2018 World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships – Men's sprint

Men's sprint at the 2018 World Single Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships
Location	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dates	23 May 2018
Competitors	32 from 16 nations
Medalists
Vilmoš Zavarko    Serbia   Axel Schondelmaier    Germany   Wolfgang Blaas    Italy   Nicolae Lupu    Romania

The men's sprint event at the 2018 World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania on 23 May 2018. ^[1]

The title of world champion was successfully defended by Serbian Vilmoš Zavarko, who defeated German Axel Schondelmaier in the final. Bronze medals went to semi-finalists Italian Wolfgang Blass and representative of the hosts - Romanian Nicolae Lupu.

Results

Starting places

The starting places have been allocated on the basis of each team's achievements during the previous championships.

	AUT	BIH	CRO	CZE	DEN	EST	FRA	GER	HUN	ITA	MKD	POL	ROU	SLO	SRB	SVK	Total
Number of seeds	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	32

Draw

The players were drawn into pairs with the reservation that competitors from the same country can not play in the first round against each other. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Tamás Kiss		0
	Philipp Vsetecka		2
							Philipp Vsetecka		1	23
							Timo Hoffmann		1	19
	Timo Hoffmann		2
	Gregor Bajželj		0
													Philipp Vsetecka		1	17
													Wolfgang Blaas		1	22
	Lukas Huber		0
	Michał Szulc		2
							Michał Szulc		1	18
							Wolfgang Blaas		1	21
	Matej Lepej		1	18
	Wolfgang Blaas		1	19
																			Wolfgang Blaas		0
																			Vilmoš Zavarko		2
	Jan Bína		1	21
	Tomas Pasiak		1	17
							Jan Bína		2
							Georges Ungurean		0
	Georges Ungurean		2
	Markko Abel		0
													Jan Bína		0
													Vilmoš Zavarko		2
	Vilmoš Zavarko		1	21
	Peter Nemček		1	14
							Vilmoš Zavarko		2
							Hrvoje Marinović		0
	Hrvoje Marinović		1	42
	Horatiu Bogdan Dudas		1	40
																									Vilmoš Zavarko		2
																									Axel Schonderlmaier		0
	Zsombor Zapletán		2
	Franci Velišček		0
							Zsombor Zapletán		2
							Boris Benedik		0
	Boris Benedik		1	24
	Erik Kuna		1	18
													Zsombor Zapletán		0
													Nicolae Lupu		2
	Nicolae Lupu		2
	Henning Bo Poulsen		0	DNS
							Nicolae Lupu		1	19
							Ivan Totić		1	16
	Ivan Totić		2
	Robert Ernješi		0
																			Nicolae Lupu		0
																			Axel Schonderlmaier		2
	Jiří Veselý		1	22
	Bartosz Krug		1	23
							Bartosz Krug		0
							Petruţ Ovidiu Mihălcioiu		2
	Petruţ Ovidiu Mihălcioiu		1	21
	Nemanja Galić		1	18
													Petruţ Ovidiu Mihălcioiu		1	16
													Axel Schondelmaier		1	22
	Axel Schondelmaier		2
	Guillaume Changenet		0
							Axel Schondelmaier		1	25
							Jürgen Pointinger		1	24
	Igor Kovačić		0
	Jürgen Pointinger		2

References

1. "2018 World Singles Championships schedule" (PDF).
2. "Sprint schedule 1" (PDF).
3. "Sprint schedule 2" (PDF).
4. "Sprint draw with results" (PDF).