European Bowling Tour unveils 2010 EBT Schedule
06/21/09
The Presidium of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) has announced the 2010 European Bowling Tour schedule, the 11th season in the organization's history.
The 2010 EBT includes 21 stops between January 2nd and December 18th, 2010 with return visits to all 15 venues from the 2009 season and six newcomers to the tour.
Headlining the changes to the 2009 season is the introduction of a new category and a name change of the three existing categories. The 2010 EBT Tour features one EBT Platinum tournament (formerly Premier), seven EBT Gold tournaments (formerly Major), 9 EBT Silver tournaments (formerly Challenger) and four EBT Satellite tournaments (new).
The 2010 campaign will traditionally kick off with the 40th annual Brunswick Ballmaster Open - the sole EBT Platinum event - in Helsinki, Finland, and ends with the 10th Qatar Bowling Open in Doha, Qatar one week before Christmas.
The six newcomers are:
This marks the first time the Tour will visit Slovakia and Russia.
The total prize fund of the 2010 EBT will exceed 1.2 million Euro, an average prize fund of approximately 55.000 € per stop. Each EBT offers ranking points to the top 50 men and the top 50 women of the tournament. The top 16 women and the top 16 men at the end of the 2010 season will qualify for the 4th EBT Masters 2011, which will be hosted by the organizer of the 5th Qubica/AMF Open 2011 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, most likely in April 2011.
The 3rd EBT Masters will be hosted immediately after the conclusion of the 1st Austria Challenge at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria on May 3-4, 2010.
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EBT News
The Presidium of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) has announced the 2010 European Bowling Tour schedule, the 11th season in the organization's history.The 2010 EBT includes 21 stops between January 2nd and December 18th, 2010 with return visits to all 15 venues from the 2009 season and six newcomers to the tour.
Headlining the changes to the 2009 season is the introduction of a new category and a name change of the three existing categories. The 2010 EBT Tour features one EBT Platinum tournament (formerly Premier), seven EBT Gold tournaments (formerly Major), 9 EBT Silver tournaments (formerly Challenger) and four EBT Satellite tournaments (new).
The 2010 campaign will traditionally kick off with the 40th annual Brunswick Ballmaster Open - the sole EBT Platinum event - in Helsinki, Finland, and ends with the 10th Qatar Bowling Open in Doha, Qatar one week before Christmas.
The six newcomers are:
- IV International Wroclaw Open in Poland (Satellite)
- 1st Austria Challenge in Austria (Silver)
- 1st Dream Bowl Palace Open in Germany (Silver)
- BNC Bratislava Open in Slovakia (Silver)
- 1st Torneo Internazionale di Roma in Italy (Satellite)
- 1st Pavlovskiy Posad Open in Russia (Satellite).
This marks the first time the Tour will visit Slovakia and Russia.
The total prize fund of the 2010 EBT will exceed 1.2 million Euro, an average prize fund of approximately 55.000 € per stop. Each EBT offers ranking points to the top 50 men and the top 50 women of the tournament. The top 16 women and the top 16 men at the end of the 2010 season will qualify for the 4th EBT Masters 2011, which will be hosted by the organizer of the 5th Qubica/AMF Open 2011 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, most likely in April 2011.
The 3rd EBT Masters will be hosted immediately after the conclusion of the 1st Austria Challenge at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria on May 3-4, 2010.
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2010 European Bowling Tour Schedule
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Bowling Center | City, Country | Category |
| 1 | 02.01-10.01.2010 | Brunswick Ballmaster Open | Tali Bowling Centre | Helsinki, Finland | Platinum |
| 2 | 07.02-14.02.2010 | Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament | Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg | Tilburg, Netherlands | Silver |
| 3 | 15.02-21.02.2010 | IV International Wroclaw Open | Galeria Rozrywki Miraz | Wroclaw, Poland | Satellite |
| 4 | 23.02-28.02.2010 | VIII Catalonia Open - Trofeu Galasa | Bowling Pedralbes | Barcelona, Spain | Silver |
| 5 | 05.03-14.03.2010 | Brunswick Euro Challenge | Le Plaza Bowling | Saint Maximin, France | Gold |
| 6 | 16.03-21.03.2010 | International Luxembourg Open | X-Treme Bowling & Billard | Foetz, Luxembourg | Satellite |
| 7 | 14.04-18.04.2010 | 4th Qubica/AMF Open 2010 | Bowling Center Gladiator | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Silver |
| 8 | 28.04-02.05.2010 | 1st Austria Challenge | Plus Bowling | Vienna, Austria | Silver |
| 9 | 10.05-16.05.2010 | 7th Istanbul Bowling Open | Timeout Bowling Center | Istanbul, Turkey | Gold |
| 10 | 24.05-30.05.2010 | Aalborg International 2010 | Lovvang Bowling Center | Aalborg, Denmark | Gold |
| 11 | 27.06-04.07.2010 | 1st Dream Bowl Palace Open | Dream Bowl Palace | Munich, Germany | Silver |
| 12 | 03.07-11.07.2010 | 6th Storm San Marino Open | Rose'n Bowl | Serravalle, San Marino | Silver |
| 13 | 13.07-18.07.2010 | 32 Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona | Bowling Pedralbes | Barcelona, Spain | Gold |
| 14 | 23.08-29.08.2010 | BNC Bratislava Open | BNC Bowling Center | Bratislava, Slovakia | Silver |
| 15 | 11.09-19.09.2010 | 1st Torneo Internazionale di Roma | Brunswick Bowling Rome | Rome, Italy | Satellite |
| 16 | 14.09-19.09.2010 | 1st Pavlovskiy Posad Open | B-35 Bowling Center | Pavlovskiy Posad, Russia | Satellite |
| 17 | 18.09-26.09.2010 | Ankara Open | Rollhouse Bowling Center | Ankara, Turkey | Gold |
| 18 | 28.09-03.10.2010 | 8th Columbia 300 Vienna Open | Plus Bowling | Vienna, Austria | Gold |
| 19 | 09.10-17.10.2010 | Lahti Open | Lahti Bowl | Lahti, Finland | Silver |
| 20 | 06.12-12.12.2010 | Ebonite English Open | Lakeside Superbowl Nuneaton | Nuneaton, England | Silver |
| 21 | 11.12-18.12.2010 | 10th Qatar Bowling Open | Qatar Bowling Center | Doha, Qatar | Gold |
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