Carsten W. Hansen and Mik Stampe, Denmark, the No. 2 seed after the six-game preliminaries defeated top seeded Antonios Zafras and Vasileios Stefopoulos, Greece, 427-387, to win the first gold medal of the 23rd European Youth Championships at Plaza Bowling in St. Maximin, France.

The Greek bowlers, who led the Danes by 13 pins averaging 212.42 in the preliminaries, eliminated No. 4 seeded Russians Mikhail Belenkiy and Roman Starchenkov in the first semifinal match.

The eventual champions survived a close semifinal match against No. 3 seeded Latvians Daniels Vezis and Arturs Levikins, 411-409.

Antonios Zafras/Vasileios Stefopoulos earned silver while Daniels Vezis/Arturs Levikins and Mikhail Belenkiy/Roman Starchenkov shared the bronze medal.

Jan Cepelak, Czech Republic, and Patryk Preus, Poland, each rolled a 300 game during the preliminaries on Monday, March 29.

 

23rd European Youth Championships - Boys Doubles Finals

Plaza Bowling in St. Maximin, France (March 30, 2010)

Championship Round:
1. Carsten W. Hansen/Mik Stampe, Denmark
2. Antonios Zafras/Vasileios Stefopoulos Greece
3. Daniels Vezis/Arturs Levikins, Latvia and Mikhail Belenkiy/Roman Starchenkov, Russia

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1:
No. 1 Greece (Antonios Zafras 196/Vasileios Stefopoulos 227) def.
No. 4 Russia (Mikhail Belenkiy 161/Roman Starchenkov 169), 423-411

Semifinal Match 2:
No. 2 Denmark (Carsten W. Hansen 230/Mik Stampe 181) def.
No. 3 Latvia (Daniels Vezis 198/Arturs Levikins 211), 411-409

Championship Match:
No. 2 Denmark (Carsten W. Hansen 214/Mik Stampe 213) def.
No. 1 Greece (Antonios Zafras 174/Vasileios Stefopoulos 213), 427-387.

 

23rd European Youth Championships - Boys Doubles Preliminaries

The top 4 Doubles advance to the finals.

Pos	Country/Player	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Greece	398	426	387	1211	458	431	449	1338	2549	212.42
	Antonios Zafras	198	212	237	647	211	197	225	633	1280	213.33
	Vasileios Stefopoulos	200	214	150	564	247	234	224	705	1269	211.50
2.	Denmark	433	375	477	1285	412	395	444	1251	2536	211.33
	Carsten W. Hansen	247	190	251	688	157	193	242	592	1280	213.33
	Mik Stampe	186	185	226	597	255	202	202	659	1256	209.33
3.	Latvia	404	374	428	1206	406	426	443	1275	2481	206.75
	Daniels Vezis	220	190	225	635	230	207	243	680	1315	219.17
	Arturs Levikins	184	184	203	571	176	219	200	595	1166	194.33
4.	Russia	422	398	338	1158	428	448	438	1314	2472	206.00
	Mikhail Belenkiy	202	179	170	551	200	234	205	639	1190	198.33
	Roman Starchenkov	220	219	168	607	228	214	233	675	1282	213.67
5.	Norway	411	428	338	1177	453	435	406	1294	2471	205.92
	Paal Selvnes	265	181	179	625	276	202	181	659	1284	214.00
	Lars-Christian Nygard	146	247	159	552	177	233	225	635	1187	197.83
6.	Israel	398	433	452	1283	392	427	358	1177	2460	205.00
	Shahar Efraty	227	221	208	656	166	234	192	592	1248	208.00
	Omer Nechustan	171	212	244	627	226	193	166	585	1212	202.00
7.	Finland	348	409	460	1217	449	413	379	1241	2458	204.83
	Miro Pikkarainen	169	182	237	588	227	204	198	629	1217	202.83
	Joonas Maunula	179	227	223	629	222	209	181	612	1241	206.83
(tie)	Czech Republic	494	363	390	1247	435	408	368	1211	2458	204.83
	Ondrej Mlynar	194	137	162	493	246	175	189	610	1103	183.83
	Jan Cepelak	300	226	228	754	189	233	179	601	1355	225.83
9.	Finland	334	433	408	1175	447	409	392	1248	2423	201.92
	Niko Kurppa	199	265	211	675	202	201	202	605	1280	213.33
	Jesse Kallio	135	168	197	500	245	208	190	643	1143	190.50
10.	Denmark	359	458	419	1236	437	373	372	1182	2418	201.50
	Nicolaj Larsen	167	254	204	625	236	159	178	573	1198	199.67
	Lasse Scherlund	192	204	215	611	201	214	194	609	1220	203.33
11.	Poland	356	405	321	1082	494	410	418	1322	2404	200.33
	Kordian Walczak	181	226	161	568	194	206	225	625	1193	198.83
	Patryk Preus	175	179	160	514	300	204	193	697	1211	201.83
12.	Scotland	433	457	399	1289	317	391	402	1110	2399	199.92
	Martin Williamson	210	192	198	600	172	237	205	614	1214	202.33
	Brian Gillespie	223	265	201	689	145	154	197	496	1185	197.50
13.	England	339	374	432	1145	359	392	491	1242	2387	198.92
	Matthew Fidgett	196	196	225	617	188	190	214	592	1209	201.50
	Michael Nock	143	178	207	528	171	202	277	650	1178	196.33
(tie)	England	339	369	370	1078	419	491	399	1309	2387	198.92
	Jake Daggett	163	216	170	549	193	193	221	607	1156	192.67
	Matthew Blythe	176	153	200	529	226	298	178	702	1231	205.17
15.	Ukraine	430	388	427	1245	360	417	360	1137	2382	198.50
	Yaroslav Boyko	205	179	214	598	184	211	179	574	1172	195.33
	Olexandr Kondratiev	225	209	213	647	176	206	181	563	1210	201.67
16.	Sweden	367	414	408	1189	411	370	397	1178	2367	197.25
	Markus Jansson	157	213	218	588	207	180	175	562	1150	191.67
	Magnus Johnson	210	201	190	601	204	190	222	616	1217	202.83
(tie)	Netherlands	387	385	374	1146	390	436	395	1221	2367	197.25
	Remco Van Dommelen	158	204	210	572	189	200	173	562	1134	189.00
	Kevin De Haan	229	181	164	574	201	236	222	659	1233	205.50
18.	Norway	378	388	366	1132	387	420	424	1231	2363	196.92
	Henrik Aspdahl Oseth	196	191	191	578	216	243	215	674	1252	208.67
	Thor Kristian Ostlie Solberg	182	197	175	554	171	177	209	557	1111	185.17
(tie)	Russia	415	383	406	1204	405	381	373	1159	2363	196.92
	Alexander Minenko	212	194	248	654	225	202	182	609	1263	210.50
	Alexey Vasilenko	203	189	158	550	180	179	191	550	1100	183.33
20.	Greece	379	424	395	1198	361	427	376	1164	2362	196.83
	Dimitrios Fragkakis	199	199	202	600	178	235	201	614	1214	202.33
	Thomas Sellas	180	225	193	598	183	192	175	550	1148	191.33
21.	Germany	407	413	433	1253	333	386	382	1101	2354	196.17
	Christian Birlinger	177	229	220	626	153	210	202	565	1191	198.50
	Nico Gruosso	230	184	213	627	180	176	180	536	1163	193.83
22.	Estonia	374	350	434	1158	382	442	371	1195	2353	196.08
	Ulari Lees	191	213	179	583	207	195	200	602	1185	197.50
	Kert Truus	183	137	255	575	175	247	171	593	1168	194.67
23.	Belgium	349	389	452	1190	435	325	383	1143	2333	194.42
	Steven Marien	179	199	182	560	203	156	201	560	1120	186.67
	Stijn Philipsen	170	190	270	630	232	169	182	583	1213	202.17
24.	Germany	325	401	358	1084	370	427	449	1246	2330	194.17
	Jonas Franz	137	199	178	514	175	193	212	580	1094	182.33
	Steven Wiersema	188	202	180	570	195	234	237	666	1236	206.00
25.	Sweden	400	407	430	1237	354	344	386	1084	2321	193.42
	Daniel Fransson	227	208	211	646	160	148	204	512	1158	193.00
	Marcus Henriksson	173	199	219	591	194	196	182	572	1163	193.83
26.	Italy	355	403	361	1119	403	369	429	1201	2320	193.33
	Antonio Carafa	162	189	176	527	156	206	191	553	1080	180.00
	Francesco Vaccaro	193	214	185	592	247	163	238	648	1240	206.67
27.	Netherlands	344	363	350	1057	430	370	457	1257	2314	192.83
	Jord Van Weeren	180	190	167	537	219	183	238	640	1177	196.17
	Ramon Hilferink	164	173	183	520	211	187	219	617	1137	189.50
28.	Belgium	376	477	359	1212	372	346	369	1087	2299	191.58
	Zeb Van Olmen	191	237	166	594	180	180	143	503	1097	182.83
	Lars Wouters	185	240	193	618	192	166	226	584	1202	200.33
(tie)	Switzerland	306	410	421	1137	414	385	363	1162	2299	191.58
	Daryl Stucki	156	213	205	574	241	193	141	575	1149	191.50
	Kevin Haasper	150	197	216	563	173	192	222	587	1150	191.67
30.	Cyprus	385	396	431	1212	363	336	380	1079	2291	190.92
	Andreas Economides	234	161	226	621	181	158	177	516	1137	189.50
	Vangelis Kanis	151	235	205	591	182	178	203	563	1154	192.33
31.	France	398	384	409	1191	388	368	342	1098	2289	190.75
	Thomas Gayet	171	208	199	578	189	169	190	548	1126	187.67
	Maximilien Fialon	227	176	210	613	199	199	152	550	1163	193.83
32.	Latvia	392	426	305	1123	373	390	400	1163	2286	190.50
	Edgars Juberts	191	242	142	575	161	159	186	506	1081	180.17
	Verners Veidulis	201	184	163	548	212	231	214	657	1205	200.83
33.	Slovakia	354	418	359	1131	363	425	352	1140	2271	189.25
	Luboslav Jurinyi	149	227	158	534	161	182	195	538	1072	178.67
	Lukas Andrassy	205	191	201	597	202	243	157	602	1199	199.83
34.	Iceland	378	354	391	1123	418	338	361	1117	2240	186.67
	Skuli Sigurdsson	162	197	199	558	214	200	167	581	1139	189.83
	Arnar Jonson	216	157	192	565	204	138	194	536	1101	183.50
35.	Ireland	352	349	421	1122	406	348	355	1109	2231	185.92
	Shane Hendrick	175	192	221	588	203	171	188	562	1150	191.67
	Keith Rynhart	177	157	200	534	203	177	167	547	1081	180.17
36.	Scotland	344	348	392	1084	438	395	299	1132	2216	184.67
	Marco Biondi	151	162	192	505	267	224	157	648	1153	192.17
	Piet Schaeffer	193	186	200	579	171	171	142	484	1063	177.17
37.	France	381	382	361	1124	383	332	357	1072	2196	183.00
	Samuel Rafaralahy	214	198	168	580	138	185	179	502	1082	180.33
	Rodolphe Bihannic	167	184	193	544	245	147	178	570	1114	185.67
38.	Ireland	338	285	365	988	449	341	410	1200	2188	182.33
	Matthew Kestell	164	138	182	484	208	150	173	531	1015	169.17
	Simon English	174	147	183	504	241	191	237	669	1173	195.50
39.	Lithuania	370	306	406	1082	327	352	418	1097	2179	181.58
	Arturas Perminas	234	153	214	601	146	179	191	516	1117	186.17
	Raimundas Pocius	136	153	192	481	181	173	227	581	1062	177.00
(tie)	Ukraine	387	384	308	1079	381	352	367	1100	2179	181.58
	Roman Ilyin	190	207	167	564	185	192	181	558	1122	187.00
	Viktor Stepanenko	197	177	141	515	196	160	186	542	1057	176.17
41.	Lithuania	324	336	375	1035	383	361	389	1133	2168	180.67
	Lukas Pereckas	170	166	166	502	207	174	150	531	1033	172.17
	Ignas Vildziunas	154	170	209	533	176	187	239	602	1135	189.17
42.	Switzerland	351	374	392	1117	319	337	385	1041	2158	179.83
	Michel Care	164	180	203	547	167	137	203	507	1054	175.67
	Joël Lienhard	187	194	189	570	152	200	182	534	1104	184.00
43.	Hungary	381	393	377	1151	337	326	333	996	2147	178.92
	Erich Pisarski	186	200	187	573	147	149	167	463	1036	172.67
	Tamas Kocsis	195	193	190	578	190	177	166	533	1111	185.17
44.	Cyprus	369	374	339	1082	363	363	336	1062	2144	178.67
	Erodotou Neoklis	138	194	168	500	203	160	143	506	1006	167.67
	Stavros Theofanous	231	180	171	582	160	203	193	556	1138	189.67
45.	Czech Republic	342	363	328	1033	412	373	318	1103	2136	178.00
	Jaroslav Lorenc	187	212	147	546	172	183	172	527	1073	178.83
	Tomas Bilek	155	151	181	487	240	190	146	576	1063	177.17
46.	Poland	300	373	385	1058	376	349	352	1077	2135	177.92
	Daniel Wisniewski	137	191	202	530	166	181	155	502	1032	172.00
	Szymon Pawluszak	163	182	183	528	210	168	197	575	1103	183.83
47.	Israel	391	294	371	1056	388	360	313	1061	2117	176.42
	Ido Sharet	187	170	213	570	205	211	168	584	1154	192.33
	Omri Grossman	204	124	158	486	183	149	145	477	963	160.50
48.	Italy	357	334	319	1010	411	363	328	1102	2112	176.00
	Giovanni D'astolfi	169	183	139	491	210	184	138	532	1023	170.50
	Fabrizio Fallarini	188	151	180	519	201	179	190	570	1089	181.50
49.	Estonia	388	373	345	1106	361	295	332	988	2094	174.50
	Olari Nebokat	206	174	155	535	190	115	153	458	993	165.50
	Kristjan Leisner	182	199	190	571	171	180	179	530	1101	183.50
50.	Slovakia	309	369	300	978	335	307	372	1014	1992	166.00
	Marek Keckes	157	191	167	515	160	159	174	493	1008	168.00
	Matej Jakabovic	152	178	133	463	175	148	198	521	984	164.00
51.	Iceland	351	318	306	975	344	336	300	980	1955	162.92
	Einar Sigurdsson	195	158	162	515	180	200	118	498	1013	168.83
	Gudlaugur Valgeirsson	156	160	144	460	164	136	182	482	942	157.00
52.	Turkey	305	323	335	963	301	378	278	957	1920	160.00
	Ilgaz Serim	140	170	155	465	165	222	130	517	982	163.67
	Berkay Erdis	165	153	180	498	136	156	148	440	938	156.33
53.	Turkey	269	303	309	881	290	307	346	943	1824	152.00
	Vural Alphan Alkan	154	143	168	465	157	188	191	536	1001	166.83
	Gokhan Semih Ekici	115	160	141	416	133	119	155	407	823	137.17