Former Norwegian standout Tore Torgersen and Lars Lindbäck from Sweden rolled six-game series of 1450 and 1448 Thursday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway, but fell 16 and 18 pins short of the lead in the Norwegian Open to move into third and fourth place, respectively.

Torgersen (left), a two-year PBA exempt bowler, finished his set with 268 and 278 to beat out Lindbäck for the squad lead by two pins.

The Swede (right), who had high games of 269 and 256 closed out his series with his low game of 208.

Lindbäck's compatriot Stefan Nilsson (left) rolled the first 300 game of this year's event in game #4 en route to finish with 1386, good for third place in Squad 8 and 9th place in the overall qualifying standings.

Frederik Øhrgaard (right) from Denmark was the sole player of Squad 9 who topped the estimated cutoff number (1350) as he totaled 1387 pins, an average of 231.16.

Øhrgaard overtook the 9th place in the overall qualifying standings, while Nilsson slipped to 10th place.

Ingunn Øien (left), Norway, who posted a 1466 series including 48 pins handicap in the first of 18 squads last Saturday, continued to lead the qualifying at halftime.

The Norwegian Open 2007 is the 17th stop of the 2007 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's Challenger events. The tournament offers total prize money of 351.000 Norwegian Kronor, approximately 65,250 U.S. Dollar or 45.715 Euro. The winner will receive the 60.000 NOK top prize ($11,150/€7.815).

Qualifying continues on Friday, Oct. 5, with Squads 12-14 (Squads 10 and 11 were cancelled) at 1.00, 5.00, and 9.00 p.m. and runs through Saturday, October 6 with the final Squad 18 scheduled for 8 p.m. local time. (GMT +1). Qualifying will conclude with the one-game Desperado Squad around Midnight.

The top 40 players from the qualifying (cut is currently 1265) will automatically advance to the finals. They will be joined by the top four players from the first weekend (combined standings of squads 1-4) not among the top 40 and the top 4 from the Desperado Squad.

The top 12 earn two byes (cut: 1380), while players ranked 13-24 (cut: 1325) will bypass the first round. The first three rounds of the final consist of four games from scratch with half of the field advancing to the next round.

Once the field is cut to the top 12, players bowl two games from scratch to cut to the top 8, then the top four, who advance to the semi-finals (No. 1 vs. No. 4, No. 2 vs. No. 3). The winners of these one-game matches will bowl for the title and the 60.000 NOK top prize.

Norwegian Open - Standings after Squad 9 of 18

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Ave.	Hc	Total
1.	Ingunn Øien	Norway	247	258	220	190	237	266	1418	236.33	48	1466
2.	Svein Åke Ek	Norway	225	277	229	258	246	222	1457	242.83		1457
3.	Tore Torgersen	Norway	223	197	256	228	268	278	1450	241.66		1450
4.	Lars Lindbäck	Sweden	256	238	269	235	242	208	1448	241.33		1448
5.	Svein Roger Olsen	Norway	210	217	236	268	235	260	1426	237.66		1426
6.	Jan Egil Hansen	Norway	245	234	234	218	224	267	1422	237.00		1422
7.	Sverre Lund	Norway	270	244	213	208	193	290	1418	236.33		1418
8.	Geir Ødegård	Norway	259	230	198	236	227	248	1398	233.00		1398
9.	Frederik Øhrgaard	Denmark	215	255	204	247	199	267	1387	231.16		1387
10.	Stefan Nilsson	Sweden	217	196	218	300	279	176	1386	231.00		1386
11.	Nils Christian Stensrud	Norway	237	234	222	279	215	196	1383	230.50		1383
12.	Glenn Morten Pedersen	Norway	214	203	243	259	219	242	1380	230.00		1380
13.	Ann Louise Haugen	Norway	258	192	209	233	216	222	1330	221.66	48	1378
14.	Petter Hansen	Norway	238	215	202	206	244	269	1374	229.00		1374
15.	Owe Herrmann	Norway	214	209	224	215	257	246	1365	227.50		1365
16.	Troels Schmidt	Denmark	213	158	234	290	215	243	1353	225.50		1353
17.	Martin Sørebø	Norway	256	233	204	214	220	222	1349	224.83		1349
18.	Jesper Agerbo	Denmark	250	206	224	214	235	215	1344	224.00		1344
19.	Simen S. Jensen	Norway	267	195	227	172	226	253	1340	223.33		1340
20.	Thor Morten Bjørge	Norway	208	224	257	232	214	201	1336	222.66		1336
21.	Mads Sandbækken	Norway	265	214	224	182	235	214	1334	222.33		1334
22.	Frode Jørgen Aaneby	Norway	212	211	211	225	235	236	1330	221.66		1330
23.	Sven Svensson	Sweden	236	222	228	233	223	185	1327	221.16		1327
24.	Alexander Halvorsen	Norway	227	245	186	212	224	231	1325	220.83		1325
25.	Martin Olsen	Norway	220	236	254	212	186	216	1324	220.66		1324
26.	Peter Nordenson	Sweden	233	246	205	226	216	192	1318	219.66		1318
27.	Lars Hagman	Sweden	235	206	237	225	192	223	1318	219.66		1318
28.	Vegar Furuvald	Norway	206	201	216	232	214	246	1315	219.16		1315
29.	Erland Lund	Norway	208	247	196	212	226	223	1312	218.66		1312
30.	Per Kristian Eide	Norway	213	186	225	196	221	265	1306	217.66		1306
31.	Jahn Kåre Haugen	Norway	208	279	179	267	159	211	1303	217.16		1303
32.	Patcharin Torgersen	Norway	200	211	215	230	170	223	1249	208.16	48	1297
33.	Audun Boye Hansen	Norway	208	215	258	202	204	206	1293	215.50		1293
34.	Fredrik Andre Tjernes	Norway	218	204	246	221	216	185	1290	215.00		1290
35.	Irene Kragh Eckell	Norway	182	160	256	220	214	202	1234	205.66	48	1282
36.	Jeanette Bogen Lauvlid	Norway	189	188	233	186	220	209	1225	204.16	48	1273
37.	Lars Christian Nygård	Norway	178	224	216	205	237	212	1272	212.00		1272
38.	Thomas Fagerstrøm	Norway	204	212	190	174	244	244	1268	211.33		1268
39.	Tom Ingholm	Norway	225	234	199	203	197	208	1266	211.00		1266
40.	Tom Fagerstrøm	Norway	197	201	236	222	209	200	1265	210.83		1265
41.	Jeanett Haavelmoen Johansen	Norway	173	190	199	268	178	206	1214	202.33	48	1262
42.	Andre Langrin Hansen	Norway	205	201	203	179	235	238	1261	210.16		1261
43.	Sean Michael Hustveit	Norway	241	202	198	199	172	245	1257	209.50		1257
44.	Kjell Erik Karlsen	Norway	242	158	202	269	192	194	1257	209.50		1257
45.	Fredrik Fuxholt	Sweden	186	208	233	214	235	181	1257	209.50		1257
46.	Bård Jensen	Norway	236	209	192	215	212	189	1253	208.83		1253
47.	Christian Evensen	Norway	211	255	181	234	160	208	1249	208.16		1249
48.	Fredrik Engström	Sweden	211	218	190	246	191	188	1244	207.33		1244
49.	Øyvind Andersen	Norway	203	256	189	180	169	231	1228	204.66		1228
50.	Tom Martin Solberg	Norway	200	201	226	235	164	200	1226	204.33		1226
51.	Tor Inge Jansen	Norway	190	177	193	215	234	209	1218	203.00		1218
52.	Robert Eliasson	Sweden	224	222	191	198	181	202	1218	203.00		1218
53.	Øyvind Skoglund	Norway	217	222	193	156	206	224	1218	203.00		1218
54.	Tom Geir Sørum	Norway	198	181	211	222	211	193	1216	202.66		1216
55.	Roger Johansen	Norway	199	225	187	185	198	221	1215	202.50		1215
56.	Karl-Johan Eliasson	Sweden	247	200	177	184	204	197	1209	201.50		1209
57.	Cathrine Bjercke	Norway	183	193	224	225	164	171	1160	193.33	48	1208
58.	Tom Cato Lie	Norway	224	151	203	213	223	193	1207	201.16		1207
59.	Christel Carlsson	Sweden	174	175	238	158	205	205	1155	192.50	48	1203
60.	Janne Monsen	Norway	205	225	203	168	131	211	1143	190.50	48	1191
61.	Tom R Borgen	Norway	203	188	236	201	147	213	1188	198.00		1188
62.	Roald Finstad	Norway	189	204	170	195	212	216	1186	197.66		1186
63.	Gunnar Wielecki	Norway	201	220	204	201	175	184	1185	197.50		1185
64.	Øyvind Harang	Norway	223	203	175	216	172	193	1182	197.00		1182
65.	Ken Bland jr.	Norway	213	200	161	211	201	193	1179	196.50		1179
66.	Odd Sandberg	Norway	166	206	173	201	194	237	1177	196.16		1177
67.	Trygve Halvorsen	Norway	190	189	195	150	216	237	1177	196.16		1177
68.	Stian Olsen	Norway	187	191	240	226	150	183	1177	196.16		1177
69.	Runar Almestrand	Norway	203	203	143	188	184	252	1173	195.50		1173
70.	Olav J. Olsen	Norway	180	178	172	213	214	212	1169	194.83		1169
71.	David Martinsen	Norway	170	242	214	201	180	162	1169	194.83		1169
72.	Morten Johansen	Norway	177	215	167	214	208	188	1169	194.83		1169
73.	Jón Ingi Ragnarsson	Island	173	192	152	226	245	178	1166	194.33		1166
74.	Terje Barkald	Norway	214	158	139	237	212	205	1165	194.16		1165
75.	Steinar Karlsen	Norway	174	232	198	189	201	170	1164	194.00		1164
76.	Christer Aker	Norway	199	207	206	214	165	172	1163	193.83		1163
77.	Stein Håkonsrud	Norway	246	182	173	235	163	160	1159	193.16		1159
78.	Ragnhild Frøshaug	Norway	172	137	159	201	197	243	1109	184.83	48	1157
79.	Kjell Myhre	Norway	178	215	212	188	174	190	1157	192.83		1157
80.	Bjørn Sørensen	Norway	191	214	164	205	212	171	1157	192.83		1157
81.	Egil Egeberg	Norway	211	182	159	170	215	217	1154	192.33		1154
82.	Stefán Claessen	Island	211	184	190	177	205	184	1151	191.83		1151
83.	Torbjørn Gard Hansen	Norway	167	180	210	218	191	183	1149	191.50		1149
84.	Ulf Arnesen	Norway	224	197	202	186	158	182	1149	191.50		1149
85.	Monica Lislien	Norway	215	183	165	216	158	148	1085	180.83	48	1133
86.	Håvard Dahl Løftamo	Norway	165	180	212	140	189	246	1132	188.66		1132
87.	Jon Ivar Oppegaard	Norway	185	164	182	234	193	172	1130	188.33		1130
88.	Per Andersen	Norway	215	173	201	192	162	182	1125	187.50		1125
89.	Arne Egil Olsen	Norway	196	176	212	186	178	174	1122	187.00		1122
90.	Tomi Niitti	Norway	140	182	200	205	225	169	1121	186.83		1121
91.	Nicholas Osborg	Norway	182	169	245	182	164	178	1120	186.66		1120
92.	Frank Andersen	Norway	166	169	194	214	199	177	1119	186.50		1119
93.	Henrik Aspdahl Oseth	Norway	165	270	171	156	176	179	1117	186.16		1117
94.	Leif Rune Danielsen	Norway	141	234	144	204	199	190	1112	185.33		1112
95.	Lars Lundahl	Sweden	191	178	191	202	175	173	1110	185.00		1110
96.	Fredrik Westerberg	Sweden	139	175	182	257	152	202	1107	184.50		1107
97.	Thor Kristian Østlie Solberg	Norway	192	169	190	216	168	162	1097	182.83		1097
98.	Miriam Lindgaard Stivang	Norway	156	213	161	152	171	195	1048	174.66	48	1096
99.	Christian Vosgraff Hammer	Norway	210	188	154	159	190	193	1094	182.33		1094
100.	Richard Fridell	Sweden	163	189	198	221	147	175	1093	182.16		1093
101.	Gunnar Eliasson	Sweden	188	238	185	129	170	178	1088	181.33		1088
102.	Fredrik Tobiasson	Norway	191	166	199	213	165	151	1085	180.83		1085
103.	Lene Lillelien	Norway	149	139	191	195	220	134	1028	171.33	48	1076
104.	Vidar Stevy Gjelstad	Norway	180	174	211	146	154	208	1073	178.83		1073
105.	Sven Tore Iversen	Norway	123	191	167	166	188	225	1060	176.66		1060
106.	Hans Fredrik Gether	Norway	135	199	203	147	172	202	1058	176.33		1058
107.	Mona Wold	Norway	118	170	191	171	168	188	1006	167.66	48	1054
108.	Stein Nebbenes	Norway	195	137	174	187	190	169	1052	175.33		1052
109.	Catrine Pettersen	Norway	159	137	200	168	155	159	978	163.00	48	1026
110.	Tone Aasvold	Norway	161	124	218	157	144	170	974	162.33	48	1022
111.	Glenn Tore Andersen	Norway	184	188	151	200	149	149	1021	170.16		1021
112.	Tove Mette Haugerud	Norway	138	124	147	200	185	162	956	159.33	48	1004
113.	Kim Andrè Holmen Hovde	Norway	191	194	161	156	167	122	991	165.16		991
114.	Terje Vestby Andresen	Norway	144	145	156	178	185	182	990	165.00		990
115.	Roar Hansen	Norway	161	154	179	157	169	169	989	164.83		989
116.	Morten Rygh	Norway	156	142	174	181	178	148	979	163.16		979
117.	Marthe Hegna Karlberg	Norway	177	135	162	127	167	159	927	154.50	48	975
118.	Viggo Esbensen	Norway	190	202	146	138	165	128	969	161.50		969
119.	Leif Ingjer	Norway	199	115	167	161	134	168	944	157.33		944
120.	Terje Eduardsen	Norway	161	133	142	168	182	148	934	155.66		934