The men's pair event at the 2026 World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was held in Schwaz, Austria and took place on 1 June 2026.[1]
| Men's pair at the 2026 World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships | ||||||||||
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| Location | Schwaz, Austria | |||||||||
| Dates | 1 June 2026 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 65 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 33 | |||||||||
| Winning score | 1372  | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The world champions became the Germans Daniel Barth and Lukas Funk who set new world record with 1372 pins knocked down. The silver medals went to Austrians Lukas Huber and Philipp Vsetecka, while the bronzes were won by other Germans Tim Brachtel and Christian Wilke.
Background
editThis is the first time the pair competition took place at the World Championships since 2006 edition in Skopje.
Event
editStarting places
editStarting places were allocated to nations according to their final ranking at the previous World Team Championships. The nations placed 1st to 5th received three pairs, those placed 6th to 12th received two pairs, and all other nations received one pair.[2]
 AUT |
 BIH |
 CRO |
 CZE |
 DEN |
 EST |
 FRA |
 GER |
 HUN |
 ITA |
 MKD |
 POL |
 ROU |
 SRB |
 SVK |
 SLO |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of seeds | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 33 |
Results
editThe pair competition was played according to the scheduled allocation of lanes and playing times. Each pair consisted of two players, and each player played one game of 120 balls across four lanes (30 balls per lane), resulting in a total of 240 balls per pair. The players changed lanes according to the prescribed lane rotation system. The result of each pair was determined by adding together the total number of pins knocked down by both players. The ranking was established on the basis of the total score, with the pair placed first declared the winner.[3][4]
| Rank | Team | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Clear | X | Total | ||
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Germany Lukas Funk Daniel Barth |
865 414 451 |
507 268 239 |
1 0 1 |
1372 682 690 |
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Austria Lukas Huber Philipp Vsetecka |
829 417 412 |
535 295 240 |
0 0 0 |
1364 712 652 |
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Germany Tim Brachtel Christian Wilke |
863 448 415 |
498 276 222 |
0 0 0 |
1361 724 637 |
| 4 | Slovakia Erik Kuna Šimon Magala |
868 415 453 |
479 231 248 |
0 0 0 |
1347 646 701 |
| 5 | Croatia Ivan Totić Bojan Vlakevski |
833 404 429 |
505 248 257 |
1 0 1 |
1338 652 686 |
| 6 | France Fréderic Koell Enzo Kempf |
834 430 404 |
498 248 250 |
0 0 0 |
1332 678 654 |
| 7 | Croatia Pere Petrić Ivan Petrić |
827 402 425 |
498 223 275 |
2 2 0 |
1325 625 700 |
| 8 | Serbia Igor Kovačić Miloš Simijonović |
838 437 401 |
485 238 247 |
0 0 0 |
1323 675 648 |
| 9 | Slovenia Vid Ponebšek Žiga Požar |
849 441 408 |
472 213 259 |
0 0 0 |
1321 654 667 |
| 10 | Serbia Mateja Tadić Alen Kujundžić |
816 400 416 |
502 252 250 |
1 1 0 |
1318 652 666 |
| 11 | Hungary Zsombor Zapletán Zoltán Móricz |
834 409 425 |
477 256 221 |
0 0 0 |
1311 665 646 |
| 12 | Germany Jürgen Pointinger Marco Endres |
826 413 413 |
478 240 238 |
1 1 0 |
1304 653 651 |
| 13 | Poland Bartosz Krug Jakub Kuryło |
808 410 398 |
492 260 232 |
5 2 3 |
1300 670 630 |
| 14 | Czech Republic Zdeněk Ransdorf Milan Blecha |
807 401 406 |
486 266 220 |
2 0 2 |
1293 667 626 |
| 15 | Austria Matthias Zatschkowitsch Lukas Temistokle |
821 411 410 |
472 223 249 |
0 0 0 |
1293 634 659 |
| 16 | North Macedonia Uroš Stoklas Nikola Andonovski |
811 407 404 |
465 247 218 |
1 0 1 |
1276 654 622 |
| 17 | Hungary Zsolt Pákai Máté Németh |
804 409 395 |
464 230 234 |
3 2 1 |
1268 639 629 |
| 18 | Italy Andreas Dalvai Armin Egger |
801 397 404 |
465 225 240 |
0 0 0 |
1266 622 644 |
| 19 | Slovenia Matej Lepej Janže Lužan |
830 404 426 |
436 226 210 |
0 0 0 |
1266 630 636 |
| 20 | Serbia Bojan Kličarić Dragan Gajin |
792 409 383 |
465 226 239 |
0 0 0 |
1257 635 622 |
| 21 | Hungary Károly Kozma János Brancsek |
807 405 402 |
449 219 230 |
1 1 0 |
1256 624 632 |
| 22 | Czech Republic Jaroslav Hažva Michal Pytlík |
804 406 398 |
451 239 212 |
1 0 1 |
1255 645 610 |
| 23 | Romania Ion Cercel Bogdan Tudorie |
779 394 385 |
465 222 243 |
4 4 0 |
1244 616 628 |
| 24 | Slovakia Jan Bína Rostislav Gorecký |
817 419 398 |
424 230 194 |
3 2 1 |
1241 649 592 |
| 25 | Poland Jakub Cwojdziński Gabriel Zastawnik |
763 365 398 |
476 273 203 |
2 1 1 |
1239 638 601 |
| 26 | Estonia Markko Abel Marek Sööt |
802 397 405 |
432 231 201 |
6 3 3 |
1234 628 606 |
| 27 | Austria Martin Rathmayer Alexander Tischler |
802 406 396 |
418 224 194 |
1 0 1 |
1220 630 590 |
| 28 | Italy Florian Thaler Oswald Kofler |
791 383 408 |
423 229 194 |
3 1 2 |
1214 612 602 |
| 29 | North Macedonia Aleksandar Blazevski Kosta Ristevski |
803 405 398 |
397 186 211 |
4 3 1 |
1200 591 609 |
| 30 | North Macedonia Duško Ajdin Petar Radović |
785 388 397 |
406 200 206 |
8 2 6 |
1191 588 603 |
| 31 | Romania Roberto-Daniel Laposi Ștefan Romeo Bălan |
803 398 405 |
379 203 176 |
3 1 2 |
1182 601 581 |
| 32 | Denmark Martin Folmer Hansen Kasper Holdgaard Juul Kisum |
781 400 381 |
374 215 159 |
11 2 9 |
1155 615 540 |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Marijo Prljević |
402 402 0 |
222 222 0 |
2 2 0 |
624 624 0 |
References
edit- ↑ "2026 World Singles Championships schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "2026 World Singles Championships starting places in each event" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "Men's pair schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "Men's pair results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.