Latvian Arturs Levikins had games of 205, 236, 219, 201, 276 and 246 to lead the 108-player field in the Boys Singles event in the 22nd European Youth Championships in Malmo, Sweden with 1383 pinfall total and an average of 230.50. Levikins, who bowled in the second of three squads, earned the No. 1 seed for the finals on Saturday.

Places 2-4 belonged to players from the first squad. Mik Stampe, Denmark, who was the top seed in Doubles and Team but had to settle for the bronze medals behind two semifinal defeats, took the No. 2 seed in Singles with 1343.

However, Stampe (pictured right) cruised to the title in All Events with 4085 18 game total (combined results from Singles, Doubles and Team) and an average of 226.94. Levikins was a distant second with 3968 (220.44) to grab the silver medal. Bronze went to Dennis Vrabac, Sweden, with 3925 (218.06).

Joining Levikins and Stampe in the Singles finals are Johan Helldén, Sweden, in third place with 1315 and Perttu Jussila, Finland, fourth with 1292. Mattias Jansson, Sweden, who led squad 3 landed in 7th place with 1285.

The boys are done for today and the girls take on the lanes for their Singles event on Saturday. Both semifinals - boys and girls - will take place on Saturday afternoon starting at 5pm local time. The finals will follow at 5.30.

No. 1 seed Levikins will face No. 4 qualifier Jussila in the semifinal, while No. 2 Stampe takes on No. 3 Helldén.

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.

 

Boys Singles Preliminaries - Standings after 6 games

The top 4 advance to the finals on Tuesday

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Arturs Levikins	Latvia	205	236	219	660	201	276	246	723	1383	230.50
2.	Mik Stampe	Denmark	266	219	179	664	226	232	221	679	1343	223.83
3.	Johan Helldén	Sweden	202	211	223	636	278	208	193	679	1315	219.17
4.	Perttu Jussila	Finland	186	241	192	619	222	264	187	673	1292	215.33
5.	Dennis Vrabac	Sweden	206	185	219	610	189	243	248	680	1290	215.00
6.	Ülari Lees	Estonia	208	228	206	642	257	183	206	646	1288	214.67
7.	Mattias Jansson	Sweden	220	187	248	655	178	218	234	630	1285	214.17
8.	Samu Valaranta	Finland	248	180	226	654	189	213	223	625	1279	213.17
9.	Evangelos Krizinis	Greece	188	224	237	649	180	223	222	625	1274	212.33
10.	Christer Jakobsen	Norway	216	201	180	597	223	197	244	664	1261	210.17
11.	Dovydas Dusevičius	Lithuania	201	265	198	664	233	178	184	595	1259	209.83
12.	Sebastian Pawlak	Poland	181	201	192	574	245	196	238	679	1253	208.83
13.	Tony Ranta	Finland	194	228	198	620	191	195	244	630	1250	208.33
14.	Carsten W. Hansen	Denmark	212	267	223	702	177	179	191	547	1249	208.17
15.	Stijn Philipsen	Belgium	232	199	209	640	189	192	224	605	1245	207.50
16.	Martin Williamson	Scotland	189	235	183	607	225	176	232	633	1240	206.67
17.	Lars-Christian Nygård	Norway	167	188	200	555	232	225	222	679	1234	205.67
18.	Joonas Maunula	Finland	247	203	196	646	162	231	184	577	1223	203.83
19.	Roman Starchenkov	Russia	172	210	204	586	185	202	243	630	1216	202.67
20.	Alessandro Silletti	Poland	202	154	234	590	218	204	200	622	1212	202.00
21.	Kim Bolleby	Sweden	164	195	200	559	224	210	216	650	1209	201.50
22.	Olexandr Kondratyev	Ukraine	210	234	191	635	178	203	192	573	1208	201.33
23.	Lior Koren	Israel	169	237	198	604	230	182	187	599	1203	200.50
24.	Jan Čepelák	Czech Republic	190	205	211	606	204	164	226	594	1200	200.00
25.	Anders Lousdal	Denmark	192	219	232	643	161	192	201	554	1197	199.50
26.	Einars Lindermanis	Latvia	162	156	222	540	204	202	249	655	1195	199.17
27.	Alexey Vasilenko	Russia	194	152	213	559	256	190	186	632	1191	198.50
28.	Tomáš Bílek	Czech Republic	203	198	151	552	184	228	226	638	1190	198.33
29.	Andreas Christoforou	Cyprus	222	255	199	676	158	181	174	513	1189	198.17
(tie)	Brian Gillespie	Scotland	188	150	192	530	206	245	208	659	1189	198.17
(tie)	Taliesin Waites	Wales	198	179	171	548	227	203	211	641	1189	198.17
32.	Jerome Durupt	France	185	178	185	548	233	180	225	638	1186	197.67
33.	Omer Nechushtan	Israel	209	185	171	565	210	183	226	619	1184	197.33
34.	Alan Risler	Switzerland	257	169	221	647	182	188	159	529	1176	196.00
35.	Georgios Stefanidis	Greece	209	170	193	572	204	210	183	597	1169	194.83
36.	Viktor Zsolnai	Hungary	190	239	181	610	178	201	178	557	1167	194.50
37.	Kristijonas Sergejevas	Lithuania	203	181	170	554	200	179	233	612	1166	194.33
38.	Jonas Jacobs	Belgium	160	153	205	518	267	190	189	646	1164	194.00
39.	Mads Hedegaard	Denmark	181	245	194	620	190	181	168	539	1159	193.17
40.	Yehuda Gerti	Israel	227	223	202	652	169	148	187	504	1156	192.67
41.	Luboslav Jurinyi	Slovakia	179	162	212	553	203	198	201	602	1155	192.50
42.	Steven Miller	England	154	176	190	520	194	213	227	634	1154	192.33
43.	Nico Gruosso	Germany	211	195	184	590	215	157	191	563	1153	192.17
44.	Steven Wiersema	Germany	246	177	190	613	172	185	177	534	1147	191.17
(tie)	Elliot Crosby	England	153	174	205	532	198	192	225	615	1147	191.17
46.	Yaroslav Boyko	Ukraine	189	211	166	566	224	176	179	579	1145	190.83
(tie)	Steven Marien	Belgium	181	172	202	555	179	187	224	590	1145	190.83
48.	Simon English	Ireland	215	221	194	630	181	179	152	512	1142	190.33
(tie)	Skúli Freyr Sigurðsson	Iceland	163	227	200	590	201	167	184	552	1142	190.33
50.	Arnar Davíð Jónsson	Iceland	182	227	230	639	179	146	177	502	1141	190.17
51.	Andre Schröder	Germany	192	176	207	575	168	175	222	565	1140	190.00
52.	Danny Bernard	Netherlands	234	190	204	628	166	155	190	511	1139	189.83
53.	Jake Daggett	England	203	185	155	543	177	190	227	594	1137	189.50
54.	Marcel Obst	Germany	195	210	214	619	147	170	198	515	1134	189.00
55.	Lukas Andrassy	Slovakia	162	212	173	547	214	181	190	585	1132	188.67
56.	Lukas Pereckas	Lithuania	201	182	226	609	149	168	205	522	1131	188.50
(tie)	Ernest Konovalov	Russia	200	166	189	555	150	214	212	576	1131	188.50
58.	Antonios Zafras	Greece	191	151	247	589	202	179	160	541	1130	188.33
59.	Arturs Bricis	Latvia	177	197	201	575	174	184	195	553	1128	188.00
60.	Nicolas Guillaume	Switzerland	179	190	179	548	230	185	156	571	1119	186.50
(tie)	Jaroslav Lorenc	Czech Republic	165	177	168	510	176	197	236	609	1119	186.50
62.	Jord van Weeren	Netherlands	141	239	195	575	147	168	227	542	1117	186.17
63.	Kert Truus	Estonia	189	220	188	597	214	144	161	519	1116	186.00
64.	David Noonan	Ireland	198	180	177	555	148	223	184	555	1110	185.00
(tie)	Keith Rynhart	Ireland	182	182	162	526	173	196	215	584	1110	185.00
66.	Sean Griffin	Wales	216	190	146	552	185	204	160	549	1101	183.50
67.	Patrik Angen Walstad	Norway	181	187	198	566	158	191	185	534	1100	183.33
68.	Matthew Blythe	England	139	212	173	524	219	202	154	575	1099	183.17
69.	Ondřej Mlynář	Czech Republic	204	176	181	561	178	210	148	536	1097	182.83
70.	Joel Lienhard	Switzerland	184	200	192	576	190	189	141	520	1096	182.67
(tie)	Dwayne van Zandwijk	Netherlands	181	173	184	538	154	212	192	558	1096	182.67
(tie)	Balint Luczek	Hungary	194	183	179	556	169	162	209	540	1096	182.67
73.	Steven Reid	Scotland	186	204	180	570	154	180	188	522	1092	182.00
74.	Alexandre Lepolard	France	164	188	215	567	152	225	147	524	1091	181.83
75.	Daniel Wiśniewski	Poland	210	151	184	545	186	179	179	544	1089	181.50
76.	Shahar Efraty	Israel	157	169	212	538	195	174	179	548	1086	181.00
77.	Yoni Billaut	France	202	163	145	510	184	168	222	574	1084	180.67
78.	Tamas Kocsis	Hungary	182	196	173	551	198	159	169	526	1077	179.50
79.	Daryl Stucki	Switzerland	178	214	192	584	186	165	135	486	1070	178.33
80.	Patrick Meka	Netherlands	174	166	177	517	144	237	170	551	1068	178.00
81.	Nicholas Herodotou	Cyprus	124	179	225	528	217	168	149	534	1062	177.00
(tie)	Thomas Sellas	Greece	168	172	163	503	179	192	188	559	1062	177.00
83.	Kristjan Leisner	Estonia	170	182	177	529	191	172	169	532	1061	176.83
84.	Alexander Minenko	Russia	151	187	189	527	179	172	178	529	1056	176.00
85.	Henrik Aspdahl Oseth	Norway	177	147	146	470	165	242	178	585	1055	175.83
86.	Romain Paquereau	France	190	215	148	553	178	181	142	501	1054	175.67
87.	Daniel Domene	Catalonia	188	192	165	545	156	181	169	506	1051	175.17
88.	Ignas Vildžiūnas	Lithuania	151	201	165	517	157	203	173	533	1050	175.00
89.	Patryk Preus	Poland	174	192	152	518	180	194	155	529	1047	174.50
90.	Mate Orosz	Hungary	143	212	176	531	152	179	169	500	1031	171.83
91.	Dogukan Odabasi	Turkey	196	169	148	513	202	164	147	513	1026	171.00
(tie)	Shaun McLean	Scotland	157	193	168	518	154	195	159	508	1026	171.00
93.	Marek Keckes	Slovakia	179	187	170	536	176	158	149	483	1019	169.83
94.	Stavros Theophanous	Cyprus	158	175	187	520	184	160	150	494	1014	169.00
95.	Jeff Brons	Luxembourg	141	146	185	472	190	203	144	537	1009	168.17
96.	Ozgur Ozata	Turkey	170	215	166	551	152	120	183	455	1006	167.67
97.	Eugeniu Tucan	MDA	134	168	157	459	178	195	172	545	1004	167.33
98.	Jonas Maes	Belgium	166	163	156	485	177	171	170	518	1003	167.17
99.	Verners Veidulis	Latvia	163	165	199	527	169	161	141	471	998	166.33
100.	Michael Morin	Wales	163	146	170	479	188	189	117	494	973	162.17
101.	Karl Doherty	Ireland	141	132	192	465	183	160	146	489	954	159.00
102.	Kenvin Fuentes	Catalonia	148	192	174	514	144	136	152	432	946	157.67
103.	Berkay Erdis	Turkey	161	146	138	445	165	193	135	493	938	156.33
104.	Ilgaz Serim	Turkey	165	123	145	433	184	144	176	504	937	156.17
105.	Olari Nebokat	Estonia	153	114	208	475	128	146	182	456	931	155.17
106.	Jordi Marti	Catalonia	152	136	154	442	182	174	128	484	926	154.33
107.	Ain Rae	Wales	130	121	166	417	161	171	165	497	914	152.33
108.	Neoklis Herodotou	Cyprus	164	161	168	493	124	133	146	403	896	149.33

 

Boys All Events - Final Standings after 18 games Doubles, Team, Singles)

The top 24 will advance to the Masters competition. The top 8 earn one bye.

Pos	Player	Country	Doubles	Team	Singles	Total	Ave.
1.	Mik Stampe	Denmark	1452	1290	1343	4085	226.94
2.	Arturs Levikins	Latvia	1273	1312	1383	3968	220.44
3.	Dennis Vrabac	Sweden	1316	1319	1290	3925	218.06
4.	Perttu Jussila	Finland	1266	1287	1292	3845	213.61
5.	Evangelos Krizinis	Greece	1146	1417	1274	3837	213.17
6.	Alexey Vasilenko	Russia	1246	1347	1191	3784	210.22
7.	Georgios Stefanidis	Greece	1332	1258	1169	3759	208.83
8.	Mattias Jansson	Sweden	1279	1188	1285	3752	208.44
9.	Kim Bolleby	Sweden	1233	1300	1209	3742	207.89
10.	Anders Lousdal	Denmark	1219	1319	1197	3735	207.50
11.	Samu Valaranta	Finland	1261	1181	1279	3721	206.72
12.	Kristijonas Sergejevas	Lithuania	1228	1313	1166	3707	205.94
13.	Alessandro Silletti	Poland	1277	1212	1212	3701	205.61
14.	Carsten W. Hansen	Denmark	1143	1294	1249	3686	204.78
15.	Ülari Lees	Estonia	1185	1205	1288	3678	204.33
16.	Tony Ranta	Finland	1237	1165	1250	3652	202.89
17.	Jan Čepelák	Czech Republic	1238	1213	1200	3651	202.83
18.	Omer Nechushtan	Israel	1197	1256	1184	3637	202.06
(tie)	Brian Gillespie	Scotland	1229	1219	1189	3637	202.06
(tie)	Steven Miller	England	1321	1162	1154	3637	202.06
21.	Marcel Obst	Germany	1306	1196	1134	3636	202.00
22.	Roman Starchenkov	Russia	1162	1247	1216	3625	201.39
23.	Johan Helldén	Sweden	1127	1177	1315	3619	201.06
24.	Tomáš Bílek	Czech Republic	1236	1181	1190	3607	200.39
25.	Nico Gruosso	Germany	1266	1166	1153	3585	199.17
26.	Mads Hedegaard	Denmark	1258	1166	1159	3583	199.06
27.	Kert Truus	Estonia	1252	1212	1116	3580	198.89
28.	Matthew Blythe	England	1258	1215	1099	3572	198.44
29.	Christer Jakobsen	Norway	1195	1107	1261	3563	197.94
30.	Andreas Christoforou	Cyprus	1237	1136	1189	3562	197.89
31.	Danny Bernard	Netherlands	1259	1159	1139	3557	197.61
32.	Elliot Crosby	England	1216	1190	1147	3553	197.39
33.	Lars-Christian Nygård	Norway	1140	1177	1234	3551	197.28
34.	Olexandr Kondratyev	Ukraine	1184	1158	1208	3550	197.22
35.	Luboslav Jurinyi	Slovakia	1202	1188	1155	3545	196.94
36.	Stijn Philipsen	Belgium	1152	1122	1245	3519	195.50
(tie)	Joonas Maunula	Finland	1177	1119	1223	3519	195.50
(tie)	Steven Wiersema	Germany	1206	1166	1147	3519	195.50
39.	Lukas Andrassy	Slovakia	1221	1162	1132	3515	195.28
40.	Arturs Bricis	Latvia	1161	1217	1128	3506	194.78
41.	Sebastian Pawlak	Poland	1152	1098	1253	3503	194.61
42.	Jonas Jacobs	Belgium	1091	1216	1164	3471	192.83
43.	Steven Reid	Scotland	1188	1185	1092	3465	192.50
44.	Alexander Minenko	Russia	1160	1244	1056	3460	192.22
45.	Steven Marien	Belgium	1114	1195	1145	3454	191.89
46.	Andre Schröder	Germany	1151	1161	1140	3452	191.78
47.	Einars Lindermanis	Latvia	1075	1175	1195	3445	191.39
48.	Patrik Angen Walstad	Norway	1103	1237	1100	3440	191.11
49.	Taliesin Waites	Wales	1085	1162	1189	3436	190.89
50.	Skúli Freyr Sigurðsson	Iceland	1116	1176	1142	3434	190.78
51.	Yaroslav Boyko	Ukraine	1197	1088	1145	3430	190.56
52.	Martin Williamson	Scotland	1140	1042	1240	3422	190.11
53.	Jake Daggett	England	1221	1059	1137	3417	189.83
54.	Dwayne van Zandwijk	Netherlands	1197	1123	1096	3416	189.78
55.	Yehuda Gerti	Israel	1077	1158	1156	3391	188.39
56.	Lior Koren	Israel	1077	1107	1203	3387	188.17
57.	Jerome Durupt	France	1132	1066	1186	3384	188.00
58.	Patryk Preus	Poland	1227	1109	1047	3383	187.94
59.	Dovydas Dusevičius	Lithuania	1032	1088	1259	3379	187.72
60.	Henrik Aspdahl Oseth	Norway	1145	1173	1055	3373	187.39
61.	Sean Griffin	Wales	1138	1127	1101	3366	187.00
62.	Daniel Wiśniewski	Poland	1149	1126	1089	3364	186.89
63.	Yoni Billaut	France	1130	1138	1084	3352	186.22
64.	Alexandre Lepolard	France	1186	1073	1091	3350	186.11
65.	Joel Lienhard	Switzerland	1177	1075	1096	3348	186.00
66.	Romain Paquereau	France	1189	1101	1054	3344	185.78
67.	Nicolas Guillaume	Switzerland	1101	1120	1119	3340	185.56
68.	Jaroslav Lorenc	Czech Republic	1101	1118	1119	3338	185.44
69.	Ernest Konovalov	Russia	1144	1061	1131	3336	185.33
70.	Antonios Zafras	Greece	1059	1133	1130	3322	184.56
71.	Jord van Weeren	Netherlands	1057	1146	1117	3320	184.44
72.	Simon English	Ireland	1062	1113	1142	3317	184.28
73.	Thomas Sellas	Greece	1129	1125	1062	3316	184.22
74.	Arnar Davíð Jónsson	Iceland	1108	1060	1141	3309	183.83
75.	Verners Veidulis	Latvia	1065	1243	998	3306	183.67
76.	Balint Luczek	Hungary	1124	1076	1096	3296	183.11
77.	Ondřej Mlynář	Czech Republic	1050	1143	1097	3290	182.78
(tie)	Alan Risler	Switzerland	1081	1033	1176	3290	182.78
79.	Ignas Vildžiūnas	Lithuania	1102	1133	1050	3285	182.50
80.	Viktor Zsolnai	Hungary	1092	1023	1167	3282	182.33
81.	Shahar Efraty	Israel	1171	1014	1086	3271	181.72
82.	Mate Orosz	Hungary	1081	1156	1031	3268	181.56
(tie)	Tamas Kocsis	Hungary	1127	1064	1077	3268	181.56
84.	Nicholas Herodotou	Cyprus	1089	1097	1062	3248	180.44
85.	Patrick Meka	Netherlands	1099	1076	1068	3243	180.17
86.	Ozgur Ozata	Turkey	1114	1115	1006	3235	179.72
87.	Daryl Stucki	Switzerland	1091	1072	1070	3233	179.61
88.	Lukas Pereckas	Lithuania	1136	964	1131	3231	179.50
89.	Shaun McLean	Scotland	1109	1082	1026	3217	178.72
90.	Keith Rynhart	Ireland	1063	1035	1110	3208	178.22
91.	Karl Doherty	Ireland	1115	1101	954	3170	176.11
92.	Stavros Theophanous	Cyprus	1101	1054	1014	3169	176.06
93.	Kristjan Leisner	Estonia	1020	1082	1061	3163	175.72
94.	Jonas Maes	Belgium	1023	1082	1003	3108	172.67
95.	Jordi Marti	Catalonia	1129	1040	926	3095	171.94
96.	Marek Keckes	Slovakia	1050	1009	1019	3078	171.00
97.	Olari Nebokat	Estonia	1069	1053	931	3053	169.61
98.	Michael Morin	Wales	1036	1037	973	3046	169.22
99.	David Noonan	Ireland	976	938	1110	3024	168.00
100.	Dogukan Odabasi	Turkey	1024	973	1026	3023	167.94
101.	Eugeniu Tucan	MDA	988	1025	1004	3017	167.61
102.	Jeff Brons	Luxembourg	1009	963	1009	2981	165.61
103.	Neoklis Herodotou	Cyprus	1005	1060	896	2961	164.50
104.	Kenvin Fuentes	Catalonia	1024	937	946	2907	161.50
105.	Daniel Domene	Catalonia	916	911	1051	2878	159.89
106.	Ain Rae	Wales	960	998	914	2872	159.56
107.	Ilgaz Serim	Turkey	928	931	937	2796	155.33
108.	Berkay Erdis	Turkey	989	853	938	2780	154.44