MBC 2021 – Mediterranean Bowling Championship

Mediterranean Bowling Championship 2021 at the Escape Factory, Moussy le Neuf, France

The idea of creating the Mediterranean Games came about in 1997 during the European Championship that was being held in Nottingham, England

Mediterranean countries share a lot of history, traditions and culture and a sport event is always an opportunity to enforce good relations. For this reason, Roni Ashkenazi from Israel, Roger Cristofidis from Cyprus, Niko Papadimitriou from Greece, and Julian Pace Bonello from Malta came up with the idea of uniting all Mediterranean federations in one Bowling event.

During the 2015 edition of the Mediterranean Challenge Cup in Greece, the decision was taken change the name to The Mediterranean Bowling Championships or MBC. This decision was taken with intention to formalize many aspects of the event.

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Singles

Play got underway on Tuesday with the singles and first up were the women. Six games later we had our medalists as Tali Itzhak Abdu took Gold with 1315 and Georgia Sagona from Greece in Silver with 1273 as Alexandra Lopes D’Andrade from France took Bronze with 1231 and just a pin ahead on an unlucky Melania Rossi from Italy with 1230.

Next up were the men and it soon became apparent that nobody was going to catch Italian Walter Alessandro Santu as he blasted games of 279,256,276,235,238 and 183 for 1467 to take the Gold in some style.

The chase was on for the other two medals and five players all close to grabbing one. At the end it was Konstantinos Kitsos taking silver with 1266  and 200 pins behind Gold and Portugal’s Paulo Lopes taking Bronze with 1263 and first ever MBC medal for the country.

Doubles

The men were first up on Wednesday for the doubles and Italy starting where they left off as Walter Alessandro Santu was amazing again and this time with 1436. Team mate Tommaso Radi adding 1298 and a team score of 2734 taking the Gold medal by almost 100 pins. Silver going to France with 2638 and Spain taking Bronze with 2560.

The women returned for action in the afternoon and joy for Italy as they lead after three games with 1246 ahead of Malta in second with 1238 and France third with 1238. Three games later it was the same positions and Italy made it two Golds in a day. Roberta Ferina with 1233 and Melania Rossi with 1223 for 2456 overall. Malta ending with 2443 and France two pins behind on 2441.

Mixed doubles

Two squads to find the medals and staking an early claim in squad one were Israel (Tali Itzhak Abdu & Netanel Shimon Volpertin) in pole position with 2666 followed by Greece in second with 2632 and Malta in third with 2526. After the next block the result was the same and no one could pass Israel on 2666 as they added new records also for 1 game(536), 3 games (1416) and 6 games (2666). France holding silver with 2647 and Greece grabbing Bronze with 2632.

Team

Friday saw the bowlers return to the lanes for the team event and Gold went to the home nation with 5078 by the closest of margins as Slovenia took the Silver medal with 5077 and just a pin behind. Bronze going to Italy with 5065.


MBC 2021 – Results

View the Official scores here

Team

Teams
1. FRANCE FRA 812 851 776 849 877 913 24 5078 5078
2. SLOVENIE SLO 908 775 836 892 860 806 24 5077 5077
3. ITALIE ITA 831 827 808 832 871 896 24 5065 5065
4. ESPAGNE ESP 811 874 767 794 838 795 24 4879 4879
5. GRECE GRC 821 806 734 786 807 871 24 4825 4825
6. MALTA MLT 725 804 853 784 770 784 24 4720 4720
7. TURKIE TUR 727 885 753 770 788 759 24 4682 4682
8. CHYPRE CYP 739 801 758 790 841 734 24 4663 4663
9. ISRAEL ISR 657 710 788 811 735 747 24 4448 4448
10. CROATIE CRO 720 770 746 719 836 653 24 4444 4444
11. PORTUGAL POR 707 677 721 767 746 689 24 4307 4307
12. KOSOVO KOS 733 733 648 623 665 702 24 4104 4104
13. GIBRALTAR GIB 455 499 487 432 428 462 18 2763 2763
14. SAN MARIN SMR 384 408 391 381 337 443 12 2344 2344

Mixed Doubles

Classement DOUBLES MIXTE
1. ISRAEL ISR 438 534 444 470 426 354 12 2666 2666
2. FRANCE FRA 413 471 420 451 458 434 12 2647 2647
3. GRECE GRC 392 517 433 446 434 410 12 2632 2632
4. MALTA MLT 423 388 470 439 405 401 12 2526 2526
5. GRECE GRC 446 490 441 345 401 385 12 2508 2508
6. FRANCE FRA 413 321 435 383 444 474 12 2470 2470
7. TURKIE TUR 480 436 384 394 407 360 12 2461 2461
8. SLOVENIE SLO 383 364 463 405 397 438 12 2450 2450
9. ESPAGNE ESP 418 394 389 432 390 424 12 2447 2447
10. CHYPRE CYP 383 425 389 411 428 409 12 2445 2445
11. ITALIE ITA 449 368 415 453 367 393 12 2445 2445
12. TURKIE TUR 402 429 474 386 325 396 12 2412 2412
13. MALTA MLT 407 459 345 387 434 354 12 2386 2386
14. ITALIE ITA 387 404 373 409 429 369 12 2371 2371
15. ESPAGNE ESP 391 361 370 396 392 453 12 2363 2363
16. SAN MARIN SMR 365 359 326 424 435 449 12 2358 2358
17. SLOVENIE SLO 377 455 402 382 344 334 12 2294 2294
18. PORTUGAL POR 390 420 361 342 372 403 12 2288 2288
19. CROATIE CRO 391 377 361 345 395 386 12 2255 2255
20. CROATIE CRO 349 365 296 405 422 388 12 2225 2225
21. CHYPRE CYP 335 354 391 392 366 377 12 2215 2215
22. KOSOVO KOS 388 411 342 338 325 344 12 2148 2148
23. PORTUGAL POR 355 305 384 347 372 364 12 2127 2127
24. KOSOVO KOS 344 324 325 398 318 416 12 2125 2125
25. ISRAEL ISR 345 339 350 283 447 357 12 2121 2121
26. GIBRALTAR GIB 354 328 348 316 312 304 12 1962 1962
27. GIBRALTAR GIB 158 149 174 147 159 136 6 923 923

Doubles

Pos. Nom Pays P 1 P 2 P 3 P 4 P 5 P 6 Parties Total QA
Classement DOUBLES Men
1. ITALIE ITA 500 441 482 455 415 441 12 2734 2734
2. FRANCE FRA 447 427 513 427 403 421 12 2638 2638
3. ESPAGNE ESP 451 453 390 417 415 434 12 2560 2560
4. SLOVENIE SLO 461 400 383 423 333 474 12 2474 2474
5. GRECE GRC 395 405 420 460 430 360 12 2470 2470
6. ISRAEL ISR 421 375 453 413 422 367 12 2451 2451
7. TURKIE TUR 425 351 423 459 367 388 12 2413 2413
8. CHYPRE CYP 392 386 448 428 375 383 12 2412 2412
9. CROATIE CRO 411 345 369 414 400 392 12 2331 2331
10. MALTA MLT 437 390 369 384 366 372 12 2318 2318
11. PORTUGAL POR 339 353 332 398 359 400 12 2181 2181
12. KOSSOVO KOS 356 402 361 362 365 327 12 2173 2173
13. SAN MARIN SMR 393 401 316 375 331 329 12 2145 2145
14. GIBRALTAR GIB 344 321 407 342 303 317 12 2034 2034

 

Pos. Nom Pays P 1 P 2 P 3 P 4 P 5 P 6 Parties Total QA
Classement DOUBLES Women
1. ITALIE ITA 380 445 421 387 380 443 12 2456 2456
2. MALTA MLT 419 390 429 381 427 397 12 2443 2443
3. FRANCE FRA 391 426 421 400 384 419 12 2441 2441
4. GRECE GRC 394 399 373 389 448 392 12 2395 2395
5. CHYPRE CYP 453 370 409 398 340 359 12 2329 2329
6. SLOVENIE SLO 326 379 422 383 342 386 12 2238 2238
7. ISRAEL ISR 391 394 391 328 338 387 12 2229 2229
8. ESPAGNE ESP 383 345 394 355 347 376 12 2200 2200
9. TURKIE TUR 356 375 431 320 348 369 12 2199 2199
10. CROATIE CRO 353 339 318 316 321 375 12 2022 2022
11. PORTUGAL POR 314 342 306 363 328 354 12 2007 2007
12. KOSSOVO KOS 315 344 305 334 333 330 12 1961 1961
13. GIBRALTAR GIB 153 176 209 169 171 148 6 1026 1026

Singles

Pos. Nom Pays P 1 P 2 P 3 P 4 P 5 P 6 Parties Total QA Diff
Classement SINGLES Men
1. Walter Alessandro Santu 279 256 276 235 238 183 6 1467 1467 204
2. Konstantinos KITSOS 174 199 165 237 267 224 6 1266 1266 3
3. Paulo LOPES 224 179 215 245 193 207 6 1263 1263 0
4. Maxime DUBOIS 218 166 238 217 220 203 6 1262 1262 -1
5. Roko KNEZIC 214 246 220 185 198 193 6 1256 1256 -7
6. Taygun ERKESKIN 176 203 245 188 186 251 6 1249 1249 -14
7. Matthew MAGRO 203 182 213 233 227 182 6 1240 1240 -23
8. Konstantinov KYRIAKOS 225 214 169 203 190 209 6 1210 1210 -53
9. Quentin DEROO 206 190 226 242 159 180 6 1203 1203 -60
10. Nysret HAZIRI 160 175 225 212 224 204 6 1200 1200 -63
11. Ziga ZALAR 197 189 203 214 194 203 6 1200 1200 -63
12. Alvar CARDONA 232 222 183 174 208 154 6 1173 1173 -90
13. Theos ANASTASIOU 205 199 194 195 180 198 6 1171 1171 -92
14. Vasileios STEFOPOULOS 162 162 200 182 266 180 6 1152 1152 -111
15. LAPIDOT YUVAL 151 220 212 177 150 234 6 1144 1144 -119
16. KAYDEN LAGANA 204 183 192 182 174 202 6 1137 1137 -126
17. Mickael PICCARI 187 195 226 185 168 168 6 1129 1129 -134
18. Tommaso RADI 197 203 182 173 196 171 6 1122 1122 -141
19. Tim CERKVENIK-MUZAFIROVIC 205 215 145 184 178 193 6 1120 1120 -143
20. Firat COSKUN 197 171 208 208 169 153 6 1106 1106 -157
21. Matteo CORAZZA 225 211 179 150 164 171 6 1100 1100 -163
22. Zeljko BARUNCIC 165 190 144 213 167 209 6 1088 1088 -175
23. Nuno MARTINHO 204 169 178 164 197 148 6 1060 1060 -203
24. THOMAS De MARINI 176 167 158 173 168 210 6 1052 1052 -211
25. Anthony GALEA 156 158 199 179 198 161 6 1051 1051 -212
26. Netanel Shimon Volpert 180 164 158 180 204 159 6 1045 1045 -218
27. SHPEND TAHIRI 117 193 151 181 196 146 6 984 984 -279
28. Christopher GOMEZ 174 137 130 169 146 148 6 904 904 -359
Pos. Nom Pays P 1 P 2 P 3 P 4 P 5 P 6 Parties Total QA Diff
Classement SINGLES Women
1. Tali Itzhak Abdu 192 247 175 220 290 191 6 1315 1315 84
2. Georgia SAGONA 243 223 205 223 190 189 6 1273 1273 42
3. Alexandra LOPES D’ANDRADE 221 213 156 224 225 192 6 1231 1231 0
4. Melania ROSSI 168 173 224 227 216 222 6 1230 1230 -1
5. Emma FRIANT 174 187 203 202 245 202 6 1213 1213 -18
6. Ingrid JULIA 192 213 193 190 186 194 6 1168 1168 -63
7. Roberta FERINA 193 236 186 192 177 184 6 1168 1168 -63
8. Alja BERGAUER 222 159 223 201 172 188 6 1165 1165 -66
9. Sue ABELA 201 216 180 171 215 171 6 1154 1154 -77
10. Cynthia FRENDO LUCA 196 192 210 212 184 159 6 1153 1153 -78
11. Gokce CINAR 192 177 196 214 170 199 6 1148 1148 -83
12. Martha KARATZOULA 204 158 212 172 186 215 6 1147 1147 -84
13. Maria Angeles SANCHEZ 218 146 234 168 156 223 6 1145 1145 -86
14. Sara AVIRAM HARLAP 184 176 204 171 216 192 6 1143 1143 -88
15. Victoria KRIVOKUTSKAYA 193 213 195 167 180 171 6 1119 1119 -112
16. EBRU ÖZOGLUUNTUR 182 145 203 179 171 192 6 1072 1072 -159
17. Niki SCHIZA 158 205 159 225 177 127 6 1051 1051 -180
18. Myria KASTORI 193 178 165 189 184 141 6 1050 1050 -181
19. Olinda BETTENCOURT 132 170 168 156 212 204 6 1042 1042 -189
20. Vivian BANJAC 198 175 137 191 111 193 6 1005 1005 -226
21. Daniella GALEA 139 185 180 151 118 219 6 992 992 -239
22. Kaula HAZIRI 130 187 157 141 178 196 6 989 989 -242
23. Vita REXHEPI 223 165 157 160 144 140 6 989 989 -242
24. Héléna LOURENCO 188 178 163 151 146 137 6 963 963 -268
25. Ljiljana PUNEK 176 133 167 181 146 134 6 937 937 -294