Needing a 666 last game to secure a spot in the trios medal round at the Men’s European Championships, Glenn Morten Pedersen, Oyvin Kulseng and Tore Torgersen of Norway fired a huge 739 game to jump into first place en route to earn the No. 1 seed in the semi-finals at Bowling Stones bowling center in Brussels, Belgium.

Starting the second three-game block in fourth place overall, the Norwegians posted 604 to trail squad leader Italy with Marco Boccato, Tommaso Radi and Antonino Fiorentino and to fall behind Russia‘s Yan Korshak, Nikita Kusnetsovand Maxim Okorokov.

While the Italians (585) and Russians (528) struggled in game two, the Norwegian took the lead in squad 1 with 657. Kulseng (257), Pedersen (247) and Torgersen (235) saved their best for last and became the lone of 72 trio which surpassed the 4.000 mark.

The Norwegians hit 200 on the nose today (222.22 average) to win the preliminaries with 4042 total and an overall average of 224.56. Pictured above from left, Torgersen, Kulseng and Pedersen

Oliver Morig, Tobias Börding and Pascal Winternheimer (left, l-r) of Germany slipped to second place with 3979 (221.06) with Peter Hellström, Pontus Andersson and Markus Jansson (right, r-l) of Sweden just one pin behind in third place with 3978 (221.00).

Defending trios champion Finland with Osku Palermaa, who was on the 2015 championship trio, Joonas Jähi and Juhani Tonteri, tied Jesper Agerbo, Carsten Warming Hansen and Thomas Larsen (left, l-r) of Denmark for the fourth and last place to advance to the medal round with 3968 (220.44).

In a 9th and 10th frame roll-off, Denmark (Hansen X, XXX; Agerbo X, XX9; Larsen X, 9/X) defeated Finland (Jähi X, 9/X; Tonteri X, 6/X; Palerma X, XX8), 158-138.

In the semi-finals Norway meets Denmark and Germany takes on Sweden. The winners advance to the gold medal match, while the losers share the bronze medal.

Singles champion and doubles silver medalist, Agerbo (right) widened his lead in All-Events after 18 of 24 games to second place doubles champion Jähi to 67 pins, 4314 to 4247. Kert Truus of Estonia, who had the first of five 300 games in this Championships so far, regained third place with 4189.

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 Trios Preliminaries – Final Standings

Top 4 advance to the medal round

Pos	Player	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Norway	677	670	695	2042	604	657	739	2000	4042	224.56
	Glenn Morten Pedersen	185	233	228	646	150	207	247	604	1250	208.33
	Oyvin Kulseng	258	225	255	738	245	247	257	749	1487	247.83
	Tore Torgersen	234	212	212	658	209	203	235	647	1305	217.50
2.	Germany	649	617	731	1997	663	670	649	1982	3979	221.06
	Tobias Börding	202	209	255	666	279	190	237	706	1372	228.67
	Pascal Winternheimer	266	225	209	700	188	233	210	631	1331	221.83
	Oliver Morig	181	183	267	631	196	247	202	645	1276	212.67
3.	Sweden	691	671	646	2008	663	636	671	1970	3978	221.00
	Pontus Andersson	225	176	214	615	225	190	245	660	1275	212.50
	Peter Hellström	243	238	190	671	222	236	214	672	1343	223.83
	Markus Jansson	223	257	242	722	216	210	212	638	1360	226.67
4.	Denmark	664	668	580	1912	704	620	732	2056	3968	220.44
	Carsten Warming Hansen	196	214	194	604	234	202	237	673	1277	212.83
	Thomas Larsen	236	268	161	665	245	209	268	722	1387	231.17
	Jesper Agerbo	232	186	225	643	225	209	227	661	1304	217.33
5.	Finland	672	702	661	2035	667	648	618	1933	3968	220.44
	Joonas Jähi	277	202	214	693	212	181	236	629	1322	220.33
	Juhani Tonteri	203	255	265	723	244	210	201	655	1378	229.67
	Osku Palermaa	192	245	182	619	211	257	181	649	1268	211.33
6.	Sweden	635	578	668	1881	692	708	673	2073	3954	219.67
	Jesper Svensson	209	193	259	661	269	236	224	729	1390	231.67
	Mattias Wetterberg	223	181	168	572	227	237	192	656	1228	204.67
	Martin Larsen	203	204	241	648	196	235	257	688	1336	222.67
	Czech Republic	686	181	681	2060	227	607	659	1890	1228	219.44
	Martin Larsen	203	204	180	648	196	224	257	688	1336	232.67
7.	Czech Republic	686	693	681	2060	624	607	659	1890	3950	219.44
	Jan Macek	279	300	180	759	232	224	181	637	1396	232.67
	Michal Janovsky	192	198	253	643	213	201	233	647	1290	215.00
	Marek Talpa	215	195	248	658	179	182	245	606	1264	210.67
8.	Israel	634	714	665	2013	709	569	617	1895	3908	217.11
	Ron Alhazov	223	217	173	613	212	214	188	614	1227	204.50
	Ben Fishler	179	252	264	695	254	183	217	654	1349	224.83
	Or Aviram	232	245	228	705	243	172	212	627	1332	222.00
9.	Netherlands	624	689	611	1924	652	668	650	1970	3894	216.33
	Johnny Spil	175	206	226	607	209	225	222	656	1263	210.50
	Mark Jacobs	233	215	216	664	226	219	214	659	1323	220.50
	Alex de Vries	216	268	169	653	217	224	214	655	1308	218.00
10.	Belgium	771	666	630	2067	640	554	610	1804	3871	215.06
	Bram Van Meerbergen	237	237	209	683	188	171	195	554	1237	206.17
	Mats Maggi	300	175	218	693	228	211	224	663	1356	226.00
	Koen Pellegroms	234	254	203	691	224	172	191	587	1278	213.00
11.	England	728	681	575	1984	659	589	622	1870	3854	214.11
	Leon Devlin	226	210	202	638	182	192	183	557	1195	199.17
	Elliot Crosby	248	225	192	665	188	220	195	603	1268	211.33
	John Wells	254	246	181	681	289	177	244	710	1391	231.83
12.	Russia	658	672	703	2033	641	528	638	1807	3840	213.33
	Yan Korshak	257	209	201	667	172	174	187	533	1200	200.00
	Nikita Kusnetsov	224	234	254	712	257	183	182	622	1334	222.33
	Maxim Okorokov	177	229	248	654	212	171	269	652	1306	217.67
13.	Italy	720	660	681	2061	606	585	581	1772	3833	212.94
	Marco Boccato	206	212	226	644	219	221	172	612	1256	209.33
	Tommaso Radi	279	216	214	709	163	170	192	525	1234	205.67
	Antonino Fiorentino	235	232	241	708	224	194	217	635	1343	223.83
14.	Austria	606	760	632	1998	629	603	598	1830	3828	212.67
	Michael Loos	192	233	216	641	211	248	215	674	1315	219.17
	Thomas Gross	197	259	227	683	208	203	184	595	1278	213.00
	Leopold Grundschober	217	268	189	674	210	152	199	561	1235	205.83
15.	Norway	604	582	617	1803	711	626	682	2019	3822	212.33
	Arvid Espen	204	202	177	583	238	235	213	686	1269	211.50
	Jens Mathiesen	201	189	233	623	247	210	230	687	1310	218.33
	Svein Ake Ek	199	191	207	597	226	181	239	646	1243	207.17
16.	England	633	606	652	1891	739	556	626	1921	3812	211.78
	Adam Cairns	226	224	225	675	259	152	214	625	1300	216.67
	Hadley Morgan	222	191	227	640	267	200	223	690	1330	221.67
	Paul Moor	185	191	200	576	213	204	189	606	1182	197.00
17.	Finland	622	567	696	1885	641	660	606	1907	3792	210.67
	Sami Lampo	224	230	229	683	194	249	235	678	1361	226.83
	Jari Ratia	199	171	236	606	240	216	205	661	1267	211.17
	Perttu Jussila	199	166	231	596	207	195	166	568	1164	194.00
18.	Malta	616	712	596	1924	595	584	658	1837	3761	208.94
	Rankin Luke Camilleri	210	232	163	605	221	186	233	640	1245	207.50
	Mark Spiteri	184	247	214	645	170	194	218	582	1227	204.50
	Kenneth Arpa	222	233	219	674	204	204	207	615	1289	214.83
19.	Spain	613	642	642	1897	607	566	689	1862	3759	208.83
	Javier Moreno	255	214	215	684	224	184	246	654	1338	223.00
	Erwin Pascual	167	162	222	551	185	192	205	582	1133	188.83
	Paco Rodriguez	191	266	205	662	198	190	238	626	1288	214.67
20.	Wales	618	711	549	1878	629	666	584	1879	3757	208.72
	James Footner	185	266	203	654	183	245	208	636	1290	215.00
	William Wan	233	213	184	630	234	208	223	665	1295	215.83
	Robert Bruce	200	232	162	594	212	213	153	578	1172	195.33
21.	Germany	675	660	583	1918	595	626	616	1837	3755	208.61
	Frank Drevenstedt	247	238	179	664	212	194	191	597	1261	210.17
	Andreas Gripp	236	230	214	680	186	191	200	577	1257	209.50
	Marco Baade	192	192	190	574	197	241	225	663	1237	206.17
22.	Denmark	669	622	653	1944	656	567	588	1811	3755	208.61
	Jimmy Dan Mortensen	188	223	164	575	221	197	183	601	1176	196.00
	Markus Bergendorff	234	223	220	677	223	202	211	636	1313	218.83
	Mik Stampe	247	176	269	692	212	168	194	574	1266	211.00
23.	Netherlands	587	663	528	1778	700	697	580	1977	3755	208.61
	Michell Stinissen	196	188	197	581	222	210	181	613	1194	199.00
	Ramon Hilferink	192	247	140	579	250	236	143	629	1208	201.33
	Jeffrey van de Wakker	199	228	191	618	228	251	256	735	1353	225.50
24.	Ireland	596	654	618	1868	637	604	637	1878	3746	208.11
	Craig Grattan	180	231	224	635	198	165	208	571	1206	201.00
	Gavin Fox	186	221	169	576	192	195	187	574	1150	191.67
	Christopher Sloan	230	202	225	657	247	244	242	733	1390	231.67
25.	Italy	575	613	613	1801	622	654	646	1922	3723	206.83
	Marco Reviglio	205	227	182	614	223	219	159	601	1215	202.50
	Nicola Pongolini	175	214	203	592	205	266	222	693	1285	214.17
	Alessandro Santu	195	172	228	595	194	169	265	628	1223	203.83
26.	Lithuania	645	681	565	1891	637	588	603	1828	3719	206.61
	Aidas Daniunas	258	237	216	711	202	192	171	565	1276	212.67
	Andrius Gasparavicius	185	209	180	574	232	202	222	656	1230	205.00
	Kristijonas Sergejevas	202	235	169	606	203	194	210	607	1213	202.17
27.	France	608	635	579	1822	573	591	724	1888	3710	206.11
	Julien Keller	174	190	195	559	201	164	244	609	1168	194.67
	Nicolas Gerard	193	235	159	587	176	236	255	667	1254	209.00
	Jonathan Lefevre	241	210	225	676	196	191	225	612	1288	214.67
28.	Hungary	620	630	587	1837	614	609	624	1847	3684	204.67
	Zoltan Skobrics	182	219	187	588	215	197	165	577	1165	194.17
	Balint Luczek	159	199	174	532	173	192	194	559	1091	181.83
	Erich Pisarski	279	212	226	717	226	220	265	711	1428	238.00
29.	Ukraine	576	601	554	1731	676	647	620	1943	3674	204.11
	Roman Ilyin	222	179	150	551	254	219	188	661	1212	202.00
	Andrii Shovkun	218	224	168	610	217	216	185	618	1228	204.67
	Oleksandr Nechypaiev	136	198	236	570	205	212	247	664	1234	205.67
30.	Romania	626	564	566	1756	654	645	619	1918	3674	204.11
	Lucian Paraschiv	227	186	175	588	182	224	179	585	1173	195.50
	Romeo Gagenoiu	198	162	218	578	230	188	237	655	1233	205.50
	Florin Gheorghe	201	216	173	590	242	233	203	678	1268	211.33
31.	Spain	581	574	681	1836	641	591	601	1833	3669	203.83
	Raul Jimenez	178	168	222	568	170	238	280	688	1256	209.33
	Melvin Ocando	276	177	236	689	225	176	130	531	1220	203.33
	Pablo Barriopedro	127	229	223	579	246	177	191	614	1193	198.83
32.	Slovenia	593	558	644	1795	547	670	643	1860	3655	203.06
	Aleksander Kostric	244	158	258	660	191	224	169	584	1244	207.33
	Tim Cerkvenik Muzafirovic	200	191	178	569	174	222	234	630	1199	199.83
	Anze Grabrijan	149	209	208	566	182	224	240	646	1212	202.00
33.	Iceland	556	639	661	1856	569	631	597	1797	3653	202.94
	Skuli Freyr Sigurdsson	208	219	223	650	192	202	211	605	1255	209.17
	Bjarni Pall Jakobsson	185	188	213	586	199	212	157	568	1154	192.33
	Arnar David Jonsson	163	232	225	620	178	217	229	624	1244	207.33
34.	Poland	564	587	591	1742	619	597	691	1907	3649	202.72
	Marek Murzynowski	225	135	225	585	214	216	223	653	1238	206.33
	Emil Polanisz	164	221	174	559	190	205	210	605	1164	194.00
	Patryk Preus	175	231	192	598	215	176	258	649	1247	207.83
35.	Slovenia	615	617	611	1843	507	604	675	1786	3629	201.61
	Ziga Zalar	202	211	183	596	172	237	222	631	1227	204.50
	Josko Hlede	167	195	201	563	177	191	240	608	1171	195.17
	Rok Kostric	246	211	227	684	158	176	213	547	1231	205.17
36.	Lithuania	672	597	581	1850	569	602	608	1779	3629	201.61
	Kestutis Gudauskas	265	189	240	694	169	206	224	599	1293	215.50
	Linas Sasnauskas	195	211	154	560	220	189	210	619	1179	196.50
	Paulius Bagdonas	212	197	187	596	180	207	174	561	1157	192.83
37.	Israel	624	617	563	1804	576	636	603	1815	3619	201.06
	Oron Cohen	254	191	158	603	155	213	184	552	1155	192.50
	Meni Mizrahi	198	232	192	622	231	236	220	687	1309	218.17
	Oren Hayoun	172	194	213	579	190	187	199	576	1155	192.50
38.	Greece	543	670	626	1839	602	595	568	1765	3604	200.22
	Ioannis Stathatos	169	198	182	549	211	205	194	610	1159	193.17
	Stavros Parasakis	181	214	186	581	199	200	157	556	1137	189.50
	Evangelos Krizinis	193	258	258	709	192	190	217	599	1308	218.00
39.	France	546	633	631	1810	583	617	587	1787	3597	199.83
	Valentin Saulnier	189	254	225	668	235	235	224	694	1362	227.00
	Christophe Hachin	158	165	195	518	178	205	189	572	1090	181.67
	Romain Franchi	199	214	211	624	170	177	174	521	1145	190.83
40.	Ukraine	555	533	720	1808	528	585	667	1780	3588	199.33
	Serhii Arakelov	173	159	210	542	145	224	188	557	1099	183.17
	Viacheslav Oseredko	205	184	287	676	214	202	233	649	1325	220.83
	Iurii Grynyk	177	190	223	590	169	159	246	574	1164	194.00
41.	Belgium	638	591	571	1800	624	594	566	1784	3584	199.11
	Ryan Vanderschueren	196	171	210	577	182	211	170	563	1140	190.00
	Wim Claessens	209	219	150	578	215	198	194	607	1185	197.50
	Gery Verbruggen	233	201	211	645	227	185	202	614	1259	209.83
42.	Czech Republic	639	626	518	1783	533	536	717	1786	3569	198.28
	Jiri Hindrak	233	184	178	595	193	196	216	605	1200	200.00
	Lukas Hurych	175	196	148	519	146	160	277	583	1102	183.67
	Jaroslav Lorenc	231	246	192	669	194	180	224	598	1267	211.17
43.	Latvia	568	528	655	1751	579	668	569	1816	3567	198.17
	Raimonds Zemitis	184	204	224	612	198	243	177	618	1230	205.00
	Janis Dzalbs	192	146	218	556	193	216	193	602	1158	193.00
	Andis Darzins	192	178	213	583	188	209	199	596	1179	196.50
44.	Poland	586	605	619	1810	579	592	567	1738	3548	197.11
	Alexander Langner	194	165	199	558	191	159	201	551	1109	184.83
	Tomasz Lutowski	187	186	244	617	152	214	182	548	1165	194.17
	Tomasz Olejniczak	205	254	176	635	236	219	184	639	1274	212.33
45.	Switzerland	566	576	632	1774	639	589	542	1770	3544	196.89
	Philippe Huber	204	211	213	628	203	223	201	627	1255	209.17
	Cosimo Martignano	139	171	226	536	201	227	166	594	1130	188.33
	Mathieu Bergès	223	194	193	610	235	139	175	549	1159	193.17
46.	Scotland	612	553	582	1747	600	494	700	1794	3541	196.72
	Alan Keddie	174	190	185	549	212	148	216	576	1125	187.50
	Mark Hutton	193	172	223	588	190	167	246	603	1191	198.50
	Steven Gill	245	191	174	610	198	179	238	615	1225	204.17
47.	Estonia	607	497	503	1607	610	685	639	1934	3541	196.72
	Raul Beekmann	171	173	150	494	198	204	199	601	1095	182.50
	Aivar Leinemann	194	150	143	487	180	213	191	584	1071	178.50
	Kert Truus	242	174	210	626	232	268	249	749	1375	229.17
48.	Slovakia	589	556	648	1793	582	551	584	1717	3510	195.00
	Tomas Vrabec	192	192	176	560	195	199	212	606	1166	194.33
	Fabio Merkovsky	192	139	213	544	215	163	191	569	1113	185.50
	Roman Karlik	205	225	259	689	172	189	181	542	1231	205.17
49.	Latvia	600	535	524	1659	547	637	655	1839	3498	194.33
	Arturs Levikins	289	197	158	644	203	241	249	693	1337	222.83
	Peteris Cimdins	198	166	164	528	166	236	184	586	1114	185.67
	Janis Zemitis	113	172	202	487	178	160	222	560	1047	174.50
50.	Hungary	565	691	620	1876	508	504	592	1604	3480	193.33
	Tamas Sass	182	256	188	626	200	167	207	574	1200	200.00
	Viktor Zsolnai	184	246	190	620	140	156	167	463	1083	180.50
	Csaba Racz	199	189	242	630	168	181	218	567	1197	199.50
51.	Wales	551	527	569	1647	684	571	564	1819	3466	192.56
	Pip Wellsteed	187	194	225	606	225	162	189	576	1182	197.00
	Stewart Bryden	185	164	181	530	224	206	163	593	1123	187.17
	Glenn Robson	179	169	163	511	235	203	212	650	1161	193.50
52.	Russia	538	609	601	1748	540	610	563	1713	3461	192.28
	Vladimir Sverchkov	183	150	153	486	180	196	162	538	1024	170.67
	Alexander Medveditskov	167	182	200	549	188	204	190	582	1131	188.50
	Ivan Semenov	188	277	248	713	172	210	211	593	1306	217.67
53.	Scotland	574	639	573	1786	533	552	586	1671	3457	192.06
	James Claxton	192	227	186	605	163	192	192	547	1152	192.00
	Kenny Jamieson	194	233	204	631	204	189	212	605	1236	206.00
	James Guthrie	188	179	183	550	166	171	182	519	1069	178.17
54.	Greece	579	553	569	1701	561	574	608	1743	3444	191.33
	Dimitrios Georgantas	179	174	183	536	205	179	198	582	1118	186.33
	Nikolaos Kekesis	218	160	196	574	182	205	219	606	1180	196.67
	Stamatios Paraskevas Roros	182	219	190	591	174	190	191	555	1146	191.00
55.	Switzerland	578	557	619	1754	529	543	610	1682	3436	190.89
	Marc Jörg	181	216	224	621	208	141	207	556	1177	196.17
	Damir Branezac	177	161	205	543	171	203	216	590	1133	188.83
	Harn-Chieh Kwan	220	180	190	590	150	199	187	536	1126	187.67
56.	Bulgaria	534	552	562	1648	625	598	564	1787	3435	190.83
	Kaloyan Ivanov	183	233	190	606	173	187	176	536	1142	190.33
	Hristo Georgiev	181	161	160	502	197	230	200	627	1129	188.17
	July Petrov	170	158	212	540	255	181	188	624	1164	194.00
57.	Serbia	575	618	560	1753	557	555	565	1677	3430	190.56
	Vladimir Strbac	159	212	179	550	187	163	225	575	1125	187.50
	Vladimir Majski	235	236	182	653	179	201	176	556	1209	201.50
	Norbert Goblos	181	170	199	550	191	191	164	546	1096	182.67
58.	Turkey	605	532	598	1735	563	519	610	1692	3427	190.39
	Tolga Sismanogullar	217	208	219	644	209	176	205	590	1234	205.67
	Taygun Erkeskin	169	177	222	568	197	152	160	509	1077	179.50
	Habib Dogan	219	147	157	523	157	191	245	593	1116	186.00
59.	Austria	489	586	622	1697	560	556	612	1728	3425	190.28
	Alexander Rauscher	159	225	211	595	184	248	242	674	1269	211.50
	Patrick Stiel	137	182	170	489	179	158	177	514	1003	167.17
	Daniel Hahn	193	179	241	613	197	150	193	540	1153	192.17
60.	Malta	590	600	530	1720	572	555	575	1702	3422	190.11
	Mark Muscat	158	180	189	527	181	182	196	559	1086	181.00
	Paul Baldacchino	211	212	170	593	167	200	170	537	1130	188.33
	Mauro Anastasi	221	208	171	600	224	173	209	606	1206	201.00
61.	Turkey	497	624	503	1624	594	607	588	1789	3413	189.61
	Celalettin Cakir	144	210	157	511	167	245	235	647	1158	193.00
	Firat Coskun	185	199	164	548	210	174	194	578	1126	187.67
	Emre Kumru	168	215	182	565	217	188	159	564	1129	188.17
62.	Croatia	598	615	503	1716	620	534	532	1686	3402	189.00
	Zeljko Baruncic	213	186	180	579	188	198	189	575	1154	192.33
	Tomislav Sekulic	173	225	165	563	181	156	185	522	1085	180.83
	Zoran Banjac	212	204	158	574	251	180	158	589	1163	193.83
63.	Iceland	591	550	592	1733	550	530	551	1631	3364	186.89
	Gudlaugur Valgeirsson	179	146	173	498	164	182	180	526	1024	170.67
	Gustaf Smari Björnsson	234	203	209	646	225	202	180	607	1253	208.83
	Stefan Claessen	178	201	210	589	161	146	191	498	1087	181.17
64.	Serbia	512	679	623	1814	470	553	509	1532	3346	185.89
	Bojan Kovavic	177	244	190	611	152	194	157	503	1114	185.67
	Orfej Haliti	156	190	209	555	162	142	187	491	1046	174.33
	David Tanic	179	245	224	648	156	217	165	538	1186	197.67
65.	Romania	531	503	546	1580	564	595	605	1764	3344	185.78
	Christian Calagiu	187	184	222	593	226	195	206	627	1220	203.33
	Ioan Ionescu Andrei	151	116	133	400	127	186	211	524	924	154.00
	Martin David Orlanda	193	203	191	587	211	214	188	613	1200	200.00
66.	Slovakia	484	486	517	1487	651	624	529	1804	3291	182.83
	Alex Basala	133	124	181	438	253	214	157	624	1062	177.00
	David Vilina	205	190	158	553	165	183	211	559	1112	185.33
	Jozef Karlik	146	172	178	496	233	227	161	621	1117	186.17
67.	Belarus	555	556	524	1635	591	468	576	1635	3270	181.67
	Siarhei Tazin	185	181	197	563	214	158	183	555	1118	186.33
	Pavel Sobolev	176	152	167	495	214	140	222	576	1071	178.50
	Yauhen Khasenevich	194	223	160	577	163	170	171	504	1081	180.17
68.	Bulgaria	549	506	577	1632	524	527	573	1624	3256	180.89
	Plamen Trayanov	189	150	198	537	160	154	178	492	1029	171.50
	Darin Trayanov	188	180	162	530	201	163	169	533	1063	177.17
	Dian Dinev	172	176	217	565	163	210	226	599	1164	194.00
69.	Ireland	520	491	532	1543	512	533	661	1706	3249	180.50
	Paddy Dunne	162	162	212	536	157	160	182	499	1035	172.50
	Jason Byrnes	192	170	155	517	177	186	226	589	1106	184.33
	Aidan Byrne	166	159	165	490	178	187	253	618	1108	184.67
70.	Croatia	538	624	519	1681	584	521	462	1567	3248	180.44
	Marin Vedris	177	204	158	539	194	185	148	527	1066	177.67
	Sven Fekeza	171	210	191	572	188	132	163	483	1055	175.83
	Vedran Vedris	190	210	170	570	202	204	151	557	1127	187.83
71.	Estonia	507	468	553	1528	562	606	550	1718	3246	180.33
	Marek Tammsoo	172	152	170	494	175	152	177	504	998	166.33
	Kalvi Laasalu	190	168	167	525	218	186	214	618	1143	190.50
	Carl Kinnunen	145	148	216	509	169	268	159	596	1105	184.17
72.	Belarus	581	505	557	1643	515	515	514	1544	3187	177.06
	Sergey Kaptsov	230	145	156	531	194	159	157	510	1041	173.50
	Viktor Sytchev	183	127	213	523	148	172	142	462	985	164.17
	Maksim Krupenin	168	233	188	589	173	184	215	572	1161	193.50

2016 MEC All-Events – Standings after three of four events

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	18	1492	1518	1304		4314	239.67
2.	Joonas Jähi	Finland	18	1400	1525	1322		4247	235.94
3.	Kert Truus	Estonia	18	1412	1402	1375		4189	232.72
4.	John Wells	England	18	1437	1315	1391		4143	230.17
5.	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	18	1376	1349	1387		4112	228.44
6.	Martin Larsen	Sweden	18	1368	1405	1336		4109	228.28
7.	Mark Jacobs	Netherlands	18	1444	1328	1323		4095	227.50
8.	Javier Moreno	Spain	18	1364	1388	1338		4090	227.22
9.	Pascal Winternheimer	Germany	18	1322	1434	1331		4087	227.06
10.	Oliver Morig	Germany	18	1335	1471	1276		4082	226.78
11.	Alex de Vries	Netherlands	18	1352	1420	1308		4080	226.67
12.	Sami Lampo	Finland	18	1401	1297	1361		4059	225.50
13.	Juhani Tonteri	Finland	18	1343	1330	1378		4051	225.06
14.	Markus Jansson	Sweden	18	1319	1364	1360		4043	224.61
15.	Jesper Svensson	Sweden	18	1311	1329	1390		4030	223.89
16.	Antonino Fiorentino	Italy	18	1415	1268	1343		4026	223.67
17.	Maxim Okorokov	Russia	18	1346	1370	1306		4022	223.44
18.	Oyvin Kulseng	Norway	18	1174	1356	1487		4017	223.17
19.	Peter Hellström	Sweden	18	1292	1382	1343		4017	223.17
20.	Marco Boccato	Italy	18	1342	1419	1256		4017	223.17
21.	Christopher Sloan	Ireland	18	1289	1334	1390		4013	222.94
22.	Markus Bergendorff	Denmark	18	1322	1366	1313		4001	222.28
23.	Tobias Börding	Germany	18	1256	1368	1372		3996	222.00
24.	Jari Ratia	Finland	18	1382	1346	1267		3995	221.94
25.	Elliot Crosby	England	18	1352	1372	1268		3992	221.78
26.	Michal Janovsky	Czech Republic	18	1336	1351	1290		3977	220.94
27.	Pontus Andersson	Sweden	18	1426	1275	1275		3976	220.89
28.	Ben Fishler	Israel	18	1241	1384	1349		3974	220.78
29.	Carsten Warming Hansen	Denmark	18	1321	1373	1277		3971	220.61
30.	Thomas Gross	Austria	18	1325	1367	1278		3970	220.56
31.	Jeffrey van de Wakker	Netherlands	18	1321	1289	1353		3963	220.17
32.	Mattias Wetterberg	Sweden	18	1345	1390	1228		3963	220.17
33.	Erich Pisarski	Hungary	18	1251	1277	1428		3956	219.78
34.	Osku Palermaa	Finland	18	1251	1418	1268		3937	218.72
35.	Valentin Saulnier	France	18	1316	1257	1362		3935	218.61
36.	Tore Torgersen	Norway	18	1297	1327	1305		3929	218.28
37.	Mik Stampe	Denmark	18	1290	1367	1266		3923	217.94
38.	Marek Talpa	Czech Republic	18	1294	1359	1264		3917	217.61
39.	Mats Maggi	Belgium	18	1219	1331	1356		3906	217.00
40.	Jan Macek	Czech Republic	18	1164	1346	1396		3906	217.00
41.	Frank Drevenstedt	Germany	18	1258	1386	1261		3905	216.94
42.	Tommaso Radi	Italy	18	1373	1295	1234		3902	216.78
43.	Johnny Spil	Netherlands	18	1231	1406	1263		3900	216.67
44.	Roman Ilyin	Ukraine	18	1336	1323	1212		3871	215.06
45.	Aidas Daniunas	Lithuania	18	1263	1330	1276		3869	214.94
46.	Michael Loos	Austria	18	1309	1242	1315		3866	214.78
47.	Or Aviram	Israel	18	1203	1330	1332		3865	214.72
48.	Alessandro Santu	Italy	18	1260	1375	1223		3858	214.33
49.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	18	1320	1276	1259		3855	214.17
50.	Evangelos Krizinis	Greece	18	1293	1249	1308		3850	213.89
51.	Paco Rodriguez	Spain	18	1261	1298	1288		3847	213.72
52.	Andreas Gripp	Germany	18	1254	1332	1257		3843	213.50
53.	Romain Franchi	France	18	1300	1397	1145		3842	213.44
54.	Glenn Morten Pedersen	Norway	18	1371	1217	1250		3838	213.22
55.	Nikita Kusnetsov	Russia	18	1192	1308	1334		3834	213.00
56.	Rok Kostric	Slovenia	18	1258	1328	1231		3817	212.06
57.	Arnar David Jonsson	Iceland	18	1286	1286	1244		3816	212.00
58.	Kenneth Arpa	Malta	18	1316	1208	1289		3813	211.83
59.	Ivan Semenov	Russia	18	1297	1208	1306		3811	211.72
60.	Erwin Pascual	Spain	18	1370	1304	1133		3807	211.50
61.	Florin Gheorghe	Romania	18	1197	1342	1268		3807	211.50
62.	Leon Devlin	England	18	1364	1244	1195		3803	211.28
63.	Roman Karlik	Slovakia	18	1331	1241	1231		3803	211.28
64.	Yan Korshak	Russia	18	1288	1310	1200		3798	211.00
65.	Perttu Jussila	Finland	18	1258	1375	1164		3797	210.94
66.	Tomas Vrabec	Slovakia	18	1278	1352	1166		3796	210.89
67.	Adam Cairns	England	18	1195	1300	1300		3795	210.83
68.	Marco Baade	Germany	18	1231	1319	1237		3787	210.39
69.	Svein Åke Ek	Norway	18	1206	1335	1243		3784	210.22
70.	Arvid Espen	Norway	18	1305	1204	1269		3778	209.89
71.	Arturs Levikins	Latvia	18	1180	1257	1337		3774	209.67
72.	Tomasz Olejniczak	Poland	18	1290	1208	1274		3772	209.56
73.	Jimmy Mortensen	Denmark	18	1287	1308	1176		3771	209.50
74.	Philippe Huber	Switzerland	18	1271	1243	1255		3769	209.39
75.	Nicola Pongolini	Italy	18	1314	1168	1285		3767	209.28
76.	Hadley Morgan	England	18	1124	1308	1330		3762	209.00
77.	Steven Gill	Scotland	18	1267	1267	1225		3759	208.83
78.	Ziga Zalar	Slovenia	18	1243	1289	1227		3759	208.83
79.	Romeo Gagenoiu	Romania	18	1227	1290	1233		3750	208.33
80.	Leopold Grundschober	Austria	18	1326	1188	1235		3749	208.28
81.	Jonathan Lefevre	France	18	1173	1266	1288		3727	207.06
82.	Jens Mathiesen	Norway	18	1254	1159	1310		3723	206.83
83.	Skuli Freyr Sigurdsson	Iceland	18	1234	1233	1255		3722	206.78
84.	Linas Sasnauskas	Lithuania	18	1419	1124	1179		3722	206.78
85.	Koen Pellegroms	Belgium	18	1231	1212	1278		3721	206.72
86.	Kristijonas Sergejevas	Lithuania	18	1376	1130	1213		3719	206.61
87.	Alexander Rauscher	Austria	18	1239	1210	1269		3718	206.56
88.	Paul Moor	England	18	1361	1173	1182		3716	206.44
89.	Josko Hlede	Slovenia	18	1235	1306	1171		3712	206.22
90.	Bram Van Meerbergen	Belgium	18	1294	1180	1237		3711	206.17
91.	Andrius Gasparavicius	Lithuania	18	1238	1228	1230		3696	205.33
92.	Oleksandr Nechypaiev	Ukraine	18	1240	1216	1234		3690	205.00
93.	Ioannis Stathatos	Greece	18	1182	1344	1159		3685	204.72
94.	William Wan	Wales	18	1224	1158	1295		3677	204.28
95.	James Footner	Wales	18	1246	1126	1290		3662	203.44
96.	Stavros Parasakis	Greece	18	1235	1283	1137		3655	203.06
97.	Ramon Hilferink	Netherlands	18	1282	1165	1208		3655	203.06
98.	Wim Claessens	Belgium	18	1258	1208	1185		3651	202.83
99.	Alexander Medveditskov	Russia	18	1285	1235	1131		3651	202.83
100.	Mathieu Bergès	Switzerland	18	1166	1326	1159		3651	202.83
101.	Mark Spiteri	Malta	18	1177	1245	1227		3649	202.72
102.	Jaroslav Lorenc	Czech Republic	18	1162	1218	1267		3647	202.61
103.	Viacheslav Oseredko	Ukraine	18	1159	1162	1325		3646	202.56
104.	Tolga Sismanogullar	Turkey	18	1343	1066	1234		3643	202.39
105.	Tomasz Lutowski	Poland	18	1190	1287	1165		3642	202.33
106.	Ron Alhazov	Israel	18	1128	1285	1227		3640	202.22
107.	Melvin Ocando	Spain	18	1209	1208	1220		3637	202.06
108.	Hristo Georgiev	Bulgaria	18	1272	1234	1129		3635	201.94
109.	Nicolas Gerard	France	18	1192	1188	1254		3634	201.89
110.	Raul Jimenez	Spain	18	1183	1190	1256		3629	201.61
111.	Tim Cerkvenik Muzafirovic	Slovenia	18	1263	1163	1199		3625	201.39
112.	Michell Stinissen	Netherlands	18	1227	1202	1194		3623	201.28
113.	Patryk Preus	Poland	18	1197	1177	1247		3621	201.17
114.	Lucian Paraschiv	Romania	18	1289	1159	1173		3621	201.17
115.	Pablo Barriopedro	Spain	18	1081	1343	1193		3617	200.94
116.	Gustaf Smari Björnsson	Iceland	18	1139	1224	1253		3616	200.89
117.	Alexander Langner	Poland	18	1156	1341	1109		3606	200.33
118.	Jiri Hindrak	Czech Republic	18	1201	1199	1200		3600	200.00
119.	Mark Hutton	Scotland	18	1207	1200	1191		3598	199.89
120.	Robert Bruce	Wales	18	1205	1220	1172		3597	199.83
121.	Rankin Luke Camilleri	Malta	18	1205	1146	1245		3596	199.78
122.	Marco Reviglio	Italy	18	1135	1245	1215		3595	199.72
123.	Aidan Byrne	Ireland	18	1232	1251	1108		3591	199.50
124.	Andrii Shovkun	Ukraine	18	1182	1179	1228		3589	199.39
125.	Taygun Erkeskin	Turkey	18	1230	1279	1077		3586	199.22
126.	Christophe Hachin	France	18	1092	1402	1090		3584	199.11
127.	Craig Grattan	Ireland	18	1151	1215	1206		3572	198.44
128.	Bojan Kovavic	Serbia	18	1140	1318	1114		3572	198.44
129.	Anze Grabrijan	Slovenia	18	1137	1222	1212		3571	198.39
130.	Martin David Orlanda	Romania	18	1217	1148	1200		3565	198.06
131.	Daniel Hahn	Austria	18	1173	1238	1153		3564	198.00
132.	Cosimo Martignano	Switzerland	18	1135	1299	1130		3564	198.00
133.	Aleksander Kostric	Slovenia	18	1210	1102	1244		3556	197.56
134.	Fabio Merkovsky	Slovakia	18	1120	1320	1113		3553	197.39
135.	Paulius Bagdonas	Lithuania	18	1173	1223	1157		3553	197.39
136.	Marc Jörg	Switzerland	18	1299	1072	1177		3548	197.11
137.	July Petrov	Bulgaria	18	1218	1163	1164		3545	196.94
138.	Habib Dogan	Turkey	18	1188	1234	1116		3538	196.56
139.	Julien Keller	France	18	1210	1158	1168		3536	196.44
140.	Bjarni Pall Jakobsson	Iceland	18	1101	1280	1154		3535	196.39
141.	Andis Darzins	Latvia	18	1157	1197	1179		3533	196.28
142.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	18	1111	1292	1125		3528	196.00
143.	Meni Mizrahi	Israel	18	1074	1136	1309		3519	195.50
144.	Emil Polanisz	Poland	18	1176	1173	1164		3513	195.17
145.	Patrick Stiel	Austria	18	1218	1291	1003		3512	195.11
146.	Vladimir Majski	Serbia	18	1227	1075	1209		3511	195.06
147.	Mauro Anastasi	Malta	18	1126	1174	1206		3506	194.78
148.	Oren Hayoun	Israel	18	1180	1169	1155		3504	194.67
149.	Kaloyan Ivanov	Bulgaria	18	1188	1174	1142		3504	194.67
150.	Iurii Grynyk	Ukraine	18	1168	1170	1164		3502	194.56
151.	Lukas Hurych	Czech Republic	18	1269	1127	1102		3498	194.33
152.	Zoran Banjac	Croatia	18	1179	1156	1163		3498	194.33
153.	Stamatios Paraskevas Roros	Greece	18	1249	1100	1146		3495	194.17
154.	Kestutis Gudauskas	Lithuania	18	1116	1085	1293		3494	194.11
155.	Pip Wellsteed	Wales	18	1180	1132	1182		3494	194.11
156.	Harn-Chieh Kwan	Switzerland	18	1018	1347	1126		3491	193.94
157.	Gavin Fox	Ireland	18	1255	1085	1150		3490	193.89
158.	David Tanic	Serbia	18	1100	1204	1186		3490	193.89
159.	Raul Beekmann	Estonia	18	1281	1111	1095		3487	193.72
160.	Janis Dzalbs	Latvia	18	1213	1116	1158		3487	193.72
161.	Nikolaos Kekesis	Greece	18	1175	1130	1180		3485	193.61
162.	Ryan Vanderschueren	Belgium	18	1179	1165	1140		3484	193.56
163.	Peteris Cimdins	Latvia	18	1143	1224	1114		3481	193.39
164.	Damir Branezac	Switzerland	18	1152	1193	1133		3478	193.22
165.	Serhii Arakelov	Ukraine	18	1192	1185	1099		3476	193.11
166.	Vladimir Sverchkov	Russia	18	1256	1196	1024		3476	193.11
167.	Janis Zemitis	Latvia	18	1193	1232	1047		3472	192.89
168.	Zeljko Baruncic	Croatia	18	1195	1122	1154		3471	192.83
169.	Balint Luczek	Hungary	18	1139	1239	1091		3469	192.72
170.	Firat Coskun	Turkey	18	1170	1173	1126		3469	192.72
171.	Zoltan Skobrics	Hungary	18	1110	1186	1165		3461	192.28
172.	Oron Cohen	Israel	18	1102	1196	1155		3453	191.83
173.	Dian Dinev	Bulgaria	18	1176	1111	1164		3451	191.72
174.	Vedran Vedris	Croatia	18	1066	1250	1127		3443	191.28
175.	James Guthrie	Scotland	18	1211	1162	1069		3442	191.22
176.	Jozef Karlik	Slovakia	18	1108	1215	1117		3440	191.11
177.	Kenny Jamieson	Scotland	18	1107	1096	1236		3439	191.06
178.	Csaba Racz	Hungary	18	1098	1140	1197		3435	190.83
179.	Viktor Zsolnai	Hungary	18	1125	1217	1083		3425	190.28
180.	Dimitrios Georgantas	Greece	18	1175	1129	1118		3422	190.11
181.	Siarhei Tazin	Belarus	18	1100	1196	1118		3414	189.67
182.	Glenn Robson	Wales	18	1106	1139	1161		3406	189.22
183.	James Claxton	Scotland	18	1151	1103	1152		3406	189.22
184.	Marek Murzynowski	Poland	18	1041	1126	1238		3405	189.17
185.	Aivar Leinemann	Estonia	18	1057	1264	1071		3392	188.44
186.	Celalettin Cakir	Turkey	18	1088	1144	1158		3390	188.33
187.	Raimonds Zemitis	Latvia	18	1021	1136	1230		3387	188.17
188.	Tomislav Sekulic	Croatia	18	1158	1143	1085		3386	188.11
189.	Paulo Lopes	Portugal	18	1159	1101	1125		3385	188.06
190.	Gudlaugur Valgeirsson	Iceland	18	1168	1183	1024		3375	187.50
191.	Orfej Haliti	Serbia	18	1138	1189	1046		3373	187.39
192.	Norbert Goblos	Serbia	18	1133	1144	1096		3373	187.39
193.	Kalvi Laasalu	Estonia	18	1046	1175	1143		3364	186.89
194.	Stefan Claessen	Iceland	18	1121	1148	1087		3356	186.44
195.	Tamas Sass	Hungary	18	1068	1087	1200		3355	186.39
196.	Maksim Krupenin	Belarus	18	1093	1096	1161		3350	186.11
197.	Paul Baldacchino	Malta	18	1095	1120	1130		3345	185.83
198.	Stewart Bryden	Wales	18	1115	1098	1123		3336	185.33
199.	Christian Calagiu	Romania	18	1042	1067	1220		3329	184.94
200.	Carl Kinnunen	Estonia	18	1073	1145	1105		3323	184.61
201.	Jason Byrnes	Ireland	18	1125	1086	1106		3317	184.28
202.	David Vilina	Slovakia	18	1181	1012	1112		3305	183.61
203.	Pavel Sobolev	Belarus	18	1084	1149	1071		3304	183.56
204.	Paddy Dunne	Ireland	18	1035	1218	1035		3288	182.67
205.	Marin Vedris	Croatia	18	1121	1089	1066		3276	182.00
206.	Darin Trayanov	Bulgaria	18	1137	1071	1063		3271	181.72
207.	Mark Muscat	Malta	18	1099	1067	1086		3252	180.67
208.	Vladimir Strbac	Serbia	18	1020	1096	1125		3241	180.06
209.	Ioan Ionescu Andrei	Romania	18	1179	1125	924		3228	179.33
210.	Yauhen Khasenevich	Belarus	18	1040	1083	1081		3204	178.00
211.	Ivo Fretes	Portugal	18	1140	990	1021		3151	175.06
212.	Emre Kumru	Turkey	18	966	1042	1129		3137	174.28
213.	Sven Fekeza	Croatia	18	964	1109	1055		3128	173.78
214.	Alex Basala	Slovakia	18	1008	1019	1062		3089	171.61
215.	Sergey Kaptsov	Belarus	18	1088	959	1041		3088	171.56
216.	Plamen Trayanov	Bulgaria	18	1061	960	1029		3050	169.44
217.	Viktor Sytchev	Belarus	18	949	1075	985		3009	167.17
218.	Marek Tammsoo	Estonia	18	1045	935	998		2978	165.44