Sweden’s Wetterberg, Persson win qualifying at European Champions Cup

26 October, 2017

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Mattias Wetterberg and Filippa Persson of Sweden won the men’s and women’s qualifying at the 40th European Champions Cup as the field of 43 men and 39 women was trimmed to the top 16 Thursday at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria.

Wetterberg (left), who led the men’s field after the first block with 1932 (241.50 average), added 1774 (221.75) in the second block for 3706 total and an average of 231.63 for 16 games.

Antonino Fiorentino (right) of Italy started the second day in seventh place with 1714 and posted 1872 (234.00), the highest eight-game series of day, including the ECC’s first perfecto in the last game. Fiorentino leaped into second place overall with 3586 (224.13).

2010 ECC champion Svein Åke Ek (left) slipped one spot to third place with 3571 (223.19) behind a 1768 series today (221.00).

Alan Bride of Ireland hit the cutoff number for 16th place with 3253 and an average of 203.31 for 16 games.

Filippa Persson (left) took over the lead from her team mate and 2016 ECC champion Cajsa Wegner, who led the women’s division after the block with 1700 (212.50). As the defending women’s champion, Sweden is allowed to have to players in the event.

Starting the second block in fourth place with 1664 (208.00), Persson rolled 1776 (222.00), the highest series of the event so far, to shoot into the lead with 3440 total and an overall average of 215.00.

Solene Goron (right) of France was close behind Persson with 1756 (219.50) to leap from seventh to second place with 3361 (210.06).

Nicole Sanders (left) of the Netherlands had the third highest series for the second consecutive day (1685; 210.63) to maintain third place with 3358 (209.88).

Wegner slipped to fourth place with 3337 (208.56). Sarolta Dosztaly of Hungary took the 16th and last place to advance to the next stage with 3086 and an average of 192.88.

The top 16 will return to the lanes on Friday for another eight-game block with the top 8 after 24 games advancing to the next round. The men will start a 9 a.m. Central European Summer Time and the women will follow at 1 p.m. CEST.

The 40th European Champions Cup 2017 takes 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 compete in separate divisions. All players will roll 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 will consist of an additional eight games to determine the top 8 players who will bowl four more games to cut to the top 4 who advance to the match play finals in best-of-three games format. In the semi-finals, No. 1 will meet No. 4 and No. 2 will take on No. 3. The winners of the semi-final matches will bowl for the title.

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

Photos: Georg Gemeinböck.

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2017 ECC – Women’s Division after Qualifying

Top 16 advance to the next stage

Pos	Player	Country	Block 1	Avg.	Block 2	Avg.	Total	Avg.
1.	Filippa Persson	Sweden	1664	208.00	1776	222.00	3440	215.00
2.	Solene Goron	France	1605	200.63	1756	219.50	3361	210.06
3.	Nicole Sanders	Netherlands	1673	209.13	1685	210.63	3358	209.88
4.	Cajsa Wegner	Sweden	1700	212.50	1637	204.63	3337	208.56
5.	Laura Beuthner	Germany	1688	211.00	1633	204.13	3321	207.56
6.	Helga di Benedetto	Italy	1630	203.75	1662	207.75	3292	205.75
7.	Sascha Wedel	Denmark	1618	202.25	1633	204.13	3251	203.19
8.	Ebru Özogluuntur	Turkey	1604	200.50	1608	201.00	3212	200.75
9.	Sue Abela	Malta	1573	196.63	1620	202.50	3193	199.56
10.	Åse Jacobsen	Norway	1521	190.13	1647	205.88	3168	198.00
11.	Vicki Harman	England	1599	199.88	1558	194.75	3157	197.31
12.	Katrien Goossens	Belgium	1585	198.13	1555	194.38	3140	196.25
13.	Petra Stankova	Slovakia	1599	199.88	1518	189.75	3117	194.81
14.	Ksenia Apanyakina	Russia	1500	187.50	1611	201.38	3111	194.44
15.	Panagiota Antonopoulou	Greece	1460	182.50	1639	204.88	3099	193.69
16.	Sarolta Dosztaly	Hungary	1602	200.25	1484	185.50	3086	192.88
17.	Elice Piksilä	Finland	1438	179.75	1647	205.88	3085	192.81
18.	Yiola Pastou	Cyprus	1502	187.75	1567	195.88	3069	191.81
19.	Jaqueline Witura	Austria	1520	190.00	1535	191.88	3055	190.94
20.	Doris Schneider	Switzerland	1536	192.00	1509	188.63	3045	190.31
21.	Adva Eliave	Israel	1487	185.88	1549	193.63	3036	189.75
22.	Miluse Novakova	Czech Republic	1534	191.75	1501	187.63	3035	189.69
23.	Olga Pokotylo	Ukraine	1436	179.50	1567	195.88	3003	187.69
24.	Ivana Krajacic	Croatia	1527	190.88	1440	180.00	2967	185.44
25.	Monika Jimenez	Spain	1562	195.25	1392	174.00	2954	184.63
26.	Rhian Jones	Wales	1421	177.63	1495	186.88	2916	182.25
27.	Didi Ilieva	Bulgaria	1471	183.88	1438	179.75	2909	181.81
28.	Marija Tkacenko	Latvia	1476	184.50	1419	177.38	2895	180.94
29.	Dagny Edda Thorisdottir	Iceland	1439	179.88	1423	177.88	2862	178.88
30.	Ibolya Karaman	Romania	1434	179.25	1376	172.00	2810	175.63
31.	Alison Williamson	Scotland	1463	182.88	1339	167.38	2802	175.13
32.	Nora Turci	Luxemburg	1404	175.50	1382	172.75	2786	174.13
33.	Ljuba Ceglar	Slovenia	1378	172.25	1408	176.00	2786	174.13
34.	Eli Haga	Estonia	1431	178.88	1308	163.50	2739	171.19
35.	Lauren Dugan	Northern Ireland	1404	175.50	1334	166.75	2738	171.13
36.	Cristina Soares	Portugal	1300	162.50	1377	172.13	2677	167.31
37.	Carol Catchpole	Ireland	1199	149.88	1428	178.50	2627	164.19
38.	Daiva Seleniene	Lithuania	1269	158.63	1286	160.75	2555	159.69
39.	Anna Blaszczyk	Poland	1192	149.00	1243	155.38	2435	152.19

2017 ECC – Women’s Qualifying Block 2 Results

Pos	Player	Country	Squad	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	Block 2	Avg.
1.	Filippa Persson	Sweden	213	196	217	236	231	257	212	214	1776	222.00
2.	Solene Goron	France	205	200	246	279	203	210	222	191	1756	219.50
3.	Nicole Sanders	Netherlands	214	215	237	202	243	192	193	189	1685	210.63
4.	Helga di Benedetto	Italy	180	202	214	215	232	223	218	178	1662	207.75
5.	Elice Piksilä	Finland	168	193	218	241	206	168	208	245	1647	205.88
6.	Åse Jacobsen	Norway	188	223	257	186	166	218	219	190	1647	205.88
7.	Panagiota Antonopoulou	Greece	236	199	217	205	223	184	207	168	1639	204.88
8.	Cajsa Wegner	Sweden	238	170	208	233	213	152	200	223	1637	204.63
9.	Sascha Wedel	Denmark	193	204	214	217	204	222	180	199	1633	204.13
10.	Laura Beuthner	Germany	189	211	214	204	166	236	226	187	1633	204.13
11.	Sue Abela	Malta	237	232	158	191	225	188	184	205	1620	202.50
12.	Ksenia Apanyakina	Russia	194	165	193	223	203	218	256	159	1611	201.38
13.	Ebru Özogluuntur	Turkey	208	198	213	217	186	184	167	235	1608	201.00
14.	Olga Pokotylo	Ukraine	174	171	187	233	186	219	180	217	1567	195.88
15.	Yiola Pastou	Cyprus	200	181	216	246	175	171	167	211	1567	195.88
16.	Vicki Harman	England	162	200	220	186	173	169	257	191	1558	194.75
17.	Katrien Goossens	Belgium	171	234	145	191	182	195	204	233	1555	194.38
18.	Adva Eliave	Israel	206	191	191	179	163	233	168	218	1549	193.63
19.	Jaqueline Witura	Austria	163	190	196	197	189	238	192	170	1535	191.88
20.	Petra Stankova	Slovakia	183	211	211	182	180	178	207	166	1518	189.75
21.	Doris Schneider	Switzerland	158	203	176	189	164	188	218	213	1509	188.63
22.	Miluse Novakova	Czech Republic	193	191	192	208	179	184	211	143	1501	187.63
23.	Rhian Jones	Wales	163	158	189	192	189	158	179	267	1495	186.88
24.	Sarolta Dosztaly	Hungary	184	174	165	245	162	194	186	174	1484	185.50
25.	Ivana Krajacic	Croatia	177	169	221	165	161	191	178	178	1440	180.00
26.	Didi Ilieva	Bulgaria	190	165	169	202	165	184	183	180	1438	179.75
27.	Carol Catchpole	Ireland	154	200	160	214	179	180	185	156	1428	178.50
28.	Dagny Edda Thorisdottir	Iceland	157	117	185	214	188	204	182	176	1423	177.88
29.	Marija Tkacenko	Latvia	160	123	161	204	157	199	203	212	1419	177.38
30.	Ljuba Ceglar	Slovenia	170	180	194	171	153	179	184	177	1408	176.00
31.	Monika Jimenez	Spain	152	184	195	170	199	162	172	158	1392	174.00
32.	Nora Turci	Luxemburg	131	201	152	168	183	169	179	199	1382	172.75
33.	Cristina Soares	Portugal	178	123	205	198	159	167	176	171	1377	172.13
34.	Ibolya Karaman	Romania	135	180	168	177	196	201	179	140	1376	172.00
35.	Alison Williamson	Scotland	147	164	167	171	171	183	191	145	1339	167.38
36.	Lauren Dugan	Northern Ireland	165	137	188	165	172	147	173	187	1334	166.75
37.	Eli Haga	Estonia	152	164	160	159	161	169	189	154	1308	163.50
38.	Daiva Seleniene	Lithuania	158	179	156	172	155	159	146	161	1286	160.75
39.	Anna Blaszczyk	Poland	144	160	179	193	140	169	119	139	1243	155.38

2017 ECC – Men’s Division after Qualifying

Top 16 advance to the next stage.

Pos	Player	Country	Block 1	Avg.	Block 2	Avg.	Total	Avg.
1.	Mattias Wetterberg	Sweden	1932	241.50	1774	221.75	3706	231.63
2.	Antonino Fiorentino	Italy	1714	214.25	1872	234.00	3586	224.13
3.	Svein Åke Ek	Norway	1803	225.38	1768	221.00	3571	223.19
4.	Gaetan Mouveroux	France	1768	221.00	1784	223.00	3552	222.00
5.	Catalin Gheorghe	Romania	1801	225.13	1701	212.63	3502	218.88
6.	Bram van Meerbergen	Belgium	1705	213.13	1728	216.00	3433	214.56
7.	Oleksandr Nechypaiev	Ukraine	1651	206.38	1772	221.50	3423	213.94
8.	Riku-Petteri Kivelä	Finland	1752	219.00	1666	208.25	3418	213.63
9.	Xander van Mazijk	Netherlands	1655	206.88	1756	219.50	3411	213.19
10.	Nino Stenko	Slovenia	1717	214.63	1665	208.13	3382	211.38
11.	Jaroslav Lorenc	Czech Republic	1671	208.88	1678	209.75	3349	209.31
12.	Ron Berlov	Israel	1710	213.75	1636	204.50	3346	209.13
13.	Jan Andersen	Denmark	1620	202.50	1713	214.13	3333	208.31
14.	Aidas Daniunas	Lithuania	1642	205.25	1689	211.13	3331	208.19
15.	Andreas Bösiger	Switzerland	1601	200.13	1664	208.00	3265	204.06
16.	Alan Bride	Ireland	1653	206.63	1600	200.00	3253	203.31
17.	Tobias Beier	Germany	1588	198.50	1658	207.25	3246	202.88
18.	Michal Jakobei	Slovakia	1666	208.25	1566	195.75	3232	202.00
19.	Marek Talpa	Czech Republic	1643	205.38	1584	198.00	3227	201.69
20.	Carl Kinnunen	Estonia	1562	195.25	1596	199.50	3158	197.38
21.	Javier Moreno	Spain	1590	198.75	1547	193.38	3137	196.06
22.	Alexey Vasilenko	Russia	1521	190.13	1609	201.13	3130	195.63
23.	Philipp Kargotis	Cyprus	1578	197.25	1549	193.63	3127	195.44
24.	Mauro Anastasi	Malta	1620	202.50	1501	187.63	3121	195.06
25.	Brian Gillespie	Scotland	1652	206.50	1451	181.38	3103	193.94
26.	Firat Coskun	Turkey	1424	178.00	1677	209.63	3101	193.81
27.	Zoltan Skobrics	Hungary	1456	182.00	1606	200.75	3062	191.38
28.	Janis Zemitis	Latvia	1486	185.75	1564	195.50	3050	190.63
29.	Gústaf Smári Björnsson	Iceland	1610	201.25	1431	178.88	3041	190.06
30.	Philip Wellsteed	Wales	1475	184.38	1566	195.75	3041	190.06
31.	Marin Vedris	Croatia	1509	188.63	1528	191.00	3037	189.81
32.	Patrick Freudl	Austria	1495	186.88	1510	188.75	3005	187.81
33.	Paulo Lopes	Portugal	1527	190.88	1473	184.13	3000	187.50
34.	Yavor Milanov	Bulgaria	1501	187.63	1422	177.75	2923	182.69
35.	Lee Chatfield	England	1492	186.50	1421	177.63	2913	182.06
36.	Sergey Tazin	Belarus	1407	175.88	1439	179.88	2846	177.88
37.	Ramil Hamidov	Azerbaijan	1280	160.00	1519	189.88	2799	174.94
38.	Paul McCauley	Northern Ireland	1411	176.38	1388	173.50	2799	174.94
39.	Romain Oberweis	Luxemburg	1412	176.50	1362	170.25	2774	173.38
40.	Orfej Haliti	Serbia	1401	175.13	1362	170.25	2763	172.69
41.	Michał Brachaniec	Poland	1401	175.13	1349	168.63	2750	171.88
42.	Ettore Bacciocchi	San Marino	1355	169.38	1375	171.88	2730	170.63
43.	Rrhaman Ademi	Kosovo	1396	174.50	1248	156.00	2644	165.25

2017 ECC – Men’s Qualifying Block 2 Results

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	Block 2	Avg.
1.	Antonino Fiorentino	Italy	228	165	223	223	269	268	196	300	1872	234.00
2.	Gaetan Mouveroux	France	204	243	205	236	257	193	188	258	1784	223.00
3.	Mattias Wetterberg	Sweden	247	180	227	179	259	214	236	232	1774	221.75
4.	Oleksandr Nechypaiev	Ukraine	171	226	216	238	259	170	236	256	1772	221.50
5.	Svein Åke Ek	Norway	202	210	238	235	268	202	208	205	1768	221.00
6.	Xander van Mazijk	Netherlands	192	247	172	226	258	190	224	247	1756	219.50
7.	Bram van Meerbergen	Belgium	174	202	224	202	257	220	212	237	1728	216.00
8.	Jan Andersen	Denmark	201	170	226	230	214	229	235	208	1713	214.13
9.	Catalin Gheorghe	Romania	231	200	157	245	221	244	235	168	1701	212.63
10.	Aidas Daniunas	Lithuania	197	207	240	223	201	197	166	258	1689	211.13
11.	Jaroslav Lorenc	Czech Republic	204	193	206	211	173	247	222	222	1678	209.75
12.	Firat Coskun	Turkey	206	214	201	220	257	221	161	197	1677	209.63
13.	Riku-Petteri Kivelä	Finland	253	228	212	184	189	194	198	208	1666	208.25
14.	Nino Stenko	Slovenia	268	172	232	176	240	159	180	238	1665	208.13
15.	Andreas Bösiger	Switzerland	189	189	209	201	180	227	203	266	1664	208.00
16.	Tobias Beier	Germany	214	211	225	158	213	188	235	214	1658	207.25
17.	Ron Berlov	Israel	209	196	195	211	234	232	193	166	1636	204.50
18.	Alexey Vasilenko	Russia	175	212	189	187	184	186	207	269	1609	201.13
19.	Zoltan Skobrics	Hungary	202	171	190	199	207	182	255	200	1606	200.75
20.	Alan Bride	Ireland	223	182	192	246	204	199	187	167	1600	200.00
21.	Carl Kinnunen	Estonia	196	211	203	181	200	232	212	161	1596	199.50
22.	Marek Talpa	Czech Republic	171	187	224	192	223	210	183	194	1584	198.00
23.	Philip Wellsteed	Wales	231	202	202	188	148	182	217	196	1566	195.75
24.	Michal Jakobei	Slovakia	229	190	170	202	231	216	173	155	1566	195.75
25.	Janis Zemitis	Latvia	175	213	200	146	204	167	257	202	1564	195.50
26.	Philipp Kargotis	Cyprus	224	191	181	193	204	152	216	188	1549	193.63
27.	Javier Moreno	Spain	183	182	201	213	232	206	170	160	1547	193.38
28.	Marin Vedris	Croatia	193	147	168	233	220	177	191	199	1528	191.00
29.	Ramil Hamidov	Azerbaijan	174	204	228	181	169	169	211	183	1519	189.88
30.	Patrick Freudl	Austria	192	208	217	172	200	169	166	186	1510	188.75
31.	Mauro Anastasi	Malta	146	228	224	190	157	167	218	171	1501	187.63
32.	Paulo Lopes	Portugal	192	163	209	207	200	200	121	181	1473	184.13
33.	Brian Gillespie	Scotland	215	137	174	160	178	181	232	174	1451	181.38
34.	Sergey Tazin	Belarus	162	182	191	185	168	174	184	193	1439	179.88
35.	Gústaf Smári Björnsson	Iceland	180	143	176	156	208	199	169	200	1431	178.88
36.	Yavor Milanov	Bulgaria	180	159	187	177	157	210	168	184	1422	177.75
37.	Lee Chatfield	England	146	164	227	187	139	190	170	198	1421	177.63
38.	Paul McCauley	Northern Ireland	139	168	166	213	200	165	193	144	1388	173.50
39.	Ettore Bacciocchi	San Marino	180	188	150	166	194	167	165	165	1375	171.88
40.	Romain Oberweis	Luxemburg	146	157	150	178	203	203	183	142	1362	170.25
41.	Orfej Haliti	Serbia	168	183	202	174	170	148	177	140	1362	170.25
42.	Michał Brachaniec	Poland	225	138	124	182	182	192	133	173	1349	168.63
43.	Rrhaman Ademi	Kosovo	164	179	167	133	149	150	157	149	1248	156.00