Sweden’s Filippa Persson, Mattias Wetterberg emerge as ECC champions

29 October, 2017

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Filippa Persson and Mattias Wetterberg of Sweden emerged as women’s and men’s champion in the 40th European Champions Cup defeating their opponents in the best-of-three games finals, two-games-to-one.

Persson, seeded second in the women’s division, defeated top seeded Nicole Sanders, Netherlands, 255-201, in the deciding third game to secure the gold medal. She followed in the footprints of her team mate Cajsa Wegner, who win the women’s title in 2016, and missed the cut to the top 4 to finish in place sixth place.

In the opening semi-final round, Sanders and Persson swept their opponents, 2-0, to advance to the title match. Sanders flew past no. 4 seed, Solene Goron of France, 233-183 and 245-171, and Persson eliminated 1999 ECC champion Sue Abela of Malta 244-188 and 223-192.

Sanders, who improved on third place finish last year, received the silver medal and Abela and Goron shared the bronze medal.

Wetterberg went wire-to-wire in the men’s division capturing the title with a 246-196 win in the decider against Antonino Fiorentino of Italy. Wetterberg gave Sweden the first gold medal sweep in the 39-year history of the event.

Fiorentino, who lost in last year’s semi-final round to Sweden’s James Gruffman to finish third, got the silver medal. Gruffman missed the gold medal sweep as he fell to Jaroslav Lorenc, Czech Republic, in the 2016 title match. The defending champion missed the cut to the top 8, finishing in 12th place.

In the semi-final round, Wetterberg ousted fourth seeded Xander van Mazijk, Netherlands, 2-0. The Swede won the first game by a whisker, 246-245, before he sealed the victory with 243-201.

Fiorentino, the no. 3 seed, tied Gaetan Mouveroux of France after two games, 225-190 and 169-182, and advanced to the finals with a 264-203 in the decider. Van Mazijk and Mouveroux both got bronze.

The 40th European Champions Cup 2017 took place from October 23-29 at 32-lane Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, featuring men’s and women’s national champions or point ranking leaders of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) member federations.

The ECC drew 43 men from 42 countries and 39 women from 38 countries, including defending ECC champions Cajsa Wegner of Sweden and Czech Republic’s Jaroslav Lorenc.

Men and women competed in separate divisions. All players rolled two eight-game blocks of qualifying on Wednesday and Thursday 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 gold and silver, while the losers each got bronze.

For more information on the 40th European Champions Cup, click here.

Photos: Georg Gemeinböck.

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From left: Nicole Sanders, Filippa Persson, Sue Abela and Solene Goron.

40th European Champions Cup 2017 – Women’s Finals

Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria (Oct. 23-29, 2017)

Championship Round:
1. Filippa Persson, Sweden
2. Nicole Sanders, Netherlands
3. Sue Abela, Malta, and Solene Goron, France

Playoff Results (best-of-three game matches):
Semi-final Match 1: No. 1 Sanders def. No. 4 Goron, 2-0
(233-183, 245-171)
Semi-final Match 2: No. 2 Persson def. No. 3 Abela, 2-0
(244-188, 223-192)
Championship: Persson def. Sanders, 2-1
(200-191, 207-210, 255-201).

From left: Antonino Fiorentino, Mattias Wetterberg, Gaetan Mouveroux and Xander van Mazijk.

40th European Champions Cup 2017 – Men’s Finals

Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria (Oct. 23-29, 2017)

Championship Round:
1. Mattias Wetterberg, Sweden
2. Antonino Fiorentino, Italy
3. Gaetan Mouveroux, France and Xander van Mazijk, Netherlands

Playoff Results (best-of-three game matches):
Semi-final Match 1: No. 1 Wetterberg def. No. 4 van Mazijk, 2-0
(246-245, 243-201)
Semi-final Match 2: No. 3 Fiorentino def. No. 2 Mouveroux, 2-1
(225-190, 169-182, 264-203)
Championship: Wetterberg def. Fiorentino, 2-1
(214-199, 225-268, 246-196).

2017 ECC – Women’s Division after 28 games

Top 4 advance to the semi-finals

Pos	Player	Country	B/F	G25	G26	G27	G28	Pins	Avg.	Total	Avg.
1.	Nicole Sanders	Netherlands	5161	231	192	203	169	795	198.75	5956	212.71
2.	Filippa Persson	Sweden	5072	195	225	193	224	837	209.25	5909	211.04
3.	Sue Abela	Malta	4948	246	225	197	237	905	226.25	5853	209.04
4.	Solene Goron	France	4945	211	216	205	247	879	219.75	5824	208.00
5.	Laura Beuthner	Germany	5065	183	166	198	208	755	188.75	5820	207.86
6.	Cajsa Wegner	Sweden	5024	158	227	224	166	775	193.75	5799	207.11
7.	Elga Biagia di Benedetto	Italy	4920	190	178	232	223	823	205.75	5743	205.11
8.	Ksenia Apanyakina	Russia	4892	163	233	138	159	693	173.25	5585	199.46

2017 ECC – Men’s Division after 28 games

Top 4 advance to the semi-finals

Pos	Player	Country	B/F	G25	G26	G27	G28	Pins	Avg.	Total	Avg.
1.	Mattias Wetterberg	Sweden	5461	279	234	259	257	1029	257.25	6490	231.79
2.	Gaetan Mouveroux	France	5362	196	244	243	223	906	226.50	6268	223.86
3.	Antonino Fiorentino	Italy	5436	185	188	188	198	759	189.75	6195	221.25
4.	Xander van Mazijk	Netherlands	5262	244	166	212	238	860	215.00	6122	218.64
5.	Svein Åke Ek	Norway	5234	225	196	200	215	836	209.00	6070	216.79
6.	Riku-Petteri Kivelä	Finland	5100	232	257	213	238	940	235.00	6040	215.71
7.	Aidas Daniunas	Lithuania	5125	241	182	191	250	864	216.00	5989	213.89
8.	Gheorghe Catalin	Romania	5125	204	267	197	191	859	214.75	5984	213.71