European Bowling Tour

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.

EBT 2008 tour logo

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.

Today

In 2015, Jesper Svensson (Sweden), and Jenny Wegner (Sweden) were the EBT ranking champions. This was Svensson's and Wegner's 1st EBT Ranking title.

Each year The 12 highest ranked men and the 12 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.

The 2015 Tour Schedule, and Winners of each stop

Date City/Country Tournament Category Prize Fund (€) Winner Top Ranked Opposite Sex Participants
2–11 January Finland Helsinki, Finland Brunswick Ballmaster Open Platinum 101.800 England Paul Moor Singapore Shayna Ng 494
11–18 January Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland Irish Open Championships by Seismic Satellite 20,000 United States Brian Voss Republic of Ireland Amanda Larkin 155
8–15 February Netherlands Tilburg, Netherlands Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament Silver 44,400 Sweden Markus Jansson Germany Markus Beuthner 180
18–22 February Poland Wroclaw, Poland International Wroclaw Open by Hammer Satellite 26,000 Denmark Kamilla Kjeldsen Czech Republic Jaroslav Lorenc 103
4–8 March Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltar Open 2015 Satellite £25,000 Gibraltar Adam Shrubb Norway Heidi Thorstensen 37
14–22 March Germany Munich, Germany Brunswick Euro Challenge Platinum 112,000 United States Josh Blanchard Malaysia Li Jane Sin 317
18–24 May Denmark Aalborg, Denmark Kegel Aalborg International Silver 40,000 Finland Juhani Tonteri Sweden Cajsa Wegner 162
24–13 May Denmark Odense, Denmark Odense International Satellite 20,000 Netherlands Jeroen van Geel Denmark Kamilla Kjeldsen 98
22–28 June Poland Wroclaw, Poland Polish Open Satellite 30,000
27 June – 5 July Spain Madrid, Spain Brunswick Madrid Challenge Silver 40,250
11–19 July San Marino Serravalle, San Marino 8th San Marino Open Gold 60,000
18–26 July Germany Munich, Germany Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger Gold 70,000
11–13 September Russia St Petersburg, Russia Russian Open Satellite 20,000
13–20 September Netherlands Nieuwegein, Netherlands Chandra Open Satellite 25,600
28 September - 4 October Austria Vienna, Austria Columbia 300 Vienna Open Gold 73,130
2–11 October Norway Oslo, Norway Norwegian Open Satellite 239,000 NOK
23–29 November Qatar Doha, Qatar Qatar Bowling Open Platinum 155,000 USD

Ranking points

Ranking points are awarded based on finishing position in the top 50. Separate points are awarded for men and women. Satellite events are based on 50 points for a win and 1 point for 50th place. Silver events points are multiplied by 2, Gold event are multiplied by 3 and Platinum events are multiplied by 5. A full breakdown of points is listed below.

Finishing
position		 Points awarded
(Platinum)		 Points awarded
(Gold)		 Points awarded
(Silver)		 Points awarded
(Satellite)
1st
250
150
100
50
2nd
200
120
80
40
3rd
175
105
70
35
4th
150
90
60
30
5th
125
75
50
25
6th
120
72
48
24
7th
115
69
46
23
8th
110
66
44
22
9th
105
63
42
21
10th
100
60
40
20
11th-12th
75
45
30
15
13th-14th
70
42
28
14
15th-16th
65
39
26
13
17th-18th
60
36
24
12
19th-20th
55
33
22
11
21st-25th
40
24
16
8
26th-30th
30
18
12
6
31st-35th
20
12
8
4
36th-40th
15
9
6
3
41st-45th
10
6
4
2
46th-50th
5
3
2
1

2015 EBT Ranking lists

Men's Ranking List after 5 Events

Women's Ranking List after 5 Events

Previous Tour Winners

Winners of the European Bowling Tour, since 2000

Men

Year Bowler Country
2000 Gery Verbruggen Belgium Belgium
2001 Gery Verbruggen Belgium Belgium
2002 Gery Verbruggen Belgium Belgium
2003 Gery Verbruggen Belgium Belgium
2004 Paul Moor England England
2005 Paul Moor England England
2006 Paul Moor England England
2007 Osku Palermaa Finland Finland
2008 Osku Palermaa Finland Finland
2009 Osku Palermaa Finland Finland
2010 Dominic Barrett England England
2011 Osku Palermaa Finland Finland
2012 Dominic Barrett England England
2013 Dominic Barrett England England
2014 Thomas Larsen Denmark Denmark
2015 Jesper Svensson Sweden Sweden

Women

Year Bowler Country
2000 Kamilla Kjeldsen Denmark Denmark
2001 Bettina Lund Denmark Denmark
2002 Bettina Lund Denmark Denmark
2003 Kamilla Kjeldsen Denmark Denmark
2004 Britt Brøndsted Denmark Denmark
2005 Britt Brøndsted Denmark Denmark
2006 Britt Brøndsted Denmark Denmark
2007 Kirsten Penny England England
2008 Nina Flack Sweden Sweden
2009 Nicki Ainge England England
2010 Nina Flack Sweden Sweden
2011 Joline Persson-Planefors Sweden Sweden
2012 Birgit Pöppler Germany Germany
2013 Joline Persson-Planefors Sweden Sweden
2014 Kamilla Kjeldsen Denmark Denmark
2015 Jenny Wegner Sweden Sweden

EBT Masters

The EBT Masters is a single tournament, with the top 12 men and top 12 women in the final standings of the EBT tour competing in a stand-alone event the following year.

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 tournament

Previous Results

Year Venue Champion (Men) Runner-up (Men) Champion (Ladies) Runner-up (Ladies)
2008 Rollhouse Bowling Centre, Ankara, Turkey Finland Osku Palermaa Finland Pasi Uotila Denmark Kamilla Kjeldsen Denmark Britt Brøndsted
2009 Lovvang Bowling Centre, Aalborg, Denmark England Paul Moor Australia Jason Belmonte Denmark Kamilla Kjeldsen Denmark Rikke Holm Rasmussen
2010 Lovvang Bowling Centre, Aalborg, Denmark Sweden Robert Andersson Norway Tore Torgersen Denmark Kamilla Kjeldsen Denmark Mai Ginge Jensen
2011 Bowling Centre Gladiator, Ljubljana, Slovenia Finland Mika Koivuniemi Sweden Martin Larsen Singapore Cherie Tan Denmark Mai Ginge Jensen
2012 Dream Bowl Palace, Munich, Germany Sweden Martin Larsen Finland Mika Koivuniemi Sweden Rebecka Larsen Colombia Clara Guerrero
2013 BNC Bowling Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia Finland Tony Ranta Sweden Martin Larsen Netherlands Lisanne Breeschoten Sweden Ida Andersson
2014 Dolfijn Bowling, Tilburg, Netherlands Finland Pasi Uotila Sweden Martin Larsen Denmark Mai Ginge Jensen Germany Birgit Pöppler
2015 Bowling Chamartín, Madrid, Spain England Paul Moor Sweden Jesper Svensson Germany Laura Beuthner Latvia Diana Zavjalova
2016 Rose'n Bowl, Serravalle, San Marino
2017 Dolfijn Bowling, Tilburg, Netherlands

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