234	210	597	201	279	216	696	1293	215.50
9.	Jonas Dammen	Norway	246	248	206	700	191	189	211	591	1291	215.17
10.	William Svensson	Sweden	201	214	227	642	233	239	175	647	1289	214.83
11.	Jeremy Tariche Christensen	Denmark	165	234	242	641	247	193	207	647	1288	214.67
12.	Niko Oksanen	Finland	211	181	243	635	211	228	211	650	1285	214.17
13.	Egor Troianovskii	Russia	236	200	224	660	234	173	217	624	1284	214.00
14.	Ilya Tsarenko	Russia	215	240	238	693	200	203	187	590	1283	213.83
15.	Lauri Sipilä	Finland	145	222	245	612	205	245	217	667	1279	213.17
16.	Brian Kjær	Norway	192	265	202	659	238	212	164	614	1273	212.17
17.	Emanuel Jonsson	Sweden	234	165	214	613	226	238	194	658	1271	211.83
18.	Marawan Aernoudt	Belgium	203	245	193	641	207	196	223	626	1267	211.17
19.	Samuel Martin	England	210	213	212	635	245	151	224	620	1255	209.17
20.	Giancarlo Reyes	Germany	181	233	152	566	239	221	226	686	1252	208.67
21.	Marco Pilecky	Austria	235	186	206	627	180	178	264	622	1249	208.17
22.	Matan Bernstein	Israel	168	225	180	573	175	279	220	674	1247	207.83
23.	Valentyn Kucherenko	Ukraine	202	180	184	566	241	264	174	679	1245	207.50
24.	James McMinn	England	219	166	226	611	224	204	204	632	1243	207.17
25.	Tomasz Olejniczak	Poland	200	176	191	567	254	168	243	665	1232	205.33
26.	Mike Bergmann	Netherlands	234	210	172	616	180	213	210	603	1219	203.17
27.	Gaetan Mouveroux	France	206	177	174	557	181	267	212	660	1217	202.83
28.	Oleksandr Nechypaiev	Ukraine	215	191	182	588	210	210	203	623	1211	201.83
29.	Nichlas Christensen	Denmark	184	242	177	603	254	164	178	596	1199	199.83
30.	Jamie Elliott	England	209	238	158	605	179	206	206	591	1196	199.33
31.	Benjamin Jonsson	Sweden	192	207	196	595	168	235	198	601	1196	199.33
32.	Philip van der Vloet	Belgium	191	212	207	610	231	226	129	586	1196	199.33
33.	Andrea Mangiacotti	Italy	217	182	163	562	206	200	226	632	1194	199.00
34.	Georgios Panagopoulos	Greece	206	169	251	626	180	190	189	559	1185	197.50
35.	André Michow	Germany	232	178	146	556	211	216	201	628	1184	197.33
36.	Alexander Beck	Norway	196	213	180	589	204	223	157	584	1173	195.50
37.	Carl-Johannes Kinnunen	Estonia	145	213	154	512	193	254	213	660	1172	195.33
38.	Michal Brachaniec	Poland	186	174	174	534	191	237	209	637	1171	195.17
39.	Tomas Käyhkö	Finland	200	141	167	508	242	191	222	655	1163	193.83
40.	Ron Alhazov	Israel	189	197	215	601	208	160	192	560	1161	193.50
41.	Patrik Sørensen	Denmark	180	201	205	586	182	186	206	574	1160	193.33
42.	Paul Valla	Austria	195	212	237	644	225	142	148	515	1159	193.17
43.	Aleksandr Vasekin	Russia	177	210	199	586	200	179	192	571	1157	192.83
44.	Noam Reich	Israel	231	200	170	601	183	168	202	553	1154	192.33
45.	Ryan Hart	Scotland	177	163	221	561	212	180	199	591	1152	192.00
46.	Rasmus Bering	Denmark	186	226	150	562	235	156	193	584	1146	191.00
47.	Emil Strömberg	Finland	179	171	165	515	214	223	191	628	1143	190.50
48.	Alexander Koštric	Slovenia	191	191	185	567	186	170	219	575	1142	190.33
49.	Iñigo García	Spain	194	191	157	542	203	222	173	598	1140	190.00
50.	Joppe Belmans	Belgium	184	211	191	586	171	173	202	546	1132	188.67
51.	Tomasz Lutowski	Poland	190	136	216	542	187	173	224	584	1126	187.67
52.	Tomas Plechata	Czech Republic	190	151	209	550	191	210	173	574	1124	187.33
53.	Alexander Langner	Poland	147	135	232	514	186	234	187	607	1121	186.83
54.	Roman Karlík	Slovakia	266	207	183	656	131	184	150	465	1121	186.83
55.	Michal Janovsky	Czech Republic	184	217	162	563	181	175	201	557	1120	186.67
56.	Illia Ostroverkh	Ukraine	171	182	211	564	184	210	157	551	1115	185.83
57.	Volodymyr Yakovlev	Ukraine	179	185	201	565	128	257	157	542	1107	184.50
58.	Žiga Zalar	Slovenia	214	195	183	592	170	171	172	513	1105	184.17
59.	Wesley Gorter	Netherlands	172	207	153	532	148	195	225	568	1100	183.33
60.	Vladimir Rangin	Russia	195	199	121	515	173	202	209	584	1099	183.17
61.	Domantas Cepulis	Lithuania	191	194	175	560	199	175	153	527	1087	181.17
62.	Patrik Pechar	Czech Republic	168	185	161	514	186	207	179	572	1086	181.00
63.	Osher Ben-Noon	Israel	185	178	234	597	215	148	121	484	1081	180.17
64.	Sébastien Bodart	Belgium	172	193	162	527	157	232	164	553	1080	180.00
65.	Marin Vedriš	Croatia	151	172	174	497	221	154	206	581	1078	179.67
66.	Marco Künz	Austria	177	149	170	496	235	154	193	582	1078	179.67
67.	Jack Kerr	Scotland	223	182	167	572	148	170	188	506	1078	179.67
68.	Alejandro García	Spain	208	150	166	524	204	177	168	549	1073	178.83
69.	Alexandros Mountakis	Greece	213	179	210	602	152	154	164	470	1072	178.67
70.	Lukas Müller	Germany	179	173	190	542	166	187	172	525	1067	177.83
71.	Fabio Magri	Italy	182	195	195	572	154	175	163	492	1064	177.33
72.	Sven Fekeža	Croatia	190	212	154	556	185	146	176	507	1063	177.17
73.	Georgios Sotiriou	Greece	233	169	182	584	155	162	162	479	1063	177.17
74.	Tim Cerkvenik	Slovenia	183	201	149	533	202	135	188	525	1058	176.33
75.	Connor Parry	Scotland	189	177	160	526	202	192	136	530	1056	176.00
76.	Aron Fannar Benteinsson	Iceland	161	162	190	513	179	198	160	537	1050	175.00
77.	Jan Triska	Czech Republic	234	134	189	557	163	191	127	481	1038	173.00
78.	Bart van Beers	Netherlands	152	142	175	469	222	149	192	563	1032	172.00
79.	Alex Basala	Slovakia	136	159	219	514	158	166	188	512	1026	171.00
80.	Rokas Rudzinskas	Lithuania	133	187	169	489	142	191	199	532	1021	170.17
81.	Emre Ínan Karahan	Turkey	134	190	215	539	154	161	162	477	1016	169.33
82.	Alessandro Rossi	Italy	187	164	190	541	182	141	150	473	1014	169.00
83.	Patrik Hrkovac	Croatia	166	150	169	485	177	136	212	525	1010	168.33
84.	Philipp Heyde	Austria	170	178	131	479	156	189	182	527	1006	167.67
85.	Umut Diyar Gök	Turkey	162	162	175	499	190	153	163	506	1005	167.50
86.	Riccardo Ruggiero	Italy	169	154	127	450	157	203	193	553	1003	167.17
87.	Hlynur Örn Ómarsson	Iceland	135	164	203	502	157	182	162	501	1003	167.17
88.	Roko Knezič	Croatia	187	177	148	512	179	146	133	458	970	161.67
89.	Alexander Halldórsson	Iceland	173	134	182	489	119	193	161	473	962	160.33
90.	Jökull Byron Magnússon	Iceland	189	135	185	509	199	129	122	450	959	159.83
91.	John O'Neill	Scotland	143	149	190	482	139	161	154	454	936	156.00
92.	Intigam Fatizada	Azerbaijan	174	142	140	456	162	154	148	464	920	153.33
93.	Matteo Corazza	San Marino	163	149	142	454	143	156	141	440	894	149.00
94.	Berkay Bulça	Turkey	156	129	145	430	143	129	157	429	859	143.17
95.	Hüseyin Kumcu	Turkey	138	104	122	364	136	177	167	480	844	140.67
96.	Henry Bacciocchi	San Marino	140	120	119	379	119	136	177	432	811	135.17
97.	David Vilina	Slovakia	151	132	127	410	153	110	131	394	804	134.00

28th European Youth Championships - Boys All-Events (Final Standings)

Top three earn the medals in All-Events; top 24 advance to Masters match play, top 8 receive a first-round bye

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Doubles	Team	Singles	Total	Ave.
1.	Valentin Saulnier	France	18	1325	1299	1393	4017	223.17
2.	Lauri Sipilä	Finland	18	1418	1318	1279	4015	223.06
3.	Niko Oksanen	Finland	18	1481	1214	1285	3980	221.11
4.	Jens Mathiesen	Norway	18	1273	1234	1409	3916	217.56
5.	Giancarlo Reyes	Germany	18	1359	1269	1252	3880	215.56
6.	Benjamin Jonsson	Sweden	18	1383	1288	1196	3867	214.83
7.	Robert Lindberg	Sweden	18	1294	1241	1316	3851	213.94
8.	Gaetan Mouveroux	France	18	1314	1301	1217	3832	212.89
9.	Christoph Schurian	Germany	18	1259	1270	1293	3822	212.33
10.	Jamie Elliott	England	18	1311	1315	1196	3822	212.33
11.	Samuel Martin	England	18	1272	1282	1255	3809	211.61
12.	Emil Strömberg	Finland	18	1307	1359	1143	3809	211.61
13.	Yorick van Deutekom	Netherlands	18	1270	1206	1318	3794	210.78
14.	Egor Troianovskii	Russia	18	1189	1305	1284	3778	209.89
15.	Tomas Käyhkö	Finland	18	1304	1302	1163	3769	209.39
16.	Tomasz Olejniczak	Poland	18	1305	1224	1232	3761	208.94
17.	William Svensson	Sweden	18	1217	1252	1289	3758	208.78
18.	Georgios Panagopoulos	Greece	18	1356	1185	1185	3726	207.00
19.	Brian Kjær	Norway	18	1269	1175	1273	3717	206.50
20.	Brandon Roberts	England	18	1118	1291	1299	3708	206.00
21.	Valentyn Kucherenko	Ukraine	18	1263	1180	1245	3688	204.89
22.	Marawan Aernoudt	Belgium	18	1133	1262	1267	3662	203.44
23.	James McMinn	England	18	1231	1176	1243	3650	202.78
24.	Aleksandr Vasekin	Russia	18	1168	1323	1157	3648	202.67
25.	Rok Koštric	Slovenia	18	1177	1170	1296	3643	202.39
26.	Jonas Dammen	Norway	18	1234	1108	1291	3633	201.83
27.	Matan Bernstein	Israel	18	1110	1258	1247	3615	200.83
28.	Marco Pilecky	Austria	18	1247	1117	1249	3613	200.72
29.	Mike Bergmann	Netherlands	18	1166	1211	1219	3596	199.78
30.	Jeremy Tariche Christensen	Denmark	18	1163	1143	1288	3594	199.67
31.	Emanuel Jonsson	Sweden	18	1156	1167	1271	3594	199.67
32.	Nichlas Christensen	Denmark	18	1195	1200	1199	3594	199.67
33.	Oleksandr Nechypaiev	Ukraine	18	1200	1177	1211	3588	199.33
34.	Philip van der Vloet	Belgium	18	1278	1108	1196	3582	199.00
35.	Tomáš Vrabec	Slovakia	18	1099	1150	1318	3567	198.17
36.	André Michow	Germany	18	1176	1184	1184	3544	196.89
37.	Michal Brachaniec	Poland	18	1175	1191	1171	3537	196.50
38.	Michal Janovsky	Czech Republic	18	1194	1219	1120	3533	196.28
39.	Ron Alhazov	Israel	18	1156	1214	1161	3531	196.17
40.	Rasmus Bering	Denmark	18	1120	1246	1146	3512	195.11
41.	Vladimir Rangin	Russia	18	1285	1112	1099	3496	194.22
42.	Alexander Koštric	Slovenia	18	1146	1206	1142	3494	194.11
43.	Wesley Gorter	Netherlands	18	1222	1165	1100	3487	193.72
44.	Tomasz Lutowski	Poland	18	1146	1199	1126	3471	192.83
45.	Ilya Tsarenko	Russia	18	1057	1122	1283	3462	192.33
46.	Patrik Sørensen	Denmark	18	1091	1202	1160	3453	191.83
47.	Žiga Zalar	Slovenia	18	1189	1157	1105	3451	191.72
48.	Paul Valla	Austria	18	1145	1146	1159	3450	191.67
49.	Aron Fannar Benteinsson	Iceland	18	1264	1106	1050	3420	190.00
50.	Joppe Belmans	Belgium	18	1273	1009	1132	3414	189.67
51.	Noam Reich	Israel	18	1104	1152	1154	3410	189.44
52.	Lukas Müller	Germany	18	1135	1203	1067	3405	189.17
53.	Andrea Mangiacotti	Italy	18	1038	1166	1194	3398	188.78
54.	Alexander Beck	Norway	18	1076	1125	1173	3374	187.44
55.	Tomas Plechata	Czech Republic	18	1050	1196	1124	3370	187.22
56.	Carl-Johannes Kinnunen	Estonia	18	1016	1172	1172	3360	186.67
57.	Iñigo García	Spain	18	1136	1080	1140	3356	186.44
58.	Jack Kerr	Scotland	18	1158	1118	1078	3354	186.33
59.	Roman Karlík	Slovakia	18	1143	1090	1121	3354	186.33
60.	Sven Fekeža	Croatia	18	1151	1129	1063	3343	185.72
61.	Ryan Hart	Scotland	18	1021	1167	1152	3340	185.56
62.	Osher Ben-Noon	Israel	18	1200	1054	1081	3335	185.28
63.	Jan Triska	Czech Republic	18	1093	1195	1038	3326	184.78
64.	Bart van Beers	Netherlands	18	1142	1147	1032	3321	184.50
65.	Sébastien Bodart	Belgium	18	1119	1108	1080	3307	183.72
66.	Marin Vedriš	Croatia	18	1120	1094	1078	3292	182.89
67.	Tim Cerkvenik	Slovenia	18	1169	1054	1058	3281	182.28
68.	Alexandros Mountakis	Greece	18	1039	1168	1072	3279	182.17
69.	Volodymyr Yakovlev	Ukraine	18	1081	1082	1107	3270	181.67
70.	Patrik Pechar	Czech Republic	18	1078	1100	1086	3264	181.33
71.	Alexander Langner	Poland	18	1048	1073	1121	3242	180.11
72.	Umut Diyar Gök	Turkey	18	1176	1039	1005	3220	178.89
73.	Illia Ostroverkh	Ukraine	18	1053	1026	1115	3194	177.44
74.	Georgios Sotiriou	Greece	18	999	1119	1063	3181	176.72
75.	Patrik Hrkovac	Croatia	18	1125	1042	1010	3177	176.50
76.	Hlynur Örn Ómarsson	Iceland	18	1152	1015	1003	3170	176.11
77.	Alessandro Rossi	Italy	18	1034	1097	1014	3145	174.72
78.	Fabio Magri	Italy	18	1085	991	1064	3140	174.44
79.	Domantas Cepulis	Lithuania	18	1034	991	1087	3112	172.89
80.	Connor Parry	Scotland	18	988	1047	1056	3091	171.72
81.	Jökull Byron Magnússon	Iceland	18	1099	1029	959	3087	171.50
82.	Alexander Halldórsson	Iceland	18	1167	955	962	3084	171.33
83.	Marco Künz	Austria	18	998	995	1078	3071	170.61
84.	Philipp Heyde	Austria	18	1020	1011	1006	3037	168.72
85.	Alejandro García	Spain	18	976	986	1073	3035	168.61
86.	Roko Knezič	Croatia	18	1050	1001	970	3021	167.83
87.	Alex Basala	Slovakia	18	998	984	1026	3008	167.11
88.	Rokas Rudzinskas	Lithuania	18	997	976	1021	2994	166.33
89.	Emre Ínan Karahan	Turkey	18	960	985	1016	2961	164.50
90.	Intigam Fatizada	Azerbaijan	18	954	1028	920	2902	161.22
91.	John O'Neill	Scotland	18	1034	920	936	2890	160.56
92.	Riccardo Ruggiero	Italy	18	856	966	1003	2825	156.94
93.	Matteo Corazza	San Marino	18	975	865	894	2734	151.89
94.	Henry Bacciocchi	San Marino	18	957	953	811	2721	151.17
95.	David Vilina	Slovakia	18	962	945	804	2711	150.61
96.	Berkay Bulça	Turkey	18	888	921	859	2668	148.22
97.	Hüseyin Kumcu	Turkey	18	777	785	844	2406	133.67

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