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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

Nice nerdage, Joe. I would not have guessed that Hungary were responsible for England’s biggest ever beating! Wembley ‘53 revisited!

Yep, the Marvellous Magyars did us good and proper...

Never come second? Denmark could teach you a thing or two.

Love the statistics, great stuff, thanks Joe. As a Shropshire resident I’m amazed to see a EuroBowl was once hosted in Shrewsbury!

theres a reason its never been back to England Jim

I think that Shrewsbury was the most hungover I have ever played bloodbowl. I was probably still drunk on Saturday and very much in danger of throwing up in the middle the game.
The bar was very cheap, the French brought a lot of vodka and wine and we all stayed up way past bedtime. But at least I wasn't the one who rolled down a flight of stairs and smashed their face in.

Shrewsbury was the one that got away for me...

Collating some EurOpen stats. Would you incorporate here Joe?

Got results for EO II, VI (Copenhagen, Porto)

Nothing for EO I, III, IV, V (Anglet, Vienna, Ostend, Örebro)

Anyone able to fill in the blanks? EO was a team event from IV onwards (2014), individual prior to then.

Organisers were (I think)... Nicodaz Anglet? Turin Vienna? Driesfield Belgium? Ozt Örebro? Are you there?

I'm sure Azzroag won in Vienna but my memory isn't great.

EurOpen Team and individual results are available on the NAF:
https://www.thenaf.net/wp-content/uploa ... esults.pdf
https://www.thenaf.net/wp-content/uploa ... esults.pdf

I haven't found a similar document for Portugal, but stuff like that can be difficult to find sometimes HINT HINT

Thanks Rolo, which tournament are those results from? Sweden?

Pipey wrote:Thanks Rolo, which tournament are those results from? Sweden?

That would be Örebro 2016, yes.

This thread could do with a sticky, right?

Best method is to report the OP and ask for a sticky. An admin or mod should then see it.

By Nuffle, it's an England bragging rights thread

How is it possible that I can reach this section?

Yea, bugger off Cloggie!