SEMI FINALS

The top 3 sides from each Semi Final progress to the World Pairs Final, along with the highest scoring 4th place side.

WORLD PAIRS SEMI FINAL

A very close Semi Final with every side in with a chance up until the latter heats was won by Scotland in the end as Bridges and Treadwell were the only pair to both reach double figures. Defending champions Norway joined them in the final with Bergestol and Thoresen clearly keen to retain their title. The final qualifying place went to Poland, for whom both Tercjak and Irzyk had some wobbles but the young pair scored the points when needed to see off Sweden who relied too much on Davidsson for their points. Russia would have hoped to qualify but Gomozov had somewhat of an off-day by his standards and they finished 5th. Italy put up a good fight in a tough Semi and just held off Denmark, for whom Eriksen scored nearly all their points, for 6th place.

SCOTLAND 23 - QUALIFIED

1. Scott Bridges............. 3 3 0 3 1 3 13

2. Luke Treadwell............ 2* 2* 1 0 3 2* 10+3

3. Andrew Williamson......... Did not ride

NORWAY 20 - QUALIFIED

1. Hans E Bergestol.......... 0 2* 2 1* 3 1* 9+3

2. Olle Bjorn Thoresen....... 1 3 1* 2 2* 2 11+2

3. Rudi Juritzen............. Did not ride

POLAND 18 - QUALIFIED

1. Maciej Tercjak............ 2* 0 3 1* 0 1* 7+3

2. Gabrys Irzyk.............. 3 3 R 2 1 2 11

3. Jozef Jarzabek............ Did not ride

SWEDEN 17

1. Jonus Sandin.............. 3 1 0 0 - - 4

2. Erik Davidsson............ 0 F 3 3 3 2 11

3. Halle Soderberg........... 2* 0 - - - - 2+1

RUSSIA 17

1. Denis Gomozov............. 1* 2 1* 0 1 1 6+2

2. Oleg Yelesnev............. 2 1* 2 3 3 0 11+1

3. Maxim Shirakov............ Did not ride

ITALY 16

1. Donato Dragotto........... 1* 0 3 0 2 3 9+1

2. Enzo Innacone............. 2 1 2* 2 0 0 7+1

3. Ricco Occari.............. Did not ride

DENMARK 15

1. Jens Isaksen.............. 0 0 2 1 0 - 3

2. Steen Eriksen............. 3 1 1* 3 1 3 12+1

3. Jesper Risager............ 0 - - - - - 0

No. Results

1: Jonus Sandin, Enzo Innacone, Donato Dragotto, Erik Davidsson

2: Scott Bridges, Luke Treadwell, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Hans E Bergestol

3: Steen Eriksen, Oleg Yelesnev, Denis Gomozov, Jens Isaksen

4: Gabrys Irzyk, Maciej Tercjak, Jonus Sandin, Erik Davidsson (F)

5: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Hans E Bergestol, Enzo Innacone, Donato Dragotto

6: Scott Bridges, Luke Treadwell, Steen Eriksen, Jens Isaksen

7: Gabrys Irzyk, Denis Gomozov, Oleg Yelesnev, Maciej Tercjak

8: Erik Davidsson, Hans E Bergestol, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Jonus Sandin

9: Donato Dragotto, Enzo Innacone, Luke Treadwell, Scott Bridges

10: Maciej Tercjak, Jens Isaksen, Steen Eriksen, Gabrys Irzyk (R)

11: Erik Davidsson, Oleg Yelesnev, Denis Gomozov, Jonus Sandin

12: Steen Eriksen, Enzo Innacone, Jens Isaksen, Donato Dragotto

13: Oleg Yelesnev, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Hans E Bergestol, Denis Gomozov

14: Scott Bridges, Gabrys Irzyk, Maciej Tercjak, Luke Treadwell

15: Erik Davidsson, Halle Soderberg, Steen Eriksen, Jens Isaksen

16: Oleg Yelesnev, Donato Dragotto, Denis Gomozov, Enzo Innacone

17: Hans E Bergestol, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Gabrys Irzyk, Maciej Tercjak

18: Luke Treadwell, Erik Davidsson, Scott Bridges, Halle Soderberg

19: Donato Dragotto, Gabrys Irzyk, Maciej Tercjak, Enzo Innacone

20: Steen Eriksen, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Hans E Bergestol, Jesper Risager

21: Scott Bridges, Luke Treadwell, Denis Gomozov, Oleg Yelesnev

WORLD PAIRS SEMI FINAL

America impressed with a fine win to lead the qualifier for the World Pairs Final from the second Semi - McChesney being joined by Loucks who rode out of his skin to match his more recognised partner's score. England made hard work of it with Wood misfiring and Reay suffering a knock which, whilst not serious, forced him to withdraw but Adams stepped in and made sure they reached the final. Australia won a run-off for 3rd as Hooper came in to join Scott and the experienced pair did enough in the latter stages to reach the final. Bulgaria were the surprise pair of the meeting but, despite losing the run-off for 3rd, Stoyanov and Dimotrov's total of 19 points means they reach the final as the highest scoring 4th place pairing. The Czech Republic impressed but just missed out with 18 points being good enough for 5th. The other pairs found the meeting hard with Chong and Te-Huna not quite having the experience when it mattered and Slovenia too reliant on the scoring power of Verner.

AMERICA 24 - QUALIFIED

1. Braxton McChesney......... 3 3 2* 0 3 1* 12+2

2. Jeremie Loucks............ 2* 2* 3 2 1 2 12+2

3. Graeme Black.............. Did not ride

ENGLAND 20 - QUALIFIED

1. Hayden Wood............... 0 1 1 2* 3 1 8+1

2. Liam Reay................. 3 3 F - - - 6 (I)

3. Chris Adams............... 3 0 3 - - - 6

AUSTRALIA 19 - QUALIFIED

1. Ryan Irwin................ 1* 0 1 - - - 2+1

2. Andrew Scott.............. 2 1 3 1* 3 2 12+1

3. Carl Hooper............... 2 2* 1* - - - 5+2

BULGARIA 19 - QUALIFIED

1. Dimitar Stoyanov.......... 3 1 2* 0 2 3 11+1

2. Rumun Dimotrov............ 2* 0 3 2 1* 0 8+2

3. Stojan Lukanov............ Did not ride

CZECH REPUBLIC 18

1. Ludek Janicek............. 3 0 2 1 1* 0 7+1

2. Marc Vaniak............... 1 2 0 3 2 3 11

3. Zdenek Drahos............. Did not ride

NEW ZEALAND 15

1. Fillippe Chong............ 0 2* 1 1 1 3 8+1

2. Wynton Te-Huna............ 1 3 3 0 0 0 7

3. Darren Moore.............. Did not ride

SLOVENIA 11

1. Petr Verner............... 2 1 0 3 2 2 10

2. Janez Djbas............... 0 0 1 0 - - 1

3. Jernej Keglovits.......... 0 0 - - - - 0

No. Results

1: Dimitar Stoyanov, Rumun Dimotrov, Wynton Te-Huna, Fillippe Chong

2: Ludek Janicek, Petr Verner, Marc Vaniak, Janez Djbas

3: Liam Reay, Andrew Scott, Ryan Irwin, Hayden Wood

4: Braxton McChesney, Jeremie Loucks, Dimitar Stoyanov, Rumun Dimotrov

5: Wynton Te-Huna, Fillippe Chong, Petr Verner, Janez Djbas

6: Liam Reay, Marc Vaniak, Hayden Wood, Ludek Janicek

7: Braxton McChesney, Jeremie Loucks, Andrew Scott, Ryan Irwin

8: Rumun Dimotrov, Dimitar Stoyanov, Janez Djbas, Petr Verner

9: Wynton Te-Huna, Ludek Janicek, Fillippe Chong, Marc Vaniak

10: Jeremie Loucks, Braxton McChesney, Hayden Wood, Liam Reay (F)

11: Andrew Scott, Rumun Dimotrov, Ryan Irwin, Dimitar Stoyanov

12: Chris Adams, Hayden Wood, Fillippe Chong, Wynton Te-Huna

13: Petr Verner, Carl Hooper, Andrew Scott, Jernej Keglovits

14: Marc Vaniak, Jeremie Loucks, Ludek Janicek, Braxton McChesney

15: Hayden Wood, Dimitar Stoyanov, Rumun Dimotrov, Chris Adams

16: Andrew Scott, Carl Hooper, Fillippe Chong, Wynton Te-Huna

17: Braxton McChesney, Petr Verner, Jeremie Loucks, Jernej Keglovits

18: Dimitar Stoyanov, Marc Vaniak, Ludek Janicek, Rumun Dimotrov

19: Fillippe Chong, Jeremie Loucks, Braxton McChesney, Wynton Te-Huna

20: Chris Adams, Petr Verner, Hayden Wood, Janez Djbas

21: Marc Vaniak, Andrew Scott, Carl Hooper, Ludek Janicek

RUN OFF FOR 3RD: Andrew Scott, Dimitar Stoyanov

INJURY NEWS - Liam Reay (England) withdrew with a knee injury but will be fit for his next meeting.