Patricia Luoto (pictured left) from Germany posted a 1314 series in Squad 5 on Monday at the Qatar Bowling Center in Doha, Qatar to move into the third place in the overall qualifying standings of the 9th Qatar International Open, the season ending event of the 2009 European Bowling Tour.

The former World Games champion and winner of the 2008 Vienna Open used high games of 256, 248, 242 and 236 for 1266 and added 48 pins handicap, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour. Luoto is the best of just five women in the 87-player field thus far.

Naif Oqab and Shaker Al-Hassan held on to the lead with 1394 and 1353, respectively.

3-time European Bowling Tour ranking champion and 2009 EBT Masters winner Paul Moor (pictured right), England, was second in Squad 5 with 1283, good for 8th place overall.

Qualifying runs through Thursday, Dec. 17 with the final qualifying squad 16 scheduled for 9 p.m. The single-game "Desperado Squad" will start around Midnight. A total of 48 players - the top 38 qualifiers and the top 3 each from Dec. 12 and 13 squads plus the top 4 from the Desperado Squad - advance to the finals on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 18-19, 2009.

The top 6 qualifiers will bypass the first two rounds, while places 7-12 will receive one bye. The other 36 players will bowl six games from scratch to cut to the top 18. Those 18 plus qualifiers 7-12 will bowl six games from scratch. The top 10 will advance and join the top six qualifiers in Round 3.

Those 16 will bowl six games from scratch to cut to the top 8, who will bowl another six games with the pinfall from Round 3 being carried forward. The top 4 will advance to the championship round. All matches over two games total pinfall.

No. 1 bowls No. 4 and No. 2 meets No. 3. The winners will advance to the championship match to bowl for the title and the 30.000 Euro top prize (approx. 43,865 U.S. Dollar). The runner-up will be consoled with 15.000 Euro.

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2009 Qatar Open - Qualifying Standings after Squad 5

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Hc	Total
1.	Naif Oqab	UAE	255	220	237	227	279	176	1394	232.33		1394
2.	Shaker Al-Hassan	UAE	248	192	236	179	256	242	1353	225.50		1353
3.	Patricia Luoto	Germany	204	189	222	247	193	211	1266	211.00	48	1314
4.	Abdulla Haroon	Qatar	244	243	256	190	191	184	1308	218.00		1308
5.	Mohammed Al-Zaidan	Kuwait	204	223	214	246	215	198	1300	216.67		1300
6.	Mansoor Al-Awamy	Qatar	194	300	196	192	196	212	1290	215.00		1290
7.	Andrew Frawley	Australia	224	226	206	185	221	223	1285	214.17		1285
8.	Paul Moor	England	226	237	214	180	233	193	1283	213.83		1283
9.	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	193	196	192	277	210	212	1280	213.33		1280
10.	Mubarak Al-Muraikhi	Qatar	222	223	248	160	217	206	1276	212.67		1276
11.	Jesper Agerbo	Denmark	211	225	243	160	158	277	1274	212.33		1274
12.	Hussain Al-Suwaidi	UAE	179	215	258	241	205	174	1272	212.00		1272
13.	Mohamed Al-Rajebah	Kuwait	216	182	264	231	169	205	1267	211.17		1267
14.	Patrick Healey	United States	176	171	268	225	222	204	1266	211.00		1266
15.	Nicole Sanders	Netherlands	180	169	228	190	185	264	1216	202.67	48	1264
16.	Yousif Falah	Bahrain	223	162	226	202	210	234	1257	209.50		1257
17.	Ibrahim Sheldan	Palestine	175	217	234	191	232	206	1255	209.17		1255
18.	Malik Al-Abdulmalik	Qatar	203	262	172	223	201	194	1255	209.17		1255
19.	Sayed Ibrahim	UAE	234	182	196	186	234	212	1244	207.33		1244
20.	Syafiq Ridhwan	Malaysia	171	247	197	214	182	227	1238	206.33		1238
21.	Khaled Al-Doseri	Qatar	202	223	224	178	190	216	1233	205.50		1233
22.	Aaron Kong	Malaysia	183	205	214	279	158	187	1226	204.33		1226
23.	Abdulla Ibrahim	Qatar	200	191	221	186	216	210	1224	204.00		1224
24.	Adel Ali Lootah	UAE	188	180	199	221	211	221	1220	203.33		1220
25.	Nick Froggatt	England	194	213	171	194	223	218	1213	202.17		1213
26.	Khalid Al-Emady	Qatar	176	197	228	203	213	196	1213	202.17		1213
27.	Rikke Holm Rasmussen	Denmark	169	160	201	189	269	177	1165	194.17	48	1213
28.	Abdulla Al-Jeel	Qatar	182	157	219	223	209	222	1212	202.00		1212
29.	Prince Abdulhakim A	Saudi Arabia	149	253	210	211	232	157	1212	202.00		1212
30.	Khaled Al-Dubyan	Kuwait	232	194	227	184	172	201	1210	201.67		1210
31.	Mishaal Al-Roomi	Kuwait	194	179	202	234	204	189	1202	200.33		1202
32.	Fahad Ali	Kuwait	205	227	173	172	195	224	1196	199.33		1196
33.	mohammed Azaabi	UAE	212	217	203	180	213	169	1194	199.00		1194
34.	Ali Ahmad Al-Saffar	UAE	219	189	153	221	212	197	1191	198.50		1191
35.	Khalifa Al-Saada	Qatar	213	191	186	210	204	182	1186	197.67		1186
36.	Bassam Najjar	LIB	200	195	220	230	188	152	1185	197.50		1185
37.	Ahmed Ali Al-Hamma	UAE	178	203	169	236	166	229	1181	196.83		1181
38.	Nadia Al Awadhi	Bahrain	175	161	173	198	228	197	1132	188.67	48	1180
39.	Khalil Al-Mothen	Qatar	196	150	196	173	231	232	1178	196.33		1178
40.	Jimmy Mortensen	Denmark	185	183	220	166	209	211	1174	195.67		1174
41.	Salem Al-Marzouqi	Qatar	223	183	165	135	211	254	1171	195.17		1171
42.	Daniel Lim	Malaysia	203	144	192	205	257	170	1171	195.17		1171
43.	Jamal Al-Sahoti	Qatar	224	211	188	194	198	156	1171	195.17		1171
44.	Heidi Thorstensen	Norway	162	158	179	241	146	211	1097	182.83	48	1145
45.	Alfonso Sanchez	Philippines	182	180	195	163	225	200	1145	190.83		1145
46.	Rauben Abrau Malubay	Philippines	205	179	176	162	201	214	1137	189.50		1137
47.	Hassan Abdul Rahman	Qatar	204	160	171	210	200	190	1135	189.17		1135
48.	Mohammed Jamal	Qatar	174	213	195	180	181	191	1134	189.00		1134
49.	Mohammed Falah	Bahrain	149	209	182	202	177	213	1132	188.67		1132
50.	Ali Abdulla Al-Ali	Qatar	203	202	203	154	187	176	1125	187.50		1125
51.	Meshari Al-Fadli	Kuwait	164	204	187	153	180	232	1120	186.67		1120
52.	Sami Noor	Bahrain	147	147	235	208	202	176	1115	185.83		1115
53.	Abdulhadi Al-Suneidi	Qatar	179	149	225	180	194	186	1113	185.50		1113
54.	George Frilingos	Australia	166	181	191	180	198	190	1106	184.33		1106
55.	Ronaldo Medrano	Philippines	200	151	192	208	184	169	1104	184.00		1104
56.	Mohammed A Al-Shaabi	Qatar	143	245	181	198	152	184	1103	183.83		1103
57.	Nasser Jamal Al-Sahoti	Qatar	155	210	131	154	248	204	1102	183.67		1102
58.	Waheed Al-Abdulla	Qatar	160	147	198	213	206	174	1098	183.00		1098
59.	Frederic Devilleres	Philippines	156	149	201	189	213	189	1097	182.83		1097
60.	Jens Grieger	Germany	190	224	193	147	191	151	1096	182.67		1096
61.	Ricardo Macatula	Philippines	177	205	151	198	175	189	1095	182.50		1095
62.	Hasan	Bahrain	160	191	170	188	135	248	1092	182.00		1092
63.	Fuaad Almas	UAE	223	231	162	140	166	169	1091	181.83		1091
64.	Hani Saleh Nasr	Palestine	163	201	167	167	191	189	1078	179.67		1078
65.	Mohammed Ismail	Qatar	150	221	203	184	171	148	1077	179.50		1077
66.	Hazeem Al-Merekhi	Qatar	204	136	194	164	223	152	1073	178.83		1073
67.	Ahmed Al-Deyab	Qatar	190	162	186	160	171	198	1067	177.83		1067
68.	Alex Liew	Malaysia	216	189	158	141	182	178	1064	177.33		1064
69.	Nazmi Azahar	Malaysia	132	187	182	163	223	176	1063	177.17		1063
70.	Marc Lexter	Philippines	146	247	211	129	157	166	1056	176.00		1056
71.	Taysey Al-Qusei	Palestine	214	151	174	124	169	223	1055	175.83		1055
72.	Ali Al-Jabir	Qatar	158	181	178	185	150	196	1048	174.67		1048
73.	Prince Mohd. Al-Saud	Saudi Arabia	190	143	243	179	148	141	1044	174.00		1044
74.	Rashid Al-Murikhi	Qatar	148	202	161	183	179	170	1043	173.83		1043
75.	Joseph Hasrooni	LIB	162	171	144	170	216	179	1042	173.67		1042
76.	mohammed Al-Nuair	UAE	158	175	195	189	157	154	1028	171.33		1028
77.	Ali Ibrahim	Qatar	157	178	167	179	160	183	1024	170.67		1024
78.	John Macatula	Philippines	190	158	154	175	181	164	1022	170.33		1022
79.	Mohammed Al-Marzouqi	UAE	172	171	134	168	169	199	1013	168.83		1013
80.	Ali Hashim	Qatar	164	162	144	189	144	199	1002	167.00		1002
81.	Emad Jahromi	Bahrain	174	161	186	176	147	145	989	164.83		989
82.	Ziad Bouresly	Kuwait	162	190	153	151	185	130	971	161.83		971
83.	Fahad Al-Kuwari	Qatar	144	167	143	192	135	178	959	159.83		959
84.	Abdulla Al-Theyab	Qatar	190	102	151	127	136	165	871	145.17		871
85.	Surin Furcoi	Romania	152	120	115	180	138	156	861	143.50		861
86.	Omar Faleh Ali	Qatar	127	138	132	138	92	195	822	137.00		822
87.	Khalill Aqil	Jordan	208	143	132	0	0	0	0	161.00		483