In Memoriam
EYC2021 Postponed
Christmas Greetings
EBT 2021 – Bologna Open 2021
EBT 2020 – Leandersson Christmas Tournament Cancelled.
EBT 2021 Brunswick Ballmaster Open 2021 Postponed
First cancellation due to COVID-19
EBT 2021 – European Bowling Tour 2021
EBT 2020 – Leandersson Christmas Tournament
IBF – International Bowling Federation
MBC – Mediterranean Bowling Confederation
IBF Update – Certification – String Centers
Further postponements of EWC2020 and EMC2020
European Championship of Champions 2020 cancelled
Further postponement of Mediterranean Bowling Championship 2020
EYC 2020 cancelled, but EYC 2021 will be hosted in Tilburg, NL
Mediterranean Bowling Championships is postponed until July
EBT 2020 Stop 5; Brunswick Euro Challenge, Unterf?hring, Germany is postponed.
EBT 2020 Stop 4; Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament, Tilburg, Netherlands
21st Maccabiah Games
ESC2020
EBT 2020 Stop 03, 32nd Irish Open Championships in association with Storm, 900 Global and 3G shoes
EBT 2020 Stop 02, Brunswick Ballmaster Open
EBT 2020 Stop 01, AIK International Tournament Powered by Track
Merry Christmas
ECC 2022 hosted in Bowlplay Berlin, Germany
Winners of the 2019 tour
EBT 2019 Stop 13, Kegel Aalborg International 2019
ECC2019 in Ankara, Turkey
Changes in the Presidium of ETBF and new Secretary General
ECC 2019
EBT 2019 Stop 12, Norwegian Open 2019 by Brunswick
EBT 2019 Stop 11, 3rd Brunswick Open 2019
EBT 2019 Stop 10 Dimitris Karetsos Tournament
ETBF Apparel
EBT 2019 Stop 09 Odense International
ETBF Congress 2019 held in Unterf?hring; Germany
European Bowling Tour 2020
EBT 2019 Stop 08 in Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open
EBT 2019 Stop 07 in San Marino
EBT 2019 Stop 06 in Madrid
EBT Masters 2019
EMC 2019 in Dream Bowl Palace in Unterf?hring.
Changed location of the ECC 2020
Rome Open All4Bowling Cancelled
MBC 2019 In Malta
Participants in the EBT Masters 2019
ESC 2022 in Aalborg, Denmark
EBT 2019 Stop 5 in Munich
In memoriam Kim Thorsgaard Jensen
EBT 2019 Stop 04 in Tilburg
Very sad news
Changed conduction period in Madrid
EBT 2019 Stop 03 in Dublin
EBT 2019 Stop 02 in Helsinki
EBT 2019 Stop 01 in Stockholm
New by-law in the ETBF Constitution
World Men Championships in Hong Kong
EYC 2019 is moved to Vienna, Austria
Lucky Larsen Masters leaves the EBT
Rules for the EBT 2020
Women’s handicap to be kept in the EBT
ECC 2018 in Langen, Germany
ETBF’s Education and Technical Committee
Qualified for the EBT Masters 2019
The winners of the tour
EBT 2018 Stop 12 in Oslo
Changes in the EBT 2019
EBT 2018 Stop 11 in Rome
EBT 2018 Stop 10 in Malmoe
EBT 2018 Stop 09 in Odense
EYC 2021 in Wittelsheim, France
ESC 2020 in Vienna, Austria
WYC 2018 in Detroit
EBT 2018 Stop 08 in Munich
EBT 2018 Stop 07 in San Marino
EBT Masters 2019 and 2020
EBT 2018 Stop 06 in Madrid
EWC 2018 in Brussels
Slightly changed period for the EMC 2019
Name change in Rome
European Bowling Tour 2019
EBT Masters 2018 in Tilburg
EBT 2018 Stop 05 in Tilburg
MBC 2018 in Ankara
Jari Ratia in the EBT Masters 2018
Aalborg International out in 2018
Hosts of the ECC 2020 and 2021
EYC 2018 in Aalborg
New record in Dream-Bowl Palace
Participants in the EBT Masters 2018
Changes in Malmoe
Changes in Madrid
EBT 2018 Stop 03 in Dublin
EBT 2018 Stop 02 in Helsinki
EBT 2018 Stop 01 in Stockholm
I have just been informed that GEORGE SARAHETE from Finland has passed away on the 23 January 2021 at the age of 91 years. George was for many years the Secretary General of FIQ ... (read more)
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic ETBF and the Host, The Nederland Bowling Federation have agreed to postpone the EYC2021 that was supposed to be held in Tilburg, NL during the 25 March – 4 ... (read more)
Finally, the year 2020 is coming to an end. What a year! Many of us have suffered during this year. How often have we said: “is there light at the end of the tunnel”? ... (read more)
We have a newcomer to the European Bowling Tour 2021; Bologna Open - to be hosted during 11-19 September 2021 in Bologna, Italy. New tournament of Bronze status in the EBT. Further information to ... (read more)
The host of the Leandersson Christmas tournament in Sweden, has decided to cancel the 2020 version of the tournament due to restrictions due to COVID-19 The tournament will however be back strong in the ... (read more)
The host of the Brunswick Ballmaster Open tournament in Helsinki, Finland has decided to postpone the 2021 version of the tournament due to restrictions due to COVID-19 New dates will be announced during January, ... (read more)
The host of the Valcke Bronzen Schietspoel tournament in Tilburg, NL has decided to cancel the 2021 version of the tournament due to restrictions due to COVID-19 The Valcke Bronzen Schietspoel tournament is however ... (read more)
The Program of the European Bowling Tour 2021 has been released, it is presented here and presented at the ETBF website:? www.www.diophantinequations.com The EBT 2021 is the 22nd consecutive tour since the first European ... (read more)
Due to Covid-19 situation in Sweden and restrictions until 20 December 2020, then the organizer of the Leandersson Christmas Tournament has postponed the tournament by just about 2 weeks, starting on the 28 December ... (read more)
World Bowling has officially changed its name to the International Bowling Federation (IBF) and has vowed to properly act as the sport's global governing body. The decision was made at the organization's Extraordinary Congress, ... (read more)
The formation of the Mediterranean Bowling Confederation was decided during the General Assembly of the national bowling federations of the Mediterranean countries, which took place via teleconference on the 15th of October 2020 and ... (read more)
In yesterday′s release the International Bowling Federation approves string centers for Sport Bowling to ensure bowling operators and investors have a real choice in new technology – both free-fall and string technology are now ... (read more)
Due to the COVID-19 situation around Europe then the Hosts of EWC 2020 and EMC 2020 in co-operation with ETBF Presidium have decided to further postpone the Championships as follows: EWC 2020 will be ... (read more)
ECC 2020 cancelled, Due to the current Covid-19 virus we are facing, the organizing committee together with ETBF have decided to cancel the ECC 2020. This means, there will be no European Championship of ... (read more)
Further news from the Chairman of MBC: Due to the recent measures for the Coronavirus pandemic and the new restrictions all over Europe, unfortunately, we will have to move the Championship one more time ... (read more)
EYC 2020 cancelled, Tilburg, Netherlands, will be host city 2021 Due to the current Covid-19 virus we are facing, the organizing committee together with ETBF and the city of Tilburg have decided to cancel ... (read more)
Dear MBC Federations, Dear friends, As worries over COVID-19 continue to grow, so does the list of major events that are being cancelled. Many major event organizers are not taking any chances as cases ... (read more)
Today the following sad message was published from the Organizer of Brunswick Euro Challenge: Dear bowlers, the situation with COVID-19 (Corona-Virus) gets more serious in Germany and Europe. Many sports events were already canceled ... (read more)
The Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament, was conducted in Dolfijn, the Plays To Be, Tilburg, Netherlands during 16-23 February 2020;a total of 592 entries by 238 athletes (where of 50 women) bowled during the week ... (read more)
ETBF has got information about the 21st Maccabiah Games, which will be hosted in Israel in July 2021. The Maccabiah Games – sometimes referred to as ?the Jewish Olympics“ are held every 4th year ... (read more)
Story 2020-04; ESC2020 Published on 1 February 2020 by Valgeir Gudbjartsson The 1st edition of the European Senior Championships was concluded on Saturday 1 February in Plus Bowling, Vienna, Austria. In this 1st version ... (read more)
The 32nd Irish Open Championships in association with Storm, 900 Global and 3G shoes, was conducted in Stillorgan Bowl, Ireland during 12-19 January 2020; total of 418 entries by 176 athletes were bowled during ... (read more)
The 50th Brunswick Ballmaster Open, conducted in the notorious Tali Bowl in Helsinki 3 – 12 January was historical; it was record setting tournament with 690 athletes, and 1334 entries. ?Prize fund was also ... (read more)
The 40th AIK International Tournament Powered by Track, was conducted in Bowl-O-Rama in Stockholm, Sweden as usually over the year change 2019-2020.? 369 athletes, 67 women and 302 men fought out for the first ... (read more)
Dear All, The Presidium of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation wishes all their member federations and the leadership of World Bowling a Merry Christmas and may the new year 2020 bring you and your ... (read more)
ETBF Presidium has awarded the hosting of the European Championship of Champions 2022 to The German Bowling Federation, ECC 2022 to be held at Bowlplay Berlin, Germany during 24-30 October 2022. ETBF Presidium is ... (read more)
This year we have newcomers as winners of the EBT.? On the women’s division we had Anna Andersson from Sweden winning the tour with 688 points, well in front of a well-known athlete, Jenny ... (read more)
Kegel Aalborg International 2019, was conducted in Aalborg, Denmark 3 – 10 November 2019.? 107 athletes, 30 women and 77 men fought out for the first price. After the first of 4 games in ... (read more)
Glenn Morten Pedersen from Norway and Joline Persson Planefors from Sweden win the women′s and men′s titles at the ECC 2019 Glenn was leading the 38 athletes group from the second block of qualifications ... (read more)
Ladies and Gentlemen, dear friends, It is with great pleasure that I can announce our new secretary general for ETBF. Natasa Pirc Musar from Slovenia has already started working with the Presidium during our ... (read more)
Due to security concerns from some of the ETBF federations regarding the ECC 2019 that will be hosted in Ankara, Turkey 21-27 October 2019 then ETBF has got the following statement from the Turkish ... (read more)
The Norwegian Open 2019 by Brunswick , conducted in Oslo, Norway 4-13 October 2019.? 192 athletes, 49 women and 143 men fought out for the first price. Scoring was high and in the final ... (read more)
The 3rd Brunswick Open 2019, conducted in Wittelsheim, France 1-6 October 2019.? 153 athletes, 19 women and 134 men fought out for the first price of 6.000 EUR In the final match, we saw ... (read more)
The first Greek EBT stop for a long time was conducted in Thessaloniki, 14-22 September, 210 athletes, 47 women and 163 men, battled it out – with total of 514 entries and re-entries. In ... (read more)
At the last ETBF Congress, ETBF informed that agreement had been made with company bbbs – a company from Greece headed by one of the longtime friends of bowling, Bill Hartofillis. Bill made short ... (read more)
Stephan Unger from Germany won his first EBT title today at the 9th Odense International which was conducted from the 25th of August until today, the 1st of September. Unger beat last year’s winner, ... (read more)
The ETBF Congress, which is held every second year, was this time held on 9 June 2019 in Dream Bowl Palace, Unterf?hring, where the European Men Championship was conducted from 10-19 June. About the ... (read more)
The program of the European Bowling Tour 2020 has been decided by the ETBF Presidium. The program is presented at the following page and at the ETBF Website: www.www.diophantinequations.com The EBT 2020 is the ... (read more)
Arnar David Jonsson from Iceland won his second tour stop ever, when he defeated Nicole Sanders from Netherlands in the final of the Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger. The tournament, which was conducted ... (read more)
One of the most beautiful locations in Europe, San Marino held the Storm San Marino Open for the 15th time, which was conducted from 6 July until 14 July. Daniel Fransson picked up his ... (read more)
One of the well-known tournaments in the European Bowling Tour, The Brunswick Madrid Challenge was conducted on 29 June to 7 July 2019. The final were a Swedish battle between the hottest young bowler ... (read more)
Rafiq Ismail and Sin Lin Jane from Malaysia won the EBT Masters 2019 that has just been finalized in Bowling Chamartin in Madrid. After 8 games then Rafiq Ismail and Sin Li Jane – ... (read more)
Denmark became the best nation, when the European Men Championships 2019 were conducted in Dream Bowl Palace, Unterf?hring, Germany on the 10-21 June 2019. Denmark won 2 Gold medals, 1 Silver medal and 3 ... (read more)
The previously awarded host of Slovenia has informed ETBF that they cannot do the hosting as the Bowling center in Ljubljana will not be ready. Another host has been ready to take on the ... (read more)
The Rome Open, which was supposed to be conducted in September in Rome, is cancelled by the organizers due to various domestic problems. The organizer expresses the wish to reinsert the tournament into the ... (read more)
The 22st edition of the Mediterranean Bowling Championships was concluded on Saturday 6 April in Eden Superbowl, situated in Malta. These regional championships, which are conducted annually, are open for member federations with a ... (read more)
??? The 12th edition of the EBT Masters, the EBT Masters 2019, will be conducted in Bowling Chamartin, in Madrid, Spain on 4 July 2019. The EBT Master 2019 is conducted on Thursday morning/early ... (read more)
The ETBF Presidium has decided to award the hosting of the European Senior Championships 2022 to Lovvang Bowling Centre in Aalborg, Denmark. The championships will be held in the well-known Lovvang Bowling Centre in ... (read more)
Dream-Bowl Palace did not manage to continue the record streak they had the last 2 years, but still a total of 1145 entries from 382 athletes in this year’s 16th issue of the Brunswick ... (read more)
Vice President of the ETBF, Kim Thorsgaard Jensen passed away on Tuesday 26 February 2019 at the age of 62. He joined our Presidium in 1997 when he was elected in Nottingham, UK. In ... (read more)
One of the classic tournaments in European Bowling Tour, The Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament was conducted on 24.02.-3.03.2019 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. A total of 210 athletes, which was 163 men and 47 women ... (read more)
It is with great sorrow that we were informed this morning that our dear friend and Vice President of ETBF, Kim Thorsgard Jensen passed away. Kim leaves a daughter and a son behind. He ... (read more)
The organizer of the VII Brunswick Madrid Challenge has decided to extend the duration of the tournament from 8 to 9 days, since they will add a squad on Saturday in the weekend before ... (read more)
The classic Irish Open Championships was conducted on 13-20 January 2019, as always in Leisureplex Stillorgan in Dublin. The tournament was this time conducted under the name, the 31st Irish Open Championships in association ... (read more)
The European Bowling Tour is running in its 20th season, and in just as many occasions the famous Brunswick Ballmaster Open has been adopted in the tour; something no other tournament in the tour ... (read more)
One of Europe’s surely classic tournaments, the AIK International Tournament Powered by Track, appeared for the second time in the EBT, when the tournament was conducted over the year change 2018-2019. A little more ... (read more)
The ETBF Presidium has decided to include a new Article 8.5.8 into Chapter 8.5 of the ETBF Constitution, with the primary purpose to ensure higher degrees of specification for tournaments adopted in other series ... (read more)
It is a great pleasure to congratulating Italy for their first ever won gold medal at a World Championship and Ireland for their first ever won medal at a World Championship. At the WMC ... (read more)
As a consequence of technical issues, the centre in Riga (Latvia), where the EYC 2019 was planned to be held, is not going to be certified in due time. As a further consequence, it ... (read more)
The organizer of the Swedish based tournament “Lucky Larsen Masters” has decided to conduct the 2019 edition of their tournament without handicap for women. It means that the tournament cannot keep its inclusion in ... (read more)
At a recently held meeting in the ETBF Presidium the rules for the EBT 2020 was decided. The rules are, with one exception, identical with the rules of the EBT 2019. The ETBF Presidium ... (read more)
Since the beginning of the EBT in 2000, there has been a handicap for women in tournaments with a mixed division. In the first 6 years of the tour (2000-2005) all tournaments with mixed ... (read more)
Mai Ginge Jensen (Denmark) vs. Eliisa Hiltonen (Finland) in the final of the women’s division of the ECC 2018 was a repetition of the final of the Masters event in the European Women Championships ... (read more)
The ETBF Presidium decided at its meeting on 18 and 19 October 2018 in Langen - Germany to merge ETBF’s Education Committee and ETBF’s Technical Committee into one combined committee, hereafter named ETBF’s Education ... (read more)
The 12th edition of the EBT Masters, the EBT Masters 2019, will be held in Bowling Charmatin in Madrid, Spain on Thursday 4 July 2019. In the period of the EBT Masters 2019, the ... (read more)
Like last year, Jenner Wegner from Sweden had already collected that many points in the tour standing that she was unreachable for anybody in Oslo; even Jenny did not attend the last stop of ... (read more)
Eric Sj?berg from Sweden took his first EBT Title ever, when he won the last stop of the season, the Norwegian Open 2018 by Brunswick. Eric Sj?berg concluded a fantastic day in Oslo with ... (read more)
For various domestic reasons the conduction periods for three tournaments included in the European Bowling Tour 2019 are changed. Odense International Previous period: 1-8 September 2019 New period: 25 August - 1 September 2019 ... (read more)
We are able to welcome Brunswick Bowling in Rome, which previously housed a tour stop in 2010 and 2011, back as a host centre for a stop in the European Bowling Tour. The new ... (read more)
The Storm Lucky Larsen Masters was conducted for the second time in Malmoe’s Baltiska Bowlinghallen as the 10th stop in the European Bowling Tour 2018. Last year the tournament opened with a firework of ... (read more)
Arnar David Jonsson became the first Icelandic bowler to win a tour stop, when he defeated Carsten W. Hansen from Denmark 213 vs. 206 in the one game final of Odense International. The tournament ... (read more)
The ETBF Presidium has decided to award the hosting of the European Youth Championships 2021 to the French Federation of Bowling and Sport of Quills. The championships will be held in Cristal Bowling, in ... (read more)
The ETBF Presidium has decided to award the hosting of the European Senior Championships 2020 to the Austrian Bowling Federation. The championships will be held in the well-known Plus Bowling Centre in Vienna from ... (read more)
Georg Skryten from Norway in Boys Singles and Robert Lindberg and Alfred Berggren from Sweden in Boys Doubles stood for the total European title harvest at the World Youth Championships 2018, which were concluded ... (read more)
Jesper Agerbo from Denmark won his first tour stop ever, when he defeated his fellow countryman Thomas Larsen in the final of the Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger. Thomas Larsen has had a ... (read more)
Pontus Andersson from Sweden won in San Marino after a very tight three games final 718 vs. 716 against Kamron Doyle from USA, who attended a stop in the European Bowling Tour for only ... (read more)
The ETBF Presidium have decided to introduce a slight change of the EBT Masters format, where after it will include 8 games qualification for the 8 qualified athletes of each gender. Top 4 after ... (read more)
The VI Brunswick Madrid Challenge was conducted on 1-8 July 2018 in Bowling Chamartin in Madrid. The tournament, which as always was well managed by Paco Rodriguez, appeared in the European Bowling Tour 2018 ... (read more)
The first part of the European Women Championships 2018 was completely dominated by a very well plying Swedish Team. In the Singles event, the final became an overall Swedish affair, where Cajsa Wegner took ... (read more)
It has been found that a trade fare in Munich is overlapping the first days of the original conduction period of the European Men Championships 2019. Since the consequence of this would be both ... (read more)
As a consequence of a sponsorship agreement, Stop 11 of the European Bowling Tour 2018 is changed from Rome Open to Rome Open All4bowling. The tournament will unchanged be conducted on 8-16 September 2018 ... (read more)
The program of the European Bowling Tour 2019 has been decided by the ETBF Presidium. The EBT 2019 is the 20th consecutive tour since the first European Bowling Tour in 2000. The 15 tournaments ... (read more)
Jenny Wegner and Pontus Andersson, both from Sweden, won the EBT Masters 2018 in the women’s, respectively the men’s division. The EBT Masters 2018 is the 11th final of a European Bowling Tour. The ... (read more)
One of the classic tournaments in the European Bowling Tour, the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament, is back in the tour after one year’s absence. The tournament was conducted on 15-22 April 2018 in a ... (read more)
The 21st edition of the Mediterranean Bowling Championships was concluded on Saturday 21 April in Rollhouse Bowling, situated in Ankara. These regional championships, which are conducted annually, are open for member federations with a ... (read more)
Jari Ratia from Finland will replace Carsten W. Hansen from Denmark in the EBT Masters 2018. Carsten W. Hansen withdrew from the EBT Masters 2018 yesterday, on 16 April. The EBT Masters 2018 will ... (read more)
The organizer of Kegel Aalborg International have received more and more comments from bowlers, that a late May period of the tournament fits badly with the many taking a break in between seasons, especially ... (read more)
The ETBF Presidium has decided to award the hosting rights of the European Champions Cup, both in 2020 and in 2021. The ECC 2020 will be hosted by the Slovenian Bowling Federation on 19-25 ... (read more)
The European Youth Championships 2018 was the 31st of its kind and the 3rd EYC conducted in Lovvang Bowling Centre in Aalborg. The two previous EYC’s in Aalborg was conducted in 1978 and 2012 ... (read more)
Dream-Bowl Palace broke the tour record with fantastic 1.197 entries in the 14th issue of Brunswick Euro Challenge, a record which seemed to be impossible to beat, but they did it again this year, ... (read more)
The 11th edition of the EBT Masters, the EBT Masters 2018, will be conducted in then newly re-opened Dolfijn | The Plays To Be in Tilburg, The Netherlands on 23 April 2018. The EBT ... (read more)
As a consequence of a sponsorship agreement, Stop 11 of the European Bowling Tour 2018 is changed from the Lucky Larsen Masters to the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters. The tournament will unchanged be conducted ... (read more)
The organizer of Stop 07 in the EBT 2018, the VI Brunswick Madrid Challenge, has announced the period of the tournament to be shortened by one day. The tournament, which is conducted in Bowling ... (read more)
Anthony Simonsen from USA won the jubilee edition of the Irish Open, which were conducted in Leisureplex Stillorgan as the 30th Irish Open Championships in association with Storm. The tournament, which appeared in the ... (read more)
The European Bowling Tour has started in a thru fireworks of entries and wonderfully good bowling as never seen before. Last week the debuting AIK International Tournament Powered by Track entered the tour with ... (read more)
With not less than 455 attending athletes, playing as much as 1.060 entries, the Stockholm based tournament, AIK International Tournament Powered by Track, got a fantastic first time appearance in the European Bowling Tour ... (read more)