RANDERS - The Italian powerhouse at the European Championships 5-pins in Randers, Denmark, starts today (Saturday) with the knock-out matches for the last sixteen players. Four top Italian favorites will face among others six Danish home players, two Belgians, two French and two Germans in that final phase at the Vaerket arena. The Italians are ranked in the bottom table and could meet on their way to the finals.
The winner of the match between Michelangelo Anello and German Max Gabel, for example, will face the winner of Andrea Quarto-Erling Sjörup in the next round. And the winner of Paolo Marcolin-Johnni Pedersen will also meet in the last 8. The top schedule is reserved for three Danes (Rene Hendriksen, Henrik Söndergaard and Kasper Kristoffersen), two Belgians (Peter Debaes and Gianluca Memmi) and two French (Florian Guingand and Christoph Duyvernoy).
Late Friday night, 32 players played for a place in the best 16, who will start their matches this afternoon at 12.00 hrs. Everything can be seen live on Kozoom.
The results of the matches in the last 32:
Peter Debaes-Christoph Schock 3-2
Rene Hendriksen-Markus Kroonen 3-0
Henrik Söndergaard-Thomas Andersen 3-0
Toni Rosenberg-Alessandro Sticco 3-0
Christoph Duvernoy-Franz Ruppert 3-2
Gianluca Memmi-Carlos Cortes 3-1
Kasper Kristoffersen-Henrik Ryholt 3-1
Florian Giuinard-Jonas Raagner 3-0
Achille Mignolo-Selahattin Özkul 3-0
Thomas Jaeger-Andrea Felser 3-2
Johnni Pedersen-Antonello Sotgiu 3-1
Paolo Marcolin-Hubert Schachner 3-0
Andrea Quarta-Maurizio Gobbi 3-0
Erling Sjörup-Michael Carreau 3-1
Max Gabelk-Ernst-Jan Driessen 3-2
Michelangelo Anello-Petr Markup 3-0.
Matches in the best sixteen:
Debaes-Hendriksen
Söndergaard-Rosenberg
Duyvernoy-Memmi
Kristoffersen-Guingand
Mignolo-Jaeger
Marcolin-Pedersen
Quarta-Sjörup
Anello-Gabel