Germany won men’s team competition with a margin of 28 points at Seniors European Championships 2008, at the beton and eternite courses of Predazzo, Italy. Sweden took silver, after tied score and sudden death play-off against Italy.

In women’s competition the tight last-round battle between three teams turned to Austrians, who took gold with a margin of 3 points only. Italy got silver, 2 points ahead of Germany in third place. Sweden in fourth place was more clearly 59 points behind the bronze medalists.

Three best players of the 8 preliminary rounds were Jörg Wiedermeier of Switzerland (beton 30.25, eternite 22.25), Reinhard Zengaffinen of Switzerland (beton 31.25, eternite 21.50), and Dirk Czerwek of Germany (beton 30.25, eternite 22.50).

In women’s competition the three best players of 8 preliminary rounds were Elisabeth Kammerer of Austria (beton 31.25, eternite 23.50), Frauke Eilts of Germany (beton 32.50, eternite 22.50), and Antonella Flamini of Italy (beton 31.50, eternite 24.00).

The tournament continues on Saturday 9 August, with 32 best men and 16 best women playing cup matches of 9 lanes beton and 9 lanes eternite.

results of 8 preliminary rounds and team competition

photo galleries of the competition

archive photo from SEM 1999