Finland beats England to win Team gold at Men's European Championships

08/25/12

2012 MEC Austria

Joonas Jehkinen (FIN), Michael Loos (AUT), Jesper Agerbo (DEN) earn the medals in All Events; the top 24 in All Events advance to Masters match play

2012 Men's European Championships - Team Finals

Championship Round:
1. Finland (Joonas Jehkinen, Joonas Jähi, Petteri Salonen, Perttu Jussila, Osku Palermaa)
2. England (Mike Quarry, John Wells, Matt Miller, Ray Teece, Stuart Williams) 3. Sweden (Martin Paulsson, Dennis Eklund, Karl Wahlgren, Robert Andersson, Martin Larsen) and
Norway (Svein Roger Olsen, Svein Ake Ek, Mads Sandbækken, Björn Einar Rudshagen, Tore Torgersen)

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1:
No. 1 Finland (Jehkinen 193, Jähi 193, Salonen 208, Jussila 215, Palermaa 195) def.
No. 4 Sweden (Paulsson 181, Eklund 199, Wahlgren 165, Anderson 233, Larsen 214), 1068-992
Semifinal Match 2:
No. 2 England (Quarry 170, Wells 214, Miller 232, Teece 232, Williams 220) def.
No. 3 Norway (Roger Olsen 184, Ake Ek 244, Sandbækken 179, Rudshagen 188, Torgersen 169), 1068-964
Championship:
Finland (Jehkinen 177, Jähi 197, Salonen 249, Palermaa 237, Jussila 242) def.
England (Quarry 198, Wells 192, Miller 248, Teece 227, Williams 155), 1102-1020.

Men's European Championships - Team Champions

2012 Finland (Joonas Jehkinen, Joonas Jähi, Petteri Salonen, Perttu Jussila, Osku Palermaa)
2011 Denmark (Thomas Larsen, Anders Lousdal, Jimmy Mortensen, Mik Stampe, Jesper Agerbo, Frederik Øhrgaard)
2009 Finland (Osku Palermaa, Petteri Salonen, Joonas Jähi, Kimmo Lehtonen, Jussi Turtiainen)
2007 Sweden (Peter Ljung, Dennis Eklund, Tobias Karlsson, Robert Andersson, Martin Larsen, Magnus Andersson)
2005 Finland (Kimmo Lehtonen, Kai Virtanen, Petteri Salonen, Petri Mannonen, Lasse Lintilä)

2012 MEC Team Preliminaries after six games

Games 1-3 on the medium pattern (38'), games 4-6 on the long pattern (44'). The top 4 advance to the medal round.

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Finland	1134	1044	1119	3297	1083	986	1148	3217	6514	217.13
	Joonas Jähi	258	209	213	680	203	236	204	643	1323	220.50
	Joonas Jehkinen	267	172	247	686	228	178	245	651	1337	222.83
	Perttu Jussila	221	232	223	676	224	205	184	613	1289	214.83
	Osku Palermaa	204	222	203	629	205	181	269	655	1284	214.00
	Petteri Salonen	184	209	233	626	223	186	246	655	1281	213.50

2.	England	1073	1008	985	3066	1083	963	1112	3158	6224	207.47
	Matt Chamberlain					187	194	199	580	580	193.33
	Matt Miller	204	208	205	617	223	174	284	681	1298	216.33
	Raymond Teece	215	213	176	604	212	176	210	598	1202	200.33
	Mike Quarry	254	181	207	642	246	215	215	676	1318	219.67
	John Wells	213	192	223	628					628	209.33
	Stuart Williams	187	214	174	575	215	204	204	623	1198	199.67
3.	Norway	1080	1028	1073	3181	1002	962	1030	2994	6175	205.83
	Svein Åke Ek					176	199	198	573	573	191.00
	Svein Roger Olsen	269	195	205	669	185	213	175	573	1242	207.00
	Glenn Morten Pedersen	200	223	241	664					664	221.33
	Bjørn Einar Rudshagen	237	192	227	656	235	192	243	670	1326	221.00
	Mads Sandbækken	212	217	202	631	226	159	201	586	1217	202.83
	Tore Torgersen	162	201	198	561	180	199	213	592	1153	192.17
4.	Sweden	1086	1031	1030	3147	993	961	1063	3017	6164	205.47
	Robert Andersson					214	235	243	692	692	230.67
	Kim Bolleby	205	245	182	632	191	182	191	564	1196	199.33
	Dennis Eklund	209	157	222	588	206	174	216	596	1184	197.33
	Martin Larsen	224	215	217	656	223	202	222	647	1303	217.17
	Martin Paulsson	202	208	206	616					616	205.33
	Karl Wahlgren	246	206	203	655	159	168	191	518	1173	195.50
5.	Germany	1021	1038	1066	3125	918	1036	1014	2968	6093	203.10
	Marco Baade	235	166	237	638	199	191	174	564	1202	200.33
	David Canady	235	179	265	679	177	183	194	554	1233	205.50
	Achim Grabowski	179	227	185	591	178	228	255	661	1252	208.67
	Bodo Konieczny	205	211	225	641	187	248	159	594	1235	205.83
	Timo Schröder	167	255	154	576					576	192.00
	Pascal Winterheimer					177	186	232	595	595	198.33
6.	Denmark	973	881	1074	2928	1089	983	1060	3132	6060	202.00
	Jesper Agerbo	207	189	217	613	255	173	210	638	1251	208.50
	Carsten Warming Hansen	174	179	246	599	203	203	193	599	1198	199.67
	Thomas Larsen	244	168	213	625	213	191	187	591	1216	202.67
	Jimmy Mortensen	194	185	197	576	201	229	257	687	1263	210.50
	Mik Stampe	154	160	201	515	217	187	213	617	1132	188.67

7.	Greece	1012	1015	931	2958	1014	1042	975	3031	5989	199.63
	Evangelos Krizinis	231	186	159	576	160	200	235	595	1171	195.17
	Leonidas Maragkos	195	213	170	578	200	227	192	619	1197	199.50
	Vretos Pachoulis					191	189	200	580	580	193.33
	Stavros Parasakis	215	216	188	619	267	192	175	634	1253	208.83
	Stamatis Roros	192	220	232	644	196	234	173	603	1247	207.83
	George Stefanidis	179	180	182	541					541	180.33
8.	Netherlands	1032	988	989	3009	979	1026	897	2902	5911	197.03
	Michell Stinissen					182	181	194	557	557	185.67
	Johnny Spil	244	177	194	615	193	234	171	598	1213	202.17
	Ron van den Bogaard	215	201	199	615	205	206	170	581	1196	199.33
	Remco van Dommelen	178	227	167	572					572	190.67
	Jeroen van Geel	202	184	215	601	143	215	204	562	1163	193.83
	Jord van Weeren	193	199	214	606	256	190	158	604	1210	201.67
9.	Belgium	1069	939	972	2980	962	951	1002	2915	5895	196.50
	Michael Coussens	203	217	185	605	175	177	167	519	1124	187.33
	Johnny Fronville	231	210	212	653	176	178	217	571	1224	204.00
	Olivier Leroy	194	206	192	592	195	214	201	610	1202	200.33
	Mats Maggi	218	137	201	556	212	179	203	594	1150	191.67
	Jean-Marc Samain	223	169	182	574	204	203	214	621	1195	199.17

10.	Israel	990	1013	970	2973	956	929	983	2868	5841	194.70
	Or Aviram	221	190	207	618	215	185	226	626	1244	207.33
	Aviv Alfital	197	224	234	655	213	153	200	566	1221	203.50
	Lior Koren	204	195	188	587	171	197	181	549	1136	189.33
	Omer Nechushtan	200	212	156	568	136	191	176	503	1071	178.50
	Nati Volpert	168	192	185	545	221	203	200	624	1169	194.83

11.	France	1080	895	948	2923	882	978	999	2859	5782	192.73
	Yoan Alix	195	226	208	629	177	188	244	609	1238	206.33
	Jerome Durupt	213	170	159	542					542	180.67
	Anthony Fabre	258	158	181	597	170	200	200	570	1167	194.50
	Sebastien Henry	193	167	175	535	188	171	192	551	1086	181.00
	Mathias Sarmadi					152	219	170	541	541	180.33
	Kevin Seve	221	174	225	620	195	200	193	588	1208	201.33
12.	South Africa	952	958	919	2829	1059	973	921	2953	5782	192.73
	Wynand Bothma	207	245	146	598	202	201	163	566	1164	194.00
	Keith Doolabh	168	185	212	565	265	233	216	714	1279	213.17
	Garreth Hechter	185	172	164	521					521	173.67
	Alan Kewley					182	177	137	496	496	165.33
	Francois Louw	194	184	185	563	228	198	246	672	1235	205.83
	Monre van der Berg	198	172	212	582	182	164	159	505	1087	181.17
13.	Poland	920	1022	985	2927	920	1004	867	2791	5718	190.60
	Pavel Bielsky	215	203	172	590	190	203	156	549	1139	189.83
	Adam Blaszczak	173	204	242	619	194	225	127	546	1165	194.17
	Mariusz Musialik	237	191	213	641	201	212	199	612	1253	208.83
	Kryztof Olesinski	154	213	199	566	157	171	208	536	1102	183.67
	Alessandro Silletti	141	211	159	511	178	193	177	548	1059	176.50

14.	Iceland	962	976	878	2816	929	982	976	2887	5703	190.10
	Hafthor Hardarsson	186	216	175	577	182	200	202	584	1161	193.50
	Arnar David Jonsson	225	189	158	572	174	189	199	562	1134	189.00
	Magnus Magnusson	203	198	153	554	202	177	205	584	1138	189.67
	Jon Ingi Ragnarsson	167	179	179	525					525	175.00
	Robert Dan Sigurdsson					178	196	157	531	531	177.00
	Skuli Frey Sigurdsson	181	194	213	588	193	220	213	626	1214	202.33
15.	Switzerland	1000	902	989	2891	969	943	890	2802	5693	189.77
	Sandro Ancarani	196	188	183	567	191	210	194	595	1162	193.67
	Mathieu Berges	168	218	202	588	211	190	178	579	1167	194.50
	Philippe Huber	199	158	203	560	190	211	167	568	1128	188.00
	Harn Chieh Kwan	206	141	204	551	176	192	184	552	1103	183.83
	Vasco Mendes	231	197	197	625	201	140	167	508	1133	188.83

16.	Czech Republic	921	892	1003	2816	978	869	1024	2871	5687	189.57
	Petr Harbacek	160	159	203	522	208	134	205	547	1069	178.17
	Jaroslav Lorenc	195	181	230	606	167	190	238	595	1201	200.17
	Jan Macek	198	182	204	584	243	214	218	675	1259	209.83
	Michal Muzik	143	171	189	503	172	179	212	563	1066	177.67
	Martin Siroky	225	199	177	601					601	200.33
	Vojtech Sadlik					188	152	151	491	491	163.67
17.	Catalonia	897	974	1009	2880	955	917	914	2786	5666	188.87
	Alvar Cardona	183	174	174	531	192	184	178	554	1085	180.83
	Raul Galvez	186	184	210	580	198	200	162	560	1140	190.00
	Axel Guimo	176	213	224	613	247	178	166	591	1204	200.67
	Marcial Ovide	176	212	206	594	194	150	196	540	1134	189.00
	Francisco Suarez	176	191	195	562	124	205	212	541	1103	183.83

18.	Italy	967	898	993	2858	928	948	906	2782	5640	188.00
	Marco Parapini	217	176	219	612	206	134	148	488	1100	183.33
	Tommaso Radi	189	150	211	550	161	213	184	558	1108	184.67
	Marco Reviglio	194	194	180	568	178	200	190	568	1136	189.33
	Federico Rossi	161	193	210	564	191	197	181	569	1133	188.83
	Alessandro Santu	206	185	173	564	192	204	203	599	1163	193.83

19.	Romania	881	971	908	2760	871	965	1023	2859	5619	187.30
	Marius Balan					173	169	222	564	564	188.00
	Ion Fatu	156	172	141	469					469	156.33
	Valentin Fatu	157	204	167	528	153	163	221	537	1065	177.50
	Romeo Gagenoiu	193	191	212	596	173	222	208	603	1199	199.83
	Catalin Gheorghe	223	197	208	628	152	211	194	557	1185	197.50
	Marius Piticariu	152	207	180	539	220	200	178	598	1137	189.50
20.	Turkey	983	893	923	2799	924	961	910	2795	5594	186.47
	Onder Basak					156	210	173	539	539	179.67
	Habib Dogan	202	158	215	575	187	211	173	571	1146	191.00
	Gediz Ege	218	165	146	529	190	197	212	599	1128	188.00
	Taygun Erkeskin	161	191	168	520					520	173.33
	Adem Guran	184	190	187	561	176	174	156	506	1067	177.83
	Burak Natal	218	189	207	614	215	169	196	580	1194	199.00
21.	Wales	921	922	926	2769	906	985	924	2815	5584	186.13
	Stuart Chamberlain	181	182	148	511	196	199	159	554	1065	177.50
	James Footner	225	242	184	651	179	201	215	595	1246	207.67
	Chris Jaap	188	165	212	565	140	196	187	523	1088	181.33
	Tony Lee					209	179	154	542	542	180.67
	Peter Moore	173	161	211	545	182	210	209	601	1146	191.00
	Lyndon Walters	154	172	171	497					497	165.67
22.	Austria	944	859	1042	2845	937	834	949	2720	5565	185.50
	Thomas Gross	206	193	201	600	171	162	199	532	1132	188.67
	Roman Fürbacher					168	149	197	514	514	171.33
	Benjamin Kubalek	191	145	189	525					525	175.00
	Rene Landl	173	183	181	537	167	162	180	509	1046	174.33
	Michael Loos	199	190	203	592	205	194	191	590	1182	197.00
	Alexander Rauscher	175	148	268	591	226	167	182	575	1166	194.33
23.	Ukraine	907	912	938	2757	968	892	941	2801	5558	185.27
	Sergii Gontar	191	157	161	509	205	180	178	563	1072	178.67
	Iurii Grynyk					208	156	170	534	534	178.00
	Mykhaylo Kalika	194	256	187	637	179	168	212	559	1196	199.33
	Oleksandr Kalika	169	168	199	536	193	182	186	561	1097	182.83
	Oleksandr Kondratyev	167	171	234	572	183	206	195	584	1156	192.67
	Oleksandr Shcherbinin	186	160	157	503					503	167.67
24.	Latvia	919	896	883	2698	921	920	1005	2846	5544	184.80
	Juris Bricis	168	187	182	537	156	195	202	553	1090	181.67
	Dmitrijs Cebotarjovs	186	173	187	546	174	206	185	565	1111	185.17
	Arturs Levikins	218	190	194	602	190	193	237	620	1222	203.67
	Nikolajs Ovcinnikovs	169	164	169	502	222	170	201	593	1095	182.50
	Janis Zemitis	178	182	151	511	179	156	180	515	1026	171.00

25.	Russia	833	836	970	2639	970	1012	914	2896	5535	184.50
	Alexande Medveditskov	189	179	178	546	188	147	163	498	1044	174.00
	Nikita Koshelev	146	159	196	501	192	257	192	641	1142	190.33
	Victor Krasavkin					214	186	220	620	620	206.67
	Alexander Minenko	145	164	189	498	185	220	179	584	1082	180.33
	Maxim Okorokov	171	146	170	487	191	202	160	553	1040	173.33
	Vladimir Sverchkov	182	188	237	607					607	202.33
26.	Croatia	904	1010	952	2866	951	843	861	2655	5521	184.03
	Damir Brnic	171	221	205	597	221	155	188	564	1161	193.50
	Miše Mrkonjić	235	208	181	624	143	206	179	528	1152	192.00
	Stejpan Naglic	206	192	239	637	198	144	208	550	1187	197.83
	Sasa Petkovic	156	214	181	551	204	158	146	508	1059	176.50
	Vedran Vedris	136	175	146	457	185	180	140	505	962	160.33

27.	Bulgaria	963	824	992	2779	942	910	887	2739	5518	183.93
	Boyan Donov	183	161	175	519	204	220	164	588	1107	184.50
	Hristo Georgiev	181	165	202	548	231	184	191	606	1154	192.33
	Antoan Marinov	195	160	197	552	167	150	209	526	1078	179.67
	Yavor Milanov	208	179	185	572	172	158	146	476	1048	174.67
	Veselin Petrov	196	159	233	588	168	198	177	543	1131	188.50

28.	Estonia	837	994	992	2823	974	892	823	2689	5512	183.73
	Raul Beekmann	159	210	175	544	231	180	169	580	1124	187.33
	Hardi Dreier	144	178	214	536	135	223	171	529	1065	177.50
	Janno Kannike	148	167	201	516	187	139	167	493	1009	168.17
	Udo Sulp	196	213	176	585	233	162	181	576	1161	193.50
	Kert Truus	190	226	226	642	188	188	135	511	1153	192.17

29.	Lithuania	927	919	929	2775	1001	840	896	2737	5512	183.73
	Tomas Cibinskas	215	176	159	550	211	163	196	570	1120	186.67
	Andrius Gasparavicius	197	187	179	563	188	163	180	531	1094	182.33
	Lukas Pereckas	136	168	244	548	225	128	171	524	1072	178.67
	Zilvinas Perminas	234	235	170	639	181	191	172	544	1183	197.17
	Kristijona Sergejevas	145	153	177	475	196	195	177	568	1043	173.83

30.	Slovenia	882	874	824	2580	941	969	940	2850	5430	181.00
	Anže Grabrijan	143	169	180	492	201	196	190	587	1079	179.83
	Jozko Hlede	193	199	166	558	172	169	210	551	1109	184.83
	Bojan Kovac	155	130	144	429	174	201	161	536	965	160.83
	Dusan Lajovic	179	140	158	477	180	203	166	549	1026	171.00
	Nino Stenko	212	236	176	624	214	200	213	627	1251	208.50

31.	Scotland	851	915	946	2712	818	835	988	2641	5353	178.43
	Brian Gillespie	196	181	191	568	173	186	256	615	1183	197.17
	Mark McQueen	160	197	192	549	153	159	167	479	1028	171.33
	Kristian McWilliams	167	192	235	594	143	171	176	490	1084	180.67
	Gary Redpath	168	142	176	486	199	161	175	535	1021	170.17
	Martin Williamson	160	203	152	515	150	158	214	522	1037	172.83

32.	Belarus	797	818	886	2501	900	898	945	2743	5244	174.80
	Dmitri Chilkine	190	131	181	502	165	224	201	590	1092	182.00
	Kanstantsin Karazeyeu	180	156	164	500	126	160	175	461	961	160.17
	Pavel Sobolev					180	146	217	543	543	181.00
	Dmitry Stepuk	154	173	193	520	223	180	157	560	1080	180.00
	Siarhei Tazin	135	185	173	493	206	188	195	589	1082	180.33
	Siarhei Tsiushkevich	138	173	175	486					486	162.00
33.	Hungary	943	809	891	2643	737	904	738	2379	5022	167.40
	Gyorgy Bodis	225	155	191	571	163	171	142	476	1047	174.50
	Janos Farkas	164	150	191	505	134	163	127	424	929	154.83
	Ferenc Hegedus	194	158	163	515	151	201	141	493	1008	168.00
	Gergely Kapronczay	169	182	166	517	128	184	161	473	990	165.00
	Laszlo Paal	191	164	180	535	161	185	167	513	1048	174.67

2012 MEC Team event - Squad B results (three games on long oil (44')

2012 MEC Team event - Squad A results (three games on long oil (44')

2012 MEC All Events - Final Standings

The top 24 players advance to Masters match play

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Doubles	Trios	Team	Total	Ave.
1.	Joonas Jehkinen	Finland	24	2607	1260	1337	5204	216.83
2.	Michael Loos	Austria	24	2643	1307	1182	5132	213.83
3.	Jesper Agerbo	Denmark	24	2568	1307	1251	5126	213.58
4.	Bjørn Einar Rudshagen	Norway	24	2462	1335	1326	5123	213.46
5.	Robert Andersson	Sweden	24	2609	1237	1268	5114	213.08
6.	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	24	2637	1250	1216	5103	212.63
7.	Raymond Teece	England	24	2546	1317	1202	5065	211.04
8.	Marco Baade	Germany	24	2606	1219	1202	5027	209.46
9.	Mike Quarry	England	24	2394	1295	1318	5007	208.63
10.	John Wells	England	24	2647	1075	1277	4999	208.29
11.	Svein Roger Olsen	Norway	24	2566	1191	1242	4999	208.29
12.	Matt Miller	England	24	2507	1184	1298	4989	207.88
13.	Karl Wahlgren	Sweden	24	2528	1282	1173	4983	207.63
14.	Achim Grabowski	Germany	24	2489	1238	1252	4979	207.46
15.	Stuart Williams	England	24	2569	1193	1198	4960	206.67
16.	Martin Larsen	Sweden	24	2371	1275	1303	4949	206.21
17.	Francois Louw	South Africa	24	2546	1163	1235	4944	206.00
18.	Arturs Levikins	Latvia	24	2545	1168	1222	4935	205.63
19.	Perttu Jussila	Finland	24	2428	1214	1289	4931	205.46
20.	Martin Paulsson	Sweden	24	2590	1167	1173	4930	205.42
21.	Mads Sandbækken	Norway	24	2453	1258	1217	4928	205.33
22.	Jimmy Mortensen	Denmark	24	2471	1183	1263	4917	204.88
23.	Kim Bolleby	Sweden	24	2448	1272	1196	4916	204.83
24.	Jean-Marc Samain	Belgium	24	2480	1239	1195	4914	204.75
25.	Bodo Konieczny	Germany	24	2440	1234	1235	4909	204.54
26.	Osku Palermaa	Finland	24	2364	1252	1284	4900	204.17
27.	Dennis Eklund	Sweden	24	2420	1296	1184	4900	204.17
28.	Joonas Jähi	Finland	24	2373	1193	1323	4889	203.71
29.	Hafthor Hardarsson	Iceland	24	2486	1237	1161	4884	203.50
30.	Petteri Salonen	Finland	24	2329	1273	1281	4883	203.46
31.	Timo Schröder	Germany	24	2488	1203	1186	4877	203.21
32.	Or Aviram	Israel	24	2361	1252	1244	4857	202.38
33.	Glenn Pedersen	Norway	24	2378	1169	1310	4857	202.38
34.	David Canady	Germany	24	2399	1225	1233	4857	202.38
35.	Mats Maggi	Belgium	24	2395	1303	1150	4848	202.00
36.	Carsten Warming Hansen	Denmark	24	2503	1138	1198	4839	201.63
37.	Pascal Winterheimer	Germany	24	2470	1180	1179	4829	201.21
38.	Yoan Alix	France	24	2490	1099	1238	4827	201.13
39.	Johnny Spil	Netherlands	24	2347	1259	1213	4819	200.79
40.	Johnny Fronville	Belgium	24	2336	1250	1224	4810	200.42
41.	Oleksandr Kalika	Ukraine	24	2474	1239	1097	4810	200.42
42.	Anthony Fabre	France	24	2429	1204	1167	4800	200.00
43.	Matt Chamberlain	England	24	2458	1173	1169	4800	200.00
44.	Jerome Durupt	France	24	2445	1170	1173	4788	199.50
45.	James Footner	Wales	24	2416	1113	1246	4775	198.96
46.	Olivier Leroy	Belgium	24	2415	1154	1202	4771	198.79
47.	Stamatis Roros	Greece	24	2256	1268	1247	4771	198.79
48.	Alessandro Santu	Italy	24	2434	1173	1163	4770	198.75
49.	Michell Stinissen	Netherlands	24	2424	1174	1165	4763	198.46
50.	Stavros Parasakis	Greece	24	2360	1148	1253	4761	198.38
51.	Marcial Ovide	Catalonia	24	2491	1122	1134	4747	197.79
52.	George Stefanidis	Greece	24	2438	1116	1178	4732	197.17
53.	Tore Torgersen	Norway	24	2330	1247	1153	4730	197.08
54.	Sebastien Henry	France	24	2485	1155	1086	4726	196.92
55.	Mik Stampe	Denmark	24	2433	1158	1132	4723	196.79
56.	Sandro Ancarani	Switzerland	24	2278	1282	1162	4722	196.75
57.	Jarmo Ahokas	Finland	24	2398	1144	1176	4718	196.58
58.	Aviv Alfital	Israel	24	2314	1168	1221	4703	195.96
59.	Michael Coussens	Belgium	24	2460	1119	1124	4703	195.96
60.	Anže Grabrijan	Slovenia	24	2431	1188	1079	4698	195.75
61.	Miše Mrkonjić	Croatia	24	2388	1134	1152	4674	194.75
62.	DEN Van	Netherlands	24	2334	1144	1196	4674	194.75
63.	Nati Volpert	Israel	24	2354	1148	1169	4671	194.63
64.	Lior Koren	Israel	24	2297	1230	1136	4663	194.29
65.	Maxim Okorokov	Russia	24	2514	1109	1040	4663	194.29
66.	Jord van Weeren	Netherlands	24	2192	1260	1210	4662	194.25
67.	Kevin Seve	France	24	2228	1221	1208	4657	194.04
68.	Keith Doolabh	South Africa	24	2163	1207	1279	4649	193.71
69.	Mathieu Berges	Switzerland	24	2342	1139	1167	4648	193.67
70.	Mykhaylo Kalika	Ukraine	24	2373	1070	1196	4639	193.29
71.	Thomas Gross	Austria	24	2347	1160	1132	4639	193.29
72.	Evangelos Krizinis	Greece	24	2355	1107	1171	4633	193.04
73.	Vasco Mendes	Switzerland	24	2336	1164	1133	4633	193.04
74.	Cedric Regenass	Switzerland	24	2342	1025	1262	4629	192.88
75.	GEEL Jeroen Van	Netherlands	24	2298	1166	1163	4627	192.79
76.	Marco Reviglio	Italy	24	2342	1147	1136	4625	192.71
77.	Nino Stenko	Slovenia	24	2180	1190	1251	4621	192.54
78.	Kryztof Olesinski	Poland	24	2365	1151	1102	4618	192.42
79.	Nikita Koshelev	Russia	24	2335	1139	1142	4616	192.33
80.	Kert Truus	Estonia	24	2244	1212	1153	4609	192.04
81.	Alessandro Silletti	Poland	24	2422	1123	1059	4604	191.83
82.	Mathias Sarmadi	France	24	2295	1188	1121	4604	191.83
83.	Alexander Rauscher	Austria	24	2323	1113	1166	4602	191.75
84.	Axel Guimo	Catalonia	24	2230	1159	1204	4593	191.38
85.	Kristijona Sergejevas	Lithuania	24	2320	1228	1043	4591	191.29
86.	Leonidas Maragkos	Greece	24	2296	1087	1197	4580	190.83
87.	Tommaso Radi	Italy	24	2295	1174	1108	4577	190.71
88.	Mariusz Musialik	Poland	24	2209	1113	1253	4575	190.63
89.	Zilvinas Perminas	Lithuania	24	2173	1213	1183	4569	190.38
90.	Oleksandr Kondratyev	Ukraine	24	2278	1121	1156	4555	189.79
91.	Arnar David Jonsson	Iceland	24	2300	1120	1134	4554	189.75
92.	Frederik Ohrgaard	Denmark	24	2337	1053	1164	4554	189.75
93.	Habib Dogan	Turkey	24	2256	1152	1146	4554	189.75
94.	Rene Landl	Austria	24	2293	1214	1046	4553	189.71
95.	Jaroslav Lorenc	Czech Republic	24	2188	1151	1201	4540	189.17
96.	Jan Macek	Czech Republic	24	2142	1132	1259	4533	188.88
97.	Federico Rossi	Italy	24	2288	1111	1133	4532	188.83
98.	Udo Sulp	Estonia	24	2119	1238	1161	4518	188.25
99.	Philippe Huber	Switzerland	24	2200	1188	1128	4516	188.17
100.	Svein Åke Ek	Norway	24	2302	1145	1068	4515	188.13
101.	Catalin Gheorghe	Romania	24	2086	1243	1185	4514	188.08
102.	Sergii Gontar	Ukraine	24	2249	1192	1072	4513	188.04
103.	Omer Nechushtan	Israel	24	2217	1223	1071	4511	187.96
104.	Remco van Dommelen	Netherlands	24	2220	1164	1116	4500	187.50
105.	Boyan Donov	Bulgaria	24	2297	1089	1107	4493	187.21
106.	Burak Natal	Turkey	24	2190	1107	1194	4491	187.13
107.	Romeo Gagenoiu	Romania	24	2247	1035	1199	4481	186.71
108.	Yavor Milanov	Bulgaria	24	2268	1164	1048	4480	186.67
109.	Marco Parapini	Italy	24	2263	1116	1100	4479	186.63
110.	Francisco Suarez	Catalonia	24	2213	1159	1103	4475	186.46
111.	Hristo Georgiev	Bulgaria	24	2165	1153	1154	4472	186.33
112.	Nikolajs Ovcinnikovs	Latvia	24	2239	1132	1095	4466	186.08
113.	Kaloyan Ivanov	Bulgaria	24	2268	1126	1071	4465	186.04
114.	Alvar Cardona	Catalonia	24	2233	1146	1085	4464	186.00
115.	Salvatore Polizzotto	Italy	24	2252	1108	1100	4460	185.83
116.	Magnus Magnusson	Iceland	24	2196	1126	1138	4460	185.83
117.	Alexander Minenko	Russia	24	2243	1133	1082	4458	185.75
118.	Wynand Bothma	South Africa	24	2282	1002	1164	4448	185.33
119.	Mark McQueen	Scotland	24	2315	1103	1028	4446	185.25
120.	Veselin Petrov	Bulgaria	24	2183	1129	1131	4443	185.13
121.	Petr Harbacek	Czech Republic	24	2242	1130	1069	4441	185.04
122.	Vretos Pachoulis	Greece	24	2254	1036	1146	4436	184.83
123.	Marius Piticariu	Romania	24	2235	1057	1137	4429	184.54
124.	Jon Ingi Ragnarsson	Iceland	24	2290	1040	1094	4424	184.33
125.	Hardi Dreier	Estonia	24	2251	1108	1065	4424	184.33
126.	Emil Polanisz	Poland	24	2107	1050	1265	4422	184.25
127.	Juris Bricis	Latvia	24	2214	1116	1090	4420	184.17
128.	Martin Siroky	Czech Republic	24	2146	1133	1138	4417	184.04
129.	Tomas Cibinskas	Lithuania	24	2291	1004	1120	4415	183.96
130.	Skuli Frey Sigurdsson	Iceland	24	2176	1024	1214	4414	183.92
131.	Victor Krasavkin	Russia	24	2221	1060	1132	4413	183.88
132.	Brian Gillespie	Scotland	24	2157	1068	1183	4408	183.67
133.	Pavel Bielsky	Poland	24	2125	1144	1139	4408	183.67
134.	Martin Williamson	Scotland	24	2276	1090	1037	4403	183.46
135.	Damir Brnic	Croatia	24	2226	1016	1161	4403	183.46
136.	Lukas Andrassy	Slovakia	24	2286	1087	1026	4399	183.29
137.	Alexande Medveditskov	Russia	24	2196	1159	1044	4399	183.29
138.	Harn Chieh Kwan	Switzerland	24	2122	1167	1103	4392	183.00
139.	Benjamin Kubalek	Austria	24	2257	1077	1051	4385	182.71
140.	Roman Fürbacher	Austria	24	2206	1112	1063	4381	182.54
141.	Ron Berlov	Israel	24	2251	1088	1036	4375	182.29
142.	Raul Galvez	Catalonia	24	2107	1127	1140	4374	182.25
143.	Valentin Fatu	Romania	24	2199	1109	1065	4373	182.21
144.	Gediz Ege	Turkey	24	2203	1033	1128	4364	181.83
145.	Stuart Chamberlain	Wales	24	2168	1127	1065	4360	181.67
146.	Vojtech Sadlik	Czech Republic	24	2291	1024	1044	4359	181.63
147.	Dmitry Stepuk	Belarus	24	2106	1168	1080	4354	181.42
148.	Stejpan Naglic	Croatia	24	2115	1051	1187	4353	181.38
149.	Kristian McWilliams	Scotland	24	2239	1029	1084	4352	181.33
150.	Raul Beekmann	Estonia	24	2050	1177	1124	4351	181.29
151.	Lukas Pereckas	Lithuania	24	2257	1017	1072	4346	181.08
152.	Vladimir Sverchkov	Russia	24	2191	1045	1110	4346	181.08
153.	Monre van der Berg	South Africa	24	2176	1070	1087	4333	180.54
154.	Luboslav Jurinyi	Slovakia	24	2170	1128	1033	4331	180.46
155.	Garreth Hechter	South Africa	24	2131	1102	1096	4329	180.38
156.	Antoan Marinov	Bulgaria	24	2096	1154	1078	4328	180.33
157.	Andrius Gasparavicius	Lithuania	24	2195	1039	1094	4328	180.33
158.	Dmitrijs Cebotarjovs	Latvia	24	2107	1105	1111	4323	180.13
159.	Dmitri Chilkine	Belarus	24	2139	1089	1092	4320	180.00
160.	Sasa Petkovic	Croatia	24	2241	1020	1059	4320	180.00
161.	Adam Blaszczak	Poland	24	2067	1084	1165	4316	179.83
162.	Chris Jaap	Wales	24	2127	1092	1088	4307	179.46
163.	Peter Moore	Wales	24	2139	1019	1146	4304	179.33
164.	Onder Basak	Turkey	24	2109	1053	1141	4303	179.29
165.	Wim Claessens	Belgium	24	2178	1057	1065	4300	179.17
166.	Janno Kannike	Estonia	24	2156	1130	1009	4295	178.96
167.	Jozko Hlede	Slovenia	24	2104	1077	1109	4290	178.75
168.	Gyorgy Bodis	Hungary	24	2126	1112	1047	4285	178.54
169.	Moises Perez	Catalonia	24	2189	1033	1055	4277	178.21
170.	Michal Muzik	Czech Republic	24	2149	1060	1066	4275	178.13
171.	Lyndon Walters	Wales	24	2153	1070	1052	4275	178.13
172.	Robert Dan Sigurdsson	Iceland	24	2143	1011	1108	4262	177.58
173.	Laszlo Paal	Hungary	24	2174	1039	1048	4261	177.54
174.	Siarhei Tazin	Belarus	24	2109	1067	1082	4258	177.42
175.	Dusan Lajovic	Slovenia	24	2187	1043	1026	4256	177.33
176.	Iurii Grynyk	Ukraine	24	2021	1095	1133	4249	177.04
177.	Taygun Erkeskin	Turkey	24	2078	1059	1105	4242	176.75
178.	Adem Guran	Turkey	24	2072	1086	1067	4225	176.04
179.	Tony Lee	Wales	24	2035	1101	1087	4223	175.96
180.	Andis Darzins	Latvia	24	2164	1015	1033	4212	175.50
181.	Janis Zemitis	Latvia	24	2081	1093	1026	4200	175.00
182.	Domas Amolevicius	Lithuania	24	2193	953	1047	4193	174.71
183.	Marius Balan	Romania	24	2078	991	1120	4189	174.54
184.	Gary Redpath	Scotland	24	2070	1093	1021	4184	174.33
185.	Vedran Vedris	Croatia	24	2153	1066	962	4181	174.21
186.	Ion Fatu	Romania	24	2105	1028	1044	4177	174.04
187.	Bojan Kovac	Slovenia	24	2137	1057	965	4159	173.29
188.	Alan Kewley	South Africa	24	2077	1049	1032	4158	173.25
189.	Tomas Benko	Slovakia	24	2199	976	977	4152	173.00
190.	Andrej Pungartnik	Slovenia	24	1997	1049	1102	4148	172.83
191.	Ferenc Hegedus	Hungary	24	2116	1010	1008	4134	172.25
192.	Gergely Kapronczay	Hungary	24	2056	1080	990	4126	171.92
193.	Erich Pisarski	Hungary	24	2142	982	987	4111	171.29
194.	Pavel Sobolev	Belarus	24	2035	1042	1032	4109	171.21
195.	Kanstantsin Karazeyeu	Belarus	24	1961	1148	961	4070	169.58
196.	Janos Farkas	Hungary	24	2275	861	929	4065	169.38
197.	Oleksandr Shcherbinin	Ukraine	24	2077	958	1021	4056	169.00
198.	Siarhei Tsiushkevich	Belarus	24	2027	1049	969	4045	168.54
199.	Olari Nebokat	Estonia	24	1999	976	1021	3996	166.50
200.	James Coyne	Scotland	24	1952	914	1072	3938	164.08
201.	Mikulas Bikar	Slovakia	24	1898	1033	908	3839	159.96
202.	Marko Spiljar	Croatia	24	1908	914	994	3816	159.00

Men's European Championships - All Events Champions

2012 Joonas Jehkinen, Finland
2011 Mads Sandbækken, Norway
2009 Petter Hansen, Norway
2007 Osku Palermaa, Finland
2005 Petteri Salonen, Finland

The 5th Men's European Championships will be held from Aug. 16-26, 2012 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. 204 players from 34 countries will bowl for gold, silver and bronze medals in Doubles, Trios, Teams, All Events (24-game total) and Masters.

Preliminaries in Doubles will feature 12 games, in Trios and the five-player Team event six games, with the top 4 teams advancing to the playoffs. No. 1 will bowl No. 4 and No. 3 will bowl No. 2 in the semifinals. The winners will bowl for the title while the losers share the bronze medal. All matches were single-game matches.

The top 24 players in All Events will advance to the Masters finals in best-of-three games single-elimination match play, which will conclude the championships on Saturday, Aug. 25. The championships features two oil conditioning pattern, number 1 is the medium pattern (38') and number two is the long pattern (44').
Kegel LaneMap™ Guide Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria - Aug. 15, 2012 (PDF file, 1.5 MB)

The MEC also serves as qualifying event for the 2013 Combined World Championships which will be held from Aug. 18-31 at Sunset Station's Strike Zone bowling center in Henderson, Nev. in suburban Las Vegas, United States.

Each country receives ranking points in each discipline according to a system decided by the European Tenpin Bowling Federation Congress in 2011. The top 15 countries qualify for the 2013 Combined World Championships.

Finland leads five-player Team preliminaries after the first block on medium oil
Denmark wins second gold medal in second event at Men's European Championships
Sweden, England, Finland, Denmark to bowl for the Trios title
Sweden takes the lead in Trios after first block
Denmark's Thomas Larsen & Mik Stampe start Men's European Championships with victory in Doubles
Andersson, Paulsson earn No. 1 seed for MEC Doubles finals
Swedes Robert Andersson & Martin Paulsson lead in Doubles after Day Two Preliminaries
England's Mike Quarry, John Wells set the pace in Doubles after Day One Preliminaries
5th Men's European Championships starts tomorrow with official practice
Men's European Championships Past Champions
34 countries to participate in the fifth Men's European Championships in Austria
2011 MEC in Unterföhring, Germany
2009 MEC in Aalborg, Denmark
2007 MEC in Vienna, Austria
2005 MEC in Moscow, Russia

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