Brunswick Euro Challenge - Tournament Format

Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin, France (March 4-13, 2011)

Qualifying
6 games (entries and re-entries)

Desperado squad
1 game

64 players will qualify for the final steps
12 players will qualify directly for the final step 2, which is players positioned 1-12 in the qualifying standing

52 players will qualify for the final step 1, which is:
Players positioned 13-52 in the qualifying standing
Players positioned 1-8 in a separate standing for the squads conducted on 4-8 March
Players positioned 1-4 in the desperado standing

In cases of players from the separate 4-8 March standing is positioned in the interval 1-52 in the qualifying standing, the next positioned player in the 4-8 March standing will qualify

Final step 1
52 players will play 6 games starting from scratch.
Top 16 will qualify for the final step 2
The players not continuing to the final step 2 will be ranked 29-64 according to their positions in the standing of the final step 1

Final step 2
28 players will play 6 games starting from scratch.
Top 8 will qualify for the final step 3
The players not continuing to the final step 3 will be ranked 9-28 according to their positions in the standing of the final step 2

Final step 3
8 players will play a Round Robin with the pin fall from the step 2 carried forward

There will be 8 rounds in the Round Robin, each consisting of one game matches.

In the first 7 rounds, each of the 8 players will be matched against all other 7 players, while round 8 is a one game position round, where the standing after 13 games will decide the matching as follows: the player at position 1 vs. the player at position 2, the player at position 3 vs. the player at position 4 etc.

After the conclusion of each match in all 8 rounds, bonus points will be added to the score total as follows: 30 points for a won match and 15 points for a tied match.

The standing after the final step 3 is an accumulated total of the score of the 6 games in step 2, the score of the 8 games in step 3 and all won bonus points in the Round Robin matches.

Top 3 of this standing will qualify for the final step 4.
Players not continuing will be ranked 4-8 according to their positions in the final step 3.

Final step 4
There will be 2 stepladder matches, all starting from scratch
References to positions is to positions after the final step 3

Stepladder match 1:
The player positioned 3 and the player positioned 2 will play a one game match
The looser of the match will be ranked 3 in the final tournament standing

Stepladder match 2:
The winner of the first match and the player positioned 1 will play a one game match
The looser of the match will be ranked 2 in the final tournament standing
The winner of the match will be ranked 1 in the final tournament standing