Players with country, ranking point total and number of top 50 finishes
The European Bowling Tour is heading into its 13th season featuring 22 events in 17 countries. The 2012 EBT consists of two Platinum, five Gold, eight Silver and seven Satellite tournaments. The total prize fund of the 2012 Tour exceeds 1.125 million Euro. The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. The top 16 men and top 16 women in the EBT rankings will qualify for the 6th EBT Masters to be held Sept. 23rd, 2013 at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Players with country, ranking point total and number of top 50 finishes
The European Bowling Tour is heading into its 13th season featuring 22 events in 17 countries. The 2012 EBT consists of two Platinum, five Gold, eight Silver and seven Satellite tournaments. The total prize fund of the 2012 Tour exceeds 1.125 million Euro. The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. The top 16 men and top 16 women in the EBT rankings will qualify for the 6th EBT Masters to be held Sept. 23rd, 2013 at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Top 16 men and women qualify for 2012 EBT Masters in April 2012
Finland's two-hander Osku Palermaa (l.) and Joline Persson-Planefors (r.) of Sweden finished the 2011 European Bowling Tour season atop the men's and women's point ranking. Palermaa, who led the men's ranking from 2007 through 2009, ties Gery Verbruggen (2000-03), Belgium, as the only four-time winner while it was the first career victory in the women's ranking for the young Swedish national champion.
Players with country, ranking point total and number of top 50 finishes
The European Bowling Tour is heading into the 12th season featuring 20 stops in 16 countries. Since the English Open has lost its EBT ranking status, the 2011 EBT consists of two Platinum, six Gold, six Silver and six Satellite tournaments. The total prize fund of the 2011 Tour exceeds one million Euro. The top 16 men and women in the EBT ranking will qualify for the 5th EBT Masters at Dream Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany April 30 and May 1, 2012.
Players with country, ranking point total and number of top 50 finishes
The European Bowling Tour is heading into the 12th season featuring 20 stops in 16 countries. Since the English Open has lost its EBT ranking status, the 2011 EBT consists of two Platinum, six Gold, six Silver and six Satellite tournaments. The total prize fund of the 2011 Tour exceeds one million Euro. The top 16 men and women in the EBT ranking will qualify for the 5th EBT Masters at Dream Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany April 30 and May 1, 2012.
European Bowling Tour concludes with Satellite event in Rome and Platinum event in Qatar
Joline Persson-Planefors (l.) of Sweden and Finn Osku Palermaa (r.) hold a comfortable lead in the European Bowling Tour women's and men's rankings heading into the final two tournaments of the 2011 season. The tour commences with the last "Satellite" tournament, the 2nd Ebonite Roma International (Nov. 5-13), and will conclude with the "Platinum" Qatar Bowling Open (Nov. 23-29).
Lisanne Breeschoten climbs into second place in the EBT Women's Ranking
Osku Palermaa (l.) of Finland widened his lead in the 2011 ranking after winning his 11th career EBT title and the third this season in the 9th Columbia 300 Vienna Open Sunday at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Palermaa got 150 points in Vienna to lead the men's division with 821 ranking point total. Lisanne Breeschoten (r.), Netherlands, was the second-best
woman in Austria to earn 120 points and to leap two spots into second
place in the women's ranking with 556 points.
Joline Persson-Planefors continues to lead EBT Women's Ranking
Three-time European Bowling Tour ranking champion Osku Palermaa (l.) of Finland regained the lead in the 2011 EBT men's ranking after finishing third in the Chandra Open 2011 Sept. 25 at Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. The two-hander was looking for his third title this season after Munich and Aalborg. He received 35 ranking points for his third place finish for 650 ranking point total to overtake previous leader Thomas Larsen, Denmark, by 14 points. Swede Joline Persson-Planefors held onto the lead in the women's ranking.
Larsen, Persson-Planefors hold on to the lead after EBT Satellite event in Moscow
With 15 out of 20 tournaments of the 2011 European Bowling Tour in the books, Thomas Larsen (l.) of Denmark and Joline Persson-Planefors (r.), Sweden, are the frontrunners for men's and women's EBT ranking honors. The 15th Tour stop, the Russian Open, which concluded Sunday, Sept. 18, drew 181 participants from 10 countries. However, none of the top 16 in the EBT men's and women's ranking, entered the EBT Satellite event.
Larsen, Persson-Planefors continues to lead EBT Rankings after Oslo
Thomas Larsen (l.) of Denmark and Joline Persson-Planefors (r.), Sweden, held on to the lead in the men's and women's European Bowling Tour ranking despite not competing in the Linne Norwegian Open. With 14 out of 21 events in the books, Larsen leads the men's ranking with 650 points, while Persson-Planefors pace the women's field with 601 pints. The EBT takes a two-week break and resumes with the Russian Open at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow, Sept. 13-18, 2011.
Joline Persson-Planefors continues to lead Women's Ranking after Bratislava
Thomas Larsen (l.) of Denmark finished third in the BNC Open in Bratislava, Slovakia, last weekend and earned 70 ranking points which propelled him to the top of the leaderboard in the European Bowling Tour men's ranking. The Dane, who led the rankings already earlier this year, regained the lead with 650 total ranking points. Heidi Thorstensen (r.), Norway, was the sole top 16 player competing in Bratislava. Thorstensen
jumped from 16th to ninth place with
326 points.
PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi moves into second place in men's division
Swedish national team member Joline Persson-Planefors (l.) and reigning PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi (r.) of Finland finished second in the women's and men's ranking in the 33rd Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona en route to leap one spot in the European Bowling Tour ranking. Persson-Planefors, who finished the tournament in sixth place, earned 120 ranking points en route to overtake the lead in the 2011 EBT women's ranking with 601 ranking point total.
Osku Palermaa (l.) of Finland and Denmark's Mai Ginge Jensen held onto the lead in the European Bowling Tour's men's and women's ranking after the Denmark swing. Palermaa leads the 313-player men's field with 590 points and Jensen is the best of 234 women with 492 points. Just three men and three women of the top 16 in the EBT rankings competed in the Odense International, the tenth stop of the European Bowling Tour this season.
Joline Persson Planefors narrow gap to women's leader Mai Ginge Jensen to 11 points
Finnish two-hander Osku Palermaa (pictured left) and Mai Ginge Jensen (right) retained the lead in the European Bowling Tour's men's and women's ranking after the ninth event of the 2011 season in Aalborg, Denmark. Palermaa won the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 and earned 150 ranking points for 590 total points and widened his lead to 150 points. Jensen has an eleven-point buffer over Joline Persson Planefors of Sweden.
Osku Palermaa, Mai Ginge Jensen retain slim lead after Istanbul Open
Swede Joline Persson Planefors (l.) and Thomas Larsen (r.), Denmark, finished the 8th Istanbul Boweling Open, the eighth stop of the 2011 European Bowling Tour, in third and fifth place among the 34 women and 139 men to narrow the gap to EBT ranking leaders Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark and Osku Palermaa, Finland, to 26 and 9 pins, respectively. The EBT moves to Aalborg in Denmark this week for the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011.
Newly-crowned EBT Masters champ Mika Koivuniemi moves into fourth in Men's Rankinge
Mai Ginge Jensen (l.) of Denmark was the top female finisher in the 5th QubicaAMF Open 2011 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, en route to overtake the lead in the European Bowling Tour women's rankings. Finn Osku Palermaa held onto the lead in the men's rankings, while his compatriot Mika Koivuniemi (r.) climbed into fourth place after winning the QubicaAMF Open. The 2011 European Bowling Tour will take a short break before heading to
Istanbul, Turkey for the 8th Istanbul Bowling Open.
Mai Ginge Jensen moves into second place in the Women's Rankings
Osku Palermaa (l.) of Finland captured his ninth career EBT title in the 2nd Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open in Munich, Germany. Besides the 10.000 Euro top prize, the two-hander received 100 ranking points for winning the EBT Silver event en route to leap from fourth to first place in the EBT men's ranking. Mai Ginge Jensen (r.), Denmark, finished third in the women's rankings to leap from fourth to second place after the sixth event of the 2011 season.
Colombia's Clara Juliana Guerrero moves into second place in the women's rankings
Thomas Larsen (l.) made the stepladder finals of the Catalonia Open in Barcelona, Spain, and though he failed to defend his title, the Dane overtook the lead in the European Bowling Tour men's rankings after the fifth tournament of the 2011 season. Clara Juliana Guerrero (r.), Colombia, finished 35th overall and 13th in the women's rankings to overtake second place traling only to leader Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, United States.
Points given in the Brunswick Euro Challenge shake up men's and women's leaderboard
Finishing second and third in the European Bowling Tour "Platinum" Brunswick Euro Challenge last Sunday, Carolyn Dorin Ballard (l.), United States, and Syafiq Ridhwan (r.), Malaysia, jumped into the lead in the women's and men's Tour rankings. The Brunswick Euro Challenge is one of just two Platinum tournaments this season and the points awarded in the tournament shook up the men's and women's leaderboard.
Pöllänen, Dorin-Ballard, Flack continue to lead women's rankings
Three-time EBT men's ranking champion Paul Moor (l.), England, used a third-place finish in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament to overtake the lead in the 2011 rankings after the Tour's third stop in Tilburg, Netherlands. Tilburg women's ranking winner Tanya Cuva (r.), Germany, moved into fourth place with 100 points trailing leader Krista Pöllänen, Finland, by 50 points. The EBT Tour is in France this week for the Brunswick Euro Challenge.Â
The European Bowling Tour is heading into its 13th season featuring 22 events in 17 countries. The 2012 EBT consists of two Platinum, five Gold, eight Silver and seven Satellite tournaments. The total prize fund of the 2012 Tour exceeds 1.125 million Euro. The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. The top 16 men and top 16 women in the EBT rankings will qualify for the 6th EBT Masters to be held Sept. 23rd, 2013 at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Finland's two-hander Osku Palermaa (l.) and Joline Persson-Planefors (r.) of Sweden finished the 2011 European Bowling Tour season atop the men's and women's point ranking. Palermaa, who led the men's ranking from 2007 through 2009, ties Gery Verbruggen (2000-03), Belgium, as the only four-time winner while it was the first career victory in the women's ranking for the young Swedish national champion.
The European Bowling Tour is heading into the 12th season featuring 20 stops in 16 countries. Since the English Open has lost its EBT ranking status, the 2011 EBT consists of two Platinum, six Gold, six Silver and six Satellite tournaments. The total prize fund of the 2011 Tour exceeds one million Euro. The top 16 men and women in the EBT ranking will qualify for the 5th EBT Masters at Dream Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany April 30 and May 1, 2012.
Joline Persson-Planefors (l.) of Sweden and Finn Osku Palermaa (r.) hold a comfortable lead in the European Bowling Tour women's and men's rankings heading into the final two tournaments of the 2011 season. The tour commences with the last "Satellite" tournament, the 2nd Ebonite Roma International (Nov. 5-13), and will conclude with the "Platinum" Qatar Bowling Open (Nov. 23-29).
Osku Palermaa (l.) of Finland widened his lead in the 2011 ranking after winning his 11th career EBT title and the third this season in the 9th Columbia 300 Vienna Open Sunday at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Palermaa got 150 points in Vienna to lead the men's division with 821 ranking point total. Lisanne Breeschoten (r.), Netherlands, was the second-best
woman in Austria to earn 120 points and to leap two spots into second
place in the women's ranking with 556 points. 
Three-time European Bowling Tour ranking champion Osku Palermaa (l.) of Finland regained the lead in the 2011 EBT men's ranking after finishing third in the Chandra Open 2011 Sept. 25 at Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. The two-hander was looking for his third title this season after Munich and Aalborg. He received 35 ranking points for his third place finish for 650 ranking point total to overtake previous leader Thomas Larsen, Denmark, by 14 points. Swede Joline Persson-Planefors held onto the lead in the women's ranking. 
With 15 out of 20 tournaments of the 2011 European Bowling Tour in the books, Thomas Larsen (l.) of Denmark and Joline Persson-Planefors (r.), Sweden, are the frontrunners for men's and women's EBT ranking honors. The 15th Tour stop, the Russian Open, which concluded Sunday, Sept. 18, drew 181 participants from 10 countries. However, none of the top 16 in the EBT men's and women's ranking, entered the EBT Satellite event.
Thomas Larsen (l.) of Denmark and Joline Persson-Planefors (r.), Sweden, held on to the lead in the men's and women's European Bowling Tour ranking despite not competing in the Linne Norwegian Open. With 14 out of 21 events in the books, Larsen leads the men's ranking with 650 points, while Persson-Planefors pace the women's field with 601 pints. The EBT takes a two-week break and resumes with the Russian Open at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow, Sept. 13-18, 2011. 
Thomas Larsen (l.) of Denmark finished third in the BNC Open in Bratislava, Slovakia, last weekend and earned 70 ranking points which propelled him to the top of the leaderboard in the European Bowling Tour men's ranking. The Dane, who led the rankings already earlier this year, regained the lead with 650 total ranking points. Heidi Thorstensen (r.), Norway, was the sole top 16 player competing in Bratislava. Thorstensen
jumped from 16th to ninth place with
326 points. 
Swedish national team member Joline Persson-Planefors (l.) and reigning PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi (r.) of Finland finished second in the women's and men's ranking in the 33rd Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona en route to leap one spot in the European Bowling Tour ranking. Persson-Planefors, who finished the tournament in sixth place, earned 120 ranking points en route to overtake the lead in the 2011 EBT women's ranking with 601 ranking point total.
Osku Palermaa (l.) of Finland and Denmark's Mai Ginge Jensen held onto the lead in the European Bowling Tour's men's and women's ranking after the Denmark swing. Palermaa leads the 313-player men's field with 590 points and Jensen is the best of 234 women with 492 points. Just three men and three women of the top 16 in the EBT rankings competed in the Odense International, the tenth stop of the European Bowling Tour this season.
Finnish two-hander Osku Palermaa (pictured left) and Mai Ginge Jensen (right) retained the lead in the European Bowling Tour's men's and women's ranking after the ninth event of the 2011 season in Aalborg, Denmark. Palermaa won the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 and earned 150 ranking points for 590 total points and widened his lead to 150 points. Jensen has an eleven-point buffer over Joline Persson Planefors of Sweden. 
Mai Ginge Jensen (l.) of Denmark was the top female finisher in the 5th QubicaAMF Open 2011 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, en route to overtake the lead in the European Bowling Tour women's rankings. Finn Osku Palermaa held onto the lead in the men's rankings, while his compatriot Mika Koivuniemi (r.) climbed into fourth place after winning the QubicaAMF Open. The 2011 European Bowling Tour will take a short break before heading to
Istanbul, Turkey for the 8th Istanbul Bowling Open. 
Thomas Larsen (l.) made the stepladder finals of the Catalonia Open in Barcelona, Spain, and though he failed to defend his title, the Dane overtook the lead in the European Bowling Tour men's rankings after the fifth tournament of the 2011 season. Clara Juliana Guerrero (r.), Colombia, finished 35th overall and 13th in the women's rankings to overtake second place traling only to leader Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, United States.
Finishing second and third in the European Bowling Tour "Platinum" Brunswick Euro Challenge last Sunday, Carolyn Dorin Ballard (l.), United States, and Syafiq Ridhwan (r.), Malaysia, jumped into the lead in the women's and men's Tour rankings. The Brunswick Euro Challenge is one of just two Platinum tournaments this season and the points awarded in the tournament shook up the men's and women's leaderboard.
Three-time EBT men's ranking champion Paul Moor (l.), England, used a third-place finish in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament to overtake the lead in the 2011 rankings after the Tour's third stop in Tilburg, Netherlands. Tilburg women's ranking winner Tanya Cuva (r.), Germany, moved into fourth place with 100 points trailing leader Krista Pöllänen, Finland, by 50 points. The EBT Tour is in France this week for the Brunswick Euro Challenge. 