Dennis Eklund wins qualifying in 3rd QubicaAMF Open

04/19/09

2009 European Bowling Tour #6

Bowling Center Gladiator in Ljubljana, Slovenia (April 14-19, 2009)

2009EBT06DennisEklund2.jpg2009EBT06JohanHellden.jpgDennis Eklund (pictured left) from Sweden, won the qualifying of the 3rd QubicaAMF Open at Bowling Center Gladiator in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with a 1460 six-game series posted in Squad 8. The Swedish national team member received 667 Euro for the feat.

His compatriot Johan Helldén (right), a member of the Swedish Youth national team, was second with 1439.

Janine Gabel, Germany, led the 12th and penultimate qualifying squad on Saturday with 1438 including 48 pins handicap to rocket into third place. Fourth place belonged to Hafthor Hardarsson from Iceland, who had 1433.

2009EBT06CsabaRacz.jpg2009EBT06KristofferHagelberg.jpgEklund, Helldén, Gabel and Hardarsson will bypass the first two rounds of Sunday's finals.

Gabel is one of three women, who survived the first cut. Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, finished qualifying in 19th place with 1349, while Petra Brzicova, Czech Republic, was 33rd with 1292.

Other squad leaders on Saturday were Csaba Rácz (left) from Hungary, who felled 1419 pins in Squad 10 to land in sixth place, Kristoffer Hagelberg (right), Sweden, who led squad 11 with 1393 (11th) and Luca Osella, Italy, who topped the 13th and final squad with 1364 (16th).

Stefan Siarsky, Germany, hit the cutoff number for 46th place with 1263 or an average of 210.50.

2009EBT06QubicaAMFOpenLogo.jpgThe 3rd QubicaAMF Open 2009 is the sole newcomer on the 2009 European Bowling Tour. The tournament is the first EBT Challenger event this season and will be held at 28-laner Bowling Center Gladiator in Ljubljana, Slovenia, which hosted the 41st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in the year 2005.

The total prize fund is 42.800 Euro (-25% tax for all participants) with 5.333 Euro going to the winner. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game. As an EBT Challenger event, there are 50 ranking points at stake for the winner of the men's and women's rankings, respectively.

As the sixth stop of the 2009 season, the third QubicaAMF Open 2009 also counts toward qualifying for the PBA World Series in August as the EBT has decided to give the exemption to the highest ranked player in the men's division after seven stops.

A total of 52 players qualified for the finals on Sunday, April 19, the top 46 players from the overall qualifying standings plus the top six players from the combined standings of the first three days (Tuesday through Thursday) which are not among the top 46. The top 4 qualifiers earn two byes.

Players seeded 5-52 after qualifying will bowl 6 games with the qualifying total being carried forward. The top 24 after 12 games will advance to the second round to bowl another 3 games. The top 12 after 15 games join the top 4 qualifiers in Round 3 and will be seeded 5-16.

The 16 bowlers will be broken up into 4 groups: A 1, 8, 9 and 16 seed, B: 4, 5, 12, 13 C: 3, 6, 11, 14 and D: 2, 7, 10, 15.

Each group will play 3 games round robin. During match play, players receive 20 bonus pins for winning a match and 10 pins each in the event of a tie plus 19 pins for a game higher than 239 and even 15 pins for a game higher than 269. The top 2 Players from each group advance to the fourth round.

The format for rest the tournament will be two games total pinfall. The remaining eight players will be placed into a bracket system and cut to four, then two, who will bowl for the title and the 5.333 Euro top prize.

 


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Standings after Qualifying


The top 46 players plus the top six players from the combined standings of the first three days (places 47-52) advance to the finals. The top 4 earn two byes.