Brunswick Euro Challenge - Tournament Format

Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin, France (March 6-15, 2009)

Qualifying
6 games (entries and re-entries)

Desperado Squad
1 game

A total of 64 players will qualify for the finals.
The top 16 players will receive one bye into step 2 and will seeded 1-16.

The following 48 players will qualify for step 1:

• Players positioned 17-52 in the qualifying
• the top 6 from a separate standing for the squads conducted March 6-8, who are not among the top 52
• the top 6 from the Desperado Squad.

Step 1
48 players will play six games starting from scratch.
The top 16 will qualify for step 2 and will be seeded 17-32
The players, who are eliminated, will be ranked 33-64 according to their positions in step 1.

Match Play
Best-of-three games. The highest seeded player vs. the lowest seeded player, the second highest seeded player vs. the second lowest seeded player etc.

Step 2
16 matches. Winners advance, losers finish 17-32 based on match play seedings.

Step 3
8 matches. Winners advance, losers finish 9-16 based on match play seedings.

Step 4
4 matches. Winners advance, losers finish 9-16 based on match play seedings.

Stepladder Finals
Match 1: #4 seed vs. #3 seed
Match 2: Winner of Match 1 vs. #2 seed
Title Match: Winner of Match 2 vs. #1 seed.

All matches over one game.