Marie Gauton, Elise Bretteville, Alain Nicolas and Xavier Lotthe were the sole team that averaged over 200 en route to capture the first gold medal for the host country France in the 12th Mediterranean Challenge Cup in Montpellier. The French team combined for 4809 (200.25) to beat out Catalonia (4621) and Greece (4616) for the top spot. After three silver medals in Singles, Doubles and Team, Lluis Montfort, Catalonia, won gold in All Events with 4002. Liat Vizenfeld, Israel, had 3566 to win the women's All Events title.
Men's All Events champion Lluis Montfort, Catalonia, and women's Singles champion Sue Abela, Malta, ended the 12th Mediterranean Challenge Cup with victory in the Masters competition. In the women's final, Abela cdefeated All Events winner Liat Vizenfeld, Israel, 2-1. Montfort won ithe men's title n three games against Singles champ Ioannis Stathatos, Greece.
Anastasia Rovitakhi and Georgia Papadimitriou won the second gold medal for Greece in the women's doubles competition at the 12th Mediterranean Challenge Cup in France with 2334 six-game total (194.50). In the men's division, Daniele Fiorentini and Federico Rossi, Italy, claimed the title with 2529 pinfall and an average of 210.75. 
Sue Abela from Malta successfully defended her Singles title in the 12th Mediterranean Challenge Cup at Bowling de Montpellier in Montpellier, France. Abela, who won the sixth Singles gold medal in the 12-year history of the event, felled 1209 pins. Ioannis Stathatos, Greece, was the hands-down winner in the men's division with 1425 (237.50). 
