2012 Denmark

Jesper Svensson of Sweden defeated Dominic Buchmann of Germany, two-games-to-none, to claim the title in Boys Masters in the final event of the 25th European Youth Championships in Aalborg, Denmark. Svensson, who was 14th in All Events to make it into the Masters match play round, averaged over 232 in eight games to sweep his four opponents on his way to the title match.  Jord van Weeren, Netherlands, and Nicola Pongolini, Italy, shared the bronze medals.

Daria Kovalova of Ukraine struck 19 times in the Girls Masters championship match en route to claim her second gold medal of the 25th European Youth Championships. Kovalova earned the No. 1 seed for the best-of-three games singles elimination match play finals by defending her All Events title at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. Targeting her fourth career EYC title, Kovalova posted games of 258 and 289 to defeat Pernille W. Rasmussen of Denmark, two-games-to-none.

Øyvin Kulseng defeated the No. 1 and No. 2 seed in the Boys Singles Playoffs en route to claim the first gold medal for Norway at the 25th European Youth Championships in Aalborg, Denmark. In the title match, Kulseng topped Alexander Minenko, Russia, 222-171. In the semifinals, fourth seeded Kulseng flew past No. 1 seed Marek Talpa, Czech Republic, 228-168, while Minenko, seeded second, edged No. 3 Jeroen van Geel, Netherlands, by a whisker, 215-213.

Verity Crawley of England defeated Jenny Wegner, Sweden, in title match, 238-222, to win the gold medal in Girls Singles at the 25th European Youth Championships. In the semifinal, Crawley eliminated No. 1 seed Daria Kovalova of Ukraine, 191-186, to bowl Wegner for the title. Wegner easily advanced to the title match with a 186-129 victory over No. 3 Sanna Pasanen, Finland. Wegener received the silver medal while Kovalova and Pasanen shared the bronze medal.

Squad 1 leader Daria Kovalova of Ukraine remained unchallenged in the second squad of the Girls Singles Preliminaries en route to earn the No. 1 seed for the playoffs and to defend her title in All Events at the European Youth Championships in Denmark. Kovalova, who is also the defending Singles champion, averaged 229.83 and totaled 1379 pins to beat out 2010 EYC Singles and All Events champion Jenny Wegner of Sweden for the top spot by 96 pins.

2011 Girls Singles and All Events champion Daria Kovalova of Ukraine came closer to defend her titles in the 25th European Youth Championships as she posted a huge 1379 six-game series in the first squad of the Singles competition Saturday morning at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. Kovalova, who held a 110-pin lead in All Events after 12 of 18 games practically sealed the victory in All Events with 3994 total and an average of 221.89.

Czech Republic's Marek Talpa earned the No. 1 seed for the Boys Singles Playoffs at the European Youth Championships after finishing the six-game preliminaries with 1387 tota. Øyvin Kulseng, Norway, led Squad 2 with 1325 to take the fourth place in the combined standings and to earn silver in All Events. Filip Wilhelmsson, Sweden, captured the gold medal. Joining Talpa and Kulseng in the Singles playoffs are Alexander Minenko, Russia (1340) and Jeroen van Geel, Netherlands (1333).

Marek Talpa of the Czech Republic took the lead in the Boys Singles competition after the first of two squads have completed their six-game preliminaries at the 25 European Youth Championships in Aalborg, Denmark. Talpa led the field of 49 players on Friday morning with 1387 pinfall total and an average of 231.17. Rounding out the top 4 were Alexander Minenko of Russia (2nd; 1340), Jeroen van Geel, Netherlands (3rd; 1333) and Christopher Lam of England with 1287 (214.50).

Finland with Roosa Lundén, Sanna Pasanen, Eliisa Hiltunen and Heidi Poikonen successfully defended the title in the girls four-player Team event at the European Youth Championships. In a title match that went down to the very last frame, the Finns topped Stine N. Johansen, Pernille W. Rasmussen, Rikke N. Johansen and Pernille F. Nielsen of Denmark, 687-662, to win the second gold medal for Finland in the championships. Semifinal losers England and Sweden shared the bronze medal.

Dutch boys Jord van Weeren, Joshua Schuurman, Jordi Putman and anchor Jeroen van Geel fired a huge game in the title match to fly past host country Denmark, 905-764, to claim the coveted Boys Team title at the European Youth Championships in Aalborg. It was the first gold medal for The Netherland in the championships. Denmark took the silver medal while Sweden and Greece shared the bronze medal. Competition continues on Friday with the Singles event.

Doubles gold medalists Bethany Hedley and Hannah Frost and their teammates Ellanor Thurston and Verity Crawley, England, leaped one spot during the second three-game block of the Team event en route to earn the No. 1 seed for the playoffs of the 25th European Youth Championships later this afternoon. England will bowl defending champion Finland in the semifinal, while Denmark will take on Sweden. Defending All Events champion Daria Kovalova took a 110-pin lead in All Events.

The Swedish girls team followed in the footsteps of the boys team en route to take the lead in the four-player Team event after the first three-game block in the 25 European Youth Championships Wednesday afternoon at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. Annie Thorell (554), Jenny Wegner (646), Fanny Lindahl (635) and Lisa Björklund (527) had games of 825, 770 and 767 to lead the field of eleven countries with 2362 pinfall total and an average of 196.83.

Swedes Emil Nilsson, Jesper Svensson, Pontus Andersson and Filip Wilhelmsson led a field of 23 four-player teams as the Team events at the 25 European Youth Championships has reached the halfway point. The Swedes rolled games of 866, 823 and the field-best 898 to set the pace after three of six games with 2587 total and an average of 215.58. Wilhelmsson leads the field of 101 boys from 29 ETBF member federations in All Events after 9 of 18 games with 1977 (219.67).

Jesse Kallio and Niko Kurppa of Finland defeated Norway's Øyvin Kulseng and Mathias Reinertsen by three pins, 391-388, to claim the gold medal in Boys Doubles at the European Youth Championships in Denmark. The fourth seeded Norwegians stunned No. 1 seed Jesper Svensson and Filip Wilhelmsson, Sweden, in the semifinal, 412-359. The Finns, seeded third, topped the other Swedish duo, second seeded Emil Nilsson and Pontus Andersson in the other semifinal, 430-400.

Hannah Frost and Bethany Hedley of England captured their second consecutive gold medal in Girls Doubles at European Youth Championships after defeating top seeded Swedes Annie Thorell and Jenny Wegner in the title match, 447-425. The third-seeded English girls topped No. 2 seed, Rikke N. Johansen and Pernille F. Nielsen of Denmark in the semifinal, 450-401, while the Swedes edged the other Danish duo, Stine N. Johansen and Pernille W. Rasmussen, 429-419.

Jenny Wegner and Annie Thorell followed in the footprints of their male counterparts as the Swedes earned the No. 1 seed for the Doubles playoffs of the 25th European Youth Championships Tuesday at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark.The Swedes will meet one of the two doubles from the host country Denmark in the semifinals. The other Danish team will take on defending champions Bethany Hedley and Hannah Frost of England, who finished the preliminaries in third place.

The 25th European Youth Championships got underway on Monday at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark, with the six-game preliminaries of the Boys Doubles competition. Swedes Jesper Svensson/Filip Wilhelmsson and Emil Nilsson/Pontus Andersson earned the No. 1 and No. 2 seed for the playoffs on Tuesday afternoon starting at 5.30 p.m. CET. The Swedes will be joined in the playoffs by No. 3 seed Jesse Kallio/Niko Kurppa of Finalnd and No. 4 seed Mathias Reinertsen/Øyvin Kulseng of Norway.