Team England Eurobowl Stats
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 12:13 pm
A collection of statistics from previous Eurobowls for your delectation.
Overall Eurobowl Winners
7 wins : England
6 wins :
5 wins :
4 wins :
3 wins : Italy
2 wins : France
1 win : Spain, Denmark
Hosts
2003 : Netherlands (England did not attend)
2004 : Bad Homburg, Germany
2005 : Shrewsbury, England
2006 : Riolo Terme, Italy
2007 : (World Cup year)
2008 : Barcelona, Spain
2009 : Bologna, Italy
2010 : Biarritz, France
2011 : (World Cup year)
2012 : Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 : Vienna, Austria
2014 : Oostende, Belgium
2015 : (World Cup year)
2016 : Orebro, Sweden
2017 : Porto, Portugal
2018 : Cardiff, Wales
2019: (World Cup year)
2020 & 2021 cancelled due to COVID
2022: Pembroke, Malta
Team England's Final Placings
Winners : 2004, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
2nd :
3rd : 2005, 2008
4th : 2009, 2012
5th : 2006
...
11th: 2022
England Cap Numbers
1 Grumbledook
2 Indigo
3 Lycos
4 Geggster
5 Max_Horseman
6 Venomous_Breath
7 Zy_Nox
8 Podfrey
9 Longfang
10 Blitzwing
11 pipey
12 Stick_with_poo_on_the_end
13 Ironjaw
14 gumb0
15 Hangus
16 Jimjimany
17 Joemanji
18 Purplegoo
19 Don_Vito
20 winkle_picka
21 Ambush3
22 mubo
23 Wulfyn
24 wilzif
25 nippylongskar
26 PeteW
27 Besters [selected for Poland but unable to play after its cancellation]
28 KFoged
Detailed Event Stats
2004 at Bad Homburg, Germany
Grum (capt, Jon Bowers), Indigo (David Candlish), Lycos (David Downes), Geggster (Paul Gegg), MaxHorseman (Max Horseman), VenomousBreath (Simon Merton), ZyNox (Gary Mills), Podfrey (Geoff Porritt)
W - France – 5.5 (nobody lost)
W - Netherlands - 5
L - Denmark - 3
W - Hungary – 4.5
W - Germany – 4.5
W - Belgium – 5.5
Finished – winners
2005 at Shrewsbury, England
Grum (capt), Indigo, Lycos, Geggster, MaxHorseman, VenomousBreath, Podfrey, Longfang (Del Hiscocks)
L - Spain – 3.5
L - Italy – 2.5
L - Germany – 3.5
W - Netherlands – 7 (was record win - now beaten in Austria)
W - Denmark – 5.5
W - Austria – 5
Finished – 3rd
2006 at Riolo Terme, Italy
Podfrey (capt), Indigo, Lycos, Geggster, VenomousBreath, Longfang, Blitzwing (Luke Gregory), Pippy (Brendan Spencelayhdodah)
L - Hungary – 2 (the only time in England EB history that no-one won AND not surprisingly record defeat)
D - Italy – 4
W - Denmark – 5
W - Scotland – 5.5
W - Freebooters – 4.5
L - Spain – 3
Finished – 5th
2008 at Barcelona, Spain
Pippy (capt), Lycos, Geggster, Podfrey, Blitzwing, Stick (Ian Fitton), Ironjaw (Leon Newton), Gumbo (Leo Townsend)
W - Belgium – 5.5
W - Scotland – 5.5
L - France – 3.5
L - Germany – 3.5
W - Spain – 4.5
D - Italy – 4
Finished – 3rd
2009 at Bologna, Italy
Pippy (capt), Lycos, Geggster, Podfrey, Blitzwing, Stick, Ironjaw, Jimjimany (Jim Gradwell)
D - Denmark – 4
W - Spain – 4.5
W - Hungary – 4.5
W - Germany – 6 (no-one lost, 2nd time)
L - France – 3
D - Italy – 4
Finished – 4th
2010 at Biarritz, France
Geggster (capt), Lycos, Podfrey, Pippy, Jimjimany, Joemanji (Joe Hainstock), Hangus (Ben Patterson), Purplegoo (Doctor Pearson)
W - Spain – 6
W - Netherlands – 5.5
L - Denmark – 3
W - Belgium – 4.5
W - Italy – 4.5
W - France – 6.5 (no-one lost, 3rd time)
Finished – winners
2012 at Copenhagen, Denmark
Geggster (capt), Lycos, Podfrey, Jimjimany, Joemanji, Hangus, Purplegoo, DonVito (David Foxall)
D - Germany – 4
W - Sweden – 5.5
W - Finland – 5.5
L - Denmark – 2.5
W - Italy – 6 (no-one lost, 4th time)
W - Belgium – 4.5
D - Spain – 4
Finished – 4th
2013 in Vienna, Austria
Purplegoo (capt), Lycos, Geggster, Podfrey, Pippy, Jimjimany, Joemanji, WinklePicka (Stan Richardson)
W - Austria - 7.5 (record win, no-one lost for the 5th time)
W - Germany - 5.5
W - Sweden - 6.5 (no-one lost for the 6th time, first time we've achieved two unbeaten rounds in one event)
D - France - 4
L - Italy - 3.5
W - Denmark - 4.5
Finished - winners
2014 in Oostende, Belgium
Purplegoo (capt), Lycos, Geggster, Podfrey, Pippy, Jimjimany, Joemanji, Ambush (Frazer Eden)
W - Scotland - 5.5 (4-3-1)
W - Portugal - 7.5 (7-1-0, equal record win, nobody lost for the 7th time, our first meeting with Portugal)
L - France - 3 (1-4-3)
W - Denmark - 6 (4-4-0, nobody lost for the 8th time)
W - Switzerland - 6 (5-2-1, first meeting with the Swiss)
W - Italy - 4.5 (4-1-3)
Finished - winners
2016 in Orebro, Sweden
Lycos (capt), Geggster, Jimjimany, Joemanji, Purplegoo, mubo (Nick Harding), Wulfyn (Dan Holland), Wilf (Wil Longbottom)
W - Switzerland - 5 (3-4-1)
W- Denmark - 5.5 (4-3-1)
D - France - 4 (3-2-3)
W - Wales - 5 (2-6-0, first meeting with the Welsh, nobody lost for the 9th time)
L - Italy - 3.5 (2-3-3)
W - Sweden - 4.5 (4-1-3)
Finished - winners
2017 in Porto, Portugal
Joemanji (capt), Lycos, Geggster, Jimjimany, Purplegoo, Don Vito, mubo, Nippy Longskar (Mark Elsdon)
W - Finland - 5.5 (5-1-2)
W - Italy - 5 (4-2-2)
W - Wales - 6 (5-2-1)
L - France - 3.5 (3-1-4)
W - Switzerland - 6 (5-2-1)
W - Denmark - 4.5 (3-3-2)
Finished - winners
2018 in Cardiff, Wales
Lycos (capt), Geggster, Pipey, Jimjimany, Joemanji, Purplegoo, Nippy Longskar, PeteW (Pete Woodroffe)
W - Norway - 6 (5-2-1, first meeting with Norway)
W - Germany - 6 (5-2-1)
W - France - 5 (4-2-2)
L - Spain - 3 (0-6-2, only the second time the nobody won a game)
W - Switzerland - 4.5 (3-3-2)
W - Finland - 6 (5-2-1)
Finished - winners
2022 in Pembroke, Malta
PeteW (capt), Lycos, Geggster, Podfrey, Pipey, Joemanji, Purplegoo, KFoged (Kaare Foged)
L - Sweden - 3 (1-4-3)
L - Poland - 3.5 (2-3-3, first meeting with Poland)
W - Wales - 5 (4-2-2)
W - Portugal - 6 (5-2-1)
L - Spain - 2.5 (1-3-4)
W - The Netherlands - 6 (4-4-0, nobody lost for the 10th time)
Finished - 11th
Aggregate Records
Updated to 2022
(points do not include bonuses for winning or drawing the round– points are purely the aggregate of the individual games)
England overall - 73 rounds - 49 wins, 8 draws, 16 losses.
Denmark – 10 matches (6 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses) – 31W 25D 24L
Italy – 10 matches (4 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses) - 28-27-25
France – 9 matches (3 wins, 2 draws, 4 losses) – 25-26-19
Spain – 8 matches (3 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses) – 19-24-21
Germany – 7 matches (4 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses) – 23-20-13
Belgium – 4 matches (4 wins) – 18-4-10
Netherlands – 4 matches (4 wins) – 21-5-6
Switzerland - 4 matches (4 wins) - 16-11-5
Sweden – 4 matches (3 wins, 1 loss) – 15-9-8
Scotland - 3 matches (3 wins) – 13-7-4
Finland – 3 matches (3 wins) – 14-6-4
Hungary – 3 matches (2 wins, 1 loss) – 8-6-10
Wales - 3 matches (3 wins) - 11-10-3
Portugal - 2 matches (2 wins) - 12-3-1
Austria – 2 matches (2 wins) – 11-3-2
Norway - 1 match (1 win) - 5-2-1
Freebooters – 1 match (1 win) – 3-3-2
Poland - 1 match (1 loss) - 2-3-3
Not played - Serbia, Malta, Ireland, Greece, Czechia, USA.
Individual Coach Records
Overall Eurobowl Winners
7 wins : England
6 wins :
5 wins :
4 wins :
3 wins : Italy
2 wins : France
1 win : Spain, Denmark
Hosts
2003 : Netherlands (England did not attend)
2004 : Bad Homburg, Germany
2005 : Shrewsbury, England
2006 : Riolo Terme, Italy
2007 : (World Cup year)
2008 : Barcelona, Spain
2009 : Bologna, Italy
2010 : Biarritz, France
2011 : (World Cup year)
2012 : Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 : Vienna, Austria
2014 : Oostende, Belgium
2015 : (World Cup year)
2016 : Orebro, Sweden
2017 : Porto, Portugal
2018 : Cardiff, Wales
2019: (World Cup year)
2020 & 2021 cancelled due to COVID
2022: Pembroke, Malta
Team England's Final Placings
Winners : 2004, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
2nd :
3rd : 2005, 2008
4th : 2009, 2012
5th : 2006
...
11th: 2022
England Cap Numbers
1 Grumbledook
2 Indigo
3 Lycos
4 Geggster
5 Max_Horseman
6 Venomous_Breath
7 Zy_Nox
8 Podfrey
9 Longfang
10 Blitzwing
11 pipey
12 Stick_with_poo_on_the_end
13 Ironjaw
14 gumb0
15 Hangus
16 Jimjimany
17 Joemanji
18 Purplegoo
19 Don_Vito
20 winkle_picka
21 Ambush3
22 mubo
23 Wulfyn
24 wilzif
25 nippylongskar
26 PeteW
27 Besters [selected for Poland but unable to play after its cancellation]
28 KFoged
Detailed Event Stats
2004 at Bad Homburg, Germany
Grum (capt, Jon Bowers), Indigo (David Candlish), Lycos (David Downes), Geggster (Paul Gegg), MaxHorseman (Max Horseman), VenomousBreath (Simon Merton), ZyNox (Gary Mills), Podfrey (Geoff Porritt)
W - France – 5.5 (nobody lost)
W - Netherlands - 5
L - Denmark - 3
W - Hungary – 4.5
W - Germany – 4.5
W - Belgium – 5.5
Finished – winners
2005 at Shrewsbury, England
Grum (capt), Indigo, Lycos, Geggster, MaxHorseman, VenomousBreath, Podfrey, Longfang (Del Hiscocks)
L - Spain – 3.5
L - Italy – 2.5
L - Germany – 3.5
W - Netherlands – 7 (was record win - now beaten in Austria)
W - Denmark – 5.5
W - Austria – 5
Finished – 3rd
2006 at Riolo Terme, Italy
Podfrey (capt), Indigo, Lycos, Geggster, VenomousBreath, Longfang, Blitzwing (Luke Gregory), Pippy (Brendan Spencelayhdodah)
L - Hungary – 2 (the only time in England EB history that no-one won AND not surprisingly record defeat)
D - Italy – 4
W - Denmark – 5
W - Scotland – 5.5
W - Freebooters – 4.5
L - Spain – 3
Finished – 5th
2008 at Barcelona, Spain
Pippy (capt), Lycos, Geggster, Podfrey, Blitzwing, Stick (Ian Fitton), Ironjaw (Leon Newton), Gumbo (Leo Townsend)
W - Belgium – 5.5
W - Scotland – 5.5
L - France – 3.5
L - Germany – 3.5
W - Spain – 4.5
D - Italy – 4
Finished – 3rd
2009 at Bologna, Italy
Pippy (capt), Lycos, Geggster, Podfrey, Blitzwing, Stick, Ironjaw, Jimjimany (Jim Gradwell)
D - Denmark – 4
W - Spain – 4.5
W - Hungary – 4.5
W - Germany – 6 (no-one lost, 2nd time)
L - France – 3
D - Italy – 4
Finished – 4th
2010 at Biarritz, France
Geggster (capt), Lycos, Podfrey, Pippy, Jimjimany, Joemanji (Joe Hainstock), Hangus (Ben Patterson), Purplegoo (Doctor Pearson)
W - Spain – 6
W - Netherlands – 5.5
L - Denmark – 3
W - Belgium – 4.5
W - Italy – 4.5
W - France – 6.5 (no-one lost, 3rd time)
Finished – winners
2012 at Copenhagen, Denmark
Geggster (capt), Lycos, Podfrey, Jimjimany, Joemanji, Hangus, Purplegoo, DonVito (David Foxall)
D - Germany – 4
W - Sweden – 5.5
W - Finland – 5.5
L - Denmark – 2.5
W - Italy – 6 (no-one lost, 4th time)
W - Belgium – 4.5
D - Spain – 4
Finished – 4th
2013 in Vienna, Austria
Purplegoo (capt), Lycos, Geggster, Podfrey, Pippy, Jimjimany, Joemanji, WinklePicka (Stan Richardson)
W - Austria - 7.5 (record win, no-one lost for the 5th time)
W - Germany - 5.5
W - Sweden - 6.5 (no-one lost for the 6th time, first time we've achieved two unbeaten rounds in one event)
D - France - 4
L - Italy - 3.5
W - Denmark - 4.5
Finished - winners
2014 in Oostende, Belgium
Purplegoo (capt), Lycos, Geggster, Podfrey, Pippy, Jimjimany, Joemanji, Ambush (Frazer Eden)
W - Scotland - 5.5 (4-3-1)
W - Portugal - 7.5 (7-1-0, equal record win, nobody lost for the 7th time, our first meeting with Portugal)
L - France - 3 (1-4-3)
W - Denmark - 6 (4-4-0, nobody lost for the 8th time)
W - Switzerland - 6 (5-2-1, first meeting with the Swiss)
W - Italy - 4.5 (4-1-3)
Finished - winners
2016 in Orebro, Sweden
Lycos (capt), Geggster, Jimjimany, Joemanji, Purplegoo, mubo (Nick Harding), Wulfyn (Dan Holland), Wilf (Wil Longbottom)
W - Switzerland - 5 (3-4-1)
W- Denmark - 5.5 (4-3-1)
D - France - 4 (3-2-3)
W - Wales - 5 (2-6-0, first meeting with the Welsh, nobody lost for the 9th time)
L - Italy - 3.5 (2-3-3)
W - Sweden - 4.5 (4-1-3)
Finished - winners
2017 in Porto, Portugal
Joemanji (capt), Lycos, Geggster, Jimjimany, Purplegoo, Don Vito, mubo, Nippy Longskar (Mark Elsdon)
W - Finland - 5.5 (5-1-2)
W - Italy - 5 (4-2-2)
W - Wales - 6 (5-2-1)
L - France - 3.5 (3-1-4)
W - Switzerland - 6 (5-2-1)
W - Denmark - 4.5 (3-3-2)
Finished - winners
2018 in Cardiff, Wales
Lycos (capt), Geggster, Pipey, Jimjimany, Joemanji, Purplegoo, Nippy Longskar, PeteW (Pete Woodroffe)
W - Norway - 6 (5-2-1, first meeting with Norway)
W - Germany - 6 (5-2-1)
W - France - 5 (4-2-2)
L - Spain - 3 (0-6-2, only the second time the nobody won a game)
W - Switzerland - 4.5 (3-3-2)
W - Finland - 6 (5-2-1)
Finished - winners
2022 in Pembroke, Malta
PeteW (capt), Lycos, Geggster, Podfrey, Pipey, Joemanji, Purplegoo, KFoged (Kaare Foged)
L - Sweden - 3 (1-4-3)
L - Poland - 3.5 (2-3-3, first meeting with Poland)
W - Wales - 5 (4-2-2)
W - Portugal - 6 (5-2-1)
L - Spain - 2.5 (1-3-4)
W - The Netherlands - 6 (4-4-0, nobody lost for the 10th time)
Finished - 11th
Aggregate Records
Updated to 2022
(points do not include bonuses for winning or drawing the round– points are purely the aggregate of the individual games)
England overall - 73 rounds - 49 wins, 8 draws, 16 losses.
Denmark – 10 matches (6 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses) – 31W 25D 24L
Italy – 10 matches (4 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses) - 28-27-25
France – 9 matches (3 wins, 2 draws, 4 losses) – 25-26-19
Spain – 8 matches (3 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses) – 19-24-21
Germany – 7 matches (4 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses) – 23-20-13
Belgium – 4 matches (4 wins) – 18-4-10
Netherlands – 4 matches (4 wins) – 21-5-6
Switzerland - 4 matches (4 wins) - 16-11-5
Sweden – 4 matches (3 wins, 1 loss) – 15-9-8
Scotland - 3 matches (3 wins) – 13-7-4
Finland – 3 matches (3 wins) – 14-6-4
Hungary – 3 matches (2 wins, 1 loss) – 8-6-10
Wales - 3 matches (3 wins) - 11-10-3
Portugal - 2 matches (2 wins) - 12-3-1
Austria – 2 matches (2 wins) – 11-3-2
Norway - 1 match (1 win) - 5-2-1
Freebooters – 1 match (1 win) – 3-3-2
Poland - 1 match (1 loss) - 2-3-3
Not played - Serbia, Malta, Ireland, Greece, Czechia, USA.
Individual Coach Records