2025 World Team Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships – Men's tournament

2025 World Team Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
City	Székesfehérvár
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	30 May - 7 June
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (7th title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Austria  Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Top scorer(s)	Player: Alen Kujundžić 705 Team:  Serbia 3934

2025 World Team Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships
Team		women

The men's tournament at the 2025 World Team Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was held in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 30 May to 7 June 2025.^[1]

Serbia captured their seventh title by defeating Germans 6-2 in the final match. Bronze was secured by semifinalists Austrians and Hungarians.

16 associations applied to participate in the men's teams competition.^[2]

•  Austria
•  Croatia
• Czechia
•  Denmark
•  Estonia
•  France
•  Germany
•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  North Macedonia
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  Serbia
•  Slovakia
•  Slovenia
•  Sweden

Groups were drawn on December 16, 2024, during the conference in Székesfehérvár.^[3][4]

		Pts	Matches			Team points		Set points		Qualification
Rank	Team		W	D	L	W	L	W	L
1	Serbia	6	3	0	0	24	0	61.5	10.5	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Poland	4	2	0	1	15	9	35.5	36.5	Advance to quarterfinals
3	Romania	2	1	0	2	6	18	25.5	46.5
4	Estonia	0	0	0	3	3	21	20.5	51.5

30 May 2025 11:40 CEST  Serbia 8 – 0  Estonia 3817  21.0 Report 3.0   3431 Alen Kujundžić 666 3.5 0.5 604 Markko Abel Igor Kovačić 623 2.5 577 1.5 Marek Sööt Vilmoš Zavarko 665 4.0 0.0 555 Kaido Kirs Robert Ernješi 613 3.0 1.0 577 Gert Piksar (61 Želislav Jakab) Čongor Baranj 644 4.0 0.0 561 Runnar Lindepuu (61 Radovan Vlajkov) Daniel Tepša 606 4.0 0.0 557 Indrek Saar Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

30 May 2025 15:20 CEST  Romania 0 – 8  Poland 3516  7.0 Report 17.0   3646 Ion Cercel 612 1.5 2.5 617 Michał Szulc Bogdan Tudorie 591 2.0 2.0 613 Dawid Strzelczak Petruţ Ovidiu Mihălcioiu 582 0.0 4.0 613 Mateusz Goździk Călin-Ioan Cazacu 590 1.0 3.0 626 Tomasz Masłowski Vlad-George Sabău 564 1.5 2.5 584 Jakub Kuryło (61 Alexandru Denis Pădurean) Flavius Banga 577 1.0 3.0 593 Bartosz Krug Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

1 June 2025 08:00 CEST  Romania 6 – 2  Estonia 3566  15.0 Report 9.0   3407 Ion Cercel 634 4.0 0.0 563 Raul Rebane Bogdan Tudorie 571 3.0 1.0 545 Indrek Saar Alexandru Denis Pădurean 619 3.0 1.0 580 Markko Abel (61 Petruț Ovidiu Mihalcioiu) Florin Opincă 562 1.0 3.0 554 Marko Muts Ștefan Romeo Bălan 582 3.0 1.0 572 Kaido Kirs Vlad-George Săbău 598 1.0 3.0 593 Marek Sööt Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

1 June 2025 19:00 CEST  Poland 0 – 8  Serbia 3476  4.0 Report 20.0   3901 Mateusz Goździk 619 2.0 2.0 647 Alen Kujundžić Jarosław Michalak 540 0.0 4.0 659 Čongor Baranj Jakub Cwojdziński 620 1.0 3.0 662 Igor Kovačić Tomasz Masłowski 557 0.0 4.0 622 Robert Ernješi Jakub Kuryło 561 1.0 3.0 630 Vilmoš Zavarko (61 Želislav Jakab) Dawid Strzelczak 579 0.0 4.0 681 Mateja Tadić Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

3 June 2025 11:40 CEST  Estonia 1 – 7  Poland 3474  8.5 Report 15.5   3529 Raul Rebane 595 1.0 3.0 605 Mateusz Goździk Gert Piksar 584 2.5 1.5 610 Jakub Cwojdziński Marek Sööt 600 1.5 2.5 587 Michał Szulc Kaido Kirs 597 1.0 3.0 601 Jakub Kuryło Runnar Lindepuu 553 2.0 2.0 556 Jarosław Bonk (61 Tomasz Masłowski) Marko Muts 545 0.5 3.5 570 Bartosz Krug Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

3 June 2025 15:20 CEST  Serbia 8 – 0  Romania 3934  20.5 Report 3.5   3626 Vilmoš Zavarko 678 4.0 0.0 567 Alexandru Denis Pădurean Čongor Baranj 642 3.0 1.0 599 Călin-Ioan Cazacu Daniel Tepša 665 4.0 0.0 605 Petruț Ovidiu Mihalcioiu Alen Kujundžić 685 4.0 0.0 624 Bogdan Tudorie Mateja Tadić (61 Želislav Jakab) 614 2.5 1.5 613 Vlad-George Sabău Robert Ernješi 650 3.0 1.0 618 Florin Opinca Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

		Pts	Matches			Team points		Set points		Qualification
Rank	Team		W	D	L	W	L	W	L
1	Austria	6	3	0	0	20	4	53.5	18.5	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Hungary (H)	4	2	0	1	17	7	46.5	25.5	Advance to quarterfinals
3	Italy	2	1	0	2	11	13	34	38
4	Denmark	0	0	0	3	0	24	10	62

30 May 2025 08:00 CEST  Austria 8 – 0  Denmark 3852  21.0 Report 3.0   3327 Thomas Langbauer 634 2.0 2.0 559 Claes Folmer Hansen Martin Rathmayer 674 4.0 0.0 535 Brian Kisum Lukas Temistokle 629 4.0 0.0 555 Martin Folmer Hansen Markus Vsetecka 622 3.0 1.0 556 Jonas Winding Soskov (61 Matthias Zatschkowitsch) Martin Janits 642 4.0 0.0 565 Kasper Holdgaard Juul Kisum (61 Philipp Vsetecka) Lukas Huber 651 4.0 0.0 557 Peter Stig Andersen Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

30 May 2025 15:20 CEST  Hungary 7 – 1  Italy 3730  18.5 Report 5.5   3517 Károly Kozma 680 4.0 0.0 602 Andreas Dalvai Zsombor Zapletán 625 3.0 1.0 592 Alex Posch Zoltan Flavius Fehér 574 1.0 3.0 610 Armin Egger János Brancsek 623 3.0 1.0 581 Georg Plaickner Zoltán Móricz 640 3.5 0.5 580 Christoph Hainz (61 Daniel Prinoth) Zoltán Horváth 588 4.0 0.0 552 Christian Mair Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

1 June 2025 15:20 CEST  Hungary 8 – 0  Denmark 3769  21.0 Report 3.0   3263 Levente Kakuk 645 4.0 0.0 534 Martin Folmer Hansen Zsolt Pákai 657 4.0 0.0 519 Kasper Holdgaard Juul Kisum (31 Brian Kisum) Norbert Kiss 664 4.0 0.0 546 Casper Rasmussen Ádám Farkas 592 3.0 1.0 565 Jonas Winding Soskov (61 Zoltán Horváth) Zoltán Flavius Fehér 598 2.0 2.0 553 Claes Folmer Hansen (61 Károly Kozma) Zsombor Zapletán 613 4.0 0.0 546 Peter Stig Andersen Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

1 June 2025 19:00 CEST  Italy 2 – 6  Austria 3579  8.5 Report 15.5   3768 Julian Piazzi 581 0.0 4.0 661 Philipp Vsetecka Daniel Prinoth 617 2.0 2.0 613 Matthias Zatschkowitsch (61 Christian Mair, 101 Christoph Hainz) Alex Posch 555 1.0 3.0 636 Lukas Huber Georg Plaickner 615 2.0 2.0 630 Martin Janits Armin Egger 599 2.0 2.0 595 Thomas Langbauer (61 Markus Vsetecka) Andreas Dalvai 612 1.5 2.5 633 Lukas Temistokle (61 Martin Rathmayer) Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

3 June 2025 08:00 CEST  Denmark 0 – 8  Italy 3310  4.0 Report 20.0   3577 (61 Brian Kisum) Kasper Holdgaard Juul Kisum 528 0.5 3.5 571 Andreas Dalvai Martin Folmer Hansen 553 1.0 3.0 588 Christoph Hainz (61 Julian Piazzi) Jonas Winding Soskov 544 0.5 3.5 601 Alex Posch Casper Rasmussen 580 1.0 3.0 656 Armin Egger Peter Stig Andersen 534 0.0 4.0 581 Georg Plaickner Claes Folmer Hansen 571 1.0 3.0 580 Daniel Prinoth Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

3 June 2025 15:20 CEST  Austria 6–2  Hungary 3824  17.0 Report 7.0   3685 Philipp Vsetecka 610 1.0 3.0 648 Zsombor Zapletán Martin Rathmayer 652 3.0 1.0 623 Norbert Kiss Lukas Temistokle 681 3.0 1.0 600 Zoltán Móricz Martin Janits 634 4.0 0.0 583 Zsolt Pákai Lukas Huber 648 4.0 0.0 586 Károly Kozma (61 Ádám Farkas) Matthias Zatschkowitsch 599 2.0 2.0 645 János Brancsek Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

		Pts	Matches			Team points		Set points		Qualification
Rank	Team		W	D	L	W	L	W	L
1	Germany	6	3	0	0	21	3	51.5	20.5	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Slovakia	4	2	0	1	14	10	46	26	Advance to quarterfinals
3	Slovenia	2	1	0	2	12	12	36	36
4	Sweden	0	0	0	3	1	23	10.5	61.5

30 May 2025 08:00 CEST  Germany 8 – 0  Sweden 3776  24.0 Report 0.0   3304 Daniel Barth 642 4.0 0.0 543 Patrik Rasin Manuel Lallinger 620 4.0 0.0 568 Juha Sahlman Mario Nüßlein 611 4.0 0.0 556 Johannes Wiklund (61 Christian Wilke) Lukas Funk 633 4.0 0.0 590 Niklas Persson (61 Tim Brachtel) Jürgen Pointinger 633 4.0 0.0 522 Peter Barkenskiöld Jan Sandler 637 4.0 0.0 525 Thomas Park Karlsson Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

30 May 2025 19:00 CEST  Slovakia 5 – 3  Slovenia 3777  14.0 Report 10.0   3757 Rostislav Gorecký 649 2.0 2.0 670 Aleš Blaz Marcel Ivančík 669 3.0 1.0 603 Kristjan Mijatović Erik Kuna 631 2.0 2.0 637 Matej Lepej Šimon Magala 614 3.0 1.0 575 Gašper Burkeljca (61 Blaž Čerin) (80 Tibor Varga) Jan Bína 583 1.0 3.0 666 Žiga Požar Ivan Čech 631 3.0 1.0 606 Miko Steržaj Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

1 June 2025 11:40 CEST  Slovakia 8 – 0  Sweden 3722  21.0 Report 3.0   3253 Jan Bína 616 4.0 0.0 538 Patrik Rasin Róbert Kluka 575 2.0 2.0 519 Johannes Wiklund Tibor Varga 596 3.0 1.0 553 Hakan Stromberg Rostislav Gorecký 654 4.0 0.0 565 Juha Sahlman (61 Marcel Ivančík) Šimon Magala 622 4.0 0.0 554 Niklas Persson Erik Kuna 659 4.0 0.0 524 Thomas Park Karlsson Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

1 June 2025 15:20 CEST  Slovenia 2 – 6  Germany 3690  9.5 Report 14.5   3783 Miko Steržaj 638 3.0 1.0 637 Daniel Barth Aleš Blaz 621 0.0 4.0 666 Christian Wilke Kristjan Mijatović 621 3.0 1.0 603 Jan Sandler (91 Lukas Funk) Matej Lepej 620 1.5 2.5 625 Manuel Lallinger (61 Gregor Bajželj) Blaž Čerin 582 1.0 3.0 616 Jürgen Pointinger (61 Primož Kastaneto) Žiga Požar 608 1.0 3.0 636 Tim Brachtel Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

3 June 2025 08:00 CEST  Sweden 1 – 7  Slovenia 3190  7.5 Report 16.5   3601 Thomas Park Karlsson 549 3.0 1.0 562 Gašper Burkeljca Patrik Rasin 525 1.5 2.5 588 Blaž Čerin Niklas Persson 558 1.0 3.0 591 Gregor Bajželj Johannes Wiklund 510 0.0 4.0 650 Primož Kaštaneto Håkan Strömberg 527 1.0 3.0 598 Miko Steržaj Peter Barkenskiöld 521 1.0 3.0 612 Žiga Požar Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

3 June 2025 19:00 CEST  Germany 7 – 1  Slovakia 3840  13.0 Report 11.0   3775 Christian Wilke 669 3.0 1.0 629 Rostislav Gorecký Daniel Barth 625 2.0 2.0 624 Jan Bína Manuel Lallinger 640 2.0 2.0 638 Marcel Ivančík Lukas Funk 655 2.0 2.0 652 Erik Kuna (61 Mario Nüßlein) Tim Brachtel 628 2.0 2.0 604 Šimon Magala (61 Tibor Varga) (91 Jan Sandler) Jürgen Pointinger 623 2.0 2.0 628 Ivan Čech Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

		Pts	Matches			Team points		Set points		Qualification
Rank	Team		W	D	L	W	L	W	L
1	Czechia	6	3	0	0	19.5	4.5	49	23	Advance to quarterfinals
2	North Macedonia	4	2	0	1	14	10	36	36	Advance to quarterfinals
3	Croatia	2	1	0	2	11.5	12.5	36	36
4	France	0	0	0	3	3	21	23	49

30 May 2025 11:40 CEST  Croatia 6 – 2  France 3694  15.0 Report 9.0   3566 Ivan Totić 630 3.0 1.0 626 Frédéric Koell (61 Pere Petrić) Ivan Petrić 561 1.0 3.0 603 Gianni Della Martire Bojan Vlakevski 679 4.0 0.0 574 Corentin Rauscher Luka Bolanča 625 3.0 1.0 577 Enzo Kempf Andrej Kovač 602 2.0 2.0 608 Kévin Vincent (61 Dario Prađeno) Mihael Grivičić 597 2.0 2.0 578 Jérome Livera Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

30 May 2025 19:00 CEST Czechia 6 – 2  North Macedonia 3856  15.0 Report 9.0   3636 Milan Svoboda 684 4.0 0.0 556 Damir Fučkar Milan Blecha 627 3.0 1.0 584 Dimitar Dimitrovski Petr Dobeš 639 3.0 1.0 620 Saso Trpkovski Jan Mecerod 634 1.0 3.0 610 Boris Benedik (61 Zdenek Ransdorf) Jaroslav Hažva 588 0.0 4.0 662 Uroš Stoklas Michal Pytlík 684 4.0 0.0 604 Mladen Donkovski Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

1 June 2025 08:00 CEST Czechia 8 – 0  France 3727  19.0 Report 5.0   3532 Jaroslav Hažva 623 4.0 0.0 591 Frédéric Koell Jan Mecerod 647 3.0 1.0 589 Gianni Della Martire Petr Dobeš 603 4.0 0.0 564 Jérome Livera Zdenek Ransdorf 632 2.0 2.0 605 Enzo Kempf Petr Hendrych 609 3.0 1.0 586 Ludovic Rousselet (61 Milan Blecha) Michal Pytlík 613 3.0 1.0 597 Kévin Vincent Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

1 June 2025 11:40 CEST  North Macedonia 5 – 3  Croatia 3709  12.0 Report 12.0   3630 Saso Trpkovski 636 0.0 4.0 660 Bojan Vlakevski Mladen Donkovski 589 1.0 3.0 613 Luka Požega Nikola Andonovski 581 1.0 3.0 609 Ivan Totić Boris Benedik 638 3.0 1.0 574 Mihael Grivičić (61 Pere Petrić) Dimitar Dimitrovski 648 4.0 0.0 602 Andrej Kovač Uroš Stoklas 617 3.0 1.0 572 Dario Prađeno Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

3 June 2025 11:40 CEST  France 1 – 7  North Macedonia 3542  9.0 Report 15.0   3660 Frédéric Koell 597 2.0 2.0 624 Sašo Trpkovski Gianni Della Martire 618 2.0 2.0 627 Mladen Donkovski Corentin Rauscher 603 2.0 2.0 586 Nikola Andonovski Enzo Kempf 566 1.0 3.0 616 Boris Benedik Ludovic Rousselet 571 1.0 3.0 597 Dimitar Dimitrovski (91 Duško Ajdin) Kevin Vincent 587 1.0 3.0 610 Uroš Stoklas Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

3 June 2025 19:00 CEST  Croatia 2.5 – 5.5 Czechia 3677  9.0 Report 15.0   3721 Andrej Kovač 581 0.0 4.0 616 Jaroslav Hažva Ivan Totić 633 3.0 1.0 616 Milan Svoboda Nikola Muše 608 2.0 2.0 608 Milan Blecha (31 Petr Hendrych) Ivan Petrić 642 2.0 2.0 614 Jan Mecerod Bojan Vlakevski 610 1.0 3.0 647 Michal Pytlík Luka Požega 603 1.0 3.0 620 Zdeněk Ransdorf Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Serbia

6

C2

Slovakia

2

Serbia

5

Austria

3

B1

Austria

7

D2

North Macedonia

1

Serbia

6

Germany

2

C1

Germany

8

A2

Poland

0

Germany

7

Hungary

1

D1

Czechia

2

B2

Hungary

6

5 June 2025 10:00 CEST  Serbia 6 – 2  Slovakia 3802  14.5 Report 9.5   3675 Danijel Tepša 604 2.5 1.5 580 Ivan Čech (61 Tibor Varga) Vilmoš Zavarko 665 3.5 0.5 613 Rostislav Gorecký Alen Kujundžić 705 2.5 1.5 641 Erik Kuna (91 Mateja Tadić) Robert Ernješi 613 1.0 3.0 640 Šimon Magala Čongor Baranj 628 3.0 1.0 609 Ján Bína Igor Kovačić 587 2.0 2.0 592 Marcel Ivančík Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

5 June 2025 12:30 CEST  Austria 7 – 1  North Macedonia 3866  15.0 Report 9.0   3676 Philipp Vsetecka 664 3.0 1.0 630 Sašo Trpkovski Martin Rathmayer 659 2.0 2.0 626 Mladen Donkovski Martin Janits 610 3.0 1.0 577 Nikola Andonovski Lukas Huber 657 2.0 2.0 623 Boris Benedik Lukas Temistokle 650 4.0 0.0 596 Dimitar Dimitrovski Matthias Zatschkowitsch 599 1.0 3.0 624 Uroš Stoklas Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

5 June 2025 15:00 CEST  Germany 8 – 0  Poland 3857  21.0 Report 3.0   3537 Tim Brachtel 665 4.0 0.0 590 Bartosz Krug Daniel Barth 666 4.0 0.0 609 Mateusz Goździk Manuel Lallinger 665 4.0 0.0 582 Dawid Strzelczak (61 Lukas Funk) Christian Wilke 598 3.0 1.0 585 Jakub Kuryło Timo Hoffmann 624 3.0 1.0 587 Tomasz Masłowski Jürgen Pointinger 639 3.0 1.0 584 Jakub Cwojdziński Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

5 June 2025 17:30 CEST Czechia 2 – 6  Hungary 3660  9.0 Report 15.0   3723 Jan Mecerod 604 1.0 3.0 640 Károly Kozma Milan Svoboda 608 2.0 2.0 619 Zoltán Móricz Petr Dobeš 579 0.0 4.0 610 Zsombor Zapletán Jaroslav Hažva 635 2.0 2.0 620 Levente Kakuk Michal Pytlík 614 2.0 2.0 629 Norbert Kiss Zdeněk Ransdorf 620 2.0 2.0 605 János Brancsek (84 Zoltán Horváth) Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

6 June 2025 15:00 CEST  Serbia 5 – 3  Austria 3854  15.0 Report 9.0   3825 Alen Kujundžić 664 1.0 3.0 696 Philipp Vsetecka Mateja Tadić 625 1.0 3.0 642 Martin Rathmayer Vilmoš Zavarko 668 4.0 0.0 628 Martin Janits Čongor Baranj 675 4.0 0.0 616 Lukas Huber (61 Daniel Tepša) Igor Kovačić 595 2.0 2.0 633 Lukas Temistokle Robert Ernješi 627 3.0 1.0 610 Matthias Zatschkowitsch Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

6 June 2025 17:30 CEST  Germany 7 – 1  Hungary 3943  17.0 Report 7.0   3733 Tim Brachtel 644 2.0 2.0 626 Zsombor Zapletán Daniel Barth 650 4.0 0.0 601 Károly Kozma Manuel Lallinger 678 2.0 2.0 669 Zoltán Móricz Lukas Funk 599 1.0 3.0 646 Norbert Kiss (61 Mario Nüßlein) Jürgen Pointinger 701 4.0 0.0 581 Zoltán Flavius Fehér (91 Jan Sandler) Christian Wilke 671 4.0 0.0 610 Zoltán Horváth Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

7 June 2025 13:30 CEST  Serbia 6 – 2  Germany 3913  12.5 Report 11.5   3808 Alen Kujundžić 691 3.0 1.0 640 Tim Brachtel Mateja Tadić 674 3.0 1.0 621 Daniel Barth Vilmoš Zavarko 688 2.5 1.5 629 Manuel Lallinger (116 Želislav Jakab) Čongor Baranj 657 2.0 2.0 650 Christian Wilke Daniel Tepša 590 0.0 4.0 633 Jürgen Pointinger (118 Radovan Vlajkov) Robert Ernješi 613 2.0 2.0 635 Mario Nüßlein Alba Aréna, Székesfehérvár

Rank Team  Serbia  Germany  Austria  Hungary 5-8 Czechia  North Macedonia  Poland  Slovakia 9-12  Croatia  Italy  Romania  Slovenia 13-16  Denmark  Estonia  France  Sweden

2025 Men's World Champions Serbia 7th title Team roster: Čongor Baranj, Robert Ernješi, Želislav Jakab, Igor Kovačić, Alen Kujundžić, Mateja Tadić, Daniel Tepša, Radovan Vlajkov, Vilmoš Zavarko Head coach: Vilmoš Zavarko