The two Swedish teams lead the Trios event in the 2009 Men's European Championships in Aalborg, Denmark, after the first block of three games on the short oil pattern.

The 55 trios from 29 countries were split into three squads. Swedes Mathias Ã…rup, Erik Andersin and Dennis Eklund (pictured right, l-r) paced the first squad with 1981 pinfall total and an average of 220.11. Eklund led the way with 698, the highest individual 3-game series of the day, and was followed by Ã…rup with 651 and Andersin with 632.

England with Stuart Williams, Matt Chamberlain and Dominic Barrett were 37 pins behind in second place with 1944 (216.00). Third place belonged to The Netherlands with Remco Verboon, Michael Kok and Johnny Spil, who checked in with 1880 (208.89).

Squad 2 leader Norway with Petter Hansen, Mads Sandbækken and Tore Torgersen had 1875 (208.33) to move into fourth place with the final Squad 3 to go.

The second Swedish trio featuring Doubles silver medalists Martin Larsen/Robert Andersson and Martin Paulsson (r-l) started the block with a 707 game, the highest of the day, and added 658 in game #2. Needing a 616 game to tie their compatriots for the lead, Larsen (211), Paulsson (191) and Andersson (216) put together a 618 game to overtake the lead by two pins with 1983 (220.33).

Their compatriots as well as the English, Dutch and Norwegian trios fell one spot to 2nd through 5th place.

Jesper Agerbo, Frederik Øhrgaard and Thomas Larsen of the host country were second to the Swedes in Squad 3 with 1855 (206.11), good for 6th place in the overall standings.

The Doubles champions from Finland, Osku Palermaa/Petteri Salonen and Joonas Jähi, landed in 12th place with 1813, just 67 pins off the pace fort the top 4. Salonen had a 674 series to maintain his lead in All Events.

Their team mates Jussi Turtiainen, Juhani Tonteri and the sole member present of the 2007 MEC Trios champion, Kimmo Lehtonen, were one spot and two pins ahead in 11th place with 1815.

The 55 trios will return on Wednesday for the second 3-game set on long oil.

The top 4 trios after the 6-game preliminaries advance to the finals on Wednesday evening (semifinals at 7.30pm, finals at 8.30pm) at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark.

The No. 1 after 6 games will bowl the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 takes on No. 3 in the semifinals. The winners will bowl for the title and the losers will share the bronze medal. All matches are one-game matches.

 

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High Games and Series on short oil

Team:
1 Game: Sweden, 707 (Martin Larsen, 236/Martin Paulsson, 225/Robert Andersson, 246)
3 Games: Sweden, 1983 (Martin Larsen, 675/Martin Paulsson, 673/Robert Andersson, 635)

Individual:
1 Game: Petteri Salonen, Finalnd, 279
3 Games: Dennis Eklund, Sweden, 698

 

Trios - Standings after the first Block on short oil

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Sweden	707	658	618	1983					1983	220.33
	Martin Larsen	236	228	211	675					675	225.00
	Martin Paulsson	225	257	191	673					673	224.33
	Robert Andersson	246	173	216	635					635	211.67
2.	Sweden	590	706	685	1981					1981	220.11
	Erik Andersin	202	226	204	632					632	210.67
	Mathias Ã…rup	183	222	246	651					651	217.00
	Dennis Eklund	205	258	235	698					698	232.67
3.	England	646	668	630	1944					1944	216.00
	Stuart Williams	227	203	238	668					668	222.67
	Matt Chamberlain	198	197	202	597					597	199.00
	Dominic Barrett	221	268	190	679					679	226.33
4.	Netherlands	606	622	652	1880					1880	208.89
	Remco Verboon	241	191	248	680					680	226.67
	Michael Kok	168	189	195	552					552	184.00
	Johnny Spil	197	242	209	648					648	216.00
5.	Norway	635	613	627	1875					1875	208.33
	Petter Hansen	237	225	228	690					690	230.00
	Mads Sandbaekken	210	175	195	580					580	193.33
	Tore Torgersen	188	213	204	605					605	201.67
6.	Denmark	586	679	590	1855					1855	206.11
	Jesper Agerbo	174	237	221	632					632	210.67
	Frederik Öhrgaard	224	268	166	658					658	219.33
	Thomas Larsen	188	174	203	565					565	188.33
7.	England	578	633	629	1840					1840	204.44
	Mike Quarry	180	213	205	598					598	199.33
	Matt Miller	217	165	201	583					583	194.33
	John Wells	181	255	223	659					659	219.67
8.	Norway	610	646	577	1833					1833	203.67
	Svein Roger Olsen	226	215	223	664					664	221.33
	Glenn Morten Pedersen	215	215	162	592					592	197.33
	Martin Olsen	169	216	192	577					577	192.33
9.	Iceland	554	591	683	1828					1828	203.11
	Hafthor Hardarson	186	191	206	583					583	194.33
	Arnar Saebergsson	178	195	210	583					583	194.33
	Jon Ingi Ragnarsson	190	205	267	662					662	220.67
10.	Israel	600	608	610	1818					1818	202.00
	Israel Tener	222	149	176	547					547	182.33
	Ben Fishler	167	206	213	586					586	195.33
	Or Aviram	211	253	221	685					685	228.33
11.	Finland	646	602	567	1815					1815	201.67
	Jussi Turtiainen	244	212	184	640					640	213.33
	Juhani Tonteri	184	155	207	546					546	182.00
	Kimmo Lehtonen	218	235	176	629					629	209.67
12.	Finland	638	593	582	1813					1813	201.44
	Osku Palermaa	175	179	209	563					563	187.67
	Petteri Salonen	279	223	172	674					674	224.67
	Joonas Jähi	184	191	201	576					576	192.00
13.	Germany	609	619	584	1812					1812	201.33
	Tobias Gäbler	193	183	209	585					585	195.00
	David Canady	192	226	204	622					622	207.33
	Pascal Winternheimer	224	210	171	605					605	201.67
14.	Greece	529	601	671	1801					1801	200.11
	Ioannis Stathatos	147	186	248	581					581	193.67
	Joseph Allalouf	188	213	216	617					617	205.67
	Georgios Stefanidis	194	202	207	603					603	201.00
15.	Italy	684	569	537	1790					1790	198.89
	Amedeo Spada	237	215	175	627					627	209.00
	Maurizio Celli	193	140	173	506					506	168.67
	Marco Reviglio	254	214	189	657					657	219.00
16.	Czech Republic	582	626	573	1781					1781	197.89
	Jan Spacil	196	211	183	590					590	196.67
	Karel Hladik	189	217	195	601					601	200.33
	Petr Harbacek	197	198	195	590					590	196.67
17.	Belgium	583	657	535	1775					1775	197.22
	Nico Joris	180	224	173	577					577	192.33
	Steve Peetroons	213	225	194	632					632	210.67
	Wim Claessens	190	208	168	566					566	188.67
18.	Lithuania	588	577	585	1750					1750	194.44
	Kristijonas Sergejevas	150	183	188	521					521	173.67
	Linas Sasnauskas	192	204	215	611					611	203.67
	Zanas Sergejevas	246	190	182	618					618	206.00
19.	Russia	520	536	692	1748					1748	194.22
	Gennadi Sidorov	191	177	227	595					595	198.33
	Sergey Andreev	193	211	245	649					649	216.33
	Alexey Fedin	136	148	220	504					504	168.00
20.	Denmark	530	641	571	1742					1742	193.56
	Jimmy Mortensen	159	231	175	565					565	188.33
	Rasmus Ussing	200	223	236	659					659	219.67
	Anders Vorborg	171	187	160	518					518	172.67
21.	Catalonia	567	583	589	1739					1739	193.22
	Moises Perez	160	181	214	555					555	185.00
	Sergio Perez	226	222	217	665					665	221.67
	Hector Roca	181	180	158	519					519	173.00
22.	Catalonia	563	589	561	1713					1713	190.33
	Marcial Ovide	173	182	184	539					539	179.67
	Raul Galvez	197	195	177	569					569	189.67
	Lluis Montfort	193	212	200	605					605	201.67
23.	Greece	528	570	614	1712					1712	190.22
	Dimitrios Karetsos	199	212	225	636					636	212.00
	Ioannis Maroussis	133	179	200	512					512	170.67
	Leonidas Maragos	196	179	189	564					564	188.00
24.	Netherlands	565	578	562	1705					1705	189.44
	Peter Smits	207	185	158	550					550	183.33
	Christian Kweens	163	188	201	552					552	184.00
	Ron van den Bogaard	195	205	203	603					603	201.00
25.	Estonia	528	627	547	1702					1702	189.11
	Kert Truus	190	232	195	617					617	205.67
	Rasmus Parts	178	202	191	571					571	190.33
	Aivar Leinemann	160	193	161	514					514	171.33
26.	Estonia	653	501	545	1699					1699	188.78
	Raul Beekmann	215	147	192	554					554	184.67
	Marko Mölder	225	191	170	586					586	195.33
	Tormi Soekõrv	213	163	183	559					559	186.33
27.	Hungary	522	587	590	1699					1699	188.78
	Gergely Kapronczay	159	159	214	532					532	177.33
	Csaba Racz	206	209	215	630					630	210.00
	David Ködmön	157	219	161	537					537	179.00
28.	Latvia	485	667	533	1685					1685	187.22
	Einars Lindermanis	177	257	170	604					604	201.33
	Janis Bucens	180	192	169	541					541	180.33
	Arturs Levikins	128	218	194	540					540	180.00
29.	Austria	550	626	508	1684					1684	187.11
	Michael Loos	141	204	168	513					513	171.00
	Benjamin Kubalek	205	197	197	599					599	199.67
	Roman Fürbacher	204	225	143	572					572	190.67
30.	Belgium	507	601	564	1672					1672	185.78
	Jean-Marc Lebon	149	203	196	548					548	182.67
	Gery Hacquin	159	220	167	546					546	182.00
	Mats Maggi	199	178	201	578					578	192.67
31.	Scotland	541	540	578	1659					1659	184.33
	Mark McQueen	142	201	191	534					534	178.00
	Paul Bennett	187	179	183	549					549	183.00
	Mark Hutton	212	160	204	576					576	192.00
32.	Czech Republic	543	568	547	1658					1658	184.22
	Jiri Hindrak	186	142	160	488					488	162.67
	Rostislav Kala	194	225	165	584					584	194.67
	Miroslav Cifra	163	201	222	586					586	195.33
33.	Ukraine	533	590	532	1655					1655	183.89
	Mykhaylo Kalika	225	212	171	608					608	202.67
	Oleksandr Kalika	147	199	202	548					548	182.67
	Olexandr Kondratyev	161	179	159	499					499	166.33
34.	Poland	459	635	559	1653					1653	183.67
	Adam Martin	145	193	187	525					525	175.00
	Tomasz Janicki	157	225	215	597					597	199.00
	Mariusz Musialik	157	217	157	531					531	177.00
35.	Germany	505	585	559	1649					1649	183.22
	Kai Günther	171	221	196	588					588	196.00
	Dirk Völkel	188	178	184	550					550	183.33
	Marco Baade	146	186	179	511					511	170.33
36.	Israel	508	563	568	1639					1639	182.11
	Izhak Dekel	194	176	235	605					605	201.67
	Amit Shtrum	163	140	156	459					459	153.00
	Aviv Alfital	151	247	177	575					575	191.67
37.	Poland	528	489	611	1628					1628	180.89
	Jacek Dudko	200	199	246	645					645	215.00
	Bartek Brylkowski	175	119	154	448					448	149.33
	Pawel Bielski	153	171	211	535					535	178.33
38.	Slovakia	520	558	543	1621					1621	180.11
	Radek Pospisil	190	173	210	573					573	191.00
	Michal Homola	155	177	173	505					505	168.33
	Jan Petras	175	208	160	543					543	181.00
39.	Hungary	566	460	592	1618					1618	179.78
	György Bodis	190	148	190	528					528	176.00
	Bertalan Puskas	205	136	167	508					508	169.33
	Zoltan Skobrics	171	176	235	582					582	194.00
40.	Romania	560	501	556	1617					1617	179.67
	Romeo Gagenoiu	186	127	185	498					498	166.00
	Vincentiu Pravat	186	212	189	587					587	195.67
	Catalin Gheorghe	188	162	182	532					532	177.33
41.	Scotland	565	532	510	1607					1607	178.56
	Robert Bruce	170	178	170	518					518	172.67
	Anthony Roots	189	217	186	592					592	197.33
	Richie Bruce	206	137	154	497					497	165.67
42.	Turkey	435	532	631	1598					1598	177.56
	Barlas Kontas	126	174	215	515					515	171.67
	Adem Güran	184	145	186	515					515	171.67
	Gediz Ege	125	213	230	568					568	189.33
43.	Ukraine	505	562	529	1596					1596	177.33
	Andrii Pashev	178	188	175	541					541	180.33
	Oleksandr Shcherbinin	167	187	184	538					538	179.33
	Iurii Grynyk	160	187	170	517					517	172.33
44.	Belarus	524	491	580	1595					1595	177.22
	Ilya Kandrashyn	154	158	175	487					487	162.33
	Dmitry Stepuk	200	177	223	600					600	200.00
	Heorhi Pryhozhi	170	156	182	508					508	169.33
45.	Romania	511	548	529	1588					1588	176.44
	Ion Ioancea	175	173	184	532					532	177.33
	Marius Piticariu	165	172	174	511					511	170.33
	Valentin Fatu	171	203	171	545					545	181.67
46.	Italy	472	550	535	1557					1557	173.00
	Marco Boccato	162	180	168	510					510	170.00
	Pier Paolo De Filippi	132	213	176	521					521	173.67
	Massimo Pirozzi	178	157	191	526					526	175.33
47.	Slovakia	442	585	524	1551					1551	172.33
	Ladislav Frunyo	144	241	193	578					578	192.67
	Martin Slavkovsky	162	202	153	517					517	172.33
	Ladislav Bitto	136	142	178	456					456	152.00
48.	Latvia	447	600	478	1525					1525	169.44
	Dmitrijs Chebotarjovs	155	209	174	538					538	179.33
	Verners Veidulis	162	177	139	478					478	159.33
	Andis Darzins	130	214	165	509					509	169.67
49.	Russia	465	537	515	1517					1517	168.56
	Nikita Koshelev	162	198	158	518					518	172.67
	Alexey Lupilin	146	190	177	513					513	171.00
	Alexey Uchvatov	157	149	180	486					486	162.00
50.	Belarus	509	496	507	1512					1512	168.00
	Siarhei Klimkovich	133	149	160	442					442	147.33
	Pavel Sobolev	167	179	179	525					525	175.00
	Alexander Kediarov	209	168	168	545					545	181.67
51.	Slovenia	521	497	480	1498					1498	166.44
	Ziga Kalan	204	152	130	486					486	162.00
	Milan Malek	140	207	170	517					517	172.33
	Matej Fegus	177	138	180	495					495	165.00
52.	Lithuania	484	562	450	1496					1496	166.22
	Andrius Gasparavicius	148	172	149	469					469	156.33
	Zilvinas Perminas	177	183	141	501					501	167.00
	Tomas Cibinskas	159	207	160	526					526	175.33
53.	Turkey	442	544	489	1475					1475	163.89
	Taygun Erkeskin	156	189	136	481					481	160.33
	Emre Kumru	157	165	170	492					492	164.00
	Barıs Ege	129	190	183	502					502	167.33
54.	Slovenia	457	465	473	1395					1395	155.00
	Anze Grabrijan	146	159	146	451					451	150.33
	Mitja Mrzlikar	144	143	177	464					464	154.67
	Marko Luksa	167	163	150	480					480	160.00
55.	Azerbaijan	445	403	447	1295					1295	143.89
	Shahriyar Ismayilov	156	143	137	436					436	145.33
	Jahangir Alihuseynov	140	116	148	404					404	134.67
	Ramil Hamidov	149	144	162	455					455	151.67