Swedish boys defend Team title at 2018 European Youth Championships

29 March, 2018

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Lukas Sevelin, Adam Hultgren, Oskar Wirefeldt and William Svensson of Sweden rolled two big games on their way to win the second consecutive boys’ team gold medal in European Youth Championships Thursday at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark.

In the gold medal match, the Swedes downed Georg Skryten, Alexander Beck, Jörgen Mathiesen and Jonas Dammen of Norway, 950-857, to wrap up the title. Anchor bowler Svensson, the 2017 EYC masters champion, is the lone player who was on the gold medal team 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. <

The Swedes (featured photo with coach Peter Ljung, right), who led the team preliminaries with an average of 220, ousted no. 4 seed Brent de Ruiter, Mike Bergmann, Ronan van der Loo and Nick de Gelder of the Netherlands in the semi-final round, 928-807.

The Norwegians (right), seeded second, eliminated third-seeded Mathias Ankerdal, Marcus Christensen, Andreas Andreasen and Jonas Dons from the host country Denmark, 918-858, in the other semi-final match.

Norway received the silver medal, while Denmark and Netherlands each took bronze.

Action shifts to the singles competitions on Friday (boys) and Saturday (girls). The 90 boys and the 66 girls will be split into two squads to bowl six games preliminaries after which the field will be trimmed to the top 4 boys and top 4 girls for the medal round starting Saturday at 5.30 p.m. CEST with the semi-finals.

The 31st European Youth Championships will be held from March 24 to April 2 at 30-lane Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark.

The championships drew 156 players, 90 boys and 66 girls, from 28 member countries of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) – Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the host country Denmark.

Up to four boys and four girls per country who must not be born before September 1, 1999 will bowl in separate divisions for gold, silver and bronze medals in five disciplines: Singles, Doubles and four-player Teams, All-Events and Masters.

The 2018 EYC will be played on a 39-foot lane conditioning pattern with 26.73 mL volume oil total.

Singles, Doubles and Team preliminaries feature six games with the top 4 advancing to the medal round. No. 1 bowls No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3 in the semi-finals. The winners bowl for gold and silver while the losers share the bronze medal. All matches will be decided in one game.

The three players with highest 18-game total of the Singles, Doubles and Teams preliminaries earn the medals in All-Events. The top 24 in All-Events determine the Masters champion in single-elimination match play in best-of-three games format. The top 8 players receive a first-round bye.

Photos courtesy of Markus Hegnelius.

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31st EYC 2018 – Boys’ Team Medal Round

Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark (March 29, 2018)

Championship Round:
1. Sweden (Adam Hultgren, William Svensson, Oskar Wirefeldt, Lukas Sevelin), 1878 (2 games)
2. Norway (Georg Skryten, Alexander Beck, Jörgen Mathiesen, Jonas Dammen), 1775 (2 games)
3. Denmark (Mathias Ankerdal, Marcus Christensen, Andreas Andreasen, Jonas Dons), 858 (1 game)
(tie) Netherlands (Brent de Ruiter, Ronan van der Loo, Mike Bergmann, Nick de Gelder), 807 (1 game)

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1:
No. 1 Sweden (Sevelin 247/Hultgren 218/Wirefeldt 237/Svensson 226) def.
No. 4 Netherlands (De Ruiter 203/Van der Loo 168/De Gelder 210/Bergmann 226), 928-807
Semifinal Match 2:
No. 2 Norway (Skryten 244/Mathiesen 216/Beck 228/Dammen 230) def.
No. 3 Denmark (Christensen 247/Dons 215/Andreasen 213/Ankerdal 182), 918-858
Gold Medal Match:
Sweden (Sevelin 227/Hultgren 208/Wirefeldt 268/Svensson 247) def.
Norway (Skryten 219/Mathiesen 203/Beck 225/Dammen 210), 950-857.

31st EYC 2018 – Boys’ Team Preliminaries

Top 4 advance to the medal round

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Sweden	796	948	946	2690	942	775	882	2599	5289	220.38
	Adam Hultgren	225	232	263	720	268	186	194	648	1368	228.00
	Oskar Wirefeldt	198	243	231	672	237	194	257	688	1360	226.67
	William Svensson	197	276	241	714	221	204	215	640	1354	225.67
	Lukas Sevelin	176	197	211	584	216	191	216	623	1207	201.17
2.	Norway	854	875	942	2671	915	775	881	2571	5242	218.42
	Georg Skryten	213	255	233	701	244	202	199	645	1346	224.33
	Alexander Beck	214	256	258	728	202	190	200	592	1320	220.00
	Jonas Dammen	215	192	217	624	235	179	266	680	1304	217.33
	Jörgen Mathiesen	212	172	234	618	234	204	216	654	1272	212.00
3.	Denmark	891	922	811	2624	882	762	945	2589	5213	217.21
	Mathias Ankerdal	269	223	245	737	199	202	248	649	1386	231.00
	Marcus Christensen	221	265	175	661	234	199	244	677	1338	223.00
	Andreas Andreasen	232	221	184	637	226	176	258	660	1297	216.17
	Jonas Dons	169	213	207	589	223	185	195	603	1192	198.67
4.	Netherlands	773	983	865	2621	772	869	822	2463	5084	211.83
	Brent de Ruiter	196	238	228	662	211	216	226	653	1315	219.17
	Mike Bergmann	188	225	195	608	249	216	227	692	1300	216.67
	Ronan van der Loo	209	245	222	676	172	237	191	600	1276	212.67
	Nick de Gelder	180	275	220	675	140	200	178	518	1193	198.83
5.	France	845	884	748	2477	797	893	896	2586	5063	210.96
	Hugo Bonnefoy	196	204	246	646	223	245	236	704	1350	225.00
	Enzo Franco	245	253	200	698	225	212	192	629	1327	221.17
	Maxime Dubois	179	247	161	587	212	216	247	675	1262	210.33
	Enzo Bergamino	225	180	141	546	137	220	221	578	1124	187.33
6.	Finland	807	861	805	2473	797	871	816	2484	4957	206.54
	Lassi Aalto	224	256	224	704	183	245	213	641	1345	224.17
	Onni Riikonen	200	183	226	609	258	214	214	686	1295	215.83
	Pyry Puharinen	191	245	202	638	200	236	191	627	1265	210.83
	Jesse Ahokas	192	177	153	522	156	176	198	530	1052	175.33
7.	Germany	779	926	836	2541	786	846	781	2413	4954	206.42
	Patrick Weichert	192	269	258	719	215	232	194	641	1360	226.67
	Sidney Schroschk	188	232	181	601	249	179	226	654	1255	209.17
	Felix Huebner	203	212	194	609	162	223	220	605	1214	202.33
	Tim Lindacher	196	213	203	612	160	212	141	513	1125	187.50
8.	Ukraine	738	843	873	2454	805	897	689	2391	4845	201.88
	Oleksandr Nechypaiev	203	253	268	724	249	220	188	657	1381	230.17
	Mykola Sielin	183	207	194	584	206	244	215	665	1249	208.17
	Danil Pervukhin	206	204	191	601	191	225	160	576	1177	196.17
	Yaroslav Pokutnii	146	179	220	545	159	208	126	493	1038	173.00
9.	Belgium	890	714	741	2345	936	723	765	2424	4769	198.71
	Renz Philipsen	256	198	201	655	268	168	177	613	1268	211.33
	Darren Pellegroms	185	167	212	564	223	194	235	652	1216	202.67
	Johnny Fleer	224	159	170	553	233	168	189	590	1143	190.50
	Clément Bernard	225	190	158	573	212	193	164	569	1142	190.33
10.	Russia	746	754	863	2363	877	690	837	2404	4767	198.63
	Maksim Eremenko	193	213	234	640	186	191	205	582	1222	203.67
	Maksim Landau	152	162	234	548	266	180	210	656	1204	200.67
	Andrey Badin	176	217	186	579	231	168	218	617	1196	199.33
	Aleksei Sofinskii	225	162	209	596	194	151	204	549	1145	190.83
11.	England	662	762	764	2188	798	828	717	2343	4531	188.79
	Oliver Spindley	157	205	214	576	227	247	204	678	1254	209.00
	Jay Goodwin	170	232	231	633	174	255	177	606	1239	206.50
	Josephus Van Vilsteren	197	131	140	468	184	180	191	555	1023	170.50
	Robert Bowden	138	194	179	511	213	146	145	504	1015	169.17
12.	Italy	734	749	678	2161	773	749	844	2366	4527	188.63
	Giorgio Gragnaniello	181	225	168	574	159	266	245	670	1244	207.33
	Emanuele Camponesco	192	188	186	566	184	171	225	580	1146	191.00
	Mario Del Gaudio	220	157	141	518	236	159	204	599	1117	186.17
	Leonardo Zingales	141	179	183	503	194	153	170	517	1020	170.00
13.	Iceland	794	632	758	2184	790	751	801	2342	4526	188.58
	Johann Arsäll Atlason	221	195	211	627	214	182	242	638	1265	210.83
	Steindor Mani Björnsson	216	156	191	563	194	187	182	563	1126	187.67
	Olafur Por Olafsson Hjaltalin	188	129	204	521	203	177	206	586	1107	184.50
	Agust Ingi Stefansson	169	152	152	473	179	205	171	555	1028	171.33
14.	Scotland	764	784	710	2258	734	773	724	2231	4489	187.04
	Martyn Jones	224	222	200	646	168	199	171	538	1184	197.33
	Euan Coote	210	181	146	537	200	184	199	583	1120	186.67
	Connor Parry	144	206	181	531	188	192	202	582	1113	185.50
	Chris Thomson-Nairne	186	175	183	544	178	198	152	528	1072	178.67
15.	Czech Republic	673	717	807	2197	779	726	780	2285	4482	186.75
	Lukas Jelínek	171	181	194	546	224	213	180	617	1163	193.83
	Jakub Vlachovic	178	173	204	555	194	170	238	602	1157	192.83
	Filip Demuth	155	164	221	540	193	173	180	546	1086	181.00
	Jan Triska	169	199	188	556	168	170	182	520	1076	179.33
16.	Malta	667	690	762	2119	762	798	723	2283	4402	183.42
	Edward Xuereb	183	181	165	529	196	239	194	629	1158	193.00
	Matthew Magro	161	178	243	582	178	191	193	562	1144	190.67
	Miguel Xuereb	169	187	195	551	176	178	170	524	1075	179.17
	Kurt Attard	154	144	159	457	212	190	166	568	1025	170.83
17.	Romania	650	724	657	2031	792	807	732	2331	4362	181.75
	Cezar Constantin Feliu	164	203	194	561	213	165	216	594	1155	192.50
	Jeno-Roland Suciu	200	157	149	506	217	224	171	612	1118	186.33
	Cosmin-Marian Ilies	137	181	159	477	187	219	179	585	1062	177.00
	Alexandru-Valentin Grecu	149	183	155	487	175	199	166	540	1027	171.17
18.	Turkey	732	742	667	2141	688	711	694	2093	4234	176.42
	Mustafa Kara	172	191	184	547	181	158	189	528	1075	179.17
	Tolga Can Gülec	182	165	187	534	173	207	160	540	1074	179.00
	Mehmet Gökhan Bilgin	220	206	128	554	144	185	176	505	1059	176.50
	Mustafa Agah Isik	158	180	168	506	190	161	169	520	1026	171.00
19.	Slovakia	616	687	660	1963	656	625	576	1857	3820	159.17
	David Barak	201	198	185	584	190	125	127	442	1026	171.00
	Timotej Kozík	130	180	199	509	169	146	139	454	963	160.50
	Simon Hrusovsky	160	159	145	464	144	170	158	472	936	156.00
	Daniel Janos	125	150	131	406	153	184	152	489	895	149.17

Individual High Game/High Series
1 Game – William Svensson, Sweden, 276
3 Games – Mathias Ankerdal, Denmark, 737
6 Games – Mathias Ankerdal, Denmark, 1386

Team High Game/High Series
1 Game – Netherlands, 983
3 Games – Sweden, 2690 *(EYC Record)
6 Games – Sweden, 5289

31st EYC 2018 – Boys’ All-Events after 12/18 games

Top three will earn the medals in All-Events; top 24 advance to Masters match play, top 8 will earn one bye

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Doubles	Team	Singles	Total	Ave.
1.	Patrick Weichert	Germany	12	1320	1360		2680	223.33
2.	Oskar Wirefeldt	Sweden	12	1290	1360		2650	220.83
3.	Georg Skryten	Norway	12	1300	1346		2646	220.50
4.	Oleksandr Nechypaiev	Ukraine	12	1254	1381		2635	219.58
5.	Mathias Ankerdal	Denmark	12	1233	1386		2619	218.25
6.	William Svensson	Sweden	12	1250	1354		2604	217.00
7.	Adam Hultgren	Sweden	12	1228	1368		2596	216.33
8.	Onni Riikonen	Finland	12	1300	1295		2595	216.25
9.	Lassi Aalto	Finland	12	1240	1345		2585	215.42
10.	Pyry Puharinen	Finland	12	1320	1265		2585	215.42
11.	Felix Huebner	Germany	12	1348	1214		2562	213.50
12.	Jonas Dammen	Norway	12	1249	1304		2553	212.75
13.	Maxime Dubois	France	12	1280	1262		2542	211.83
14.	Mike Bergmann	Netherlands	12	1238	1300		2538	211.50
15.	Andreas Andreasen	Denmark	12	1236	1297		2533	211.08
16.	Alexander Beck	Norway	12	1212	1320		2532	211.00
17.	Lukas Sevelin	Sweden	12	1323	1207		2530	210.83
18.	Darren Pellegroms	Belgium	12	1306	1216		2522	210.17
19.	Marcus Christensen	Denmark	12	1177	1338		2515	209.58
20.	Sidney Schroschk	Germany	12	1250	1255		2505	208.75
21.	Hugo Bonnefoy	France	12	1151	1350		2501	208.42
22.	Mykola Sielin	Ukraine	12	1244	1249		2493	207.75
23.	Oliver Spindley	England	12	1220	1254		2474	206.17
24.	Jörgen Mathiesen	Norway	12	1199	1272		2471	205.92
25.	Jay Goodwin	England	12	1227	1239		2466	205.50
26.	Steindor Mani Björnsson	Iceland	12	1330	1126		2456	204.67
27.	Clément Bernard	Belgium	12	1313	1142		2455	204.58
28.	Brent de Ruiter	Netherlands	12	1136	1315		2451	204.25
29.	Tim Cerkvenik Muzafirovic	Slovenia	12	1297	1147		2444	203.67
30.	Tim Lindacher	Germany	12	1307	1125		2432	202.67
31.	Enzo Franco	France	12	1097	1327		2424	202.00
32.	Nick de Gelder	Netherlands	12	1214	1193		2407	200.58
33.	Renz Philipsen	Belgium	12	1132	1268		2400	200.00
34.	Ronan van der Loo	Netherlands	12	1123	1276		2399	199.92
35.	Giorgio Gragnaniello	Italy	12	1150	1244		2394	199.50
36.	Enzo Bergamino	France	12	1257	1124		2381	198.42
37.	Johann Arsäll Atlason	Iceland	12	1105	1265		2370	197.50
38.	Marin Vedris	Croatia	12	1206	1161		2367	197.25
39.	Jesse Ahokas	Finland	12	1315	1052		2367	197.25
40.	Martyn Jones	Scotland	12	1181	1184		2365	197.08
41.	Maksim Eremenko	Russia	12	1140	1222		2362	196.83
42.	Edward Xuereb	Malta	12	1197	1158		2355	196.25
43.	Laurynas Narusis	Lithuania	12	1158	1186		2344	195.33
44.	Lukas Jelínek	Czech Republic	12	1157	1163		2320	193.33
45.	Danil Pervukhin	Ukraine	12	1138	1177		2315	192.92
46.	Jan Triska	Czech Republic	12	1209	1076		2285	190.42
47.	Emanuele Camponesco	Italy	12	1135	1146		2281	190.08
48.	Maksim Landau	Russia	12	1077	1204		2281	190.08
49.	Andrey Badin	Russia	12	1080	1196		2276	189.67
50.	Jonas Dons	Denmark	12	1083	1192		2275	189.58
51.	Alex Szczepaniak	Poland	12	1190	1065		2255	187.92
52.	Matthew Magro	Malta	12	1108	1144		2252	187.67
53.	Aleksei Sofinskii	Russia	12	1105	1145		2250	187.50
54.	Euan Coote	Scotland	12	1122	1120		2242	186.83
55.	Mario Del Gaudio	Italy	12	1124	1117		2241	186.75
56.	Johnny Fleer	Belgium	12	1096	1143		2239	186.58
57.	Conor Fetherston	Ireland	12	1152	1082		2234	186.17
58.	Filip Demuth	Czech Republic	12	1146	1086		2232	186.00
59.	Olafur Por Olafsson Hjaltalin	Iceland	12	1114	1107		2221	185.08
60.	Agust Ingi Stefansson	Iceland	12	1187	1028		2215	184.58
61.	Connor Parry	Scotland	12	1090	1113		2203	183.58
62.	Jakub Vlachovic	Czech Republic	12	1032	1157		2189	182.42
63.	Matteo Corazza	San Marino	12	1135	1039		2174	181.17
64.	Cezar Constantin Feliu	Romania	12	1017	1155		2172	181.00
65.	Robert Bowden	England	12	1145	1015		2160	180.00
66.	David Barak	Slovakia	12	1131	1026		2157	179.75
67.	Miguel Xuereb	Malta	12	1079	1075		2154	179.50
68.	Chris Thomson-Nairne	Scotland	12	1075	1072		2147	178.92
69.	Cosmin-Marian Ilies	Romania	12	1074	1062		2136	178.00
70.	Jeno-Roland Suciu	Romania	12	1017	1118		2135	177.92
71.	Kurt Attard	Malta	12	1106	1025		2131	177.58
72.	Sean Farren	Ireland	12	1047	1074		2121	176.75
73.	Yaroslav Pokutnii	Ukraine	12	1079	1038		2117	176.42
74.	Mehmet Gökhan Bilgin	Turkey	12	1037	1059		2096	174.67
75.	Kipras Kriauciunas	Lithuania	12	939	1141		2080	173.33
76.	Mika Gerla	Switzerland	12	981	1096		2077	173.08
77.	Alexandru-Valentin Grecu	Romania	12	1048	1027		2075	172.92
78.	Lorcan Staines	Ireland	12	1112	949		2061	171.75
79.	Zan Haramina	Slovenia	12	1139	920		2059	171.58
80.	Mustafa Kara	Turkey	12	965	1075		2040	170.00
81.	Leonardo Zingales	Italy	12	1013	1020		2033	169.42
82.	Tolga Can Gülec	Turkey	12	934	1074		2008	167.33
83.	Mustafa Agah Isik	Turkey	12	972	1026		1998	166.50
84.	Josephus Van Vilsteren	England	12	972	1023		1995	166.25
85.	Andrej Storozev	Lithuania	12	1023	969		1992	166.00
86.	Jonah Louvrier	Switzerland	12	1027	956		1983	165.25
87.	Timotej Kozík	Slovakia	12	969	963		1932	161.00
88.	Bartosz Sowinski	Poland	12	914	1010		1924	160.33
89.	Simon Hrusovsky	Slovakia	12	826	936		1762	146.83
90.	Daniel Janos	Slovakia	12	851	895		1746	145.50