European Bowling Tour

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European Bowling Tour
Sport Bowling
Founded2000;22 years ago (2000)
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)
William Svensson and Joline Persson-Planefors
(2020–2021)
Official website European Bowling Tour

The European Bowling Tour (EBT) is one of three tenpin bowling tours (Europe, Americas, Asia) that form part of the ranking system of the World Tenpin Bowling Association (WTBA).

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The tour is run by the European Tenpin Bowling Federation. In all the tournaments, men and women compete alongside each other, with women receiving a handicap per game. In these tournaments there is only one prize fund (not split for men & women), however some tournaments offer additional bonuses for the highest placed woman, which is often in addition to any of the regular prize money.

History

During the 1990s, there had been several attempts to develop Ten-pin bowling tours in Europe but these were usually limited to one country (The Danish Masters Tour and the German Golden Bowling Ball Tour). It wasn't until 2000 that the European Bowling Tour was launched initially holding 9 tournaments in 8 countries. It has since expanded over the course of 19 years and now consists of 13 events in 2019. The Brunswick Ballmaster Open in Helsinki is the only tournament having joined the tour since the beginning in 2000.

Tour

The format varies from tournament to tournament, but generally most tournaments on the EBT take the form of 6 games re-entry qualification, with the top 50–60 bowlers (depending on the tournament) bowling a further set of games (most commonly 4), before a final cut to either single elimination matchplay or stepladder finals.

2017

StopCountryCityEventChampion (Men)Champion (Ladies)
1 Finland Helsinki Brunswick Ballmaster Open Carsten W. Hansen Daphne Tan (C)
2Ireland Dublin Storm Irish Open Tore Torgersen (C) Keira Reay
3Germany Munich Brunswick Euro Challenge Dominic Barrett (C) Birgit Pöppler
4 Denmark Aalborg Kegel Aalborg International Mattias Wetterberg (C) Jenny Wegner
5Spain Madrid V Brunswick Madrid Challenge François Lavoie (C) Jo Allesbrook
6 San Marino Serravalle 13th Storm San Marino Open François Lavoie (C) Jenny Wegner
7Germany Munich Track Dream Bowl Palace Open Pontus Andersson (C) Vanessa Timter
8 Sweden Malmö Storm Lucky Larsen Masters Jason Belmonte (C) Britt Brønsted
9 Denmark Odense Odense InternationalLars Nielsen (C) Sanna Pasanen
10 Netherlands The Hague Scheveningen Dutch OpenRichard Teece Nicole Sanders (C)
11 Norway Oslo Norwegian Open by Brunswick Raymond Jansson (C)Jenny Karlsson

2018

StopCountryCityEventChampion (Men)Champion (Ladies)
1 Sweden Stockholm 38th AIK International Tournament Jesper Svensson Bernice Lim (C)
2 Finland Helsinki Brunswick Ballmaster Open Kimmo Lehtonen Li Jane Sin (C)
3 Ireland Dublin Storm Irish Open Anthony Simonsen (C) Nicole Sanders
4 Germany Munich Brunswick Euro Challenge Anthony Simonsen Jenny Wegner (C)
5 Netherlands Tilburg Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Gaëtan Mouveroux Cajsa Wegner
6 Spain Madrid VI Brunswick Madrid Challenge Thomas Larsen Maria Jose Rodriguez
7 San Marino Serravalle 14th Storm San Marino Open Pontus Andersson Mai Ginge Jensen
8 Germany Munich Track Dream Bowl Palace Open Jesper Agerbo Maxime de Rooij
9 Sweden Malmö Storm Lucky Larsen Masters Kyle Troup Sandra Gongora
10 Denmark Odense Odense InternationalArnar Davið Jónsson (C) Mai Ginge Jensen
11 Italy Rome Rome OpenOliver Morig (C) Mai Ginge Jensen
12 Norway Oslo Norwegian Open by BrunswickEric Sjöberg (C)Wendy Bartaire

2019

StopCountryCityEventChampion (Men)Champion (Ladies)
1 Sweden Stockholm 39th AIK International Tournament Kim Bolleby (C) Cherie Tan
2 Finland Helsinki Brunswick Ballmaster Open Joonas Jehkinen (C) Cherie Tan
3 Ireland Dublin Storm Irish OpenJamie Elliott (C) Denise Blankenzee
4 Netherlands Tilburg Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Hadley Morgan (C)Anna Andersson
5 Germany Munich 16th Brunswick Euro ChallengeMartin Larsen (C) Maria Jose Rodriguez
6 Spain Madrid VII Brunswick Madrid ChallengeAdam Andersson (C) Siti Safiyah Amirah
7 San Marino Serravalle 15th Storm San Marino Open Daniel Fransson (C)Anna Andersson
8 Germany Munich Track Dream Bowl Palace Open Arnar Davið Jónsson (C) Nicole Sanders
9 Denmark Odense Odense International Stephan Unger (C)Megan Gales Dicay
10 Greece Thessaloniki Dimitris Karetsos TournamentMontsenigos EleytheriosCynthia Duca (C)
11 France Wittelsheim 3rd Brunswick OpenMikkel Sörensen (C)Alexandra Lopes D’Andrade
12 Norway Oslo Norwegian Open by BrunswickJames Blomgren (C) Mai Ginge Jensen
13 Denmark Aalborg Kegel Aalborg International 2019Arnar Davið Jónsson (C)Birgit Pöppler

2020

StopCountryCityEventChampion (Men)Champion (Ladies)
1 Sweden Stockholm 40th AIK International Tournament Christopher Sloan (C) Joline Person Planefors
2 Finland Helsinki 50th Brunswick Ballmaster Open Nathan Ruest Lajoie (C) Birgit Pöppler
3 Ireland Dublin 32nd Storm Irish Open Nicola Pongolini (C) Carol Catchpole
4 Netherlands Tilburg Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Mathias Ankerdal (C) Cajsa Wegner
5 Germany Munich 17th Brunswick Euro Challenge
6 Germany Langen BOWL for Fun Open Tournament
7 Spain Madrid VIII Brunswick Madrid Challenge
8 San Marino Serravalle 16th Storm San Marino Open
9 Germany Munich Track Dream Bowl Palace Open
10 Denmark Odense Odense International
11 Greece Thessaloniki Dimitris Karetsos Tournament
12 France Wittelsheim 4th Brunswick Open
13 Norway Oslo Norwegian Open by Brunswick
14 Denmark Aalborg Kegel Aalborg International 2020
15 Sweden Leandersson Christmas Tournament

Previous Ranking Winners

Ranking winners of the European Bowling Tour, since 2000

YearMenLadies
2000 Gery Verbruggen Kamilla Kjeldsen
2001 Gery Verbruggen Bettina Lund
2002 Gery Verbruggen Bettina Lund
2003 Gery Verbruggen Kamilla Kjeldsen
2004 Paul Moor Britt Brøndsted
2005 Paul Moor Britt Brøndsted
2006 Paul Moor Britt Brøndsted
2007 Osku Palermaa Kirsten Penny
2008 Osku Palermaa Nina Flack
2009 Osku Palermaa Nicki Ainge
2010 Dominic Barrett Nina Flack
2011 Osku Palermaa Joline Persson-Planefors
2012 Dominic Barrett Birgit Pöppler
2013 Dominic Barrett Joline Persson-Planefors
2014 Thomas Larsen Kamilla Kjeldsen
2015 Jesper Svensson Jenny Wegner
2016 Richard Teece Laura Beuthner
2017 Carsten W. Hansen Jenny Wegner
2018 Anthony Simonsen Jenny Wegner
2019 Arnar Davið Jónsson Anna Andersson
2020–2021 [lower-alpha 1] William Svensson Joline Persson-Planefors

EBT Masters

The EBT Masters is played at a different host centre each year, usually before/after the EBT event in the same location.

Previously, qualification for this event is the top 12 men and top 12 women from the previous year's EBT ranking. Now its top 8 and top 8 women from previous years EBT ranking.

Previously, the format was a Round Robin consisting of 11 rounds of one game matches. 20 bonus points are awarded for each match won, 10 for drawn matches. The top 3 bowlers after the round robin qualify for a 3-person stepladder to determine the winner of the masters.

In 2019, top 8 men and top 8 women after conclusion of the European Bowling Tour 2018 qualified for the 2019 EBT Masters. The format is 8 games total pinfall, top 4 advance to bowl another 4 games, pinfall carrying over. Total pinfall after 12 games determined the EBT Masters champions.

The 2022 edition was the final of the EBT 2020+2021 combined. Eight men, ranging from rank 1 to 15 and seven women competed due to prior commitments. [1]

Previous results

YearVenueChampion (Men)Runner-up (Men)Champion (Ladies)Runner-up (Ladies)
2008Rollhouse Bowling Centre, Ankara, Turkey Osku Palermaa Pasi Uotila Kamilla Kjeldsen Britt Brøndsted
2009Lövvang Bowling Centre, Aalborg, Denmark Paul Moor Jason Belmonte Kamilla Kjeldsen Rikke Holm Rasmussen
2010Lövvang Bowling Centre, Aalborg, Denmark Robert Andersson Tore Torgersen Kamilla Kjeldsen Mai Ginge Jensen
2011Bowling Centre Gladiator, Ljubljana, Slovenia Mika Koivuniemi Martin Larsen Cherie Tan Mai Ginge Jensen
2012Dream Bowl Palace, Unterföhring, Germany Martin Larsen Mika Koivuniemi Rebecka Larsen Clara Guerrero
2013BNC Bowling Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia Tony Ranta Martin Larsen Lisanne Breeschoten Ida Andersson
2014Dolfijn Bowling, Tilburg, Netherlands Pasi Uotila Martin Larsen Mai Ginge Jensen Birgit Pöppler
2015Bowling Chamartín, Madrid, Spain Paul Moor Jesper Svensson Laura Beuthner Diana Zavjalova
2016Rose'n Bowl, Serravalle, San Marino Stuart Williams Jesper Svensson Sin Li Jane Birgit Pöppler
2017Lövvang Bowling Centre, Aalborg, Denmark Paul Moor Osku Palermaa Joline Persson-Planefors Jenny Wegner
2018Dolfijn Bowling, Tilburg, Netherlands Pontus Andersson Richard Teece Jenny Wegner Sanna Pasanen
2019Bowling Chamartín, Madrid, Spain Muhammad Rafiq Ismail Kyle Troup Sin Li Jane Mai Ginge Jensen
2020Lövvang Bowling Centre, Aalborg, Denmark Kim Bolleby Martin Larsen Cajsa Wegner Mai Ginge Jensen
2022 [lower-alpha 2] Dream Bowl Palace, Unterföhring, Germany Jesse Kallio Christopher Sloan Bernice Lim Cajsa Wegner

Notes

  1. 2020 and 2021 EBT season was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Only 8 events took place.
  2. EBT Masters 2022 was the final of the EBT 2020–2021 seasons combined.

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References

  1. "EBT Masters 2022 – EBF | European Bowling Federation". etbf.eu. Retrieved 1 July 2022.