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Singles and Doubles gold medallist Finland claimed the third gold medal in as many events Thursday at the Men's European Championships in Moscow, Russia. Petteri Salonen, Kimmo Lehtonen and Lasse Lintilä (l-r with coach Sami Luoto) totaled 4042 and averaged 224,56 for six games to win the title in Trios event.

Norwegians Per Kristian Eide, Svein Roger Olsen and Petter Hansen fired a 735 in the final game to overtake Germany's Oliver Morig, Achim Grabowski and Jens Nickel and secure the silver medal. The Germans settled for bronze.

The Finns target to improve the 2001 European Championship performance, when they won 4 titles (Singles, Doubles, Trios, All Events) and 2 bronze medals (Teams and Masters).

Morig holds the lead in All Events after 18 of 24 games with 4137 pinfall total and an average of 229,83. Salonen (4126) and Lintilä (4114) are close behind in second and third position.

"High Five, Suomi!" L-R Eide, Hansen, Olsen (behind the Finnish flag), Salonen, Lehtonen, Lintilä, Morig, Grabowski, Nickel. In the front coach Sami Luoto and team manager Seija Lankinen. Click on the picture to enlarge it.

Pictures courtesy of Jan Edvardsen and Thomas Tybl.

 

2005 MEC Trios - Final Standings

Countries with position, 18-game total and average
Players with 6-game pinfall and average

1. Finland, 4042, 224,56
Kimmo Lehtonen, 1312, 218,67/Petteri Salonen, 1315, 219,17
Lasse Lintilä, 1415, 235,83

2. Norway, 4027, 223,72
Per Kristian Eide, 1375, 229,17/Svein Roger Olsen, 1331, 221,83
Petter Hansen, 1321, 220,17

3. Germany, 4009, 222,72
Oliver Morig, 1353, 225,50/Achim Grabowski, 1288, 214,67
Jens Nickel, 1368, 228,00

4. Sweden, 3976, 220,89
Mikael Kanold, 1345, 224,17/Magnus Andersson, 1394, 232,33
Martin Larsen, 1237, 206,17

5. Denmark, 3952, 219,56
Mikael Braendeskov, 1460, 243,33/Jesper Nielsen, 1243, 207,17
Martin Bögehave, 1249, 208,17

6. France, 3870, 215,00
Nicolas Forestier, 1383, 230,50/Thierry Sacco, 1316, 219,33
Mickel Rives, 1171, 195,17

7. Belgium, 3853, 214,06
Koen Pellegroms, 1213, 202,17/Sven Van Eyken, 1455, 242,50
Ives Van Eyken, 1185, 197,50

8. Sweden, 3847, 213,72
Robert Andersson, 1319, 219,83/Tobias Karlsson, 1340, 223,33
Anders Öhman, 1188, 198,00

9. Norway, 3831, 212,83
Lasse Ingebrigtsen, 1246, 207,67/Glenn Morten Pedersen, 1331, 221,83
Sverre Lund, 1254, 209,00

10. Israel, 3817, 212,06
Moshe Sheinman, 1118, 186,33/Dor Shpeizman, 1363, 227,17
Or Aviram, 1336, 222,67

11. Greece, 3807, 211,50
Leonidas Maragos, 1205, 200,83/Kostas Papakostas, 1345, 224,17
Dimitris Karetsos, 1257, 209,50

12. Belgium, 3802, 211,22
Jean-Marc Samain, 1315, 219,17/Jimmy Ravez, 1212, 202,00
Jean-Marc Lebon, 1275, 212,50

13. Finland, 3785, 210,28
Jari Ratia, 1296, 216,00/Petri Mannonen, 1349, 224,83
Kai Virtanen, 1140, 190,00

14. England, 3776, 209,78
Jon Zadel, 1179, 196,50/Paul Moor, 1324, 220,67
Steve Thornton, 1273, 212,17

15. Netherlands, 3759, 208,83
Wim van der Veen, 1372, 228,67/Ron van den Bogaard, 1212, 202,00
Menno van den Heuvel, 1175, 195,83

16. France, 3751, 208,39
Francois Sacco, 1252, 208,67/Laurent Plantard, 1338, 223,00
Patrick Rolland, 1161, 193,50

17. Denmark, 3750, 208,33
Jesper Agerbo, 1172, 195,33/Bo Winther Pedersen, 1290, 215,00
Martin Wozny, 1288, 214,67

18. England, 3738, 207,67
Iain McCorkindale, 1180, 196,67/Paul Evans, 1280, 213,33
Mike Quarry, 1278, 213,00

19. Netherlands, 3735, 207,50
Marco van de Griend, 1236, 206,00/Wesley Selier, 1224, 204,00
Remco Verboon, 1275, 212,50

20. Turkey, 3724, 206,89
Tolga Sismanogullar, 1239, 206,50/Gediz Ege, 1293, 215,50
Mithat Siveliol, 1192, 198,67

21. Iceland, 3693, 205,17
Bjorn Sigurdsson, 1204, 200,67/Kristjan Thordarson, 1184, 197,33
Arni Geir Omarsson, 1305, 217,50

22. Poland, 3676, 204,22
Pawel Bielski, 1200, 200,00/Mariusz Musialik, 1150, 191,67
Marek Przezpolewski, 1326, 221,00

23. Austria, 3657, 203,17
Gerhard Fleischhacker, 1286, 214,33/Rudolf Friess, 1218, 203,00
Nikolai Schröder, 1153, 192,17

24. Austria, 3641, 202,28
Thomas Tybl, 1176, 196,00/Alexander Rauscher, 1168, 194,67
Thomas Gross, 1297, 216,17

25. Russia, 3614, 200,78
Sergey Andreev, 1296, 216,00/Artur Adian, 1099, 183,17
Timur Madaminov, 1219, 203,17

26. Germany, 3612, 200,67
Michael Krämer, 1131, 188,50/Michael Michajlow, 1172, 195,33
Kai Günther, 1309, 218,17

27. Spain, 3586, 199,22
Manuel Martinez, 1151, 191,83/Juan C. Ramonde, 1155, 192,50
Erwin Pascual, 1280, 213,33

28. Estonia, 3584, 199,11
Marko Molder, 1162, 193,67/Taimar Lank, 1344, 224,00
Aare Noormaa, 1078, 179,67

29. Israel, 3580, 198,89
Elior Ashkenazi, 1247, 207,83/Gal Shemer, 1055, 175,83
Eliezer Sheinman, 1278, 213,00

30. Latvia, 3568, 198,22
Vladislavs Filimonovs, 1116, 186,00/Jurijs Volceks, 1190, 198,33
Nikolajs Ovcinnikovs, 1262, 210,33

31. Lithuania, 3568, 198,22
Andrius Pocius, 1108, 184,67/Zilvinas Perminas, 1370, 228,33
Andrejus Puskariovas, 1090, 181,67

32. Iceland, 3550, 197,22
Magnus Magnusson, 1228, 204,67/Arnar Saebergsson, 1155, 192,50
Steinthor Johannsson, 1167, 194,50

33. San Marino, 3515, 195,28
Fabrizio Biordi, 1160, 193,33/Adriano Santi, 1096, 182,67
Niko Gasperoni, 1259, 209,83

34. Belarus, 3482, 193,44
Heorhi Pryhozy, 1155, 192,50/Siargei Tsiushkevich, 1185, 197,50
Grigoriy Agalarov, 1142, 190,33

35. Slovenia, 3453, 191,83
Ivo Hauptman, 1180, 196,67/Peter Grabrijan, 1140, 190,00
Janez Kovac, 1133, 188,83

36. Latvia, 3451, 191,72
Edmunds Jansons, 1220, 203,33/Julians Visockis, 1024, 170,67
Juris Kalnracenis, 1207, 201,17

37. Ukraine, 3443, 191,28
Oleksandr Kalika, 1210, 201,67/Vitaliy Shylan, 1093, 182,17
Mykhailo Kalika, 1140, 190,00

38. Bulgaria, 3442, 191,22
Alexander Lefterov, 1178, 196,33/Plamen Stanchev, 1157, 192,83
Assen Kirov, 1107, 184,50

39. Spain, 3395, 188,61
Raul Galvez, 1211, 201,83/Francisco Estevez, 999, 166,50
Melvin Ocando, 1185, 197,50

40. Ireland, 3390, 188,33
David English, 1048, 174,67/Stephen Joyce, 1094, 182,33
Barry Foley, 1248, 208,00

41. Greece, 3361, 186,72
Giannis Stathatos, 1232, 205,33/George Logothetidis, 1016, 169,33
Nontas Patsaouras, 1113, 185,50

42. Hungary, 3336, 185,33
Istvan Soltesz, 1148, 191,33/Imre Foldvari, 1130, 188,33
Zoltan Skobrics, 1058, 176,33

43. Ukraine, 3335, 185,28
Sergey Gontar, 1158, 193,00/Oleg Bondarenko, 1134, 189,00
Valentyn Lobanov, 1043, 173,83

44. Estonia, 3321, 184,50
Raul Beekmann, 1098, 183,00/Janno Kannike, 1169, 194,83
Aivar Leinemann, 1054, 175,67

45. Hungary, 3279, 182,17
Zoltan Kiss, 1030, 171,67/Tamas Szabo, 1075, 179,17
Tamas Holczer, 1174, 195,67

46. Belarus, 3253, 180,72
Dmitry Stepuk, 1149, 191,50/Siargei Kiselev, 1005, 167,50
Heorhi Volodko, 1099, 183,17

47. Lithuania, 3252, 180,67
Dainius Druteika, 1037, 172,83/Vytautas Gykis, 1074, 179,00
Jonas Krenevicius, 1141, 190,17

48. Turkey, 3234, 179,67
Omer Ayhan Bilge, 1129, 188,17/Yllmaz Unal Baytar, 1070, 178,33
Burak Natal, 1035, 172,50

49. Poland, 3228, 179,33
Adam Martin, 1108, 184,67/Dawid Szpanski, 1065, 177,50
Rafal Gladysz, 1055, 175,83

50. Bulgaria, 3141, 174,50
Raycho Raykov, 1002, 167,00/Valentin Vasilev, 1002, 167,00
Kiril Kirilov, 1137, 189,50

51. San Marino, 3022, 167,89
Luca Taddei, 1049, 174,83/Rolando Grassi, 975, 162,50
Ettore Baciocchi, 998, 166,33

52. Russia, 2768, 184,53
Grigory Vikharev, 552/3, (WD)/Sergey Starchenkov, 1119, 186,50
Oleg Kozirev, 1097, 182,83

Individual:
High Game: 296 - Mikael Kanold, Sweden
High 3-game series: 785 - Lasse Lintilä, Finland
High 6-game series: 1460 - Mikael Braendeskov, Denmark

Trios:
High Game: 757 - Sweden (Mikael Kanold/Magnus Andersson/Martin Larsen)
High 3-game series: *2121 - Norway (Per Kristian Eide/Svein Roger Olsen/Petter Hansen)
High 6-game series: 4042 - Finland (Kimmo Lehtonen/Petteri Salonen/Lasse Lintilä)

* Championship Record

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Denmark lead in Trios event after Day 1

Mikael Braendeskov, Jesper Nielsen and Martin Bögehave led the field of 52 trios after the first block of three games in the Men's European Championships. Germany with doubles silver medallist Oliver Morig and his teammates Achim Grabowski and Jens Nickel Jens Nickel moved into second place in the last squad on Wednesday with 2022. Swedes Mikael Kanold, Magnus Andersson and Martin Larsen are close behind in third place with 2016. The 10th place trio after the first 3-game block is merely 103 pins away from first place, making tomorrow's final block promising to be a very exciting round. Pictures courtesy of Jan Edvardsen and Thomas Tybl.

2005 MEC Trios - Standings after Squad 3/3 (First 3-game Block)

Countries with position, 9-game total and average
Players with 3-game pinfall and average

1. Denmark, 2041, 226,78
Mikael Braendeskov, 764, 254,67/Jesper Nielsen, 617, 205,67
Martin Bögehave, 660, 220,00

2. Germany, 2022, 224,67
Oliver Morig, 701, 233,67/Achim Grabowski, 607, 202,33
Jens Nickel, 714, 238,00

3. Sweden, 2016, 224,00
Mikael Kanold, 719, 239,67/Magnus Andersson, 683, 227,67
Martin Larsen, 614, 204,67

4. Sweden, 2015, 223,89
Robert Andersson, 705, 235,00/Tobias Karlsson, 717, 239,00
Anders Öhman, 593, 197,67

5. Finland, 1997, 221,89
Jari Ratia, 720, 240,00/Petri Mannonen, 735, 245,00
Kai Virtanen, 542, 180,67

6. Netherlands, 1970, 218,89
Wim van der Veen, 718, 239,33/Ron van den Bogaard, 650, 216,67
Menno van den Heuvel, 602, 200,67

7. Belgium, 1942, 215,78
Jean-Marc Samain, 628, 209,33/Jimmy Ravez, 649, 216,33
Jean-Marc Lebon, 665, 221,67

8. Netherlands, 1940, 215,56
Marco van de Griend, 656, 218,67/Wesley Selier, 615, 205,00
Remco Verboon, 669, 223,00

9. Israel, 1938, 215,33
Moshe Sheinman, 599, 199,67/Dor Shpeizman, 699, 233,00
Or Aviram, 640, 213,33

(tie) England, 1938, 215,33
Iain McCorkindale, 629, 209,67/Paul Evans, 659, 219,67
Mike Quarry, 650, 216,67

11. Finland, 1936, 215,11
Kimmo Lehtonen, 691, 230,33/Petteri Salonen, 615, 205,00
Lasse Lintilä, 630, 210,00

12. Norway, 1906, 211,78
Per Kristian Eide, 623, 207,67/Svein Roger Olsen, 634, 211,33
Petter Hansen, 649, 216,33

13. Turkey, 1905, 211,67
Tolga Sismanogullar, 626, 208,67/Gediz Ege, 684, 228,00
Mithat Siveliol, 595, 198,33

14. France, 1897, 210,78
Nicolas Forestier, 670, 223,33/Thierry Sacco, 650, 216,67
Mickel Rives, 577, 192,33

15. Belgium, 1891, 210,11
Koen Pellegroms, 653, 217,67/Sven Van Eyken, 679, 226,33
Ives Van Eyken, 559, 186,33

16. France, 1877, 208,56
Francois Sacco, 617, 205,67/Laurent Plantard, 683, 227,67
Patrick Rolland, 577, 192,33

17. Greece, 1864, 207,11
Leonidas Maragos, 580, 193,33/Kostas Papakostas, 632, 210,67
Dimitris Karetsos, 652, 217,33

18. Austria, 1852, 205,78
Gerhard Fleischhacker, 577, 192,33/Rudolf Friess, 650, 216,67
Nikolai Schröder, 625, 208,33

19. England, 1851, 205,67
Jon Zadel, 592, 197,33/Paul Moor, 635, 211,67
Steve Thornton, 624, 208,00

(tie) Austria, 1851, 205,67
Thomas Tybl, 572, 190,67/Alexander Rauscher, 603, 201,00
Thomas Gross, 676, 225,33

21. Poland, 1834, 203,78
Pawel Bielski, 613, 204,33/Mariusz Musialik, 587, 195,67
Marek Przezpolewski, 634, 211,33

22. Denmark, 1833, 203,67
Jesper Agerbo, 531, 177,00/Bo Winther Pedersen, 657, 219,00
Martin Wozny, 645, 215,00

23. Slovenia, 1832, 203,56
Ivo Hauptman, 595, 198,33/Peter Grabrijan, 612, 204,00
Janez Kovac, 625, 208,33

24. Norway, 1831, 203,44
Lasse Ingebrigtsen, 613, 204,33/Glenn Morten Pedersen, 625, 208,33
Sverre Lund, 593, 197,67

25. Estonia, 1815, 201,67
Marko Molder, 616, 205,33/Taimar Lank, 668, 222,67
Aare Noormaa, 531, 177,00

26. Ireland, 1809, 201,00
David English, 565, 188,33/Stephen Joyce, 585, 195,00
Barry Foley, 659, 219,67

27. Latvia, 1806, 200,67
Vladislavs Filimonovs, 601, 200,33/Jurijs Volceks, 577, 192,33
Nikolajs Ovcinnikovs, 628, 209,33

28. Spain, 1779, 197,67
Manuel Martinez, 571, 190,33/Juan C. Ramonde, 607, 202,33
Erwin Pascual, 601, 200,33

29. Germany, 1769, 196,56
Michael Krämer, 591, 197,00/Michael Michajlow, 577, 192,33
Kai Günther, 601, 200,33

30. Belarus, 1768, 196,44
Heorhi Pryhozy, 567, 189,00/Siargei Tsiushkevich, 594, 198,00
Grigoriy Agalarov, 607, 202,33

31. Israel, 1761, 195,67
Elior Ashkenazi, 618, 206,00/Gal Shemer, 527, 175,67
Eliezer Sheinman, 616, 205,33

32. Iceland, 1757, 195,22
Bjorn Sigurdsson, 491, 163,67/Kristjan Thordarson, 610, 203,33
Arni Geir Omarsson, 656, 218,67

33. Russia, 1746, 194,00
Sergey Andreev, 643, 214,33/Artur Adian, 553, 184,33
Timur Madaminov, 550, 183,33

34. Hungary, 1732, 192,44
Zoltan Kiss, 535, 178,33/Tamas Szabo, 609, 203,00
Tamas Holczer, 588, 196,00

35. Lithuania, 1720, 191,11
Andrius Pocius, 566, 188,67/Zilvinas Perminas, 666, 222,00
Andrejus Puskariovas, 488, 162,67

36. Iceland, 1709, 189,89
Magnus Magnusson, 609, 203,00/Arnar Saebergsson, 544, 181,33
Steinthor Johannsson, 556, 185,33

37. Greece, 1704, 189,33
Giannis Stathatos, 660, 220,00/George Logothetidis, 441, 147,00
Nontas Patsaouras, 603, 201,00

38. Spain, 1700, 188,89
Raul Galvez, 596, 198,67/Francisco Estevez, 499, 166,33
Melvin Ocando, 605, 201,67

39. Ukraine, 1698, 188,67
Sergey Gontar, 564, 188,00/Oleg Bondarenko, 605, 201,67
Valentyn Lobanov, 529, 176,33

40. Bulgaria, 1684, 187,11
Alexander Lefterov, 624, 208,00/Plamen Stanchev, 598, 199,33
Assen Kirov, 462, 154,00

41. Russia, 1680, 186,67
Grigory Vikharev, 552, 184,00/Sergey Starchenkov, 569, 189,67
Oleg Kozirev, 559, 186,33

42. Latvia, 1669, 185,44
Edmunds Jansons, 581, 193,67/Julians Visockis, 487, 162,33
Juris Kalnracenis, 601, 200,33

43. San Marino, 1664, 184,89
Fabrizio Biordi, 534, 178,00/Adriano Santi, 537, 179,00
Niko Gasperoni, 593, 197,67

44. Poland, 1663, 184,78
Adam Martin, 584, 194,67/Dawid Szpanski, 534, 178,00
Rafal Gladysz, 545, 181,67

45. Hungary, 1614, 179,33
Istvan Soltesz, 570, 190,00/Imre Foldvari, 549, 183,00
Zoltan Skobrics, 495, 165,00

46. Ukraine, 1596, 177,33
Oleksandr Kalika, 540, 180,00/Vitaliy Shylan, 501, 167,00
Mykhailo Kalika, 555, 185,00

47. San Marino, 1593, 177,00
Luca Taddei, 534, 178,00/Rolando Grassi, 508, 169,33
Ettore Baciocchi, 551, 183,67

48. Belarus, 1585, 176,11
Dmitry Stepuk, 564, 188,00/Siargei Kiselev, 495, 165,00
Heorhi Volodko, 526, 175,33

49. Bulgaria, 1583, 175,89
Raycho Raykov, 505, 168,33/Valentin Vasilev, 503, 167,67
Kiril Kirilov, 575, 191,67

50. Estonia, 1582, 175,78
Raul Beekmann, 524, 174,67/Janno Kannike, 560, 186,67
Aivar Leinemann, 498, 166,00

51. Turkey, 1581, 175,67
Omer Ayhan Bilge, 530, 176,67/Yllmaz Unal Baytar, 523, 174,33
Burak Natal, 528, 176,00

52. Lithuania, 1577, 175,22
Dainius Druteika, 463, 154,33/Vytautas Gykis, 559, 186,33
Jonas Krenevicius, 555, 185,00

Individual:
High Game: 296 - Mikael Kanold, Sweden
High 3-game series: 764 - Mikael Braendeskov, Denmark

Trios:
High Game: 757 - Mikael Kanold/Magnus Andersson/Martin Larsen, Sweden
High 3-game series: 2041 - Mikael Braendeskov/Jesper Nielsen/Martin Bögehave, Denmark