Overnight leader Denmark with Anders Lousdal, Mik Stampe, Carsten W. Hansen and Mads Hedegaard held on to the lead in the second 3-game block of the Boys Team event en route to grab the No. 1 seed for today's finals. The Danes added 2508 to the 2561 from yesterday to win the preliminaries with 5069 pinfall total and an average of 211.21.

Sitting in fifth place before the final game, Swedes Dennis Vrabac, Johan Helldén, Kim Bolleby and Mattias Jansson combined for 866 to jump into second place with 4984 (207.67).

Arturs Bricis, Arturs Levikins, Einars Lindermanis and Verners Veidulis from Latvia finished in third place with 4947 (206.13).

Antonios Zafras, Evangelos Krizinis, Georgios Stefanidis and Thomas Sellas from Greece overtook Russia in the final game (795 to 757) to grab the fourth and last spot for the finals with 4933 (205.54).

Russians Alexander Minenko, Alexey Vasilenko, Ernest Konovalov and Roman Starchenkov, who leaped from 8th to third after games in a span of two games (853, and championship record 934), missed the finals by 34 pins with 4899 (204.13).

The top four teams will battle it out for the medals on Thursday evening. The No. 1 seed Denmark meets the No. 4 qualifier Greece and the No. 2 seed Sweden takes on No. 3 Latvia. The winners of that one-game match will bowl for gold while the losers will share the bronze medal.

The EYC 2009 are divided in two divisions - boys and girls. Each team consists of maximum four male and four female players, who must not have reached the age of 19 before August 31st, 2009.

The players compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Teams, All Events (18 games) and Masters (top 24 in All Events, single-elimination, best-of-three games).

Photos and results courtesy of eyc2009.se.

 

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Boys 4-Player Team Preliminaries - Standings after 6 games

The top 4 advance to the finals on Thursday

Pos	Country/Player	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Denmark	862	790	909	2561	847	758	903	2508	5069	211.21
	Anders Lousdal	249	187	234	670	231	192	226	649	1319	219.83
	Carsten W. Hansen	236	207	236	679	180	209	226	615	1294	215.67
	Mads Hedegaard	182	176	233	591	228	140	207	575	1166	194.33
	Mik Stampe	195	220	206	621	208	217	244	669	1290	215.00
2.	Sweden	852	835	811	2498	792	828	866	2486	4984	207.67
	Dennis Vrabac	202	202	223	627	220	236	236	692	1319	219.83
	Johan Helldén	180	201	179	560	192	193	232	617	1177	196.17
	Kim Bolleby	247	207	226	680	201	225	194	620	1300	216.67
	Mattias Jansson	223	225	183	631	179	174	204	557	1188	198.00
3.	Latvia	726	887	891	2504	804	850	789	2443	4947	206.13
	Arturs Bricis	161	257	225	643	190	191	193	574	1217	202.83
	Arturs Levikins	194	200	236	630	222	244	216	682	1312	218.67
	Einars Lindermanis	197	213	189	599	167	218	191	576	1175	195.83
	Verners Veidulis	174	217	241	632	225	197	189	611	1243	207.17
4.	Greece	866	804	760	2430	865	843	795	2503	4933	205.54
	Antonios Zafras	176	187	199	562	170	210	191	571	1133	188.83
	Evangelos Krizinis	256	245	220	721	259	216	221	696	1417	236.17
	Georgios Stefanidis	247	198	197	642	224	198	194	616	1258	209.67
	Thomas Sellas	187	174	144	505	212	219	189	620	1125	187.50
5.	Russia	737	778	840	2355	853	934	757	2544	4899	204.13
	Alexander Minenko	161	237	256	654	201	208	181	590	1244	207.33
	Alexey Vasilenko	221	174	235	630	237	278	202	717	1347	224.50
	Ernest Konovalov	155	184	160	499	221	181	160	562	1061	176.83
	Roman Starchenkov	200	183	189	572	194	267	214	675	1247	207.83
6.	Finland	755	815	754	2324	800	794	834	2428	4752	198.00
	Joonas Maunula	200	183	187	570	183	196	170	549	1119	186.50
	Perttu Jussila	189	222	180	591	236	222	238	696	1287	214.50
	Samu Valaranta	186	182	183	551	222	192	216	630	1181	196.83
	Tony Ranta	180	228	204	612	159	184	210	553	1165	194.17
7.	Norway	760	789	855	2404	826	721	743	2290	4694	195.58
	Christer Jakobsen	187	183	194	564	203	170	170	543	1107	184.50
	Henrik Aspdahl Oseth	181	176	241	598	221	169	185	575	1173	195.50
	Lars-Christian Nygård	214	226	244	684	181	169	143	493	1177	196.17
	Patrik Angen Walstad	178	204	176	558	221	213	245	679	1237	206.17
8.	Germany	811	797	738	2346	753	753	837	2343	4689	195.38
	Andre Schröder	176	156	179	511	194	221	235	650	1161	193.50
	Marcel Obst	201	229	216	646	178	184	188	550	1196	199.33
	Nico Gruosso	202	211	173	586	202	157	221	580	1166	194.33
	Steven Wiersema	232	201	170	603	179	191	193	563	1166	194.33
9.	Czech Republic	767	707	841	2315	778	790	772	2340	4655	193.96
	Jan Čepelák	212	183	224	619	191	200	203	594	1213	202.17
	Jaroslav Lorenc	171	149	246	566	181	179	192	552	1118	186.33
	Ondřej Mlynář	223	178	150	551	169	235	188	592	1143	190.50
	Tomáš Bílek	161	197	221	579	237	176	189	602	1181	196.83
10.	England	834	750	790	2374	666	781	805	2252	4626	192.75
	Elliot Crosby	217	170	219	606	158	253	173	584	1190	198.33
	Jake Daggett	193	197	158	548	161	141	209	511	1059	176.50
	Matthew Blythe	217	182	223	622	185	209	199	593	1215	202.50
	Steven Miller	207	201	190	598	162	178	224	564	1162	193.67
11.	Belgium	745	828	791	2364	771	746	734	2251	4615	192.29
	Jonas Jacobs	167	242	232	641	212	194	169	575	1216	202.67
	Jonas Maes	229	198	197	624	136	176	146	458	1082	180.33
	Steven Marien	157	160	205	522	243	208	222	673	1195	199.17
	Stijn Philipsen	192	228	157	577	180	168	197	545	1122	187.00
12.	Estonia	846	728	703	2277	749	780	746	2275	4552	189.67
	Kert Truus	196	209	198	603	208	220	181	609	1212	202.00
	Kristjan Leisner	211	193	159	563	158	181	180	519	1082	180.33
	Olari Nebokat	215	144	136	495	163	213	182	558	1053	175.50
	Ülari Lees	224	182	210	616	220	166	203	589	1205	200.83
13.	Poland	711	762	761	2234	734	811	766	2311	4545	189.38
	Alessandro Silletti	164	194	235	593	212	214	193	619	1212	202.00
	Daniel Wiśniewski	213	152	214	579	158	172	217	547	1126	187.67
	Patryk Preus	170	220	152	542	170	224	173	567	1109	184.83
	Sebastian Pawlak	164	196	160	520	194	201	183	578	1098	183.00
14.	Israel	737	788	731	2256	791	767	721	2279	4535	188.96
	Lior Koren	170	168	156	494	203	206	204	613	1107	184.50
	Omer Nechushtan	219	244	182	645	212	191	208	611	1256	209.33
	Shahar Efraty	181	156	213	550	129	173	162	464	1014	169.00
	Yehuda Gerti	167	220	180	567	247	197	147	591	1158	193.00
15.	Scotland	760	706	754	2220	733	759	816	2308	4528	188.67
	Brian Gillespie	244	166	179	589	205	187	238	630	1219	203.17
	Martin Williamson	174	157	178	509	170	172	191	533	1042	173.67
	Shaun McLean	151	209	181	541	181	189	171	541	1082	180.33
	Steven Reid	191	174	216	581	177	211	216	604	1185	197.50
16.	Netherlands	802	730	713	2245	825	705	729	2259	4504	187.67
	Danny Bernard	163	177	187	527	234	188	210	632	1159	193.17
	Dwayne van Zandwijk	257	174	192	623	170	149	181	500	1123	187.17
	Jord van Weeren	215	169	190	574	225	175	172	572	1146	191.00
	Patrick Meka	167	210	144	521	196	193	166	555	1076	179.33
17.	Lithuania	710	731	814	2255	701	781	761	2243	4498	187.42
	Dovydas Dusevičius	179	165	197	541	179	190	178	547	1088	181.33
	Ignas Vildžiūnas	165	179	220	564	176	189	204	569	1133	188.83
	Kristijonas Sergejevas	196	233	237	666	169	266	212	647	1313	218.83
	Lukas Pereckas	170	154	160	484	177	136	167	480	964	160.67
18.	France	711	741	726	2178	809	696	695	2200	4378	182.42
	Alexandre Lepolard	126	203	193	522	188	179	184	551	1073	178.83
	Jerome Durupt	205	148	170	523	183	169	191	543	1066	177.67
	Romain Paquereau	184	185	172	541	203	176	181	560	1101	183.50
	Yoni Billaut	196	205	191	592	235	172	139	546	1138	189.67
19.	Cyprus	705	707	773	2185	691	709	762	2162	4347	181.13
	Andreas Christoforou	198	184	220	602	176	173	185	534	1136	189.33
	Neoklis Herodotou	158	165	171	494	216	187	163	566	1060	176.67
	Nicholas Herodotou	165	191	216	572	145	147	233	525	1097	182.83
	Stavros Theophanous	184	167	166	517	154	202	181	537	1054	175.67
20.	Wales	751	695	703	2149	779	658	738	2175	4324	180.17
	Ain Rae	176	162	179	517	173	123	185	481	998	166.33
	Michael Morin	162	166	165	493	189	181	174	544	1037	172.83
	Sean Griffin	225	171	142	538	215	184	190	589	1127	187.83
	Taliesin Waites	188	196	217	601	202	170	189	561	1162	193.67
21.	Hungary	709	693	649	2051	755	766	747	2268	4319	179.96
	Balint Luczek	170	178	144	492	166	194	224	584	1076	179.33
	Mate Orosz	191	180	180	551	202	202	201	605	1156	192.67
	Tamas Kocsis	189	155	168	512	197	192	163	552	1064	177.33
	Viktor Zsolnai	159	180	157	496	190	178	159	527	1023	170.50
22.	Switzerland	665	834	645	2144	698	689	769	2156	4300	179.17
	Alan Risler	151	199	146	496	158	211	168	537	1033	172.17
	Daryl Stucki	155	195	170	520	189	154	209	552	1072	178.67
	Joel Lienhard	189	232	157	578	162	162	173	497	1075	179.17
	Nicolas Guillaume	170	208	172	550	189	162	219	570	1120	186.67
23.	Ireland	743	692	688	2123	717	674	673	2064	4187	174.46
	David Noonan	159	159	143	461	159	160	158	477	938	156.33
	Karl Doherty	190	184	184	558	214	176	153	543	1101	183.50
	Keith Rynhart	174	184	182	540	185	147	163	495	1035	172.50
	Simon English	220	165	179	564	159	191	199	549	1113	185.50
24.	Turkey	600	676	631	1907	597	682	686	1965	3872	161.33
	Berkay Erdis	139	149	124	412	128	148	165	441	853	142.17
	Dogukan Odabasi	136	182	163	481	147	189	156	492	973	162.17
	Ilgaz Serim	175	134	149	458	159	171	143	473	931	155.17
	Ozgur Ozata	150	211	195	556	163	174	222	559	1115	185.83