European Bowling Tour
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Bowling |
Location | Europe |
Established | Year 2000 |
Number of tournaments | 11 (2018) |
Website | europeanbowlingtour.com |
Current champion | |
Paul Moor and Joline Persson-Planefors (2017) Masters |
The European Bowling Tour (EBT) is one of three tenpin bowling tours (Europe, Americas, Asia) that form part of the ranking system of the World Tenpin Bowling Association (WTBA).
The tour is run by the European Tenpin Bowling Federation. In all the tournaments, men and women compete alongside each other, with women receiving a handicap per game. In these tournaments there is only one prize fund (not split for men & women), however some tournaments offer additional bonuses for the highest placed woman, which is often in addition to any of the regular prize money.
History
During the 1990s, there had been several attempts to develop Ten-pin bowling tours in Europe but these were usually limited to one country (The Danish Masters Tour and the German Golden Bowling Ball Tour). It wasn't until 2000 that the European Bowling Tour was launched initially holding 9 tournaments in 8 countries. It has since expanded over the course of 15 years and now consists of 17 events in 2015.
Tour
In 2017, Paul Moor (England) and Joline Persson-Planefors (Sweden) were the EBT Masters.
Each year the 8 highest ranked men and the 8 highest ranked women in the EBT qualify for the EBT Masters which is played at a different host centre each year, usually after the EBT event in the same location.
The format varies from tournament to tournament, but generally most tournaments on the EBT take the form of 6 games re-entry qualification, with the top 50–60 bowlers (depending on the tournament) bowling a further set of games (most commonly 4), before a final cut to either single elimination matchplay or stepladder finals.
2017
Stop | Country | City | Event | Champion (Men) | Champion (Ladies) |
1 | Finland | Helsinki | Brunswick Ballmaster Open | Carsten W. Hansen | Daphne Tan |
2 | Ireland | Dublin | Storm Irish Open | Tore Torgersen | Keira Reay |
3 | Germany | Munich | Brunswick Euro Challenge | Dominic Barrett | Birgit Pöppler |
4 | Denmark | Aalborg | Kegel Aalborg International | Mattias Wetterberg | Jenny Wegner |
5 | Spain | Madrid | V Brunswick Madrid Challenge | François Lavoie | Jo Allesbrook |
6 | San Marino | Serravalle | 13th Storm San Marino Open | François Lavoie | Jenny Wegner |
7 | Germany | Munich | Track Dream Bowl Palace Open | Pontus Andersson | Vanessa Timter |
8 | Sweden | Malmö | Storm Lucky Larsen Masters | Jason Belmonte | Britt Brønsted |
9 | Denmark | Odense | Odense International | Lars Nielsen | Sanna Pasanen |
10 | Netherlands | The Hague | Scheveningen Dutch Open | Richard Teece | Nicole Sanders |
11 | Norway | Oslo | Norwegian Open by Brunswick | Raymond Jansson | Jenny Karlsson |
2018
Stop | Country | City | Event | Champion (Men) | Champion (Ladies) |
1 | Sweden | Stockholm | 38th AIK International Tournament | Jesper Svensson | Bernice Lim (C) |
2 | Finland | Helsinki | Brunswick Ballmaster Open | Kimmo Lehtonen | Jane Sin (C) |
3 | Ireland | Dublin | Storm Irish Open | Anthony Simonsen (C) | Nicole Sanders |
4 | Germany | Munich | Brunswick Euro Challenge | Anthony Simonsen | Jenny Wegner (C) |
5 | Netherlands | Tilburg | Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel | Gaëtan Mouveroux | Cajsa Wegner |
6 | Spain | Madrid | V Brunswick Madrid Challenge | Thomas Larsen | Maria Jose Rodriguez |
7 | San Marino | Serravalle | 14th Storm San Marino Open | Pontus Andersson | Mai Ginge Jensen |
8 | Germany | Munich | Track Dream Bowl Palace Open | Jesper Agerbo | Maxime de Rooij |
9 | Sweden | Malmö | Storm Lucky Larsen Masters | ||
10 | Denmark | Odense | Odense International | ||
11 | Italy | Rome | Rome Open Open | ||
12 | Norway | Oslo | Norwegian Open by Brunswick |
Previous Ranking Winners
Ranking winners of the European Bowling Tour, since 2000
Year | Men | Ladies |
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2000 | Gery Verbruggen | Kamilla Kjeldsen |
2001 | Gery Verbruggen | Bettina Lund |
2002 | Gery Verbruggen | Bettina Lund |
2003 | Gery Verbruggen | Kamilla Kjeldsen |
2004 | Paul Moor | Britt Brøndsted |
2005 | Paul Moor | Britt Brøndsted |
2006 | Paul Moor | Britt Brøndsted |
2007 | Osku Palermaa | Kirsten Penny |
2008 | Osku Palermaa | Nina Flack |
2009 | Osku Palermaa | Nicki Ainge |
2010 | Dominic Barrett | Nina Flack |
2011 | Osku Palermaa | Joline Persson-Planefors |
2012 | Dominic Barrett | Birgit Pöppler |
2013 | Dominic Barrett | Joline Persson-Planefors |
2014 | Thomas Larsen | Kamilla Kjeldsen |
2015 | Jesper Svensson | Jenny Wegner |
2016 | Richie Teece | Laura Beuthner |
2017 | Carsten W. Hansen | Jenny Wegner |
2018 |
EBT Masters
The EBT Masters is a single tournament. Qualified for this event is the top 12 men and top 12 women from the last years EBT ranking .
The format is a Round Robin consisting of 11 rounds of one game matches. 20 bonus points are awarded for each match won, 10 for drawn matches. The top 3 bowlers after the round robin qualify for a 3-person stepladder to determine the winner of the masters.
Previous results
Year | Venue | Champion (Men) | Runner-up (Men) | Champion (Ladies) | Runner-up (Ladies) |
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2008 | Rollhouse Bowling Centre, Ankara, Turkey | Osku Palermaa | Pasi Uotila | Kamilla Kjeldsen | Britt Brøndsted |
2009 | Lovvang Bowling Centre, Aalborg, Denmark | Paul Moor | Jason Belmonte | Kamilla Kjeldsen | Rikke Holm Rasmussen |
2010 | Lovvang Bowling Centre, Aalborg, Denmark | Robert Andersson | Tore Torgersen | Kamilla Kjeldsen | Mai Ginge Jensen |
2011 | Bowling Centre Gladiator, Ljubljana, Slovenia | Mika Koivuniemi | Martin Larsen | Cherie Tan | Mai Ginge Jensen |
2012 | Dream Bowl Palace, Munich, Germany | Martin Larsen | Mika Koivuniemi | Rebecka Larsen | Clara Guerrero |
2013 | BNC Bowling Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia | Tony Ranta | Martin Larsen | Lisanne Breeschoten | Ida Andersson |
2014 | Dolfijn Bowling, Tilburg, Netherlands | Pasi Uotila | Martin Larsen | Mai Ginge Jensen | Birgit Pöppler |
2015 | Bowling Chamartín, Madrid, Spain | Paul Moor | Jesper Svensson | Laura Beuthner | Diana Zavjalova |
2016 | Rose'n Bowl, Serravalle, San Marino | Stuart Williams | Jesper Svensson | Sin Li Jane | Birgit Pöppler |
2017 | Lovvang Bowling Centre, Aalborg, Denmark | Paul Moor | Osku Palermaa | Joline Persson-Planefors | Jenny Wegner |
2018 | Dolfijn Bowling, Tilburg, Netherlands | Pontus Andersson | Richard Teece | Jenny Wegner | Sanna Pasanen |
2019 | Bowling Chamartin, Madrid, Spain |