Finnish boys earn No. 1 and 2 seed for Doubles medal round at European Youth Championships

03/29/15

2015 EYC

Finns face doubles from Sweden and France in the semi-finals

The boys from Finland set the tone in the boys Doubles preliminaries, which kicked off the 28th European Youth Championships Sunday, March 29, at Bowl Play in Leipzig, Germany.

Emil Strömberg and Niko Oksanen (pictured left, l-r) led the first squad with record 2788 total, an average of 232.33, an remained atop the leaderboard in the second squad to earn the No. 1 seed for the medal round starting Monday at 5.30 p.m. CEST with the semi-finals.

Oksanen led all 97 players (47 doubles and three individual players) with 1481 and an average of 246.83 for six games. Strömberg contributed 1307.

Their teammates Tomas Käyhkö and Lauri Sipilä (right, r-l) were the only duo of Squad 2 that finished in the top 4 to reach the medal round. Sipilä had 1418, the only other 1400-series, and Käyhkö added 1304 to take the No. 2 seed with 2722 (226.83).

In the medal round, No. 1 bowls No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3. Käyhkö/Sipilä meet Benjamin Jonsson and Robert Lindberg (left, l-r) of Sweden while Strömberg/Oksanen take on Valentin Saulnier and Gaetan Mouveroux (right, l-r) of France.

The Swedes posted 2677 (223.08) to finish in third place. Jonsson had the third-highest 1383 series to sit in third place in All-Events after 6 of 18 games and Lindberg toppled 1294 pins.

The French duo took the fourth and last spot to advance with 2639 (219.92) including 1325 by Saulnier and 1314 by Mouveroux. The other 43 doubles were eliminated.

Action shifts to the girls Doubles preliminaries on Monday.

The 28th European Youth Championships will be held from March 27 through April 6, 2015 at Bowl Play, a 30-laner in Leipzig, Germany.

The Championships drew 155 players, 97 boys and 58 girls, from 29 member countries of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) - Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine.

Up to four boys and four girls per country who must not be born before September 1, 1996 will bowl in separate divisions for gold, silver and bronze medals in five disciplines: Singles, Doubles and four-player Teams, All-Events and Masters.

The 2015 EYC will be played on a 41-foot lane conditioning pattern with 25.56 mL volume oil total. Click here to view the Kegel LaneMap™ Guide of Bowl Play Leipzig.

Singles, Doubles and Team preliminaries feature six games with the top 4 advancing to the medal round. No. 1 bowls No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3 in the semi-finals. The winners bowl for gold and silver while the losers share the bronze medal. All matches will be decided in one game.

The three players with highest 18-game total of the Singles, Doubles and Teams preliminaries earn the medals in All-Events. The top 24 in All-Events determine the Masters champion in single-elimination match play in best-of-three games format.

Competition kicks off with the Boys Doubles preliminaries on Sunday, March 29, and concludes Sunday, April 5, with the Boys and Girls Masters finals followed by a farewell banquet.

Photos courtesy of German Bowling Federation and Max Bulanov.

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Championship Information - 2015 EYC Bulletin

28th European Youth Championships - Boys Doubles Preliminaries

Top 4 advance to the medal round on Monday, March 30, at 5.30 p.m. CEST.

Pos	Country/Players	Squad	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Finland	1	469	467	409	1345	456	493	494	1443	2788	232.33
	Emil Strömberg		225	214	173	612	222	236	237	695	1307	217.83
	Niko Oksanen		244	253	236	733	234	257	257	748	1481	246.83
2.	Finland	2	438	450	441	1329	486	434	473	1393	2722	226.83
	Tomas Käyhkö		212	204	219	635	207	224	238	669	1304	217.33
	Lauri Sipilä		226	246	222	694	279	210	235	724	1418	236.33
3.	Sweden	1	452	434	445	1331	449	491	406	1346	2677	223.08
	Benjamin Jonsson		216	243	218	677	269	244	193	706	1383	230.50
	Robert Lindberg		236	191	227	654	180	247	213	640	1294	215.67
4.	France	1	461	405	448	1314	406	489	430	1325	2639	219.92
	Valentin Saulnier		256	227	214	697	179	225	224	628	1325	220.83
	Gaetan Mouveroux		205	178	234	617	227	264	206	697	1314	219.00
5.	Norway	1	417	441	417	1275	420	410	437	1267	2542	211.83
	Brian Kjær		181	236	214	631	227	187	224	638	1269	211.50
	Jens Mathiesen		236	205	203	644	193	223	213	629	1273	212.17
6.	England	2	423	401	413	1237	417	371	478	1266	2503	208.58
	James McMinn		191	192	224	607	218	207	199	624	1231	205.17
	Samuel Martin		232	209	189	630	199	164	279	642	1272	212.00
7.	Germany	1	403	307	470	1180	489	366	459	1314	2494	207.83
	Lukas Müller		173	181	204	558	210	176	191	577	1135	189.17
	Giancarlo Reyes		230	126	266	622	279	190	268	737	1359	226.50
8.	Netherlands	2	426	389	413	1228	406	441	417	1264	2492	207.67
	Wesley Gorter		232	202	197	631	182	217	192	591	1222	203.67
	Yorick van Deutekom		194	187	216	597	224	224	225	673	1270	211.67
9.	Poland	2	379	482	420	1281	347	432	420	1199	2480	206.67
	Michal Brachaniec		169	235	196	600	157	219	199	575	1175	195.83
	Tomasz Olejniczak		210	247	224	681	190	213	221	624	1305	217.50
10.	Ukraine	2	412	478	403	1293	348	470	352	1170	2463	205.25
	Oleksandr Nechypaiev		197	243	190	630	165	227	178	570	1200	200.00
	Valentyn Kucherenko		215	235	213	663	183	243	174	600	1263	210.50
11.	Russia	1	418	503	368	1289	380	432	352	1164	2453	204.42
	Vladimir Rangin		210	283	187	680	208	226	171	605	1285	214.17
	Aleksandr Vasekin		208	220	181	609	172	206	181	559	1168	194.67
12.	Germany	2	358	464	351	1173	427	417	418	1262	2435	202.92
	André Michow		165	207	176	548	220	203	205	628	1176	196.00
	Christoph Schurian		193	257	175	625	207	214	213	634	1259	209.83
13.	England	1	366	410	387	1163	436	395	435	1266	2429	202.42
	Jamie Elliott		180	226	213	619	221	223	248	692	1311	218.50
	Brandon Roberts		186	184	174	544	215	172	187	574	1118	186.33
14.	Belgium	2	345	443	427	1215	458	340	393	1191	2406	200.50
	Marawan Aernoudt		153	189	194	536	214	192	191	597	1133	188.83
	Joppe Belmans		192	254	233	679	244	148	202	594	1273	212.17
15.	Belgium	1	363	367	406	1136	464	400	397	1261	2397	199.75
	Philip van der Vloet		200	183	193	576	255	222	225	702	1278	213.00
	Sébastien Bodart		163	184	213	560	209	178	172	559	1119	186.50
16.	Austria	1	391	438	353	1182	439	382	389	1210	2392	199.33
	Paul Valla		193	215	164	572	172	171	230	573	1145	190.83
	Marco Pilecky		198	223	189	610	267	211	159	637	1247	207.83
17.	Sweden	2	438	391	417	1246	368	363	396	1127	2373	197.75
	Emanuel Jonsson		220	168	215	603	187	158	208	553	1156	192.67
	William Svensson		218	223	202	643	181	205	188	574	1217	202.83
18.	Iceland	2	404	366	348	1118	412	405	428	1245	2363	196.92
	Aron Fannar Benteinsson		184	210	193	587	247	190	240	677	1264	210.67
	Jökull Byron Magnússon		220	156	155	531	165	215	188	568	1099	183.17
19.	Denmark	2	390	429	363	1182	376	408	392	1176	2358	196.50
	Jeremy Tariche Christensen		156	191	172	519	217	227	200	644	1163	193.83
	Nichlas Christensen		234	238	191	663	159	181	192	532	1195	199.17
20.	Slovenia	1	352	397	362	1111	469	383	395	1247	2358	196.50
	Tim Cerkvenik		161	200	169	530	234	181	224	639	1169	194.83
	Žiga Zalar		191	197	193	581	235	202	171	608	1189	198.17
21.	Israel	2	342	450	398	1190	379	434	353	1166	2356	196.33
	Ron Alhazov		178	218	175	571	189	189	207	585	1156	192.67
	Osher Ben-Noon		164	232	223	619	190	245	146	581	1200	200.00
22.	Greece	1	455	360	334	1149	377	413	416	1206	2355	196.25
	Georgios Sotiriou		214	133	147	494	157	178	170	505	999	166.50
	Georgios Panagopoulos		241	227	187	655	220	235	246	701	1356	226.00
23.	Slovenia	2	435	357	453	1245	310	438	330	1078	2323	193.58
	Rok Koštric		197	192	234	623	160	225	169	554	1177	196.17
	Alexander Koštric		238	165	219	622	150	213	161	524	1146	191.00
24.	Iceland	1	396	318	434	1148	464	428	279	1171	2319	193.25
	Hlynur Örn Ómarsson		200	157	190	547	237	225	143	605	1152	192.00
	Alexander Halldórsson		196	161	244	601	227	203	136	566	1167	194.50
25.	Norway	2	321	381	385	1087	397	433	393	1223	2310	192.50
	Jonas Dammen		170	190	194	554	236	243	201	680	1234	205.67
	Alexander Beck		151	191	191	533	161	190	192	543	1076	179.33
26.	Netherlands	1	348	417	383	1148	418	416	326	1160	2308	192.33
	Bart van Beers		180	212	189	581	219	203	139	561	1142	190.33
	Mike Bergmann		168	205	194	567	199	213	187	599	1166	194.33
27.	Croatia	2	474	326	418	1218	377	333	343	1053	2271	189.25
	Sven Fekeža		241	168	215	624	202	169	156	527	1151	191.83
	Marin Vedriš		233	158	203	594	175	164	187	526	1120	186.67
28.	Russia	2	382	353	363	1098	364	420	364	1148	2246	187.17
	Egor Troianovskii		179	191	191	561	211	204	213	628	1189	198.17
	Ilya Tsarenko		203	162	172	537	153	216	151	520	1057	176.17
29.	Czech Republic	2	373	323	396	1092	392	368	392	1152	2244	187.00
	Tomas Plechata		177	178	193	548	179	166	157	502	1050	175.00
	Michal Janovsky		196	145	203	544	213	202	235	650	1194	199.00
30.	Israel	1	357	325	405	1087	345	330	452	1127	2214	184.50
	Noam Reich		153	177	207	537	178	180	209	567	1104	184.00
	Matan Bernstein		204	148	198	550	167	150	243	560	1110	185.00
31.	Denmark	1	358	425	331	1114	417	336	344	1097	2211	184.25
	Patrik Sørensen		193	197	187	577	169	171	174	514	1091	181.83
	Rasmus Bering		165	228	144	537	248	165	170	583	1120	186.67
32.	Poland	1	375	377	323	1075	409	358	352	1119	2194	182.83
	Tomasz Lutowski		180	229	167	576	204	183	183	570	1146	191.00
	Alexander Langner		195	148	156	499	205	175	169	549	1048	174.67
33.	Scotland	2	383	358	298	1039	420	373	347	1140	2179	181.58
	Ryan Hart		160	187	127	474	195	178	174	547	1021	170.17
	Jack Kerr		223	171	171	565	225	195	173	593	1158	193.00
34.	Croatia	1	362	380	392	1134	321	372	348	1041	2175	181.25
	Patrik Hrkovac		171	203	186	560	178	209	178	565	1125	187.50
	Roko Knezič		191	177	206	574	143	163	170	476	1050	175.00
35.	Czech Republic	1	302	388	446	1136	363	303	369	1035	2171	180.92
	Patrik Pechar		178	204	181	563	186	163	166	515	1078	179.67
	Jan Triska		124	184	265	573	177	140	203	520	1093	182.17
36.	Slovakia	2	387	324	418	1129	245	371	396	1012	2141	178.42
	Alex Basala		197	167	184	548	108	191	151	450	998	166.33
	Roman Karlík		190	157	234	581	137	180	245	562	1143	190.50
37.	Turkey	1	377	341	370	1088	344	360	344	1048	2136	178.00
	Umut Diyar Gök		216	180	222	618	179	194	185	558	1176	196.00
	Emre Ínan Karahan		161	161	148	470	165	166	159	490	960	160.00
38.	Ukraine	1	355	323	358	1036	394	330	374	1098	2134	177.83
	Volodymyr Yakovlev		179	179	194	552	163	165	201	529	1081	180.17
	Illia Ostroverkh		176	144	164	484	231	165	173	569	1053	175.50
39.	Spain	1	314	352	380	1046	387	337	342	1066	2112	176.00
	Alejandro García		140	159	185	484	177	145	170	492	976	162.67
	Iñigo García		174	193	195	562	210	192	172	574	1136	189.33
40.	Italy	2	335	324	378	1037	297	333	405	1035	2072	172.67
	Alessandro Rossi		185	142	209	536	147	164	187	498	1034	172.33
	Andrea Mangiacotti		150	182	169	501	150	169	218	537	1038	173.00
41.	Slovakia	1	318	308	399	1025	314	375	347	1036	2061	171.75
	David Vilina		157	147	190	494	145	168	155	468	962	160.33
	Tomáš Vrabec		161	161	209	531	169	207	192	568	1099	183.17
42.	Lithuania	1	403	292	312	1007	335	344	345	1024	2031	169.25
	Rokas Rudzinskas		203	143	144	490	192	144	171	507	997	166.17
	Domantas Cepulis		200	149	168	517	143	200	174	517	1034	172.33
43.	Scotland	1	352	331	362	1045	316	349	312	977	2022	168.50
	Connor Parry		176	148	183	507	138	175	168	481	988	164.67
	John O'Neill		176	183	179	538	178	174	144	496	1034	172.33
44.	Austria	2	331	381	388	1100	304	316	298	918	2018	168.17
	Philipp Heyde		155	178	195	528	157	183	152	492	1020	170.00
	Marco Künz		176	203	193	572	147	133	146	426	998	166.33
45.	Italy	1	335	321	296	952	307	336	346	989	1941	161.75
	Riccardo Ruggiero		152	159	111	422	122	175	137	434	856	142.67
	Fabio Magri		183	162	185	530	185	161	209	555	1085	180.83
46.	San Marino	1	247	315	348	910	373	293	356	1022	1932	161.00
	Matteo Corazza		128	131	171	430	195	145	205	545	975	162.50
	Henry Bacciocchi		119	184	177	480	178	148	151	477	957	159.50
47.	Turkey	2	274	248	310	832	261	278	294	833	1665	138.75
	Hüseyin Kumcu		105	111	159	375	139	109	154	402	777	129.50
	Berkay Bulça		169	137	151	457	122	169	140	431	888	148.00

28th European Youth Championships - Boys All-Events after 6 of 18 games

Top three earn the medals in All-Events; top 24 advance to Masters match play

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Doubles	Team	Singles	Total	Ave.
1.	Niko Oksanen	Finland	6	1481			1481	246.83
2.	Lauri Sipilä	Finland	6	1418			1418	236.33
3.	Benjamin Jonsson	Sweden	6	1383			1383	230.50
4.	Giancarlo Reyes	Germany	6	1359			1359	226.50
5.	Georgios Panagopoulos	Greece	6	1356			1356	226.00
6.	Valentin Saulnier	France	6	1325			1325	220.83
7.	Gaetan Mouveroux	France	6	1314			1314	219.00
8.	Jamie Elliott	England	6	1311			1311	218.50
9.	Emil Strömberg	Finland	6	1307			1307	217.83
10.	Tomasz Olejniczak	Poland	6	1305			1305	217.50
11.	Tomas Käyhkö	Finland	6	1304			1304	217.33
12.	Robert Lindberg	Sweden	6	1294			1294	215.67
13.	Vladimir Rangin	Russia	6	1285			1285	214.17
14.	Philip van der Vloet	Belgium	6	1278			1278	213.00
15.	Jens Mathiesen	Norway	6	1273			1273	212.17
16.	Joppe Belmans	Belgium	6	1273			1273	212.17
17.	Samuel Martin	England	6	1272			1272	212.00
18.	Yorick van Deutekom	Netherlands	6	1270			1270	211.67
19.	Brian Kjær	Norway	6	1269			1269	211.50
20.	Aron Fannar Benteinsson	Iceland	6	1264			1264	210.67
21.	Valentyn Kucherenko	Ukraine	6	1263			1263	210.50
22.	Christoph Schurian	Germany	6	1259			1259	209.83
23.	Marco Pilecky	Austria	6	1247			1247	207.83
24.	Jonas Dammen	Norway	6	1234			1234	205.67
25.	James McMinn	England	6	1231			1231	205.17
26.	Wesley Gorter	Netherlands	6	1222			1222	203.67
27.	William Svensson	Sweden	6	1217			1217	202.83
28.	Oleksandr Nechypaiev	Ukraine	6	1200			1200	200.00
29.	Osher Ben-Noon	Israel	6	1200			1200	200.00
30.	Nichlas Christensen	Denmark	6	1195			1195	199.17
31.	Michal Janovsky	Czech Republic	6	1194			1194	199.00
32.	Egor Troianovskii	Russia	6	1189			1189	198.17
33.	Žiga Zalar	Slovenia	6	1189			1189	198.17
34.	Rok Koštric	Slovenia	6	1177			1177	196.17
35.	André Michow	Germany	6	1176			1176	196.00
36.	Umut Diyar Gök	Turkey	6	1176			1176	196.00
37.	Michal Brachaniec	Poland	6	1175			1175	195.83
38.	Tim Cerkvenik	Slovenia	6	1169			1169	194.83
39.	Aleksandr Vasekin	Russia	6	1168			1168	194.67
40.	Alexander Halldórsson	Iceland	6	1167			1167	194.50
41.	Mike Bergmann	Netherlands	6	1166			1166	194.33
42.	Jeremy Tariche Christensen	Denmark	6	1163			1163	193.83
43.	Jack Kerr	Scotland	6	1158			1158	193.00
44.	Emanuel Jonsson	Sweden	6	1156			1156	192.67
45.	Ron Alhazov	Israel	6	1156			1156	192.67
46.	Hlynur Örn Ómarsson	Iceland	6	1152			1152	192.00
47.	Sven Fekeža	Croatia	6	1151			1151	191.83
48.	Tomasz Lutowski	Poland	6	1146			1146	191.00
49.	Alexander Koštric	Slovenia	6	1146			1146	191.00
50.	Paul Valla	Austria	6	1145			1145	190.83
51.	Roman Karlík	Slovakia	6	1143			1143	190.50
52.	Bart van Beers	Netherlands	6	1142			1142	190.33
53.	Iñigo García	Spain	6	1136			1136	189.33
54.	Lukas Müller	Germany	6	1135			1135	189.17
55.	Marawan Aernoudt	Belgium	6	1133			1133	188.83
56.	Patrik Hrkovac	Croatia	6	1125			1125	187.50
57.	Marin Vedriš	Croatia	6	1120			1120	186.67
58.	Rasmus Bering	Denmark	6	1120			1120	186.67
59.	Sébastien Bodart	Belgium	6	1119			1119	186.50
60.	Brandon Roberts	England	6	1118			1118	186.33
61.	Matan Bernstein	Israel	6	1110			1110	185.00
62.	Noam Reich	Israel	6	1104			1104	184.00
63.	Tomáš Vrabec	Slovakia	6	1099			1099	183.17
64.	Jökull Byron Magnússon	Iceland	6	1099			1099	183.17
65.	Jan Triska	Czech Republic	6	1093			1093	182.17
66.	Patrik Sørensen	Denmark	6	1091			1091	181.83
67.	Fabio Magri	Italy	6	1085			1085	180.83
68.	Volodymyr Yakovlev	Ukraine	6	1081			1081	180.17
69.	Patrik Pechar	Czech Republic	6	1078			1078	179.67
70.	Alexander Beck	Norway	6	1076			1076	179.33
71.	Ilya Tsarenko	Russia	6	1057			1057	176.17
72.	Illia Ostroverkh	Ukraine	6	1053			1053	175.50
73.	Roko Knezič	Croatia	6	1050			1050	175.00
74.	Tomas Plechata	Czech Republic	6	1050			1050	175.00
75.	Alexander Langner	Poland	6	1048			1048	174.67
76.	Alexandros Mountakis	Greece	6	1039			1039	173.17
77.	Andrea Mangiacotti	Italy	6	1038			1038	173.00
78.	Alessandro Rossi	Italy	6	1034			1034	172.33
79.	Domantas Cepulis	Lithuania	6	1034			1034	172.33
80.	John O'Neill	Scotland	6	1034			1034	172.33
81.	Ryan Hart	Scotland	6	1021			1021	170.17
82.	Philipp Heyde	Austria	6	1020			1020	170.00
83.	Carl-Johannes Kinnunen	Estonia	6	1016			1016	169.33
84.	Georgios Sotiriou	Greece	6	999			999	166.50
85.	Alex Basala	Slovakia	6	998			998	166.33
86.	Marco Künz	Austria	6	998			998	166.33
87.	Rokas Rudzinskas	Lithuania	6	997			997	166.17
88.	Connor Parry	Scotland	6	988			988	164.67
89.	Alejandro García	Spain	6	976			976	162.67
90.	Matteo Corazza	San Marino	6	975			975	162.50
91.	David Vilina	Slovakia	6	962			962	160.33
92.	Emre Ínan Karahan	Turkey	6	960			960	160.00
93.	Henry Bacciocchi	San Marino	6	957			957	159.50
94.	Intigam Fatizada	Azerbaijan	6	954			954	159.00
95.	Berkay Bulça	Turkey	6	888			888	148.00
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