Janine Gabel wins Women's Rankings in Ljubljana

Luca Osella from Italy defeated Hafthor Hardarsson, Iceland, in the championship match over two games total pinfall, 458-450, to win the 3rd QubicaAMF Open at Bowling Center Gladiator in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Osella was down by one pin after the first game, 234-233, but secured the victory and the 5.333 Euro top prize (-25% tax = 4.000€) with a 225-216 win in game #2. Hardarsson pocketed 2.000 Euro for second place.

Semifinal losers David Canady and Dirk Völkel received 1.000 Euro apiece. Janine Gabel, all Germany, won the women's rankings.

L-R Canady, champion Osella, tournament manager Borut Knavs, Hardarsson and Völkel. Click on the image to enlarge it.

The 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.

Event details at BowlingEvent.eu

2009 European Bowling Tour Rankings by Bowlingdigital

2009 EBT Men's Ranking
2009 EBT Women's Ranking

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3rd QubicaAMF Open - Final Standings

Top 52 with postion, Country and prize money (-25% tax)

1. Luca Osella, Italy, 5.333 Euro
2. Hafthor Hardarsson, Iceland, 2.667 Euro
3. David Canady, Germany, 1.333 Euro
4. Dirk Völkel, Germany, 1.333 Euro
5. Dennis Eklund, Sweden, 1.067 Euro
6. Janine Gabel, Germany, 1.067 Euro
7. Kristoffer Hagelberg, Sweden, 1.067 Euro
8. Matej Feguš, Slovenia, 1.067 Euro
9. Johan Hellden, Sweden, 800 Euro
10. Paul Moor, England, 800 Euro
11. Jouni Helminen, Finland, 800 Euro
12. Csaba Rácz, Hungary, 800 Euro
13. Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 800 Euro
14. Uwe Tscharke, Germany, 800 Euro
15. Giorgio Bódis, Hungary, 800 Euro
16. Ian Robinson, Sweden, 800 Euro
17. Kim Bolleby, Sweden, 667 Euro
18. Michael Mayer, Austria, 667 Euro
19. Boštjan Rolk, Slovenia, 667 Euro
20. Stefan Siarsky, Germany, 667 Euro
21. Pier Fanizza, Italy, 667 Euro
22. Kennet Andersson, Sweden, 667 Euro
23. Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, 667 Euro
24. Tamás Szabó, Hungary, 667 Euro
25. Rene Bigall, Germany, 667 Euro
26. Klaus-Uwe Lischka, Germany, 667 Euro
27. Lino Eržen, Slovenia, 667 Euro
28. Alexander Fischer, Germany, 667 Euro
29. Ulf Bolleby, Sweden, 533 Euro
30. Giuseppe Alleluia, Italy, 533 Euro
31. Petra Brzicova, Czech Republic, 533 Euro
32. Alessio Maniero, Italy, 533 Euro
33. Bojan Kovač, Slovenia, 533 Euro
34. Zoltán Skobrics, Hungary, 533 Euro
35. Christian Schwarzbauer, Austria, 533 Euro
36. Daniel Hahn, Austria, 533 Euro
37. Franjo Rolk, Slovenia, 533 Euro
38. Gianluca Badiali, Italy, 533 Euro
39. Milan Malek, Slovenia, 533 Euro
40. Žiga Kalan, Slovenia, 533 Euro
41. Marko Lukša, Slovenia, 533 Euro
42. Helmut Peinelt, Germany, 533 Euro
43. Efstathios Kelesidis, Greece, 533 Euro
44. Anže Lajovic, Slovenia, 533 Euro
45. Štefan Koradej, Slovenia, 533 Euro
46. Ralf Schlingensief, Germany, 533 Euro
47. Uroš Kus, Slovenia, 533 Euro
48. Paraschos Alvanos, Greece, 533 Euro
49. Paul Valla, Austria, 533 Euro
50. Anže Grabrijan, Slovenia, 533 Euro
51. Piotr Zjawiony, Poland, 533 Euro
52. Robert Wölki, Germany, 533 Euro

3rd QubicaAMF Open - Single-Elimination Finals

Bracket system, two games total pinfall. Winners advance, losers eliminated.

Final Round 3

Players with position, country, 3-game total, average, bonus and grand total. The top 2 players from each group advance to the fourth round.

Group A
1. Denis Eklund, Sweden, 704, 234.67, 70, 774
2. Kristoffer Hagelberg, Sweden, 630, 210.00, 40, 670
3. Ian Robinson, Sweden, 598, 199.33, 20, 618
4. Csaba Rácz, Hungary, 551, 183.67, 0, 551

Group B
1. David Canady, Germany, 682, 227.33, 50, 732
2. Hafthor Hardarsson, Iceland, 628, 209.33, 50, 678
3. Uwe Tscharke, Germany, 615, 205.00, 20, 635
4. Paul Moor, England, 553, 184.33, 20, 573

Group C
1. *Janine Gabel, Germany, 721, 240.33, 80, 825
2. Matej Feguš, Slovenia, 670, 223.33, 50, 720
3. Giorgio Bódis, Hungary, 596, 198.67, 20, 616
4. Jouni Helminen, Finland, 552, 184.00, 0, 552

Group D
1. Luca Osella, Italy, 713, 237.67, 80, 793
2. Dirk Völkel, Germany, 654, 218.00, 50, 704
3. Johan Hellden, Sweden, 640, 213.33, 20, 660
4. Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 598, 199.33, 0, 598

*receives 8 pins handicap each game

Final Round 2

The top 12 players advance to the next round.

Final Round 1

The top 24 players advance to the next round.