Mai Ginge Jensen, Bodo Konieczny win 2018 European Champions Cup

28 October, 2018

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Mai Ginge Jensen of Denmark and Bodo Konieczny of Germany captured the women’s and men’s titles in the 41st European Champions Cup at bowling center Bowl for Fun in Langen, Germany, Sunday.

Jensen, who advanced to the single-elimination best-of-three game finals in the no. 1 position, swept no. 3 Eliisa Hiltunen of Finland in the gold medal match, two-games-to-none.

In the semi-finals, Jensen ousted Nadine Geissler of Germany, 2-0, while Hiltunen defeated Solene Goron of France by the same margin..

Jensen received the gold medal, Hiltunen got silver and Geissler and Goron shared the bronze medal.

On the men’s side, fourth seeded Bodo Konieczny of Germany downed third-seeded Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, in the title match, two-games-to-one, including a 263-258 victory in the deciding third game.

From left: Eliisa Hiltunen, Mai Ginge Jensen, Solene Goron and Nadine Geissler.

In the semi-final match, Konieczny, who barely made the cut to the top four finalists, ousted top seeded Jaroslav Lorenc of Czech Republic, who was looking for his second ECC title after 2016, 2-1.

Agerbo eliminated second seeded Viktor Danielsson of Sweden, 2-1, in the other semi-final match.

Konieczny earned the gold medal, Agerbo received silver and Lorenc and Danielsson both got bronze.

From left: Jesper Agerbo, Bodo Konieczny, Jaroslav Lorenc and Viktor Danielsson.

The European Champions Cup 2018 took place from October 22-28 at 18-lane bowling center Bowl for Fun in Langen, Germany, featuring men’s and women’s national champions or point ranking leaders of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) member federations.

The 41st edition of the event drew 38 men and 37 women from 40 countries. The defending champions, Filippa Persson and Mattias Wetterberg of Sweden, were automatically qualified for the event, but only Persson was on site to defend her title.

Men and women competed in separate divisions. All players rolled two eight-game blocks of qualifying before the cut to the top 16 men and 16 women.

The Round of 16 consisted of an additional eight games to determine the top 8 players who bowled four more games to cut to the top 4 who advanced to the match play finals in best-of-three games format. In the semi-finals, No. 1 met No. 4 and No. 2 took on No. 3. The winners of the semi-final matches bowled for the title.

Photos courtesy of Gisela Göbel.

Mai Ginge Jensen, Jaroslav Lorenc lead European Champions Cup after Round of 16
Sweden’s Viktor Danielsson continues to lead as field is cut to top 16 men at ECC
Finland’s Eliisa Hiltunen leads top 16 women into Round 2 at ECC 2018
Sweden’s Viktor Danielsson sets the pace in men’s European Champions Cup
Mai Ginge Jensen leads women’s division at European Champions Cup after first block
41st European Champions Cup is underway in Langen, Germany
Sweden’s Filippa Persson, Mattias Wetterberg emerge as ECC champions

41st European Champions Cup 2018 – Women’s Finals

Bowling Center Bowl for Fun in Langen, Germany (Oct. 22-28, 2018)

Championship Round:
1. Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark
2. Eliisa Hiltunen, Finland
3. Solene Goron, France
(tie) Nadine Geissler, Germany

Playoff Results (best-of-three game matches):
Semi-final Match 1: No. 1 Jensen def. No. 4 Geissler 2-0
(200-176, 213-193)
Semi-final Match 2: No. 3 Hiltunen def. No. 2 Goron 2-0
(246-228, 234-188)
Championship: Jensen def. Hiltunen, 2-0
(248-203, 215-204).

41st European Champions Cup 2018 – Men’s Finals

Bowling Center Bowl for Fun in Langen, Germany (Oct. 22-28, 2018)

Championship Round:
1. Bodo Konieczny, Germany
2. Jesper Agerbo, Denmark
3. Jaroslav Lorenc, Czech Republic
(tie) Viktor Danielsson, Sweden

Playoff Results (best-of-three game matches):
Semi-final Match 1: No. 4 Konieczny def. No. 1 Lorenc, 2-1
(248-173,192-212, 238-195) )
Semi-final Match 2: No. 3 Agerbo def. No. 2 Danielsson, 2-1
(225-190, 169-182, 264-203)
Championship: Konieczny def. Agerbo, 2-1
(195-225, 242-236, 263-258).

2018 European Champions Cup – Men’s Round of 8

Top 4 advance to the finals

Pos	Player	Country	B/F	G25	G26	G27	G28	Pins	Avg.	Total	Avg.
1.	Jaroslav Lorenc	Czech Republic	5510	216	235	219	254	924	231.00	6434	229.79
2.	Viktor Danielsson	Sweden	5457	224	236	236	211	907	226.75	6364	227.29
3.	Jesper Agerbo	Denmark	5371	217	238	268	189	912	228.00	6283	224.39
4.	Bodo Konieczny	Germany	5454	224	215	195	175	809	202.25	6263	223.68
5.	Aidas Daniunas	Lithuania	5403	266	198	203	156	823	205.75	6226	222.36
6.	Sami Konsteri	Finland	5234	246	268	192	201	907	226.75	6141	219.32
7.	Oleksandr Nechypaiev	Ukraine	5179	225	236	245	253	959	239.75	6138	219.21
8.	Mats Maggi	Belgium	5188	215	213	200	191	819	204.75	6007	214.54

2018 European Champions Cup – Women’s Round of 8

Top 4 advance to the finals

Pos	Player	Country	B/F	G25	G26	G27	G28	Pins	Avg.	Total	Avg.
1.	Mai Ginge Jensen	Denmark	5242	216	247	209	239	911	227.75	6153	219.75
2.	Solene Goron	France	5150	257	233	222	247	959	239.75	6109	218.18
3.	Eliisa Hiltunen	Finland	5177	225	206	237	167	835	208.75	6012	214.71
4.	Nadine Geissler	Germany	5182	159	201	254	194	808	202.00	5990	213.93
5.	Chantal Jacobs	Netherlands	4941	242	245	209	226	922	230.50	5863	209.39
6.	Filippa Persson	Sweden	4945	229	217	205	211	862	215.50	5807	207.39
7.	Annie Thorell	Sweden	4971	216	198	212	203	829	207.25	5800	207.14
8.	Giada Di Martino	Italy	4913	170	192	220	209	791	197.75	5704	203.71