Mika Koivuniemi shoots big games to win the 7th Istanbul Open

05/17/10

2010 European Bowling Tour #8

Timeout Bowling Center in Istanbul, Turkey (May 10-16, 2010)

200910PBAMikaKoivuniemi.jpg8-time PBA champion and PBA Player of the Year 2003-04, Mika Koivuniemi (pictured left), Finland, posted some big games en route to win his second European Bowling Tour title of the 2010 season in the 7th Istanbul Open Sunday at Timeout Bowling Center in Istanbul, Turkey.

In the title match, Koivuniemi fired games of 258 and 290 to fly past Mykhaylo Kalika, Ukraine, 548-424, and to pocket the 10.000 Euro top prize.

In the semifinals, Koivuniemi, seeded second, rolled 255 and 247 to eliminate No. 3 seed, Nina Flack, Sweden, 527-448, while No. 4 Kalika ousted Rebecka Larsen, Sweden, 502-467. Flack and Larsen received 8 pins handicap each game.

Kalika earned 6.000 Euro for second place. Larsen, who won the women's rankings, and Flack received 3.500 Euro each for third and fourth place.

2008IstanbulOpenLogo.jpg2010EBT08OilPattern.jpgThe 7th Istanbul Bowling Open was held from May 10-16, 2010 at 20-lane Timeout Bowling Center in Istanbul, Turkey and offered total prize fund of 68.000 Euro with 10.000 Euro going to the winner.

The oil pattern (pdf file) being used in Istanbul was USBC Sport Bowling compliant. The pattern was based on Kegel’s Navigation Sport Series pattern BOARDWALK but made two feet longer because of the extremely high friction lane surface.

The tournament was the 8th stop of the 2010 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Gold" tournaments. Since the Ankara Open and the Austria Challenge have been cancelled, the 2010 EBT Tour consists of 19 events - 2 EBT Platinum tournament (formerly Premier), 6 EBT Gold tournaments (formerly Major), 7 EBT Silver tournaments (formerly Challenger) and 4 EBT Satellite tournaments (new category).

A total of 48 players - the top 42 players from the qualifying plus the top 6 from the Desperado Squad - advanced to the finals on Sunday, May 16.

The top 8 qualifiers earned three byes, qualifiers 9-18 received two byes and qualifiers 19-28 bypassed the first round of the finals.

Rounds 1-5 consisted of four games starting from scratch. The field was trimmed to 38, 28, 18, 8 and then four who advanced to the semifinals (Round 6). Those four determined the finalists in two-game matches (No. 1 vs. No. 4 and No. 2 vs. No. 3). The winners bowled for the title and the 10.000 € top prize.

 


2010 European Bowling Tour Rankings by Bowlingdigital


2010 EBT Men's Ranking
2010 EBT Women's Ranking

 


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7th Istanbul Bowling Open


Timeout Bowling Center in Istanbul, Turkey (May 10-16, 2010)

Championship Round:
1. Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 10.000 Euro
2. Mykhaylo Kalika, Ukraine, 6.000 Euro
3. Rebecka Larsen, Sweden, 3.500 Euro
4. Nina Flack, Sweden, 3.500 Euro

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1: No. 4 Kalika (255, 247) def. No. 1 Larsen (255, 212), 502-467
Semifinal Match 2: No. 2 Koivuniemi (268, 259) def. No. 3 Flack (184, 264), 527-448
Championship: Koivuniemi (258, 290) def. Kalika (208, 216), 548-424.
Flack and Larsen received 8 pins handicap each game.

 


Places 5-48 (cashers) with earnings


5. Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 1.250 Euro
6. Oleksandr Kalika, Ukraine, 1.250 Euro
7. Dominic Barrett, England, 1.250 Euro
8. Peter Ljung, Sweden, 1.250 Euro
9. Tomas Leandersson, Sweden, 900 Euro
10. Dennis Eklund, Sweden, 900 Euro
11. Paul Moor, England, 900 Euro
12. Cassidy Schaub, United States, 900 Euro
13. Mathias Ã…rup, Sweden, 900 Euro
14. Osku Palermaa, Finland, 900 Euro
15. Stuart Williams, England, 900 Euro
16. Tim Mack, United States, 900 Euro
17. Mohammed Kamel, Kuwait, 900 Euro
18. Robert Andersson, Sweden, 900 Euro
19. Michael Michajlow, Germany, 800 Euro
20. Mathieu Berges, Switzerland, 800 Euro
21. Tina Hulsch, Germany, 800 Euro
22. Joline Persson-Planefors, Sweden, 800 Euro
23. Lisanne Breeschoten, Netherlands, 800 Euro
24. Brian Voss, United States, 800 Euro
25. Nicole Sanders, Netherlands, 800 Euro
26. Mehmet Kaya, Turkey, 800 Euro
27. Tore Torgersen, Norway, 800 Euro
28. Juhani Tonteri, Finland, 800 Euro
29. Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 700 Euro
30. Alexey Parshukov, Russia, 700 Euro
31. Frederik Øhrgaard, Denmark, 700 Euro
32. Piotr Zjawiony, Poland, 700 Euro
33. Martin Paulsson, Sweden, 700 Euro
34. Martin Larsen, Sweden, 700 Euro
35. Ulf Bolleby, Sweden, 700 Euro
36. Or Aviram, Israel, 700 Euro
37. David Canady, Germany, 700 Euro
38. Rob Thurlby, England, 700 Euro
39. Christian Karlsson, Sweden, 600 Euro
40. Gery Verbruggen, Belgium, 600 Euro
41. Basel Al-Anzi, Kuwait, 600 Euro
42. Nicki Ainge, England, 600 Euro
43. Onur Demirkiran, Turkey, 600 Euro
44. Hélen Johnsson, Sweden, 600 Euro
45. Lukasz Zjawiony, Poland, 600 Euro
46. Barlas Kontas, Turkey, 600 Euro
47. Habib Dogan, Turkey, 600 Euro
48. Charis Panayiotou, Cyprus, 600 Euro

 


Final Round 5


The top 4 players advance to the next round. Places 5-8 eliminated, earn 1.250 Euro.

 

 

Final Round 4


The top 8 players advance to the next round. Places 9-18 eliminated, earn 900 Euro.


300 games (1) - Mika Koivuniemi.

 

 

Final Round 3


The top 10 players advance to the next round. Places 11-20 eliminated, earn 800 Euro.


300 games (1) - Mohammed Kamel.

 

 

Final Round 2


The top 10 players advance to the next round. Places 11-20 eliminated, earn 700 Euro.

 

 

Final Round 1


The top 10 players advance to the next round. Places 11-20 eliminated, earn 600 Euro.

 

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