Swede claims his second career major title at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany
Swede Martin Paulsson (r.) captured his second major title at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany, when he capped off the 2011 Men's European Championships with victory in match play Masters. Paulsson, who won the Doubles gold medal (with Mathias Årup) at the Men's World Championships in Munich last year, swept All Events champion and No. 1 seed, Mads Sandbækken (l.), in the title match, Norway, 2-0. Osku Palermaa, Finland, and Thomas Larsen, Denmark, shared the bronze medals.
Sandbækken, Rudshagen claim gold and silver for Norway in All Events
Danes Thomas Larsen, Anders Lousdal, Jimmy Mortensen, Mik Stampe, Jesper Agerbo and Frederik Øhrgaard (pictured) defeated defending champion Finland featuring Perttu Jussila, Joonas Jähi, Jari Ratia, Osku Palermaa and Kimmo Lehtonen, 1039-977, to win the gold medal in the prestigious Team event in the Men's European Championships. The number 3 turned out to be the lucky number in the MEC finals. In all three finals, Doubles, Trios and Team, the No. 3 seed cruised to the title.
Like in the Doubles finals, the No. 3 seed defeats the top seed for the title
Svein Ake Ek, Glenn Morten Pedersen and Björn Einar Rudshagen (l-r) of Norway defeated Belgium's Glenn Vansteenbrugge, Mats Maggi and Olivier Leroy (right, l-r), 606-561, to win the gold medal in Trios at the 2011 Men's European Championships.Like in the Doubles finals, the No. 3 seed defeated the No. 2 seed and then the top seed for the title. Belgium took the silver medal while Denmark and
Finland shared the bronze medal.
Karl Wahlgren, Dennis Eklund defeat No. 1 and 2 seed to win the title in Doubles
Third seeded Karl Wahlgren and Dennis Eklund (l-r) of Sweden claimed the first gold medal of the Men's European Championships at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany. The Swedes, seeded third in the finals decided in single-game matches, ousted their teammates and No. 2 seeds, Robert Andersson and Martin Larsen, in the semifinal, 440-428, and went on to defeat top-seeded Mads Sandbækken and Tore Torgersen of Norway in the title match, 453-423.
Estonia's Kert Truus shoots the first 300 game of the 2011 Men's European Championships
Multiple European and World Team champion Sweden overtook the lead in the five-player team event in the Men's European Championships after the first block on short oil Thursday morning at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany. Robert Andersson, Dennis Eklund, Karl Wahlgren, Martin Paulsson and Martin Larsen rolled games of 1088 and 1037 and closed things out with a huge 1189 game to lead the field of 33 teams with 3314 pinfall and an average of 220.33.
Doubles and Trios finals to be contested after first block of Team event on Thursday
Glenn Vansteenbrugge, Mats Maggi and Olivier Leroy of Belgium (pictured) posted a 3888 six-game total and averaged 216 to earn the No. 1 seed for the Trios finals at the Men's European Championships in Germany. The Beginas will meet fourth-placed Finns Kimmo Lehtonen, Jari Ratia and Perttu Jussila in the semifinals while Danes Anders Lousdal, Jesper Agerbo and Thomas Larsen take on Norwegians Glenn Morten Pedersen, Björn Einar Rudshagen and Svein Ake Ek.
Sweden in second and third; Germany denies Sweden's bid for three finalists
Mads Sandbækken and Tore Torgersen (l-r) of Norway earned the No. 1 seed position for the Doubles finals of the Men's European Championships currently underway at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany. The Norwegians finished the preliminaries with a combined 24-game pinfall of 5475, an average of 228.13. Joining them in Thursday's finals are Swedes Robert Andersson/Martin Larsen and Karl Wahlgren/Dennis Eklund and Germany's Tobias Gäbler/Marco Baade.
Norwegian duo averages 229.08 as the event reaches its halfway point
Former European champions Mads Sandbækken (l.) and Tore Torgersen (r.) led the doubles event after six games on the short oil conditioning pattern in the Men's European Championships Monday at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany. The duo totaled 2749 pins, an individual average of 229.08. Sandbækken led all 198 players from 34 countries with 1456 pinfall or an average of 242.67.All 98 doubles return on Tuesday for the second block on ong oil.
Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany (June 11-19, 2011)
The 2011 Men's European Championships will be held June 11-19 at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring in the outskirts of Munich, Germany. This marks the third time in only ten months that Europe's biggest bowling center (52 lanes), which opened its doors in Dec. 2009, will host a major international championships. 34 countries have submitted the entry forms for a total of 199 players, who will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Doubles, Trios, Team, All-Events and Masters.
The head coaches of Norway and Sweden, Mats Karlsson and Tomas Leandersson, have named their teams for the Men's European Championships to be held at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring Germany in June. Medals will be given in Doubles, Trios, Team, All Events and Masters. 205 men from 35 member federations of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation are expected to participate. Both coaches have changed their roster on two positions since the 2010 Men's World Championships.
The Israeli Bowling Federation has announced its team for the 2011 Men's European Championships in Germany and the 2011 Women's World Championships in Hong Kong. The national team members were determined after 42 games (six 7-game series, three on long and three on short oil) which were bowled in two bowling centers - Hutzot bowling center in Haifa and Bola bawling center in Holon - over a span of four weeks.
Krista Pöllänen, Finland, defeated Sandra Andersson, Sweden, two-games-to-one to win the gold medal in Masters in the 3rd Women's European Championships 2010 Saturday at Zelta Boulinga Center in Riga, Latvia. Andersson received the silver medal while Hayley White, England
(0-2 vs. Andersson), and Kamilla Kjeldsen, Denmark (0-2 vs.
Pöllänen), shared the bronze medal. Five of the 23 participating countries shared the medals in Doubles, Trios, Team, All Events and Masters.Â
Hayley White continues to lead in All Events after 21/24 games
The five-player team from the Netherlands got off to a blistering start as Wendy Kok, Lisanne Breeschoten, Ghislane van der Tol, Bianca Wiekeraad and Priscilla Maaswinkel tallied a 3436 series on short oil to lead the Team event at the Women's European Championships after 3 of 6 games with a 229.07 average. Sweden, however, was mere 26 pins behind in second place with
3410. Third place belonged to Denmark with 3312 and Germany was fourth with 3297.
England's Hayley White atop the leaderboard in All Events
England's Nicki Ainge, Lisa John and Hayley White (pictured) came from behind to win the Trio title in the 3rd Women's European Championships Wednesday at Zelta Boulinga Center in Riga, Latvia. Starting the second day of the preliminaries in 9th place, the English trio fired the highest 3-game series on long oil (2046, 227.33 average) to grab the fourth and final spot for the playoffs and went on to defeat No. 1 seed Denmark and No. 2 seed Netherlands to claim the gold medal.
Netherlands, Sweden and Finland also on course for playoffs
Kamilla Kjeldsen, Mai Ginge Jensen and Rikke Holm Rasmussen rolled games of 728, 648 and 723 to take a comfortable 134-pin lead in the Trios event of the 3rd Women's European Championships 2010 in Latvia after the first 3-game block on short oil with 2099 pinfall total and an average of 232.22. The Danes outaveraged their nearest competitors from the Netherlands by
almost 15 pins.Sweden is third and Finland in fourth place. The second block and the playoffs will follow on Wednesday.
Top seeded Swedes beat Finland to win the first gold medal of the championships
Nina Flack and Helen Johnsson (r-l) claimed the first gold medal at the 3rd Women's European Championships 2010, when the Swedes successfully defended the Doubles title Monday at Zelta Boulinga Center in Riga, Latvia. In the championship match, the 2008 WEC Doubles champions defeated Finland's Piritta Kantola and Krista Pöllänen, 454-429. Finland took the silver medal and England and Denmark shared the bronze
medal. The championships will continue Tuesday and
Wednesday with the Trios event.
Finland, Denmark, Sweden in the top 4 after the first block on short oil
Hayley White and Lisa John set the pace in Doubles at the 3rd Women's European Championships as the competition has reached the halfway mark Sunday at Zelta Boulinga Center in Riga, Latvia. The duo totaled 2850 pins and averaged 237.50 over six games on short oil to lead Finland (2756), Denmark (2716) and defending champion Sweden (2708). The 53 doubles from 21 countries will bowl another six-game block on long oil before the cut to the top 4, who will bowl for the medals.
Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark (June 4-14, 2009)
In a title match between the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, Dominic Barrett (right) from England defeated All Events champion Petter Hansen (left), Norway, two-games-to-one to end the 2009 Men's European Championships with victory in the Masters competition. Barrett, a two-time World Youth champion, lost the first game in best-of-three format, 174-153 but rebounded with two straight wins, 204-187 and 269-185, to wrap up the title. Hansen earned silver and Finns Petteri Salonen and Joonas Jähi shared the bronze.
Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark (June 4-14, 2009)
Finland became first country to win multiple gold medals in the 2009 Men's European Championships in Aalborg, Denmark, when Joonas Jähi, Kimmo Lehtonen, Jussi Turtiainen, Petteri Salonen, Osku Palermaa defeated defending champion Sweden in the title match, 993-953. Dennis Eklund, Mathias Årup, Robert Andersson, Erik Andersin and Martin Larsen, the No. 3 seed, had to settle for the silver medal. England and Germany shared the bronze medal.
Finland's Osku Palermaa, Petteri Salonen, Joonas Jähi, Kimmo Lehtonen and Jussi Turtiainen finished the second 3-game block on long oil with a huge 1173 game (234.60 average) to claim the No. 1 seed for the Team finals in the 2009 Men's European Championships. The Finns will meet No. 4 Germany in the semifinals, while second-seeded England takes on defending champion Sweden, seeded third. Norwegian Petter Hansen (pictured right) captured the gold medal in All Events averaging 219.21 for 24 games.
Danes Thomas Larsen, Anders Lousdal, Jimmy Mortensen, Mik Stampe, Jesper Agerbo and Frederik Øhrgaard (pictured) defeated defending champion Finland featuring Perttu Jussila, Joonas Jähi, Jari Ratia, Osku Palermaa and Kimmo Lehtonen, 1039-977, to win the gold medal in the prestigious Team event in the Men's European Championships. The number 3 turned out to be the lucky number in the MEC finals. In all three finals, Doubles, Trios and Team, the No. 3 seed cruised to the title.
Svein Ake Ek, Glenn Morten Pedersen and Björn Einar Rudshagen (l-r) of Norway defeated Belgium's Glenn Vansteenbrugge, Mats Maggi and Olivier Leroy (right, l-r), 606-561, to win the gold medal in Trios at the 2011 Men's European Championships.Like in the Doubles finals, the No. 3 seed defeated the No. 2 seed and then the top seed for the title. Belgium took the silver medal while Denmark and
Finland shared the bronze medal. 
Third seeded Karl Wahlgren and Dennis Eklund (l-r) of Sweden claimed the first gold medal of the Men's European Championships at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany. The Swedes, seeded third in the finals decided in single-game matches, ousted their teammates and No. 2 seeds, Robert Andersson and Martin Larsen, in the semifinal, 440-428, and went on to defeat top-seeded Mads Sandbækken and Tore Torgersen of Norway in the title match, 453-423.
Multiple European and World Team champion Sweden overtook the lead in the five-player team event in the Men's European Championships after the first block on short oil Thursday morning at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany. Robert Andersson, Dennis Eklund, Karl Wahlgren, Martin Paulsson and Martin Larsen rolled games of 1088 and 1037 and closed things out with a huge 1189 game to lead the field of 33 teams with 3314 pinfall and an average of 220.33. 
Glenn Vansteenbrugge, Mats Maggi and Olivier Leroy of Belgium (pictured) posted a 3888 six-game total and averaged 216 to earn the No. 1 seed for the Trios finals at the Men's European Championships in Germany. The Beginas will meet fourth-placed Finns Kimmo Lehtonen, Jari Ratia and Perttu Jussila in the semifinals while Danes Anders Lousdal, Jesper Agerbo and Thomas Larsen take on Norwegians Glenn Morten Pedersen, Björn Einar Rudshagen and Svein Ake Ek.
Mads Sandbækken and Tore Torgersen (l-r) of Norway earned the No. 1 seed position for the Doubles finals of the Men's European Championships currently underway at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany. The Norwegians finished the preliminaries with a combined 24-game pinfall of 5475, an average of 228.13. Joining them in Thursday's finals are Swedes Robert Andersson/Martin Larsen and Karl Wahlgren/Dennis Eklund and Germany's Tobias Gäbler/Marco Baade.
The Israeli Bowling Federation has announced its team for the 2011 Men's European Championships in Germany and the 2011 Women's World Championships in Hong Kong. The national team members were determined after 42 games (six 7-game series, three on long and three on short oil) which were bowled in two bowling centers - Hutzot bowling center in Haifa and Bola bawling center in Holon - over a span of four weeks.
Krista Pöllänen, Finland, defeated Sandra Andersson, Sweden, two-games-to-one to win the gold medal in Masters in the 3rd Women's European Championships 2010 Saturday at Zelta Boulinga Center in Riga, Latvia. Andersson received the silver medal while Hayley White, England
(0-2 vs. Andersson), and Kamilla Kjeldsen, Denmark (0-2 vs.
Pöllänen), shared the bronze medal. Five of the 23 participating countries shared the medals in Doubles, Trios, Team, All Events and Masters. 
England's Nicki Ainge, Lisa John and Hayley White (pictured) came from behind to win the Trio title in the 3rd Women's European Championships Wednesday at Zelta Boulinga Center in Riga, Latvia. Starting the second day of the preliminaries in 9th place, the English trio fired the highest 3-game series on long oil (2046, 227.33 average) to grab the fourth and final spot for the playoffs and went on to defeat No. 1 seed Denmark and No. 2 seed Netherlands to claim the gold medal.
Nina Flack and Helen Johnsson (r-l) claimed the first gold medal at the 3rd Women's European Championships 2010, when the Swedes successfully defended the Doubles title Monday at Zelta Boulinga Center in Riga, Latvia. In the championship match, the 2008 WEC Doubles champions defeated Finland's Piritta Kantola and Krista Pöllänen, 454-429. Finland took the silver medal and England and Denmark shared the bronze
medal. The championships will continue Tuesday and
Wednesday with the Trios event.
In a title match between the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, Dominic Barrett (right) from England defeated All Events champion Petter Hansen (left), Norway, two-games-to-one to end the 2009 Men's European Championships with victory in the Masters competition. Barrett, a two-time World Youth champion, lost the first game in best-of-three format, 174-153 but rebounded with two straight wins, 204-187 and 269-185, to wrap up the title. Hansen earned silver and Finns Petteri Salonen and Joonas Jähi shared the bronze.
Finland became first country to win multiple gold medals in the 2009 Men's European Championships in Aalborg, Denmark, when Joonas Jähi, Kimmo Lehtonen, Jussi Turtiainen, Petteri Salonen, Osku Palermaa defeated defending champion Sweden in the title match, 993-953. Dennis Eklund, Mathias Årup, Robert Andersson, Erik Andersin and Martin Larsen, the No. 3 seed, had to settle for the silver medal. England and Germany shared the bronze medal.
Finland's Osku Palermaa, Petteri Salonen, Joonas Jähi, Kimmo Lehtonen and Jussi Turtiainen finished the second 3-game block on long oil with a huge 1173 game (234.60 average) to claim the No. 1 seed for the Team finals in the 2009 Men's European Championships. The Finns will meet No. 4 Germany in the semifinals, while second-seeded England takes on defending champion Sweden, seeded third. Norwegian Petter Hansen (pictured right) captured the gold medal in All Events averaging 219.21 for 24 games.