The men's single event at the 2026 World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was held in Schwaz, Austria. Qualifying took place on 1 June, while the knock-out phase occurred from 4 to 6 June 2026.

Gold medal was won by Serb Alen Kujundžić, who became the new world champion by defeating Slovak Šimon Magala in the final. Bronze medals went to semifinalists German Tim Brachtel, the defending champion and winner of the 2024 edition in Brezno, and fellow German Marco Endres.

Qualifying

Starting places The number of competitors was determined by the number of pairs participating in the pairs event. An exception was made for the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who competed individually in the qualification stage.

AUT BIH CRO CZE DEN EST FRA GER HUN ITA MKD POL ROU SRB SVK SLO Total Number of players 6 1 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 4 6 4 4 6 4 4 65

Results

All players competing in the pair event with 120 balls were also classified individually in the qualifying round. The best 32 qualified for the knock-out phase.

Rank Name Country All Clear off Faults Total Notes 1 Tim Brachtel 448 276 0 724 Q 2 Lukas Huber 417 295 0 712 Q 3 Šimon Magala 453 248 0 701 Q 4 Ivan Petrić 425 275 0 700 Q 5 Daniel Barth 451 239 1 690 Q 6 Bojan Vlakevski 429 257 1 686 Q 7 Lukas Funk 414 268 0 682 Q 8 Frédéric Koell 430 248 0 678 Q 9 Igor Kovačić 437 238 0 675 Q 10 Bartosz Krug 410 260 2 670 Q 11 Zdeněk Ransdorf 401 266 0 667 Q 12 Žiga Požar 408 259 0 667 Q 13 Alen Kujundžić 416 250 0 666 Q 14 Zsombor Zapletán 409 256 0 665 Q 15 Lukas Temistokle 410 249 0 659 Q 16 Enzo Kempf 404 250 0 654 Q 17 Uroš Stoklas 407 247 0 654 Q 18 Vid Ponebšek 441 213 0 654 Q 19 Jürgen Pointinger 413 240 1 653 Q 20 Mateja Tadić 400 252 1 652 Q 21 Ivan Totić 404 248 0 652 Q 22 Philipp Vsetecka 412 240 0 652 Q 23 Marco Endres 413 238 0 651 Q 24 Jan Bína 419 230 2 649 Q 25 Miloš Simijonović 401 247 0 648 Q 26 Erik Kuna 415 231 0 646 Q 27 Zoltán Móricz 425 221 0 646 Q 28 Jaroslav Hažva 406 239 0 645 Q 29 Armin Egger 404 240 0 644 Q 30 Zsolt Pákai 409 230 2 639 Q 31 Jakub Cwojdziński 365 273 1 638 Q 32 Christian Wilke 415 222 0 637 Q 33 Janže Lužan 426 210 0 636 34 Bojan Kličarić 409 226 0 635 35 Matthias Zatschkowitsch 411 223 0 634 36 János Brancsek 402 230 0 632 37 Jakub Kuryło 398 232 3 630 38 Matej Lepej 404 226 0 630 39 Martin Rathmayer 406 224 0 630 40 Máté Németh 395 234 1 629 41 Bogdan Tudorie 385 243 0 628 42 Markko Abel 397 231 3 628 43 Milan Blecha 406 220 2 626 44 Pere Petrić 402 223 2 625 45 Marijo Prljević 402 222 2 624 46 Károly Kozma 405 219 1 624 47 Dragan Gajin 383 239 0 622 48 Andreas Dalvai 397 225 0 622 49 Nikola Andonovski 404 218 1 622 50 Ion Cercel 394 222 4 616 51 Martin Folmer Hansen 400 215 2 615 52 Florian Thaler 383 229 1 612 53 Michal Pytlík 398 212 1 610 54 Kosta Ristevski 398 211 1 609 55 Marek Sööt 405 201 3 606 56 Petar Radović 397 206 6 603 57 Oswald Kofler 408 194 2 602 58 Roberto-Daniel Laposi 398 203 1 601 59 Gabriel Zastawnik 398 203 1 601 60 Rostislav Gorecký 398 194 1 592 61 Aleksandar Blaževski 405 186 3 591 62 Alexander Tischler 396 194 1 590 63 Duško Ajdin 388 200 2 588 64 Ștefan Romeo Bălan 405 176 2 581 65 Kasper Holdgård Juul Kisum 381 159 9 540

Finals According to the results of the qualification, 32 players were put together in bouts, which took place on standard match rules - 4 sets of 30 throws. The competitor who obtains a larger number of sets wins. With an equal number of sets decides a higher total score.

Schedule

Match # Start lanes Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 41st unit 10:00 (CEST) SCM 1 5 – 6 Tim Brachtel 2.5 - 1.5 698 - 670 Christian Wilke 176 - 185 171 - 170 181 - 145 170 - 170 SCM 2 7 – 8 Uroš Stoklas 3 - 1 645 - 592 Enzo Kempf 173 - 158 132 - 155 174 - 140 166 - 1392nd unit 11:15 (CEST) SCM 3 5 – 6 Igor Kovačić 3 - 1 693 - 628 Jan Bína 170 - 161 184 - 137 170 - 155 169 - 175 SCM 4 7 – 8 Miloš Simijonović 1 - 3 625 - 666 Frédéric Koell 137 - 156 161 - 145 171 - 181 156 - 1843rd unit 12:30 (CEST) SCM 5 5 – 6 Daniel Barth 3 - 1 681 - 651 Jaroslav Hažva 159 - 175 166 - 151 183 - 162 173 - 163 SCM 6 7 – 8 Ivan Totić 1 - 3 615 - 683 Žiga Požar 135 - 197 153 - 156 144 - 167 183 - 1634th unit 13:45 (CEST) SCM 7 5 – 6 Alen Kujundžić 3 - 1 698 - 681 Mateja Tadić 156 - 162 180 - 162 168 - 164 194 - 193 SCM 8 7 – 8 Armin Egger 0.5 - 3.5 587 - 638 Ivan Petrić 151 - 151 138 - 163 154 - 165 144 - 1595th unit 15:00 (CEST) SCM 9 5 – 6 Šimon Magala 2 - 2 651 - 650 Zsolt Pákai 164 - 181 142 - 154 176 - 169 169 - 146 SCM 10 7 – 8 Jürgen Pointinger 0 - 4 618 - 685 Zsombor Zapletán 148 - 169 169 - 171 153 - 181 148 - 1646th unit 16:15 (CEST) SCM 11 5 – 6 Zdeněk Ransdorf 1 - 3 621 - 656 Philipp Vsetecka 149 - 158 165 - 173 175 - 169 132 - 156 SCM 12 7 – 8 Zoltán Móricz 2 - 2 649 - 648 Bojan Vlakevski 147 - 169 166 - 144 162 - 183 174 - 1527th unit 17:30 (CEST) SCM 13 5 – 6 Lukas Funk 3 - 1 676 - 662 Erik Kuna 172 - 177 167 - 165 168 - 157 169 - 163 SCM 14 7 – 8 Marco Endres 3 - 1 653 - 595 Bartosz Krug 160 - 170 174 - 125 169 - 156 150 - 1448th unit 18:45 (CEST) SCM 15 5 – 6 Lukas Temistokle 4 - 0 733 - 677 Vid Ponebšek 184 - 163 198 - 172 181 - 176 170 - 166 SCM 16 7 – 8 Jakub Cwojdziński 1 - 3 620 - 668 Lukas Huber 154 - 170 153 - 169 157 - 179 156 - 150

Match # Start lanes Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 41st unit 10:00 (CEST) SCM 17 1 – 2 Tim Brachtel 4 - 0 657 - 593 Uroš Stoklas 154 - 141 166 - 141 177 - 155 160 - 156 SCM 18 3 – 4 Igor Kovačić 1 - 3 654 - 684 Frédéric Koell 155 - 173 157 - 172 168 - 174 174 - 1652nd unit 11:15 (CEST) SCM 19 1 – 2 Daniel Barth 3 - 1 660 - 644 Žiga Požar 164 - 150 171 - 162 143 - 178 182 - 154 SCM 20 3 – 4 Alen Kujundžić 3.5 - 0.5 670 - 637 Ivan Petrić 156 - 149 173 - 169 164 - 164 177 - 1553rd unit 12:30 (CEST) SCM 21 1 – 2 Šimon Magala 2 - 2 673 - 664 Zsombor Zapletán 188 - 160 164 - 171 170 - 163 151 - 170 SCM 22 3 – 4 Philipp Vsetecka 3 - 1 661 - 643 Zoltán Móricz 171 - 166 149 - 157 164 - 161 177 - 1594th unit 13:45 (CEST) SCM 23 1 – 2 Lukas Funk 0 - 4 655 - 693 Marco Endres 162 - 165 157 - 174 172 - 176 164 - 178 SCM 24 3 – 4 Lukas Temistokle 0.5 - 3.5 632 - 681 Lukas Huber 156 - 156 162 - 180 172 - 183 142 - 162

Match # Start lanes Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 41st unit 16:00 (CEST) SCM 25 5 – 6 Tim Brachtel 4 - 0 706 - 649 Frédéric Koell 179 - 154 176 - 171 174 - 171 177 - 153 SCM 26 7 – 8 Daniel Barth 1 - 3 656 - 669 Alen Kujundžić 159 - 164 156 - 177 169 - 155 172 - 1732nd unit 17:15 (CEST) SCM 27 5 – 6 Šimon Magala 3 - 1 664 - 639 Philipp Vsetecka 161 - 155 173 - 161 167 - 168 163 - 155 SCM 28 7 – 8 Marco Endres 2 - 2 675 - 662 Lukas Huber 174 - 143 169 - 188 164 - 165 168 - 166

Match # Start lanes Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 410:00 (CEST) SCM 29 1 – 2 Tim Brachtel 1 - 3 687 - 698 Alen Kujundžić 173 - 180 176 - 185 167 - 170 171 - 163 SCM 30 3 – 4 Šimon Magala 3 - 1 654 - 631 Marco Endres 171 - 153 163 - 162 168 - 171 152 - 145

Match # Start lanes Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 411:45 (CEST) SCM 31 5 – 6 Alen Kujundžić 3 - 1 705 - 664 Šimon Magala 165 - 184 175 - 141 194 - 180 171 - 159

Bracket

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