| Event: | Men's single |
| Competition: | 2018 World Single Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships |
| Location: | Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Dates: | 21-22 May 2018 (Qualifying) 24-26 May 2018 (Knock-out phase) |
| Competitors: | 64 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Gold: |  Vilmoš Zavarko |
| Silver: | Manuel Weiß |
| Bronze: |  Jan Bina |
| Bronze2: | Igor Kovačić |
The men's single event at the 2018 World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Qualification took place on 21-22 May, while the knock-out phase from 24 May to 26 May 2018.[1]
32 players qualified for the knock-out phase.[2] [3]
| Rank | Name | Country | width=40 | All ! | width=40 | Clear off ! | width=30 | Faults ! | width=40 | Total ! | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timo Hoffmann | 411 | 282 | 0 | 693 | Q | |||||
| 2 | 442 | 240 | 1 | 682 | Q | ||||||
| 3 | Matej Lepej | 424 | 255 | 0 | 679 | Q | |||||
| 4 | Tamás Kiss | 406 | 268 | 0 | 674 | Q | |||||
| 5 | Bojan Vlakevski | 406 | 254 | 0 | 660 | Q | |||||
| 6 | Igor Kovačić | 410 | 249 | 0 | 659 | Q | |||||
| 7 | Robert Ernješi | 434 | 223 | 0 | 657 | Q | |||||
| 8 | Hrvoje Marinović | 405 | 247 | 0 | 652 | Q | |||||
| 9 | Levente Kakuk | 410 | 239 | 0 | 649 | Q | |||||
| 10 | Axel Schondelmaier | 407 | 236 | 0 | 643 | Q | |||||
| 11 | Ion Cercel | 404 | 238 | 0 | 642 | Q | |||||
| 12 | Károly Kozma | 408 | 231 | 1 | 639 | Q | |||||
| 13 | Manuel Weiß | 419 | 219 | 0 | 638 | Q | |||||
| 14 | Jürgen Pointinger | 396 | 239 | 1 | 635 | Q | |||||
| 15 | Flavius Zoltan Fehér | 421 | 240 | 0 | 633 | Q | |||||
| 16 | Jan Bína | 404 | 228 | 1 | 632 | Q | |||||
| 17 | Markus Vsetecka | 398 | 233 | 1 | 631 | Q | |||||
| 18 | Nemanja Galić | 400 | 230 | 1 | 630 | Q | |||||
| 19 | Daniel Tepša | 391 | 235 | 0 | 626 | Q | |||||
| 20 | Michał Szulc | 407 | 219 | 0 | 626 | Q | |||||
| 21 | Milan Jovetić | 398 | 226 | 0 | 624 | Q | |||||
| 22 | Mathias Weber | 400 | 223 | 0 | 623 | Q | |||||
| 23 | Jan Endršt | 407 | 216 | 0 | 623 | Q | |||||
| 24 | Tomaš Pasiak | 422 | 201 | 2 | 623 | Q | |||||
| 25 | Radovan Vlajkov | 387 | 235 | 2 | 622 | Q | |||||
| 26 | Franci Velišček | 392 | 229 | 1 | 621 | Q | |||||
| 27 | Zsombor Zapletán | 395 | 226 | 0 | 621 | Q | |||||
| 28 | Mathias Dirnberger | 424 | 196 | 1 | 620 | Q | |||||
| 29 | Lukas Huber | 380 | 238 | 0 | 618 | Q | |||||
| 30 | Philipp Vsetecka | 403 | 215 | 1 | 618 | Q | |||||
| 31 | Bartosz Krug | 386 | 224 | 0 | 610 | Q | |||||
| 32 | Jiří Veselý | 398 | 211 | 2 | 609 | Q | |||||
| 33 | Piotr Kieliba | 376 | 231 | 1 | 607 | ||||||
| 34 | Marko Trklja | 382 | 222 | 0 | 604 | ||||||
| 35 | László Karsai | 383 | 219 | 2 | 602 | ||||||
| 36 | Ivan Totić | 390 | 211 | 2 | 601 | ||||||
| 37 | Petruţ Ovidiu Mihălcioiu | 405 | 196 | 0 | 601 | ||||||
| 38 | Erik Kuna | 397 | 203 | 1 | 600 | ||||||
| 39 | Davor Sobočan | 399 | 200 | 3 | 599 | ||||||
| 40 | Wolfgang Blaas | 384 | 214 | 1 | 598 | ||||||
| 41 | Georg Righi | 389 | 209 | 1 | 598 | ||||||
| 42 | Dario Radoš | 389 | 207 | 1 | 596 | ||||||
| 43 | Peter Nemček | 383 | 211 | 0 | 594 | ||||||
| 44 | Gregor Bajželj | 393 | 197 | 2 | 590 | ||||||
| 45 | Mihael Grivičić | 388 | 200 | 3 | 588 | ||||||
| 46 | Bystrík Vadovič | 392 | 196 | 2 | 588 | ||||||
| 47 | Arkadiusz Stachecki | 373 | 214 | 2 | 587 | ||||||
| 48 | Marko Jeličić | 402 | 185 | 1 | 587 | ||||||
| 49 | Armin Egger | 397 | 189 | 0 | 586 | ||||||
| 50 | Ondřej Sobčák | 397 | 185 | 1 | 582 | ||||||
| 51 | Markko Abel | 365 | 216 | 1 | 581 | ||||||
| 52 | Nicolae Lupu | 380 | 201 | 1 | 581 | ||||||
| 53 | Alexander Tischler | 363 | 216 | 1 | 579 | ||||||
| 54 | Jürgen Ertl | 377 | 200 | 1 | 577 | ||||||
| 55 | Guillaume Changenet | 379 | 197 | 4 | 576 | ||||||
| 56 | Mario Liović | 374 | 201 | 1 | 575 | ||||||
| 57 | Martin Kozák | 381 | 194 | 4 | 575 | ||||||
| 58 | Georges Ungurean | 364 | 207 | 1 | 571 | ||||||
| 59 | Pavel Jiroušek | 374 | 194 | 1 | 568 | ||||||
| 60 | Đorđe Paštar | 378 | 189 | 2 | 567 | ||||||
| 61 | Henning Bo Poulsen | 380 | 175 | 5 | 555 | ||||||
| 62 | Filip Dejda | 372 | 180 | 2 | 552 | ||||||
| 63 | Marek Sööt | 387 | 156 | 4 | 543 | ||||||
| 64 | Peter Wiinberg Soerensen | 371 | 171 | 5 | 542 |
According to the results of the qualification, 32 players were put together in bouts, which took place on standard match rules - 4 sets of 30 throws. The competitor who obtains a larger number of sets wins. With an equal number of sets decides a higher total score.[4] [5] [6]