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The top 8 receive a first-round 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, while the losers of the semifinals share the bronze medals.
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 served 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 qualified for the World Games.
Those five countries were Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands and Germany. The bowling competition at the X World Games will be held July 20-24 at Sky Bowling.
The Championships also served 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 15 men’s teams in Brussels qualified for the combined World Championships.
Those countries were Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, England, Austria, Norway, Italy, Czech Republic, Spain, Greece, Russia, Belgium and Wales.
Photos courtesy of Gisela Göbel.
Finland defeats Sweden to defend Team title in Brussels
Sweden sets new record on the way to the top seed
Israel leads as A squad has completed Team preliminaries
Sweden leads Team preliminaries after Day 1
Swedes average 225 to take early lead in MEC Team event
Denmark escapes a couple close calls to win gold in Trios
Norway shoots big last game to win Trios preliminaries
Germany, Sweden, Finland crack top 4 in trios
Danish trio sets the pace as Squad 2 has completed preliminaries
Belgium leads after Day 1 in Trios preliminaries
Belgium takes over lead in Doubles after Squad2/3
Italy sets the tone in Squad 1 Trios after three games
Jähi, Palermaa cruise to the Doubles title
Finland, Denmark, Germany (2) to bowl for MEC Doubles title
Finns Palermaa, Jähi shoot into Doubles lead
Agerbo, Mortensen continue to lead Doubles preliminaries
Agerbo, Mortensen lead MEC Doubles prelims after Squad1/4
Jesper Agerbo shoots big games to win Singles gold
Jesper Agerbo leads Singles preliminaries after squad 2/4
2016 Men’s European Championships ready to go
Seed | Player | Country | G1 | G2 | G3 | W-L |
#3 | Martin Larsen | Sweden | 224 | 212 | 180 | 2 |
#12 | Juhani Tonteri | Finland | 236 | 189 | 174 | 1 |
Seed | Player | Country | G1 | G2 | G3 | W-L |
#12 | Juhani Tonteri | Finland | 257 | 269 | 234 | 2 |
#13 | Alex de Vries | Netherlands | 268 | 219 | 225 | 1 |
#3 | Martin Larsen | Sweden | 210 | 279 | 258 | 2 |
#23 | Johnny Spil | Netherlands | 257 | 189 | 208 | 1 |
Seed | Player | Country | G1 | G2 | G3 | W-L |
#8 | Jesper Svensson | Sweden | 204 | 241 | 204 | 1 |
#12 | Juhani Tonteri | Finland | 206 | 149 | 222 | 2 |
#7 | Mark Jacobs | Netherlands | 205 | 184 | 0 | |
#13 | Alex de Vries | Netherlands | 277 | 214 | 2 | |
#3 | Martin Larsen | Sweden | 236 | 197 | 2 | |
#15 | Pontus Andersson | Sweden | 198 | 166 | 0 | |
#2 | Joonas Jähi | Finland | 225 | 222 | 196 | 1 |
#23 | Johnny Spil | Netherlands | 224 | 232 | 238 | 2 |
Seed | Player | Country | G1 | G2 | G3 | W-L |
#3 | Martin Larsen | Sweden | 216 | 245 | 232 | 2 |
#16 | Mats Maggi | Belgium | 244 | 201 | 231 | 1 |
#8 | Jesper Svensson | Sweden | 289 | 256 | 279 | 2 |
#9 | John Wells | England | 218 | 269 | 266 | 1 |
#2 | Joonas Jähi | Finland | 201 | 198 | 2 | |
#19 | Tommaso Radi | Italy | 171 | 188 | 0 | |
#6 | Javier Moreno | Spain | 203 | 230 | 0 | |
#12 | Juhani Tonteri | Finland | 255 | 255 | 2 | |
#5 | Peter Hellström | Sweden | 206 | 154 | 217 | 1 |
#13 | Alex de Vries | Netherlands | 185 | 222 | 258 | 2 |
#1 | Jesper Agerbo | Denmark | 233 | 268 | 227 | 1 |
#23 | Johnny Spil | Netherlands | 245 | 245 | 231 | 2 |
#7 | Mark Jacobs | Netherlands | 205 | 231 (19) | 218 | 2 |
#11 | Osku Palermaa | Finland | 221 | 231 (18) | 202 | 1 |
#4 | Kert Truus | Estonia | 190 | 215 | 0 | 0 |
#15 | Pontus Andersson | Sweden | 247 | 235 | 0 | 2 |
Seed | Player | Country | G1 | G2 | G3 | W-L |
#14 | Markus Jansson | Sweden | 179 | 212 | 217 | 1 |
#19 | Tommaso Radi | Italy | 247 | 209 | 221 | 2 |
#12 | Juhani Tonteri | Finland | 165 | 248 | 228 | 2 |
#21 | Mattias Wetterberg | Sweden | 265 | 141 | 214 | 1 |
#13 | Alex de Vries | Netherlands | 214 | 268 | 221 | 2 |
#20 | Christopher Sloan | Ireland | 224 | 216 | 215 | 1 |
#10 | Thomas Larsen | Denmark | 203 | 232 | 206 | 1 |
#23 | Johnny Spil | Netherlands | 213 | 204 | 220 | 2 |
#11 | Osku Palermaa | Finland | 216 | 221 | 264 | 2 |
#22 | Carsten Warming Hansen | Denmark | 171 | 246 | 186 | 1 |
#15 | Pontus Andersson | Sweden | 232 | 266 | 2 | |
#18 | Oliver Morig | Germany | 218 | 236 | 0 | |
#16 | Mats Maggi | Belgium | 233 | 248 | 277 | 2 |
#17 | Pascal Winternheimer | Germany | 258 | 206 | 178 | 1 |
#9 | John Wells | England | 299 | 202 | 237 | 2 |
#24 | Mik Stampe | Denmark | 177 | 209 | 205 | 1 |
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