Four players cracked the 1400-bar in Monday's qualifying squads 8 & 9 to add their names to the leaderboard in the
Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick currently underway at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway.
Ida Andersson (pictured) of Sweden averaged 238 and added eight pins handicap each game for 1476 total to overtake her brother
Pontus Andersson for the overall qualifying lead. Ida fired games of 267, 258, 221, 254, 208 and 220 in Squad 8 to lead a field of 128 bowlers from Norway, Sweden and Iceland.
The 23rd and last qualifying squad in the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick was full of drama and excitement with lots to offer for everybody. Norwegian national team member Svein Ã…ke Ek (pictured) waited until the very last moment to book his spot for Sunday's finals. Ek started his six games with 202, 277 and 279 followed by low games of 189 and 188 before he closed out with 259 for 1394 total to jump into 28th place, the last place to earn one bye for the semi-final round.
Swedish women's national team members Jenny Wegner and Victoria Johansson both cracked the 1400-bar to pace the 22nd and penultimate qualifying squad at the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick. Wegner (far right), who sits in fourth place with 1470, rolled another 1419-series to become the third woman to win a squad in Oslo. Her team mate Johansson (second from left) used games of 212, 258, 179, 245, 286 and 181 for 1409, including handicap, to jump from 85th to 24th place.
The battle for the 42 spots to compete in the semi-final and final rounds at the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick is becoming intense as the three squads on Saturday conclude the qualifying at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo. Starting the final qualifying day just one spot below the cut line, Tor Inge Jansen (pictured) of Norway dominated Squad 21 with 1424 pinfall to leap from 43rd to 15th place in the overall standing. Jansen became the 25th player who surpassed the 1400-mark.
Mathias Reinertsen (l.) of Norway and Arnar David Jonsson (r.) of Iceland led Squad 20 Friday night at Veitvet bowling center to add their names to the leaderboard in the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick. Two-time Norwegian Open champion Mads Sandbækken (r.) of Norway leads the 196-player from Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Sweden and Norway since Squad 18 with 1561 (221, 215, 279, 300, 278 and 268) and an average of 260.17.
Two-time Norwegian Open champion Mads Sandbækken (pictured) of Norway averaged 260.17 in Squad 18 at the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick to power his way into the lead of the European Bowling Tour "satellite" event. The former European champion, who has won the biggest tournament in his country in 2009 and 2010 and finished second four times, started his set with solid 221 and 215 before he caught fire and closed with a strike fest: 279, 300, 278 and 268. He totaled 1125 for the last four games, an average of 281.25.
Robin Asbjörnsen (pictured) of Sweden averaged 229.33 Friday morning at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway, to leap from 66th to 27th place in the qualifying of the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick. Asbjörnsen had games toppled 1376 pins and was the lone player in Squad 17 who made the cut to the top 42, who will make the first cut on Saturday evening. Tournament leader Jimmy Mortensen of
Denmark leads the 174-player field since Thursday's Squad 14 with 1514 total (252.33).
Irish two-handed player, Christopher Sloan (pictured) led Squad 16 on Thursday evening with 1425 to bring the number of 1400-series at the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick to 20 and to jump from 76th to 11th place in the overall qualifying standings. Sloan had games of 202, 268, 233, 236, 248 and 238 at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway, an average of 237.50 for six games. Tore Rokkones and Øyvind Haugen of Norway tied at 1367 (227.83) to sit in 30th and 31st place heading into the last two qualifying days.
Eight-time European Bowling Tour champion Martin Larsen (pictured) of Sweden became the 20th player at the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick who cracked the 1400-bar at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway. The World and European champion had games of 222, 275, 236, 236, 235 and 214 to lead the 15th qualifying squad with 1418, an average of 236.33, to leap into 15th place in the overall qualifying standings. Jimmy Mortensen of Denmark continued to lead the 164-player field with 1514 (252.33).
Jimmy Mortensen (pictured) became the first player who cracked the 1500-bar at the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick as he averaged 252.33 in the first of three squads on Thursday (14th overall) at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway. The Dane, who is still trying to win his first title on the European Bowling Tour, fired games of 259, 256, 259, 214, 279 and 247 for 1514 total to overtake previous leader Ida Andersson (right) of Sweden by 38 pins. Swede Mikael Roos rolled the first 300 game in this year's event.
Although there were no changes at the top of the leaderboard after the conclusion of Squad 12, two competitors found their way into the top 42 at the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick. Lars-Christian Nygård averaged 220 to lead a group of eleven Norwegian bowlers with 1320 but failed to improve his high series of 1378 and remained in 17th place. Kenneth Hermansen and Tom Nilsen (pictured) were close behind Nygård with 1317 and 1313, resp., to move into 31st and 32nd place.
Bård Jensen (l.) and Thomas Fredrik Fagerstrøm (r.) of Norway led the two squads Tuesday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway, with 1424 and 1419, respectively, to crack the top 10 in the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick as qualifying nears the halfway point. Swedish siblings Ida and Pontus Andersson continued to lead the 132-player field from Iceland, Sweden and Norway with 1476 and 1469, respectively.
World Youth champion Pontus Andersson (pictured left) of Sweden posted a 1469 series in the fifth qualifying squad Sunday afternoon at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway, to overtake the lead in the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick. Andersson, who won the gold medal in Doubles at the 2014 World Youth Championships in Hong Kong with Markus Jansson, fired games of 237, 279, 224, 236, 247 and 246, an average of 244.83, to overtake previous leader Tor-Øyvind Lunde of Norway by just two pins.
In a championship match between two of the best two-handed players in the world, Jesper Svensson of Sweden waited until the last frame to celebrate a 223-209 victory over Finland's Osku Palermaa to win the 13th Columbia 300 Vienna Open Sunday evening at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. It was the fifth career European Bowling Tour title for Svensson, who became the first multiple champion on the 2015 Tour and received 7.000 Euro top prize for his victory. 
Six-time European Bowling Tour champion Stuart Williams (l.) of England averaged 241.67 in the second round of the finals at the 13th Columbia 300 Vienna Open to lead the top 18 players into the third and final six-game round before the cut to the stepladder finals this afternoon at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Williams, who carries over 1450 pins, holds a 23-pin buffer over second-place Thomas Larsen (r.) of Denmark, who toppled 1427 pins.
Lauriane Celie (l.) of France and Sweden's Joline Persson Planefors (r.) paced a field of 56 players as the finals of the 13th Columbia 300 Vienna Open got underway on early Sunday morning at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Celie totaled 1389 including eight pins handicap per game, an equality handicap provided to women in all European Bowling Tour events, while Persson Planefors had 1384, lead the top 22 players into the second round.
Audun Boye Hansen (l.) and Glenn Morten Pedersen (r.) of Norway led the second and third qualifying squad Saturday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo to add their names to the leaderboard in the Norwegian Open 2015 by Brunswick. Hansen leaped into second place with 1443, while Pedersen took over fourth place with 1412. Squad Tor-Øyvind Lunde, Norway, held on to the lead with 1467 and an average of 244.50 for six games.
Starting the penultimate qualifying squat at the 13th Columbia 300 Vienna Open in seventh place with 1416, just four pins ahead of eighth place which guarantees a first-round bye for Sunday's finals, 16-time PBA champion and last year's VO runner-up, Tommy Jones (pictured), United States, improved by 33 pins to leap two spots into fifth place with 1449 and an average of 241.50 for six games. Joonas Jähi of Finland leads the 263-player field from 26
countries, 67 women and 196 men, since Squad 7 with 1473 and an average
of 245.50.