England's Nick Froggatt (left) earned the No. 1 seed for the Live TV Finals in the 1st Maribor Open Strike Tournament at Strike Bowling Center in Maribor, Slovenia. Three Swedes, Erik Andersin, Martin Larsen and Tony Fransson will battle it out fort he right to bowl Froggatt for the title.

Top 8 after Final Round Five: 1. Nick Froggatt, 2205 2. Erik Andersin, 2147 3. Martin Larsen, 2095 4. Tony Fransson, 2077 5. Kim Bolleby, 2058 6. Paul Moor, 2046 7. Pasi Uotila, 2023 8. Pär Svensson, 2020


A total of 56 players qualified for the finals of the 1st Maribor Open Strike Tournament on Sunday, Sep. 16 at Strike Bowling Center in Maribor, Slovenia: The top 52 in the overall qualifying standings and the top 4 Desperados.

Qualifiers 1-14 earned two byes, while qualifiers 15-28 bypassed the first round. The top 14 from Final Round One advanced and met qualifiers 15-28 in Final Round Two. The top 14 after another three games from scratch qualified for Round 3 and bowled against the top 14 qualifiers.

From Round 3 on the pinfall was carried forward and the field was trimmed to 16, then 8 and 4 (all rounds over three games). The four remaining players bowl for the title. in a traditional stepladder format based on the standings after Round 5.

Live TV Finals:
Match #1: #4 Fransson def. #3 Larsen, 217-205
Match #2: #4 Fransson  def. #2 Andersin, 228-223
Match #3: #1 Froggatt def. #4 Fransson, 227-207.

The winner gets 8.000 Euro, the runner-up earns 6.000, third place is 4.000 and 4th place is 3.000 Euro.

Bowlingdigital will cover the event live from Maribor all the way through to the finals on Sunday, September 16. The four-player stepladder finals will be broadcasted live on Slovenian television in a two-hour show airing at 6 p.m. local time (GMT +1) from Strike Bowling Center in Maribor, Slovenia.