2017 World Team Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships – Men's tournament

2017 World Team Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Dettenheim
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–27 May
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (4th title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	Germany   Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Top scorer(s)	Igor Kovačić 718

The men's tournament at the 2017 World Team Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was held in Dettenheim, Germany from 21 to 27 May 2017. ^[1]

Serbia captured their fourth title by defeating Hungary 6-2 in the final match. Bronze medals was secured by Slovakia and host Germany.

Participating teams

•   Austria
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina
•   Croatia
•   Czech Republic
•   Denmark
•   Estonia
•   France
•   Germany
•   Hungary
•   Italy
•   Poland
•   Romania
•   Serbia
•   Slovakia
•   Slovenia

Draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Serbia   Austria   Germany (hosts)   Hungary	Croatia   Romania   Czech Republic   Poland	Slovenia   Slovakia   Italy   France	Bosnia and Herzegovina   Estonia   Montenegro   Denmark

Groups

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Germany (hosts)   Romania   Slovenia   Estonia	Serbia   Poland   Slovakia   Montenegro [note 1]	Hungary   Czech Republic   France   Denmark	Austria   Croatia   Italy   Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group stage

Group A

		Pts	Matches			Team points		Set points		Qualification
Rank	Team		W	D	L	W	L	W	L
1	Germany (H)	6	3	0	0	20	4	49	23	Quarterfinals
2	Slovenia	4	2	0	1	17	7	45	27	Quarterfinals
3	Romania	2	1	0	2	11	13	34	38
4	Estonia	0	0	0	3	0	24	16	56

21 May 2017 15:00 CEST   Romania 2 - 6   Slovenia 3658  9.5 Report 14.5  3765 Petrut Ovidiu Mihalcioiu 614 2.0 2.0 609 Matej Lepej (66 Robert Merza) Cosmin Craciun 602 1.0 3.0 661 Aleš Blaž Manel Manea 620 1.0 3.0 659 Janže Lužan Ion Cercel 612 1.0 3.0 628 Uroš Stoklas Nicolae Lupu 586 3.0 1.0 574 Davor Sobočan (61 Jure Starman) Horatiu Bogdan Dudas 624 1.5 2.5 634 Primož Pintarič Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

21 May 2017 18:30 CEST   Germany 8 - 0   Estonia 3793 18.5 Report 5.5   3417 Axel Schondelmaier 656 4.0 0.0 541 Raul Rebane Mathias Weber 628 3.0 1.0 617 Markko Abel (61Timo Hehl) Torsten Reiser 631 2.5 1.5 552 Gert Piksar Fabian Seitz 637 2.0 2.0 617 Kaido Kirs Thomas Schneider 620 3.0 1.0 556 Raido Kuusk Timo Hoffmann 621 4.0 0.0 534 Urmas Lembla Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

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23 May 2017 08:00 CEST   Slovenia 3 - 5   Germany 3831  11.5 Report 12.5  3875 Janže Lužan  637 2.0 2.0 632 Mathias Weber Primož Pintarič  678 3.0 1.0 659 Torsten Reiser Blaž Čerin 611 2.0 2.0 612 Fabian Seitz Aleš Blaž 648 2.0 2.0 647 Axel Schondelmaier Davor Sobočan 635 2.0 2.0 643 Timo Hoffmann Uroš Stoklas 622 0.5 3.5 682 Thomas Schneider Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

23 May 2017 11:30 CEST   Estonia 0 - 8   Romania 3412  5.5 Report 18.5  3773 Markko Abel 595 1.0 3.0 633 Nicolae Lupu Gert Piksar 557 0.0 4.0 653 Horatiu Bogdan Dudas Kaido Kits 581 2.0 2.0 595 Ion Cercel Marek Sӧӧt 561 0.5 3.5 613 Florin Opinca Raido Kuusk 554 1.0 3.0 652 Robert Merza Marek Kivi 564 1.0 3.0 627 Cosmin Craciun Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

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25 May 2017 15:00 CEST   Slovenia 8 - 0   Estonia 3724 19.0 Report 5.0   3355 Davor Sobočan 607 3.0 1.0 502 Marek Kivi (61Primož Pintarič ) Janže Lužan  628 3.0 1.0 549 Urmas Lembla Matej Lepej 641 3.0 1.0 602 Markko Abel Blaž Čerin 650 4.0 0.0 578 Kaido Kirs Jure Starman 596 3.0 1.0 569 Raul Rebane (61Uroš Stoklas) Aleš Blaž 615 3.0 1.0 555 Marek Sӧӧt Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

25 May 2017 18:30 CEST   Germany 7 - 1   Romania 3950 18.0 Report 6.0   3694 Mathias Weber 679 3.0 1.0 634 Nicolae Lupu Torsten Reiser 662 4.0 0.0 622 Horatiu Bogdan Dudas Timo Hehl 645 3.0 1.0 576 Manel Manea (61 Ion Cercel) Axel Schondelmaier 685 3.0 1.0 630 Cosmin Craciun Thomas Schneider 625 2.0 2.0 631 Robert Merza (61Daniel Schmid) Timo Hoffmann 654 3.0 1.0 601 Petrut Ovidiu Mihalcioiu Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

Group B

		Pts	Matches			Team points		Set points		Qualification
Rank	Team		W	D	L	W	L	W	L
1	Serbia	4	2	0	0	13	3	29	19	Quarterfinals
2	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	10	6	29.5	18.5	Quarterfinals
3	Poland	0	0	0	2	1	15	13.5	34.5

21 May 2017 15:00 CEST   Poland 0 - 8   Slovakia 3503  6.0 Report 18.0  3726 Piotr Kieliba 579 2.0 2.0 604 Bystrík Vadovič Dawid Strzelczak 585 1.0 3.0 604 Milan Tomka Arkadiusz Stachecki 599 1.0 3.0 611 Peter Nemček Karol Sellmann 578 0.0 4.0 645 Ivan Čech Jarosław Bonk 585 1.0 3.0 640 Tomáš Pašiak Bartosz Krug 577 1.0 3.0 622 Erik Kuna Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

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23 May 2017 08:00 CEST   Slovakia 2 - 6   Serbia 3775  11.5 Report 12.5  3788 Martin Kozák 615 2.0 2.0 645 Robert Ernješi Tomáš Pašiak 619 2.0 2.0 632 Čongor Baranj Radoslav Foltin 591 2.0 2.0 583 Uroš Jagličić (91 Miloš Simijonović) Ivan Čech 647 3.0 1.0 605 Danijel Tepša Erik Kuna 679 1.5 2.5 688  Vilmoš Zavarko Peter Nemček 624 1.0 3.0 635 Igor Kovačić Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

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25 May 2017 18:30 CEST   Serbia 7 - 1   Poland 3977 16.5 Report 7.5   3707 Miloš Simijonović 676 3.0 1.0 621 Arkadiusz Stachecki Vilmoš Zavarko  674 3.5 0.5 598 Dawid Strzelczak Igor Kovačić 718 3.0 1.0 632 Piotr Kieliba Danijel Tepša 614 2.0 2.0 630 Bartosz Krug Robert Ernješi 663 2.0 2.0 617 Mateusz Klecha Čongor Baranj 663 3.0 1.0 609 Jarosław Bonk Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

Group C

		Pts	Matches			Team points		Set points		Qualification
Rank	Team		W	D	L	W	L	W	L
1	Hungary	6	3	0	0	20.5	3.5	48.5	23.5	Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	4	2	0	1	16.5	7.5	50.5	21.5	Quarterfinals
3	France	2	1	0	2	10	14	33.5	38.5
4	Denmark	0	0	0	3	1	23	11.5	60.5

21 May 2017 08:00 CEST   Czech Republic 7 - 1   France 3741 17.5 Report 6.5   3614 Milan Svoboda 633 3.5 0.5 594 Anthony Rabier Radek Hejhal 574 1.0 3.0 650 Julien Schmitt Jaroslav Hažva 624 3.0 1.0 659 Ludovic Rousselet (61 Kevin Vincent) Pavel Jiroušek 634 3.0 1.0 606 Gianni Della Martire Miroslav Jelínek (68Robin Parkan) 621 3.0 1.0 626 Sylvian Brunot Jiří Veselý 655 4.0 0.0 634 Georges Ungurean Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

21 May 2017 11:30 CEST   Hungary 8 - 0   Denmark 3876 20.5 Report 3.5   3298 Levente Kakuk 625 3.5 0.5 552 Finn Hjorth Madsen (61 Per Erik Andersson) Zsombor Zapletán  664 3.0 1.0 605 Theis Kyvsgård Jensen Norbert Kiss 639 3.0 1.0 557 Frank Nielsen Gábor Kovács 641 3.0 1.0 561 Daniel Host (61Sándor Farkas) László Karsai 651 4.0 0.0 508 Mikkel Schnell Jensen (61Zoltan Flavius Fehér) Claudiu Boanta 656 4.0 0.0 515 Jonas Jelle Winding Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

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23 May 2017 15:00 CEST   France 2 - 6   Hungary 3663  10.0 Report 14.0  3810 Julien Schmitt 647 3.0 1.0 674 Claudiu Boanta Gianni Della Martire 594 2.0 2.0 601 Levente Kakuk Kevin Vincent 568 0.0 4.0 617 János Brancsek Emmanuel Nachin 586 0.0 4.0 645  Zsombor Zapletán Anthony Rabier 638 2.0 2.0 660 Gabor Kovács Georges Ungurean 630 3.0 1.0 613 Norbert Kiss (61 Zoltan Flavius Fehér) Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

23 May 2017 18:30 CEST   Denmark 0 - 8   Czech Republic 3267  1.0 Report 23.0  3783 Jonas Jelle Winding 504 0.0 4.0 613 Jan Bína Theis Kyvsgård Jensen 593 1.0 3.0 644 Radek Hejhal Mikkel Schnell Jensen 560 0.0 4.0 619 Robin Parkan Daniel Host 536 0.0 4.0 608 Jaroslav Hažva (61Pavel Jiroušek) Frank Nielsen 564 0.0 4.0 640 Jiří Veselý Per Erik Andersson 510 0.0 4.0 659 Miroslav Jelínek Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

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25 May 2017 08:00 CEST   France 7 - 1   Denmark 3536 17.0 Report 7.0   3298 Julien Schmitt 617 4.0 0.0 565 Finn Hjorth Madsen Gianni Della Martire 564 3.5 0.5 512 Theis Kyvsgård Jensen (47 Per Erik Andersson) Emmanuel Nachin 564 1.5 2.5 557 Daniel Host Kevin Vincent 559 2.0 2.0 532 Jonas Jelle Winding Ludovic Rousselet 591 2.0 2.0 580 Frank Nielsen Sylvain Brunot 641 4.0 0.0 552 Mikkel Schnell Jensen Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

25 May 2017 11:30 CEST   Hungary 6.5 - 1.5   Czech Republic 3267  1.0 Report 23.0  3783 (61 Levente Kakuk) Sándor Farkas 609 2.0 2.0 609 Milan Svoboda Claudiu Boanta 655 2.0 2.0 634 Jan Bína László Karsai 644 2.0 2.0 590 Jaroslav Hažva (61 Robin Parkan) Zsombor Zapletán  646 4.0 0.0 597 Pavel Jiroušek Gabor Kovács 632 2.0 2.0 611 Miroslav Jelínek (61 Radek Hejhal) Norbert Kiss 674 2.0 2.0 677 Jiří Veselý Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

Group D

		Pts	Matches			Team points		Set points		Qualification
Rank	Team		W	D	L	W	L	W	L
1	Austria	6	3	0	0	18.5	5.5	46.5	25.5	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	4	2	0	1	14	10	39	33	Quarterfinals
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	1	2	8	16	32	40
4	Italy	1	0	1	2	7.5	16.5	26.5	45.5

21 May 2017 08:00 CEST   Croatia 5 - 3   Italy 3697 15.0 Report 9.0   3633 Hrvoje Marinović 613 4.0 0.0 544 Armin Schwienbacher (91 Aaron Peer Pratzer) Matko Bulka 618 2.0 2.0 642 Christian Mair Nikola Muše 628 4.0 0.0 598 Alex Posch (61 Damir Ceković) Dario Radoš 586 0.5 3.5 614 Wolfgang Blaas Branko Manev 611 2.0 2.0 615 Florian Thaler Igor Šarkezi 641 2.5 1.5 620 Armin Egger Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

21 May 2017 11:30 CEST   Austria 5 - 3   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3733 13.5 Report 10.5   3709 Philipp Vsetecka 640 2.0 2.0 630 Darko Lotina Martin Rathmayer 630 2.0 2.0 653 Muamer Bešić Reinhard Gruber 663 4.0 0.0 590 Miodrag Trklja (31 Matthias Zatschkowitsch) Jürgen Ertl 578 1.5 2.5 603 Dinko Dundić Martin Jantis 593 2.0 2.0 607 Marko Trklja Lukas Huber 629 2.0 2.0 626 Ivan Petric Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

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23 May 2017 15:00 CEST   Italy 0.5 - 7.5   Austria 3536  6.0 Report 18.0  3765 Wolfgang Blaas 611 1.0 3.0 661 Philipp Vsetecka Christian Mair 574 1.0 3.0 616 Martin Rathmayer Florian Thaler 575 1.0 3.0 614 Reinhard Gruber Armin Egger 620 2.0 2.0 620 Christoph Essmeister Aaron Peer Pratzer 597 1.0 3.0 623 Martin Jantis Hanes Krӧss 559 0.0 4.0 631 Lukas Huber Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

21 May 2017 11:30 CEST   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 - 7   Croatia 3622  9.0 Report 15.0  3742 Muamer Bešić 602 0.0 4.0 665 Hrvoje Marinović Darko Lotina 594 1.0 3.0 621 Branko Manev Dinko Dundić 601 1.0 3.0 616 Matko Bulka Nermin Hrustemović 563 1.0 3.0 608 Nikola Muše Ivan Petrić 601 2.0 2.0 629 Luka Bolanča (61Matija Mance) Marko Trklja 661 4.0 0.0 603 Igor Šarkezi (61 Ivan Totić) Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

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25 May 2017 08:00 CEST   Italy 4 - 4   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3662 11.5 Report 12.5   3629 Florian Thaler 621 3.0 1.0 591 Darko Lotina Aaron Peer Pratzer 589 1.5 2.5 589 Muamer Bešić Alex Posch 623 2.0 2.0 603 Miodrag Trklja Wolfgang Blaas 624 1.5 2.5 627 Dinko Dundić Christian Mair (61 Armin Schwienbacher) 586 2.0 2.0 603 Marko Trklja Armin Egger 619 1.5 2.5 616 Ivan Petrić Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

25 May 2017 11:30 CEST   Austria 6 - 2   Croatia 3821 15.0 Report 9.0   3746 Martin Rathmayer 640 3.0 1.0 618 Luka Bolanča Philipp Vsetecka 634 2.0 2.0 645 Branko Manev Martin Jantis 609 3.0 1.0 597 Matko Bulka Reinhard Gruber 685 3.0 1.0 620 Nikola Muše Matthias Zatschkowitsch 619 3.0 1.0 607 Igor Šarkezi Lukas Huber 634 1.0 3.0 659 Hrvoje Marinović Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

Final Round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	A1	Germany	5	-
	C2	Czech Republic	3	-
							Germany		2	-
							Serbia		6	-
	B1	Serbia	7	-
	D2	Croatia	1	-
													Serbia		6	-
													Hungary		2	-
	C1	Hungary	5	-
	A2	Slovenia	3	-
							Hungary		7	-
							Slovakia		1	-
	D1	Austria	2	-
	B2	Slovakia	6	-

Quarterfinals

26 May 2017 08:00 CEST   Germany 5 - 3   Czech Republic 3866  12.0 Report 12.0   3819 Matthias Weber 658 2.0 2.0 667 Radek Hejhal Torsten Reiser 636 3.0 1.0 605 Jan Bína Timo Hehl 643 2.0 2.0 630 Pavel Jiroušek Axel Schondelmaier 647 3.0 1.0 626 Milan Svoboda Timo Hoffmann 652 1.0 3.0 671 Jiří Veselý Thomas Schneider 630 1.0 3.0 620 Miroslav Jelínek Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

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26 May 2017 11:30 CEST   Serbia 7 - 1   Croatia 3944 15.5 Report 8.5   3813 Igor Kovačić 669 2.0 2.0 656 Ivan Totić Robert Ernješi 674 2.0 2.0 658 Branko Manev Miloš Simijonović 643 4.0 0.0 578 Matija Mance Čongor Baranj 645 3.0 1.0 640 Igor Šarkezi (61 Milan Jovetić) Radovan Vljakov 608 2.0 2.0 632 Dario Radoš Vilmoš Zavarko 705 2.5 1.5 649 Hrvoje Marinović Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

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26 May 2017 15:00 CEST   Hungary 5 - 3   Slovenia 3923 14.0 Report 10.0   3841 Levente Kakuk 640 2.0 2.0 643 Uroš Stoklas Claudiu Boanta 606 1.0 3.0 654 Janže Lužan Zoltan Flavius Fehér 671 4.0 0.0 583 Matej Lepej Zsombor Zapletán  662 3.0 1.0 644 Blaž Čerin Gábor Kovács 650 1.0 3.0 677 Primož Pintarič Norbert Kiss 694 3.0 1.0 640 Aleš Blaž Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

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26 May 2017 18:30 CEST   Austria 2 - 6   Slovakia 3783  9.5 Report 14.5  3792 Philipp Vsetecka 700 4.0 0.0 619 Milan Tomka Martin Rathmayer 639 2.0 2.0 647 Bystrík Vadovič Reinhard Gruber 657 2.0 2.0 598 Peter Nemček Martin Jantis 572 0.0 4.0 658 Ivan Čech Matthias Zatschkowitsch 587 1.0 3.0 625 Tomáš Pašiak Lukas Huber 628 0.5 3.5 645 Erik Kuna Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

Semifinals

27 May 2017 11:30 CEST   Germany 2 - 6   Serbia 3888  13.0 Report 11.0  4003 Mathias Werber 663 2.0 2.0 685 Igor Kovačić Torsten Reiser 656 2.0 2.0 687 Robert Ernješi Timo Hehl 640 3.0 1.0 615 Miloš Simijonović Axel Schondelmaier 635 2.0 2.0 661 Danijel Tepša Timo Hoffmann 681 3.0 1.0 668 Čongor Baranj Thomas Schneider 613 1.0 3.0 687  Vilmoš Zavarko Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

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27 May 2017 11:30 CEST   Hungary 7 - 1   Slovakia 3878 14.0 Report 10.0   3835 (71 János Brancsek) Zoltan Flavius Fehér 593 0.0 4.0 649 Milan Tomka Levente Kakuk 683 4.0 0.0 638 Bystrík Vadovič Zsombor Zapletán  668 3.0 1.0 658 Ivan Čech László Karsai 653 3.0 1.0 619 Peter Nemček (91Sándor Farkas) Gábor Kovács 621 2.0 2.0 618 Tomáš Pašiak Norbert Kiss 660 2.0 2.0 653 Erik Kuna Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

Final

27 May 2017 16:00 CEST   Serbia 6 - 2   Hungary 3982 12.0 Report 12.0   3861 Igor Kovačić 653 1.0 3.0 678 Levente Kakuk Robert Ernješi 680 3.0 1.0 615 Claudiu Boanta (91 Zoltan Flavius Fehér) Danijel Tepša 680 2.0 2.0 629  Zsombor Zapletán Milan Jovetić 642 1.0 3.0 653 László Karsai Čongor Baranj 630 3.0 1.0 614 Gábor Kovács Vilmoš Zavarko  692 2.0 2.0 672 Norbert Kiss Liedolsheim Sport Hall, Dettenheim Head referee: Hans Jesenko (AUT)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Serbia
	Hungary
	Germany
	Slovakia
5-8	Austria
	Croatia
	Czech Republic
	Slovenia
9-12	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	France
	Poland
	Romania
13-15	Denmark
	Estonia
	Italy

Footnotes

1. The national team of Montenegro withdrew from participation in the championships. For this reason, only three teams were in group B. The third matches of each teams in the group stage were played with local players, but they did not count towards classification.

References

1. 2017 World Team Championships schedule