The mixed tandem event at the 2026 World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was held in Schwaz, Austria on 3 June 2026.
Gold medal was won by Croats Nataša Ravnić and Bojan Vlakevski, who defeated Slovaks Jana Poliaková and Rostislav Gorecký in the final. Bronze medals went to semi-finalists Hungarians Dorottya Bordács-Szalai and Zsolt Pákai and Italians Laura Runggatscher and Armin Egger.
In the quarterfinal, Ravnić and Vlakevski also set a new world record of 348 in their match against France.
Background Croatia entered the competition as the defending world champion in the mixed tandem event. However, the title-winning pair was unable to defend its crown, as Alen Kujundžić had changed his sporting nationality and returned to represent his native Serbia.
The format of the event was also modified. Following the introduction of women’s and men’s tandems as separate events in the championship programme, the number of mixed tandem entries was reduced to 16, with each participating country permitted to enter only one pair.
Results
Starting places Each nation was allocated one starting place in the mixed tandem event, with a total of 16 tandems entered.
AUT BIH CRO CZE DEN EST FRA GER HUN ITA MKD POL ROU SRB SVK SLO Total Number of seeds 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
Schedule
The tandems were drawn into bouts during technical meeting before championships started.
Match # Lanes Nation 1 Tandem 1 Score Nation 2 Tandem 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV1st unit 15:30 (CEST) MIX 1 1 – 2 Jana Poliaková Rostislav Gorecký 2 - 0 Aleksandra Bonk Bartosz Krug 156 - 142 175 - 160 MIX 2 3 – 4 Renata Kozlina Marijo Prljevic 1 - 1 Jasmina Rašković Mateja Tadić 164 - 158 144 - 169 28 - 32 MIX 3 5 – 6 Laura Runggatscher Armin Egger 2 - 0 Luminita Viorica Dogaru Ion Cercel 139 - 138 162 - 150 MIX 4 7 – 8 Helene Holst Jensen Martin Folmer Hansen 1 - 1 Barbora Pýchová Michal Pytlík 145 - 136 123 - 128 18 - 252nd unit 16:10 (CEST) MIX 5 1 – 2 Heret Ots Markko Abel 2 - 0 Mirjana Mladenovska Duško Ajdin 158 - 141 145 - 121 MIX 6 3 – 4 Dorottya Bordács-Szalai Zsolt Pákai 1 - 1 Tea Repnik Vid Ponebšek 164 - 150 152 - 175 28 - 26 MIX 7 5 – 6 Dominique Rathmayer Martin Rathmayer 1 - 1 Nataša Ravnić Bojan Vlakevski 134 - 158 163 - 152 17 - 28 MIX 8 7 – 8 Margot Gribelin Frédéric Koell 1 - 1 Diana Langhammer Marco Endres 152 - 153 165 - 137 27 - 25
Match # Lanes Nation 1 Tandem 1 Score Nation 2 Tandem 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV16:50 (CEST) MIX 9 5 – 6 Jana Poliaková Rostislav Gorecký 2 - 0 Jasmina Rašković Mateja Tadić 149 - 144 161 - 159 MIX 10 1 – 2 Laura Runggatscher Armin Egger 2 - 0 Barbora Pýchová Michal Pytlík 149 - 138 150 - 139 MIX 11 7 – 8 Heret Ots Markko Abel 1 - 1 Dorottya Bordács-Szalai Zsolt Pákai 160 - 140 138 - 141 27 - 28 MIX 12 3 – 4 Nataša Ravnić Bojan Vlakevski 2 - 0 Margot Gribelin Frédéric Koell 165 - 147 183 - 160
Match # Lanes Nation 1 Tandem 1 Score Nation 2 Tandem 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV17:30 (CEST) MIX 13 3 – 4 Jana Poliaková Rostislav Gorecký 2 - 0 Laura Runggatscher Armin Egger 150 - 143 142 - 130 MIX 14 5 – 6 Dorottya Bordács-Szalai Zsolt Pákai 0 - 2 Nataša Ravnić Bojan Vlakevski 144 - 148 132 - 174
Match # Lanes Nation 1 Tandem 1 Score Nation 2 Tandem 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV18:10 (CEST) MIX 15 4 – 5 Jana Poliaková Rostislav Gorecký 0 - 2 Nataša Ravnić Bojan Vlakevski 14729 - 14731 15712 - 15716
Bracket
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