Odense, day 2: Germany in deep trouble
20 Aug 2009 at 19:58 | Published by: JJM | Views: 10132 | News search
Alice Kobisch putting at lane 1 of the felt course. (Photo by Erik Tiekstra 2009)
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German women had a day full of trouble in Odense, already from the very first moments in the morning
as Alice Kobisch opened the day with
50 points at the felt course, including two full jackpots of 7 points.
Germany’s catastrophic first round on felt, 133 points
(average 44.33 per player) turned their gold hopes into a desperate
battle for survival on any medal position at all.
Sweden is marching to gold, and Austria has a firm hold on the silver medals, 19 points ahead of Germany.
19 points is not very much at these difficult felt and eternite courses, so Austrians will need to play
some very balanced game to keep their silver position.
Germany in third place is within reach of the silver medals, but also within attacking distance from
Netherlands and Switzerland in tied 4th place. If either of these two teams will have the day of their
life tomorrow, Germany can potentially be outside of the medal podium for the first time since 1979.
WOMEN’S TEAMS after round 6, of total 8 rounds:
1. 71 106 68 114 71 101 = 531 Sweden
2. 77 125 68 107 77 112 = 566 Austria
3. 76 115 69 133 70 122 = 585 Germany
4: 78 137 77 120 77 110 = 599 Netherlands
4: 87 120 78 125 72 117 = 599 Switzerland
6. 78 127 83 110 86 126 = 610 Italy
7. 87 144 88 144 76 131 = 670 Denmark
8. 104 162 95 146 106 132 = 745 Japan
TOP 5 IN WOMEN:
1. 22 37 21 35 23 36 = 174 WIKLUND Karin
2. 24 32 24 40 24 32 = 176 RENGBRANDT Jessica
3. 24 39 21 30 25 41 = 180 BERGER-RELLA Elisabeth
4. 25 37 23 39 24 33 = 181 WEAVER Sandra
5. 22 40 23 40 22 35 = 182 GRUBER Elisabeth
full scores of all players
Best female player from outside of Europe:
29. 31 47 31 51 28 49 = 237 MOTEGI Akiko
German players and coaches resting in the audience. (Photo by Erik Tiekstra 2009)
In men’s team competition Sweden keeps marching to a certain and fully expected victory,
with the best total score on both minigolf courses, felt and eternite.
Germany started the day with two excellent team rounds, taking a safe distance to Austria in third place.
But in the 6th round Germans lost 8 points to Austrians, keeping alive the theoretical chances
of Austrian silver medal hopes, at these minigolf courses where 20 points
can come and go in a short moment.
Switzerland and Finland will fight for the honour of 4th place in the team competition, which will
certainly be valued by whoever gets this position in the final results. Italy has fallen a bit far from
4th place, but they still have the chance to surprise Finland for the 5th place.
Denmark and Netherlands will decide the 7th and 8th ranks tomorrow, maybe not exactly
what Dutch players were thinking about when they travelled to Odense for this competition.
MEN’S TEAMS after round 6, of total 8 rounds:
1. 191 129 184 143 181 138 = 966 Sweden
2. 214 139 206 135 199 146 = 1039 Germany
3. 208 144 207 149 213 137 = 1058 Austria
4. 225 147 199 154 236 135 = 1096 Switzerland
5. 230 150 212 147 211 154 = 1104 Finland
6. 222 146 219 160 229 153 = 1129 Italy
7. 253 160 251 150 237 147 = 1198 Denmark
8. 245 164 241 169 242 156 = 1217 Netherlands
9. 262 169 265 174 247 179 = 1296 Slovakia
10. 283 199 286 174 289 179 = 1410 Russia
11. 401 310 436 315 379 325 = 2166 China
TOP 5 IN MEN:
1. 30 20 29 23 26 24 = 152 RYNER Carl-Johan
2. 29 22 31 21 30 24 = 157 OLSSON Anders
3. 34 20 33 22 30 21 = 160 GUSTAFSSON Jonas
4. 35 24 31 21 29 21 = 161 PÁLINKÁS Csaba
5. 32 23 30 24 32 21 = 162 PERSSON Fredrik
full scores of all players
Best player from outside of Europe:
49. 29 41 27 34 22 41 = 194 WEAVER Jason
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