The men's 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 Slovenians Matej Lepej and Janže Lužan, who defeated Croats Pere Petrić and Ivan Totić in the final. Bronze medals went to semi-finalists Austrians Lukas Temistokle and Matthias Zatschkowitsch, and Poles Jakub Kuryło and Gabriel Zastawnik.
In the quarterfinal, Kozma and Brancsek set a new world record of 339 in their match against Poland, despite losing the match.
Background This is the first time the events of women's and men's tandem took place at the championships. Previous editions featured only mixed tandem event with more starting places.
Results
Starting places Each nation was allocated one starting place in the women's 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 Player 1 Score Nation 2 Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV1st unit 11:20 (CEST) TAM 1 1 – 2 Lukas Temistokle Matthias Zatschkowitsch 1 - 1 Erik Kuna Rostislav Gorecký 154 - 174 181 - 152 30 - 29 TAM 2 3 – 4 Jurgen Pointinger Tim Brachtel 2 - 0 Ion Cercel Bogdan Tudorie 149 - 134 164 - 140 TAM 3 5 – 6 Fréderic Koell Enzo Kempf 2 - 0 Kasper Holdgård Juul Kisum Martin Folmer Hansen 161 - 155 150 - 148 TAM 4 7 – 8 Bye Janže Lužan Matej Lepej 2nd unit 12:00 (CEST) TAM 5 1 – 2 Pere Petrić Ivan Totić 1 - 1 Florian Thaler Georg Plaickner 159 - 152 152 - 157 28 - 22 TAM 6 3 – 4 Markko Abel Marek Sööt 1 - 1 Igor Kovačić Alen Kujundžić 142 - 160 160 - 157 24 - 25 TAM 7 5 – 6 Milan Blecha Michal Pytlík 0 - 2 Jakub Kuryło Gabriel Zastawnik 128 - 141 140 - 165 TAM 8 7 – 8 Andonovski Nikola Petar Radović 0 - 2 Károly Kozma János Brancsek 165 - 175 142 - 155
Match # Lanes Nation 1 Player 1 Score Nation 2 Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV13:20 (CEST) TAM 9 5 – 6 Lukas Temistokle Matthias Zatschkowitsch 1 - 1 Jurgen Pointinger Tim Brachtel 147 - 167 155 - 150 30 - 23 TAM 10 1 – 2 Fréderic Koell Enzo Kempf 1 - 1 Janže Lužan Matej Lepej 146 - 144 145 - 153 20 - 23 TAM 11 7 – 8 Pere Petrić Ivan Totić 1 - 1 Igor Kovačić Alen Kujundžić 154 - 159 169 - 166 26 - 25 TAM 12 3 – 4 Jakub Kuryło Gabriel Zastawnik 1 - 1 Károly Kozma János Brancsek 173 - 162 146 - 177 28 - 25
Match # Lanes Nation 1 Player 1 Score Nation 2 Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV14:00 (CEST) TAM 13 7 – 8 Lukas Temistokle Matthias Zatschkowitsch 1 - 1 Janže Lužan Matej Lepej 162 - 148 155 - 160 51 - 56 TAM 14 5 – 6 Pere Petrić Ivan Totić 2 - 0 Jakub Kuryło Gabriel Zastawnik 157 - 150 156 - 146
Match # Lanes Nation 1 Player 1 Score Nation 2 Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 SV14:40 (CEST) TAM 15 3 – 4 Janže Lužan Matej Lepej 2 - 0 Pere Petrić Ivan Totić 164 - 154 167 - 153
Bracket
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