The 2025 PBA Sweden Badger Stockholm Open at the New Bowl Center ended with IS Göta’s Karl Wahlgren taking the title after a close final against his clubmate Anton Andersson.
Wahlgren entered the final stage as the top seed after scoring a total of 2,783 over eight games in the Cashers Round, which included his 906 total from qualifiers.
The long Badger oil pattern worked well for Wahlgren, who finished second in the qualifiers and then led the 24-player field in the Cashers Round to claim the No. 1 seed for the stepladder finals.
In te title match, Wahlgren started the title match strong, building a lead. A mid-game strike run from Andersson closed the gap, but Wahlgren sealed the win 215–195 to claim the trophy.
Prior the title match, No. 4 seed Andersson defeated No. 3 seed Sweden’s Carl Eklund 208-205 and No. 2 seed Denmark’s Tim Stampe 224-195.
With the victory, Wahlgren earned an international invitation to the 2026 PBA World Series of Bowling, including entry fee, and a spot in the final of the 2025 Storm Lucky Larsen Masters.
The Badger Open is one of four PBA events held in Sweden. These events lead up to the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters, a PBA National title tournament.
Here’s what’s at stake in the Swedish PBA series:
- The top 3 points finishers across all four events earn spots in the 2025 PBA Trials.
- The top points leader also qualifies for the 2025 PBA Regional Players Invitational, both in the regular and senior categories.
- Winners of each event get an international invitation to the 2026 PBA World Series of Bowling and a place in the 2025 Lucky Larsen Masters final.
- The Lucky Larsen Masters champion will claim a PBA National title and a spot in the 2026 PBA Tournament of Champions.
Earlier this year, Iceland’s Arnar Jonsson took the 2025 PBA Sweden Scorpion Open title in Eskilstuna, while Pontus Andersson won the PBA Sweden Chameleon Jönköping Open.
The next event - Storm Lucky Larsen Masters - will be held at Olympia Bowling in Helsingborg, on August 22-31.
