PBA star Osku Palermaa and Joonas Jähi of Finland averaged 245.25 in the third squad Tuesday morning at bowling center Bowling Stones in Brussels, Belgium, en route to shoot into the lead in the doubles preliminaries at the 2016 Men’s European Championships.

The Finns had six consistently high games of 499, 487, 500, 461, 495 and 501 to lead the field of 84 duos after three of four squads with record 2943 total. The Finns also set a new Championship record for three games with 1486.

Jähi (above left) led the duo with 1525 (254.17), the highest six-game series ever at European Championships, and two-hander Palermaa (above right) added 1418. Photos courtesy of Fred Makukatin

Overnight leaders Jesper Agerbo and Jimmy Mortensen (left, l-r) of Denmark, who were 117 pins back, slipped to second place averaging 235.50. The Danes broke the previous records for three and six games in squad 1 with 1480 and 2826.

Jouni Helminen and Jouko Kuossari of Finland previously held the record for three games with 1478 (1993 – Malmoe, Sweden), while Swedes Robert Andersson and Martin Larsen previously owned the record for six games with 2818 (2007 – Vienna, Austria). Helminen, Kuossari still hold the record for one game with 557.

With the final squad yet to go, places three and four belonged to Germany. Pascal Winternheimer and Tobias Börding (left, l-r) were second in squad 3 with 2802 (233.50) to leap into third place and to push back their teammates, squad 2 leaders Oliver Morig and Marco Baade (right, r-l), who now sit in fourth and last place to advance to the medal round with 2790 (232.50).

Sweden’s Peter Hellström and Markus Jansson (2746; 228.83) and the first German team, Andreas Gripp and Frank Drevenstedt (2718; 226.50), fell out of the top 4 to fifth and eighth place, respectively.

Swedes Jesper Svensson and Martin Larsen (2734) and Denmark’s Carsten Warming Hansen and Thomas Larsen (2722) squeezed into sixth and seventh place, resp.

Singles gold medalist Agerbo, who added 1518 in doubles to the 1492 in singles, continued to lead in all-events (combined results of the Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team preliminaries) with 3010 total and an average of 250.83 for 12 games.

Thanks to his 1525 series, Jähi jumped from 9th to second place with 2925. With 168 out of 218 players having completed 12 games, Kert Truus of Estonia sits in third place with 2814 (234.50).

Truus has rolled one of three perfect games so far. He is the only bowler in MEC championships history with multiple 300s. Like Truus, Scotsman Steven Gill had a 300 game in the second game in Singles. Ben Fishler of Israel achieved perfection in doubles squad 2.

The doubles preliminaries conclude with squad 4 scheduled to start at 1.45 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST). The medal round commences with the semifinals at 6 p.m. followed by the gold medal match at 6.45 p.m.

The 2016 Men’s European Championships will be held from August 17-28 at Bowling Stones, a 36-lane QubicaAMF-equipped bowling center in Brussels, Belgium. The nine-day competition started on Saturday, August 20, and culminates with the masters finals on Sunday, August 28.

Record 218 athletes from 37 European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) member federations – Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and the host country Belgium – 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.

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 the prelims. 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 scores in 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 Men’s European Championships serve as the qualifying event for male 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.

The Championships also serve as the qualifier for the 2017 World Championships for men and women, to be held at Cozmo Bowling Center in Salmiya, Kuwait Dec. 4-18. The top 12 men’s teams in Brussels will qualify for the combined World Championships.

Photos courtesy of Gisela Göbel.

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2016 MEC Doubles Preliminaries – Standings after Squad 3/4

Top 4 advance to the medal round

Pos	Player/Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Finland	499	487	500	1486	461	495	501	1457	2943	245.25
	Joonas Jähi	242	266	265	773	214	260	278	752	1525	254.17
	Osku Palermaa	257	221	235	713	247	235	223	705	1418	236.33
2.	Denmark	455	452	439	1346	448	495	537	1480	2826	235.50
	Jimmy Mortensen	211	186	196	593	230	217	268	715	1308	218.00
	Jesper Agerbo	244	266	243	753	218	278	269	765	1518	253.00
3.	Germany	491	435	536	1462	439	397	504	1340	2802	233.50
	Pascal Winternheimer	269	247	258	774	210	194	256	660	1434	239.00
	Tobias Börding	222	188	278	688	229	203	248	680	1368	228.00
4.	Germany	514	458	469	1441	432	500	417	1349	2790	232.50
	Oliver Morig	255	259	202	716	265	256	234	755	1471	245.17
	Marco Baade	259	199	267	725	167	244	183	594	1319	219.83
5.	Sweden	516	408	441	1365	432	500	449	1381	2746	228.83
	Peter Hellström	258	203	221	682	220	254	226	700	1382	230.33
	Markus Jansson	258	205	220	683	212	246	223	681	1364	227.33
6.	Sweden	467	463	438	1368	462	428	476	1366	2734	227.83
	Jesper Svensson	224	205	220	649	247	185	248	680	1329	221.50
	Martin Larsen	243	258	218	719	215	243	228	686	1405	234.17
7.	Denmark	379	495	485	1359	451	460	452	1363	2722	226.83
	Carsten Warming Hansen	192	236	223	651	258	237	227	722	1373	228.83
	Thomas Larsen	187	259	262	708	193	223	225	641	1349	224.83
8.	Germany	529	393	409	1331	484	439	464	1387	2718	226.50
	Andreas Gripp	256	203	207	666	229	212	225	666	1332	222.00
	Frank Drevenstedt	273	190	202	665	255	227	239	721	1386	231.00
9.	Czech Republic	471	405	490	1366	399	472	473	1344	2710	225.83
	Michal Janovsky	266	212	242	720	199	216	216	631	1351	225.17
	Marek Talpa	205	193	248	646	200	256	257	713	1359	226.50
10.	Spain	466	409	394	1269	443	451	529	1423	2692	224.33
	Javier Moreno	299	195	183	677	235	234	242	711	1388	231.33
	Erwin Pascual	167	214	211	592	208	217	287	712	1304	217.33
11.	Norway	427	454	473	1354	413	441	483	1337	2691	224.25
	Oyvin Kulseng	212	243	227	682	224	223	227	674	1356	226.00
	Svein Åke Ek	215	211	246	672	189	218	256	663	1335	222.50
12.	Russia	465	420	444	1329	503	373	475	1351	2680	223.33
	Yan Korshak	214	238	204	656	235	184	235	654	1310	218.33
	Maxim Okorokov	251	182	240	673	268	189	240	697	1370	228.33
13.	Finland	504	411	420	1335	420	398	523	1341	2676	223.00
	Jari Ratia	280	188	199	667	228	172	279	679	1346	224.33
	Juhani Tonteri	224	223	221	668	192	226	244	662	1330	221.67
14.	Finland	456	425	467	1348	477	391	456	1324	2672	222.67
	Sami Lampo	253	224	241	718	257	155	167	579	1297	216.17
	Perttu Jussila	203	201	226	630	220	236	289	745	1375	229.17
15.	France	445	518	419	1382	420	400	466	1286	2668	222.33
	Christophe Hachin	245	290	236	771	206	214	211	631	1402	233.67
	Jonathan Lefevre	200	228	183	611	214	186	255	655	1266	211.00
16.	Italy	446	388	505	1339	393	467	465	1325	2664	222.00
	Marco Reviglio	215	182	226	623	199	235	188	622	1245	207.50
	Marco Boccato	231	206	279	716	194	232	277	703	1419	236.50
17.	France	401	466	448	1315	437	493	409	1339	2654	221.17
	Valentin Saulnier	180	179	190	549	239	256	213	708	1257	209.50
	Romain Franchi	221	287	258	766	198	237	196	631	1397	232.83
18.	England	435	379	422	1236	446	486	448	1380	2616	218.00
	Elliot Crosby	236	163	255	654	227	278	213	718	1372	228.67
	Leon Devlin	199	216	167	582	219	208	235	662	1244	207.33
19.	Netherlands	424	469	454	1347	413	411	437	1261	2608	217.33
	Johnny Spil	269	253	245	767	194	245	200	639	1406	234.33
	Michell Stinissen	155	216	209	580	219	166	237	622	1202	200.33
20.	England	450	476	369	1295	439	445	429	1313	2608	217.33
	Hadley Morgan	223	238	189	650	211	225	222	658	1308	218.00
	Adam Cairns	227	238	180	645	228	220	207	655	1300	216.67
21.	Slovenia	434	436	463	1333	373	443	446	1262	2595	216.25
	Ziga Zalar	196	247	268	711	178	196	204	578	1289	214.83
	Josko Hlede	238	189	195	622	195	247	242	684	1306	217.67
22.	Slovakia	435	465	401	1301	443	446	403	1292	2593	216.08
	Tomas Vrabec	217	226	180	623	258	247	224	729	1352	225.33
	Roman Karlik	218	239	221	678	185	199	179	563	1241	206.83
23.	Netherlands	396	442	424	1262	460	408	455	1323	2585	215.42
	Alex de Vries	237	243	215	695	289	216	220	725	1420	236.67
	Ramon Hilferink	159	199	209	567	171	192	235	598	1165	194.17
24.	Austria	436	426	382	1244	423	430	479	1332	2576	214.67
	Alexander Rauscher	180	159	199	538	214	201	257	672	1210	201.67
	Thomas Gross	256	267	183	706	209	229	222	660	1366	227.67
25.	Scotland	462	420	411	1293	410	474	382	1266	2559	213.25
	Alan Keddie	248	204	187	639	212	257	184	653	1292	215.33
	Steven Gill	214	216	224	654	198	217	198	613	1267	211.17
26.	Lithuania	390	411	503	1304	440	381	433	1254	2558	213.17
	Aidas Daniunas	192	205	279	676	209	209	236	654	1330	221.67
	Andrius Gasparavicius	198	206	224	628	231	172	197	600	1228	204.67
27.	Israel	371	401	400	1172	487	469	425	1381	2553	212.75
	Oren Hayoun	179	179	196	554	187	246	182	615	1169	194.83
	Ben Fishler	192	222	204	618	300	223	243	766	1384	230.67
28.	Switzerland	424	404	490	1318	387	409	428	1224	2542	211.83
	Philippe Huber	166	198	269	633	205	204	201	610	1243	207.17
	Cosimo Martignano	258	206	221	685	182	205	227	614	1299	216.50
29.	Switzerland	438	440	413	1291	429	404	416	1249	2540	211.67
	Damir Branezac	219	224	187	630	186	206	171	563	1193	198.83
	Harn-Chieh Kwan	219	216	226	661	243	198	245	686	1347	224.50
30.	Ukraine	446	366	404	1216	451	461	411	1323	2539	211.58
	Roman Ilyin	251	197	214	662	225	235	201	661	1323	220.50
	Oleksandr Nechypaiev	195	169	190	554	226	226	210	662	1216	202.67
31.	Spain	370	359	415	1144	498	430	461	1389	2533	211.08
	Raul Jimenez	168	177	225	570	231	193	196	620	1190	198.33
	Pablo Barriopedro	202	182	190	574	267	237	265	769	1343	223.83
32.	Austria	374	459	427	1260	374	422	473	1269	2529	210.75
	Patrick Stiel	181	268	211	660	209	207	215	631	1291	215.17
	Daniel Hahn	193	191	216	600	165	215	258	638	1238	206.33
33.	Israel	449	397	377	1223	491	409	403	1303	2526	210.50
	Or Aviram	279	196	184	659	245	200	226	671	1330	221.67
	Oron Cohen	170	201	193	564	246	209	177	632	1196	199.33
34.	Iceland	372	428	501	1301	392	425	401	1218	2519	209.92
	Skuli Freyr Sigurdsson	170	193	244	607	213	190	223	626	1233	205.50
	Arnar David Jonsson	202	235	257	694	179	235	178	592	1286	214.33
35.	Hungary	369	421	447	1237	423	479	377	1279	2516	209.67
	Balint Luczek	191	199	211	601	194	255	189	638	1239	206.50
	Erich Pisarski	178	222	236	636	229	224	188	641	1277	212.83
36.	Estonia	413	443	416	1272	388	453	400	1241	2513	209.42
	Raul Beekmann	191	184	191	566	163	206	176	545	1111	185.17
	Kert Truus	222	259	225	706	225	247	224	696	1402	233.67
37.	Belgium	422	416	455	1293	459	391	368	1218	2511	209.25
	Bram Van Meerbergen	216	192	209	617	213	168	182	563	1180	196.67
	Mats Maggi	206	224	246	676	246	223	186	655	1331	221.83
38.	Serbia	452	421	425	1298	381	416	412	1209	2507	208.92
	Bojan Kovavic	236	259	223	718	158	247	195	600	1318	219.67
	Orfej Haliti	216	162	202	580	223	169	217	609	1189	198.17
39.	Russia	472	426	477	1375	397	395	337	1129	2504	208.67
	Vladimir Sverchkov	225	200	223	648	213	173	162	548	1196	199.33
	Nikita Kusnetsov	247	226	254	727	184	222	175	581	1308	218.00
40.	England	476	391	420	1287	447	406	348	1201	2488	207.33
	John Wells	229	209	245	683	224	230	178	632	1315	219.17
	Paul Moor	247	182	175	604	223	176	170	569	1173	195.50
41.	Belgium	415	475	446	1336	390	377	381	1148	2484	207.00
	Gery Verbruggen	192	238	230	660	204	230	182	616	1276	212.67
	Wim Claessens	223	237	216	676	186	147	199	532	1208	201.33
42.	Latvia	450	417	449	1316	329	398	438	1165	2481	206.75
	Arturs Levikins	196	205	228	629	190	214	224	628	1257	209.50
	Peteris Cimdins	254	212	221	687	139	184	214	537	1224	204.00
43.	Poland	374	387	367	1128	422	476	441	1339	2467	205.58
	Alexander Langner	182	190	188	560	258	234	289	781	1341	223.50
	Marek Murzynowski	192	197	179	568	164	242	152	558	1126	187.67
44.	Ireland	416	443	376	1235	373	431	427	1231	2466	205.50
	Craig Grattan	170	198	178	546	219	246	204	669	1215	202.50
	Aidan Byrne	246	245	198	689	154	185	223	562	1251	208.50
45.	Iceland	425	471	405	1301	406	413	343	1162	2463	205.25
	Gudlaugur Valgeirsson	199	233	191	623	192	170	198	560	1183	197.17
	Bjarni Pall Jakobsson	226	238	214	678	214	243	145	602	1280	213.33
46.	Poland	408	429	374	1211	421	423	405	1249	2460	205.00
	Tomasz Lutowski	183	235	207	625	209	258	195	662	1287	214.50
	Emil Polanisz	225	194	167	586	212	165	210	587	1173	195.50
47.	Malta	442	440	376	1258	375	412	408	1195	2453	204.42
	Mark Spiteri	234	210	206	650	193	209	193	595	1245	207.50
	Kenneth Arpa	208	230	170	608	182	203	215	600	1208	201.33
48.	Romania	434	404	408	1246	364	428	411	1203	2449	204.08
	Lucian Paraschiv	201	178	198	577	159	201	222	582	1159	193.17
	Romeo Gagenoiu	233	226	210	669	205	227	189	621	1290	215.00
49.	Italy	415	373	406	1194	418	471	353	1242	2436	203.00
	Nicola Pongolini	209	166	203	578	194	243	153	590	1168	194.67
	Antonino Fiorentino	206	207	203	616	224	228	200	652	1268	211.33
50.	Slovenia	443	411	468	1322	372	312	424	1108	2430	202.50
	Aleksander Kostric	176	164	201	541	174	153	234	561	1102	183.67
	Rok Kostric	267	247	267	781	198	159	190	547	1328	221.33
51.	Ireland	440	359	391	1190	369	449	411	1229	2419	201.58
	Gavin Fox	225	173	135	533	157	193	202	552	1085	180.83
	Christopher Sloan	215	186	256	657	212	256	209	677	1334	222.33
52.	Estonia	398	342	460	1200	468	377	364	1209	2409	200.75
	Aivar Leinemann	224	201	269	694	223	180	167	570	1264	210.67
	Carl Kinnunen	174	141	191	506	245	197	197	639	1145	190.83
53.	Turkey	386	346	441	1173	439	422	373	1234	2407	200.58
	Firat Coskun	204	183	204	591	192	222	168	582	1173	195.50
	Habib Dogan	182	163	237	582	247	200	205	652	1234	205.67
54.	Switzerland	408	428	422	1258	401	371	368	1140	2398	199.83
	Marc Jörg	190	182	195	567	203	148	154	505	1072	178.67
	Mathieu Bergès	218	246	227	691	198	223	214	635	1326	221.00
55.	Bulgaria	393	428	422	1243	406	387	361	1154	2397	199.75
	Hristo Georgiev	177	215	213	605	222	224	183	629	1234	205.67
	July Petrov	216	213	209	638	184	163	178	525	1163	193.83
56.	Croatia	403	415	369	1187	364	435	407	1206	2393	199.42
	Tomislav Sekulic	189	211	188	588	154	199	202	555	1143	190.50
	Vedran Vedris	214	204	181	599	210	236	205	651	1250	208.33
57.	Slovenia	406	401	410	1217	396	396	376	1168	2385	198.75
	Tim Cerkvenik Muzafirovic	211	206	180	597	190	190	186	566	1163	193.83
	Anze Grabrijan	195	195	230	620	206	206	190	602	1222	203.67
58.	Iceland	299	405	432	1136	422	426	388	1236	2372	197.67
	Gustaf Smari Björnsson	173	190	210	573	217	226	208	651	1224	204.00
	Stefan Claessen	126	215	222	563	205	200	180	585	1148	191.33
59.	Norway	458	419	380	1257	346	437	323	1106	2363	196.92
	Arvid Espen	247	228	197	672	185	190	157	532	1204	200.67
	Jens Mathiesen	211	191	183	585	161	247	166	574	1159	193.17
60.	Greece	384	407	349	1140	424	358	427	1209	2349	195.75
	Stamatios Paraskevas Roros	184	172	174	530	197	190	183	570	1100	183.33
	Evangelos Krizinis	200	235	175	610	227	168	244	639	1249	208.17
61.	Latvia	364	336	413	1113	380	466	389	1235	2348	195.67
	Janis Dzalbs	150	169	224	543	155	219	199	573	1116	186.00
	Janis Zemitis	214	167	189	570	225	247	190	662	1232	205.33
62.	Serbia	342	376	419	1137	370	456	385	1211	2348	195.67
	David Tanic	177	175	216	568	175	276	185	636	1204	200.67
	Norbert Goblos	165	201	203	569	195	180	200	575	1144	190.67
63.	France	400	364	422	1186	432	393	335	1160	2346	195.50
	Julien Keller	202	169	208	579	253	192	134	579	1158	193.00
	Nicolas Gerard	198	195	214	607	179	201	201	581	1188	198.00
64.	Slovakia	442	332	368	1142	396	356	445	1197	2339	194.92
	Fabio Merkovsky	248	167	211	626	231	206	257	694	1320	220.00
	Alex Basala	194	165	157	516	165	150	188	503	1019	169.83
65.	Ukraine	368	374	391	1133	320	449	430	1199	2332	194.33
	Viacheslav Oseredko	202	225	174	601	143	202	216	561	1162	193.67
	Iurii Grynyk	166	149	217	532	177	247	214	638	1170	195.00
66.	Czech Republic	326	398	391	1115	385	418	408	1211	2326	193.83
	Lukas Hurych	153	160	178	491	217	202	217	636	1127	187.83
	Jiri Hindrak	173	238	213	624	168	216	191	575	1199	199.83
67.	Malta	404	388	418	1210	395	366	349	1110	2320	193.33
	Rankin Luke Camilleri	182	178	214	574	228	155	189	572	1146	191.00
	Mauro Anastasi	222	210	204	636	167	211	160	538	1174	195.67
68.	Lithuania	333	382	411	1126	417	333	432	1182	2308	192.33
	Kestutis Gudauskas	160	182	166	508	194	187	196	577	1085	180.83
	Paulius Bagdonas	173	200	245	618	223	146	236	605	1223	203.83
69.	Bulgaria	360	389	340	1089	418	404	374	1196	2285	190.42
	Dian Dinev	171	199	172	542	191	184	194	569	1111	185.17
	Kaloyan Ivanov	189	190	168	547	227	220	180	627	1174	195.67
70.	Wales	349	386	408	1143	409	343	389	1141	2284	190.33
	James Footner	154	209	225	588	186	169	183	538	1126	187.67
	William Wan	195	177	183	555	223	174	206	603	1158	193.00
71.	Belarus	382	377	391	1150	353	345	431	1129	2279	189.92
	Siarhei Tazin	208	182	236	626	162	210	198	570	1196	199.33
	Yauhen Khasenevich	174	195	155	524	191	135	233	559	1083	180.50
72.	Croatia	343	382	398	1123	350	403	402	1155	2278	189.83
	Zeljko Baruncic	150	203	177	530	170	201	221	592	1122	187.00
	Zoran Banjac	193	179	221	593	180	202	181	563	1156	192.67
73.	Romania	372	334	373	1079	430	363	401	1194	2273	189.42
	Martin David Orlanda	217	155	163	535	226	202	185	613	1148	191.33
	Ioan Ionescu Andrei	155	179	210	544	204	161	216	581	1125	187.50
74.	Greece	406	370	392	1168	361	320	410	1091	2259	188.25
	Nikolaos Kekesis	235	170	200	605	197	151	177	525	1130	188.33
	Dimitrios Georgantas	171	200	192	563	164	169	233	566	1129	188.17
75.	Scotland	410	377	383	1170	311	408	369	1088	2258	188.17
	James Guthrie	208	187	194	589	169	237	167	573	1162	193.67
	Kenny Jamieson	202	190	189	581	142	171	202	515	1096	182.67
76.	Wales	417	402	379	1198	368	341	330	1039	2237	186.42
	Stewart Bryden	212	205	181	598	173	153	174	500	1098	183.00
	Glenn Robson	205	197	198	600	195	188	156	539	1139	189.83
77.	Slovakia	379	334	401	1114	361	345	407	1113	2227	185.58
	David Vilina	184	135	192	511	148	127	226	501	1012	168.67
	Jozef Karlik	195	199	209	603	213	218	181	612	1215	202.50
78.	Hungary	363	355	384	1102	370	373	382	1125	2227	185.58
	Tamas Sass	153	184	181	518	190	179	200	569	1087	181.17
	Csaba Racz	210	171	203	584	180	194	182	556	1140	190.00
79.	Belarus	350	365	329	1044	391	359	430	1180	2224	185.33
	Pavel Sobolev	179	161	183	523	224	188	214	626	1149	191.50
	Viktor Sytchev	171	204	146	521	167	171	216	554	1075	179.17
80.	Malta	429	341	336	1106	314	396	371	1081	2187	182.25
	Paul Baldacchino	233	160	169	562	182	195	181	558	1120	186.67
	Mark Muscat	196	181	167	544	132	201	190	523	1067	177.83
81.	Turkey	378	315	326	1019	367	412	388	1167	2186	182.17
	Celalettin Cakir	193	147	181	521	180	210	233	623	1144	190.67
	Emre Kumru	185	168	145	498	187	202	155	544	1042	173.67
82.	Serbia	376	355	319	1050	401	395	325	1121	2171	180.92
	Vladimir Majski	178	202	126	506	207	191	171	569	1075	179.17
	Vladimir Strbac	198	153	193	544	194	204	154	552	1096	182.67
83.	Estonia	412	344	357	1113	335	360	302	997	2110	175.83
	Kalvi Laasalu	218	162	221	601	194	204	176	574	1175	195.83
	Marek Tammsoo	194	182	136	512	141	156	126	423	935	155.83
84.	Bulgaria	335	312	368	1015	293	333	390	1016	2031	169.25
	Darin Trayanov	179	163	193	535	152	182	202	536	1071	178.50
	Plamen Trayanov	156	149	175	480	141	151	188	480	960	160.00

300 games (1) – Ben Fishler, Israel.

2016 MEC All-Events – Standings after Doubles Squad 3/4

After preliminaries in singles, doubles, trios and team (total 24 games), top 3 earn the medals; top 24 advance to Masters match play; top 8 receive one bye

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Singles	Doubles	Trios	Team	Pins	Avg.
1.	Jesper Agerbo	Denmark	12	1492	1518			3010	250.83
2.	Joonas Jähi	Finland	12	1400	1525			2925	243.75
3.	Kert Truus	Estonia	12	1412	1402			2814	234.50
4.	Oliver Morig	Germany	12	1335	1471			2806	233.83
5.	Martin Larsen	Sweden	12	1368	1405			2773	231.08
6.	Alex de Vries	Netherlands	12	1352	1420			2772	231.00
7.	Marco Boccato	Italy	12	1342	1419			2761	230.08
8.	Pascal Winternheimer	Germany	12	1322	1434			2756	229.67
9.	Javier Moreno	Spain	12	1364	1388			2752	229.33
10.	John Wells	England	12	1437	1315			2752	229.33
11.	Jari Ratia	Finland	12	1382	1346			2728	227.33
12.	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	12	1376	1349			2725	227.08
13.	Elliot Crosby	England	12	1352	1372			2724	227.00
14.	Maxim Okorokov	Russia	12	1346	1370			2716	226.33
15.	Sami Lampo	Finland	12	1401	1297			2698	224.83
16.	Romain Franchi	France	12	1300	1397			2697	224.75
17.	Carsten Warming Hansen	Denmark	12	1321	1373			2694	224.50
18.	Thomas Gross	Austria	12	1325	1366			2691	224.25
19.	Michal Janovsky	Czech Republic	12	1336	1351			2687	223.92
20.	Markus Jansson	Sweden	12	1319	1364			2683	223.58
21.	Antonino Fiorentino	Italy	12	1415	1268			2683	223.58
22.	Erwin Pascual	Spain	12	1370	1304			2674	222.83
23.	Peter Hellström	Sweden	12	1292	1382			2674	222.83
24.	Juhani Tonteri	Finland	12	1343	1330			2673	222.75
25.	Osku Palermaa	Finland	12	1251	1418			2669	222.42
26.	Roman Ilyin	Ukraine	12	1336	1323			2659	221.58
27.	Marek Talpa	Czech Republic	12	1294	1359			2653	221.08
28.	Frank Drevenstedt	Germany	12	1258	1386			2644	220.33
29.	Jesper Svensson	Sweden	12	1311	1329			2640	220.00
30.	Johnny Spil	Netherlands	12	1231	1406			2637	219.75
31.	Perttu Jussila	Finland	12	1258	1375			2633	219.42
32.	Tomas Vrabec	Slovakia	12	1278	1352			2630	219.17
33.	Ben Fishler	Israel	12	1241	1384			2625	218.75
34.	Tobias Börding	Germany	12	1256	1368			2624	218.67
35.	Christopher Sloan	Ireland	12	1289	1334			2623	218.58
36.	Leon Devlin	England	12	1364	1244			2608	217.33
37.	Yan Korshak	Russia	12	1288	1310			2598	216.50
38.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	12	1320	1276			2596	216.33
39.	Jimmy Mortensen	Denmark	12	1287	1308			2595	216.25
40.	Aidas Daniunas	Lithuania	12	1263	1330			2593	216.08
41.	Andreas Gripp	Germany	12	1254	1332			2586	215.50
42.	Rok Kostric	Slovenia	12	1258	1328			2586	215.50
43.	Valentin Saulnier	France	12	1316	1257			2573	214.42
44.	Roman Karlik	Slovakia	12	1331	1241			2572	214.33
45.	Arnar David Jonsson	Iceland	12	1286	1286			2572	214.33
46.	Mats Maggi	Belgium	12	1219	1331			2550	212.50
47.	Marco Baade	Germany	12	1231	1319			2550	212.50
48.	Evangelos Krizinis	Greece	12	1293	1249			2542	211.83
49.	Svein Åke Ek	Norway	12	1206	1335			2541	211.75
50.	Josko Hlede	Slovenia	12	1235	1306			2541	211.75
51.	Steven Gill	Scotland	12	1267	1267			2534	211.17
52.	Paul Moor	England	12	1361	1173			2534	211.17
53.	Or Aviram	Israel	12	1203	1330			2533	211.08
54.	Ziga Zalar	Slovenia	12	1243	1289			2532	211.00
55.	Oyvin Kulseng	Norway	12	1174	1356			2530	210.83
56.	Erich Pisarski	Hungary	12	1251	1277			2528	210.67
57.	Kenneth Arpa	Malta	12	1316	1208			2524	210.33
58.	Romeo Gagenoiu	Romania	12	1227	1290			2517	209.75
59.	Philippe Huber	Switzerland	12	1271	1243			2514	209.50
60.	Patrick Stiel	Austria	12	1218	1291			2509	209.08
61.	Arvid Espen	Norway	12	1305	1204			2509	209.08
62.	Hristo Georgiev	Bulgaria	12	1272	1234			2506	208.83
63.	Nikita Kusnetsov	Russia	12	1192	1308			2500	208.33
64.	Alexander Langner	Poland	12	1156	1341			2497	208.08
65.	Adam Cairns	England	12	1195	1300			2495	207.92
66.	Christophe Hachin	France	12	1092	1402			2494	207.83
67.	Mathieu Bergès	Switzerland	12	1166	1326			2492	207.67
68.	Aidan Byrne	Ireland	12	1232	1251			2483	206.92
69.	Nicola Pongolini	Italy	12	1314	1168			2482	206.83
70.	Tomasz Lutowski	Poland	12	1190	1287			2477	206.42
71.	Bram Van Meerbergen	Belgium	12	1294	1180			2474	206.17
72.	Skuli Freyr Sigurdsson	Iceland	12	1234	1233			2467	205.58
73.	Wim Claessens	Belgium	12	1258	1208			2466	205.50
74.	Andrius Gasparavicius	Lithuania	12	1238	1228			2466	205.50
75.	Bojan Kovavic	Serbia	12	1140	1318			2458	204.83
76.	Oleksandr Nechypaiev	Ukraine	12	1240	1216			2456	204.67
77.	Vladimir Sverchkov	Russia	12	1256	1196			2452	204.33
78.	Alexander Rauscher	Austria	12	1239	1210			2449	204.08
79.	Lucian Paraschiv	Romania	12	1289	1159			2448	204.00
80.	Ramon Hilferink	Netherlands	12	1282	1165			2447	203.92
81.	Fabio Merkovsky	Slovakia	12	1120	1320			2440	203.33
82.	Jonathan Lefevre	France	12	1173	1266			2439	203.25
83.	Arturs Levikins	Latvia	12	1180	1257			2437	203.08
84.	Cosimo Martignano	Switzerland	12	1135	1299			2434	202.83
85.	Hadley Morgan	England	12	1124	1308			2432	202.67
86.	Michell Stinissen	Netherlands	12	1227	1202			2429	202.42
87.	Tim Cerkvenik Muzafirovic	Slovenia	12	1263	1163			2426	202.17
88.	Janis Zemitis	Latvia	12	1193	1232			2425	202.08
89.	Pablo Barriopedro	Spain	12	1081	1343			2424	202.00
90.	Habib Dogan	Turkey	12	1188	1234			2422	201.83
91.	Mark Spiteri	Malta	12	1177	1245			2422	201.83
92.	Jens Mathiesen	Norway	12	1254	1159			2413	201.08
93.	Daniel Hahn	Austria	12	1173	1238			2411	200.92
94.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	12	1111	1292			2403	200.25
95.	Jiri Hindrak	Czech Republic	12	1201	1199			2400	200.00
96.	Paulius Bagdonas	Lithuania	12	1173	1223			2396	199.67
97.	Lukas Hurych	Czech Republic	12	1269	1127			2396	199.67
98.	Raul Beekmann	Estonia	12	1281	1111			2392	199.33
99.	William Wan	Wales	12	1224	1158			2382	198.50
100.	July Petrov	Bulgaria	12	1218	1163			2381	198.42
101.	Bjarni Pall Jakobsson	Iceland	12	1101	1280			2381	198.42
102.	Nicolas Gerard	France	12	1192	1188			2380	198.33
103.	Marco Reviglio	Italy	12	1135	1245			2380	198.33
104.	Balint Luczek	Hungary	12	1139	1239			2378	198.17
105.	Raul Jimenez	Spain	12	1183	1190			2373	197.75
106.	James Guthrie	Scotland	12	1211	1162			2373	197.75
107.	James Footner	Wales	12	1246	1126			2372	197.67
108.	Marc Jörg	Switzerland	12	1299	1072			2371	197.58
109.	Julien Keller	France	12	1210	1158			2368	197.33
110.	Peteris Cimdins	Latvia	12	1143	1224			2367	197.25
111.	Craig Grattan	Ireland	12	1151	1215			2366	197.17
112.	Harn-Chieh Kwan	Switzerland	12	1018	1347			2365	197.08
113.	Martin David Orlanda	Romania	12	1217	1148			2365	197.08
114.	Gustaf Smari Björnsson	Iceland	12	1139	1224			2363	196.92
115.	Kaloyan Ivanov	Bulgaria	12	1188	1174			2362	196.83
116.	Anze Grabrijan	Slovenia	12	1137	1222			2359	196.58
117.	Gudlaugur Valgeirsson	Iceland	12	1168	1183			2351	195.92
118.	Rankin Luke Camilleri	Malta	12	1205	1146			2351	195.92
119.	Emil Polanisz	Poland	12	1176	1173			2349	195.75
120.	Stamatios Paraskevas Roros	Greece	12	1249	1100			2349	195.75
121.	Oren Hayoun	Israel	12	1180	1169			2349	195.75
122.	Damir Branezac	Switzerland	12	1152	1193			2345	195.42
123.	Firat Coskun	Turkey	12	1170	1173			2343	195.25
124.	Gavin Fox	Ireland	12	1255	1085			2340	195.00
125.	Iurii Grynyk	Ukraine	12	1168	1170			2338	194.83
126.	Zoran Banjac	Croatia	12	1179	1156			2335	194.58
127.	Janis Dzalbs	Latvia	12	1213	1116			2329	194.08
128.	Orfej Haliti	Serbia	12	1138	1189			2327	193.92
129.	Jozef Karlik	Slovakia	12	1108	1215			2323	193.58
130.	Viacheslav Oseredko	Ukraine	12	1159	1162			2321	193.42
131.	Aivar Leinemann	Estonia	12	1057	1264			2321	193.42
132.	Zeljko Baruncic	Croatia	12	1195	1122			2317	193.08
133.	Vedran Vedris	Croatia	12	1066	1250			2316	193.00
134.	Aleksander Kostric	Slovenia	12	1210	1102			2312	192.67
135.	Nikolaos Kekesis	Greece	12	1175	1130			2305	192.08
136.	Dimitrios Georgantas	Greece	12	1175	1129			2304	192.00
137.	Ioan Ionescu Andrei	Romania	12	1179	1125			2304	192.00
138.	David Tanic	Serbia	12	1100	1204			2304	192.00
139.	Vladimir Majski	Serbia	12	1227	1075			2302	191.83
140.	Tomislav Sekulic	Croatia	12	1158	1143			2301	191.75
141.	Mauro Anastasi	Malta	12	1126	1174			2300	191.67
142.	Oron Cohen	Israel	12	1102	1196			2298	191.50
143.	Siarhei Tazin	Belarus	12	1100	1196			2296	191.33
144.	Dian Dinev	Bulgaria	12	1176	1111			2287	190.58
145.	Norbert Goblos	Serbia	12	1133	1144			2277	189.75
146.	Stefan Claessen	Iceland	12	1121	1148			2269	189.08
147.	Glenn Robson	Wales	12	1106	1139			2245	187.08
148.	Csaba Racz	Hungary	12	1098	1140			2238	186.50
149.	Pavel Sobolev	Belarus	12	1084	1149			2233	186.08
150.	Celalettin Cakir	Turkey	12	1088	1144			2232	186.00
151.	Kalvi Laasalu	Estonia	12	1046	1175			2221	185.08
152.	Carl Kinnunen	Estonia	12	1073	1145			2218	184.83
153.	Paul Baldacchino	Malta	12	1095	1120			2215	184.58
154.	Stewart Bryden	Wales	12	1115	1098			2213	184.42
155.	Darin Trayanov	Bulgaria	12	1137	1071			2208	184.00
156.	Kenny Jamieson	Scotland	12	1107	1096			2203	183.58
157.	Kestutis Gudauskas	Lithuania	12	1116	1085			2201	183.42
158.	David Vilina	Slovakia	12	1181	1012			2193	182.75
159.	Marek Murzynowski	Poland	12	1041	1126			2167	180.58
160.	Mark Muscat	Malta	12	1099	1067			2166	180.50
161.	Tamas Sass	Hungary	12	1068	1087			2155	179.58
162.	Yauhen Khasenevich	Belarus	12	1040	1083			2123	176.92
163.	Vladimir Strbac	Serbia	12	1020	1096			2116	176.33
164.	Alex Basala	Slovakia	12	1008	1019			2027	168.92
165.	Viktor Sytchev	Belarus	12	949	1075			2024	168.67
166.	Plamen Trayanov	Bulgaria	12	1061	960			2021	168.42
167.	Emre Kumru	Turkey	12	966	1042			2008	167.33
168.	Marek Tammsoo	Estonia	12	1045	935			1980	165.00
169.	Mark Jacobs	Netherlands	6	1444				1444	240.67
170.	Pontus Andersson	Sweden	6	1426				1426	237.67
171.	Linas Sasnauskas	Lithuania	6	1419				1419	236.50
172.	Kristijonas Sergejevas	Lithuania	6	1376				1376	229.33
173.	Tommaso Radi	Italy	6	1373				1373	228.83
174.	Glenn Morten Pedersen	Norway	6	1371				1371	228.50
175.	Mattias Wetterberg	Sweden	6	1345				1345	224.17
176.	Tolga Sismanogullar	Turkey	6	1343				1343	223.83
177.	Leopold Grundschober	Austria	6	1326				1326	221.00
178.	Markus Bergendorff	Denmark	6	1322				1322	220.33
179.	Jeffrey van de Wakker	Netherlands	6	1321				1321	220.17
180.	Michael Loos	Austria	6	1309				1309	218.17
181.	Ivan Semenov	Russia	6	1297				1297	216.17
182.	Tore Torgersen	Norway	6	1297				1297	216.17
183.	Tomasz Olejniczak	Poland	6	1290				1290	215.00
184.	Mik Stampe	Denmark	6	1290				1290	215.00
185.	Alexander Medveditskov	Russia	6	1285				1285	214.17
186.	Paco Rodriguez	Spain	6	1261				1261	210.17
187.	Alessandro Santu	Italy	6	1260				1260	210.00
188.	Stavros Parasakis	Greece	6	1235				1235	205.83
189.	Koen Pellegroms	Belgium	6	1231				1231	205.17
190.	Taygun Erkeskin	Turkey	6	1230				1230	205.00
191.	Melvin Ocando	Spain	6	1209				1209	201.50
192.	Mark Hutton	Scotland	6	1207				1207	201.17
193.	Robert Bruce	Wales	6	1205				1205	200.83
194.	Florin Gheorghe	Romania	6	1197				1197	199.50
195.	Patryk Preus	Poland	6	1197				1197	199.50
196.	Serhii Arakelov	Ukraine	6	1192				1192	198.67
197.	Andrii Shovkun	Ukraine	6	1182				1182	197.00
198.	Ioannis Stathatos	Greece	6	1182				1182	197.00
199.	Pip Wellsteed	Wales	6	1180				1180	196.67
200.	Ryan Vanderschueren	Belgium	6	1179				1179	196.50
201.	Jan Macek	Czech Republic	6	1164				1164	194.00
202.	Jaroslav Lorenc	Czech Republic	6	1162				1162	193.67
203.	Paulo Lopes	Portugal	6	1159				1159	193.17
204.	Andis Darzins	Latvia	6	1157				1157	192.83
205.	James Claxton	Scotland	6	1151				1151	191.83
206.	Ivo Fretes	Portugal	6	1140				1140	190.00
207.	Ron Alhazov	Israel	6	1128				1128	188.00
208.	Viktor Zsolnai	Hungary	6	1125				1125	187.50
209.	Jason Byrnes	Ireland	6	1125				1125	187.50
210.	Marin Vedris	Croatia	6	1121				1121	186.83
211.	Zoltan Skobrics	Hungary	6	1110				1110	185.00
212.	Maksim Krupenin	Belarus	6	1093				1093	182.17
213.	Sergey Kaptsov	Belarus	6	1088				1088	181.33
214.	Meni Mizrahi	Israel	6	1074				1074	179.00
215.	Christian Calagiu	Romania	6	1042				1042	173.67
216.	Paddy Dunne	Ireland	6	1035				1035	172.50
217.	Raimonds Zemitis	Latvia	6	1021				1021	170.17
218.	Sven Fekeza	Croatia	6	964				964	160.67