34th European Champions Cup to be held in Lahti, Finland this week

    08/15/11

    2011 ECC

    Lahti Bowl in Lahti, Finland (August 15-21, 2011)

    2011ECCLogo.jpg The 34th European Champions Cup will be held at 20-lane Lahti Bowl in Lahti, Finland from August 15-21, 2011.

    The ECC features the national champions or ranking leaders - one man and one woman per country - of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation member federations plus the defending champions, Svein Åke Ek (below left) of Norway and Finland's Krista Pöllänen (below right).

    2010ECCSvenAkeEk.jpg2011EBT04KristaPollanen2.jpg40 federations - Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Catalonia, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Northern Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales - have registered for the event.

    Men and women will bowl three eight-game blocks in the three-day preliminaries: Block 1 on short oil, Block 2 on long oil and Block 3 on dual lane condition (left lane long, right lane short oil).

    The top 8 players after 24 games preliminaries will advance to the single-elimination finals in best-of-three games format. In each round the highest seeded player will bowl the lowest seeded player, the second highest vs. the second lowest, etc., based on the standings after the preliminaries.

    Each match of the finals will be played on one pair of lanes, where the left lane will be dressed with long oil and the right lane with short oil. Each game in a match will be played on one of the two lanes (European style).

    The higher qualifier will have the advantage of selecting the lane conditioning pattern for the first game and whether he wants to start the first game or not. The second game will be played on the other lane condition and the order of players will be changed. An eventual third and deciding game will be played like the first game.

    The field will be trimmed to four, then two players, who will bowl for the title.

     


    2011 ECC - Schedule of Events


    Monday, August 15, 2011
    Last day of arrival

    Tuesday, August 16, 2011
    10.00 - 11.00 Team Managers Meeting in the Hotel
    12.00 - 14.00 Official Practice Women
    15.00 - 17.00 Official Practice Men
    17.30 - 18.00 Opening Ceremony at Lahti Bowl
    18.00 - 19.00 Welcome Reception at Lahti Bowl

    Wednesday, August 17, 2011
    09.00 - 13.00 Women - 8 games on short oil
    14.00 - 18.00 Men - 8 games on short oil

    Thursday, August 18, 2011
    09.00 - 13.00 Men - 8 games on long oil
    14.00 - 18.00 Women - 8 games on long oil

    Friday, August 19, 2011
    09.00 - 13.00 Women - 8 games on dual oil
    14.00 - 18.00 Men - 8 games on dual oil

    Saturday, August 20, 2011
    09.00 - 10.15 Quarterfinals - Men and Women (best-of-three games)
    11.00 - 12.15 Semifinals - Men and Women (best-of-three games)
    13.00 - 14.15 Women Finals (best-of-three games)
    14.15 - 15.30 Men Finals (best-of-three games)
    15.45 - 16.00 Medal Presentation and Closing Ceremony at Lahti Bowl
    20.00 - Farewell Banquet in the Hotel

    Sunday, August 21, 2011
    Departure

     


    Participating Countries and Players