2026 World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships – Men's sprint

The men's sprint event at the 2026 World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was held in Schwaz, Austria on 2 June 2026.

Gold medal was won by German Daniel Barth, who secured his second gold during at the championships by defeating Serb Igor Kovačić in the final. Bronze medals went to semi-finalists Czech Zdenĕk Ransdorf and Slovenian Žiga Požar.

Results

Starting places Starting places were allocated based on each nation's achievements at the previous championships, with one guaranteed place per nation and a maximum of three places per nation in total.

AUT BIH CRO CZE DEN EST FRA GER HUN ITA MKD POL ROU SRB SVK SLO Total Number of seeds 1+1 1 1+2 1+2 1 1 1+1 1+2 1+2 1+1 1 1+1 1+1 1+2 1 1+1 32

Schedule

The players were drawn into bouts with the reservation that competitors from the same country can not play in the first round against each other.

Match # Lanes Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV1st unit 12:00 (CEST) SPM 1 1 – 2 Bartosz Krug 2 – 0 Roberto-Daniel Laposi 108 – 105 106 – 93 SPM 2 3 – 4 Frédéric Koell 1 – 1 Ivan Totić 107 – 115 119 – 117 22 – 25 SPM 3 5 – 6 Tim Brachtel 0 – 2 Michal Pytlík 98 – 110 107 – 119 SPM 4 7 – 8 Jakub Cwojdziński 0 – 2 Zdeněk Ransdorf 90 – 121 105 – 106 2nd unit 12:30 (CEST) SPM 5 1 – 2 Uroš Stoklas 1 – 1 Ivan Petrić 100 – 103 116 – 107 23 – 17 SPM 6 3 – 4 Jaroslav Hažva 2 – 0 Zoltán Móricz 110 – 96 117 – 115 SPM 7 5 – 6 Lukas Huber 0 – 2 Igor Kovačić 110 – 120 102 – 111 SPM 8 7 – 8 Philipp Vsetecka 2 – 0 Jan Bína 130 – 109 110 – 101 3rd unit 13:00 (CEST) SPM 9 1 – 2 Marek Sööt 0 – 2 Daniel Barth 102 – 104 90 – 117 SPM 10 3 – 4 Zsombor Zapletán 2 – 0 Pere Petrić 118 – 108 102 – 98 SPM 11 5 – 6 Armin Egger 2 – 0 Bogdan Tudorie 117 – 103 106 – 101 SPM 12 7 – 8 Stefan Zini 0 – 2 Alen Kujundžić 97 – 117 112 – 122 4th unit 13:30 (CEST) SPM 13 1 – 2 Mateja Tadić 1 – 1 Žiga Požar 116 – 99 99 – 117 37 – 38 SPM 14 3 – 4 Matej Lepej 2 – 0 Enzo Kempf 103 – 94 110 – 103 SPM 15 5 – 6 Lukas Funk 1 – 1 Máté Németh 108 – 93 1125 – 1127 18 – 25 SPM 16 7 – 8 Marijo Prljević 1 – 1 Kasper Holdgaard Juul Kisum 95 – 115 113 – 88 38 – 42

Match # Lanes Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV1st unit 15:00 (CEST) SPM 17 5 – 6 Bartosz Krug 0 – 2 Ivan Totić 103 – 114 90 – 127 SPM 18 1 – 2 Michal Pytlík 1 – 1 Zdeněk Ransdorf 107 – 101 103 – 110 19 – 20 SPM 19 7 – 8 Uroš Stoklas 1 – 1 Jaroslav Hažva 107 – 88 113 – 122 36 – 44 SPM 20 3 – 4 Igor Kovačić 2 – 0 Philipp Vsetecka 101 – 95 122 – 114 2nd unit 15:30 (CEST) SPM 21 5 – 6 Daniel Barth 2 – 0 Zsombor Zapletán 118 – 101 124 – 105 SPM 22 1 – 2 Armin Egger 1 – 1 Alen Kujundžić 106 – 105 1123 – 1125 40 – 44 SPM 23 7 – 8 Žiga Požar 1 – 1 Matej Lepej 118 – 112 95 – 100 19 – 17 SPM 24 3 – 4 Máté Németh 1 – 1 Kasper Holdgaard Juul Kisum 91 – 99 111 – 86 22 – 16

Match # Lanes Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV16:30 (CEST) SPM 25 3 – 4 Ivan Totić 0 – 2 Zdeněk Ransdorf 92 – 118 102 – 106 SPM 26 1 – 2 Jaroslav Hažva 0 – 2 Igor Kovačić 106 – 110 114 – 120 SPM 27 7 – 8 Daniel Barth 2 – 0 Alen Kujundžić 130 – 104 118 – 117 SPM 28 5 – 6 Žiga Požar 1 – 1 Máté Németh 115 – 106 99 – 101 44 – 41

Match # Lanes Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV17:00 (CEST) SPM 29 5 – 6 Zdeněk Ransdorf 0 – 2 Igor Kovačić 101 – 120 106 – 108 SPM 30 1 – 2 Daniel Barth 2 – 0 Žiga Požar 108 – 102 122 – 109

Match # Lanes Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV17:30 (CEST) SPM 31 3 – 4 Igor Kovačić 0 – 2 Daniel Barth 89 – 103 102 – 106

Bracket

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