Italian bowlers continued to dominate the qualifying of the 2nd Ebonite Roma International Monday at Brunswick Bowling Rome in Rome, Italy. Piero Colombani (pictured left) and Domenico Maddaloni (right) led Squads 6 and 7 with 1257 and 1248 six-game total, respectively, to move into third and fourth place in the overall qualifying standings.

Giovanni Battagli held on to the lead with 1312 or an average of 218.67 with Davide Spagnoli in second place with 1289.

Colombani, who started and finished his set with 240-plus games, became the early leader of a separate leaderboard of the squads conducted on Nov. 7-9 (Squads 6-11) of which the top 4 will earn automatic berths into Sunday's finals.

Maddaloni, who had a slow start but closed things out with four games between 211 and 238, is second on that list with Giuseppe Sciascia, Italy, in third and Suranga Warnakulasuryia of Sri Lanka in fourth place.

Sciascia was second to Colombani in Squad 6 with 1194 en route to leap into 10th place overall. Suranga was next to Maddaloni in Squad 7 with 1170 to sit in 13th place.

Raffaella Fusco continued to pace the women's rankings with 1150 including handicap. The Italian is the best of 24 women in the 167-player field. Stefano Pratesi currently holds the 38th and last place to advance with 1107 or an average of 184.50.

Qualifying continues on Tuesday, Nov. 8, with Squads 8 and 9 scheduled to start at 5.30 and 9 p.m. CET time.

The 2nd Ebonite Roma International is the 19th and penultimate stop of the 2011 European Bowling Tour and the last of six "Satellite" events of the 2011 EBT season. The tournament will be held from Saturday Nov. 5 through Sunday Nov. 13, 2011 at 24-lane Brunswick Bowling in Rome, Italy.

The tournament offers total prize money of 25.900 Euro with 5.000 Euro going to the winner, 2.500 Euro to the first runner-up and 1.000 Euro each to the third and fourth place finishers.

In the inaugural Ebonite Roma International 2010, Perttu Jussila (pictured left) of Finland captured his first European Bowling Tour title by defeating PBA exempt player, Stuart Williams, England, in the title match, 225-188, en route to earn the 5.000 Euro top prize.

In the semifinals Jussila and Williams eliminated German women's national team members Patricia Luoto and Birgit Pöppler. As the higher seed, Luoto (right) finished third to win the women's ranking.

The 2011 European Bowling Tour consists of 20 tour stops in 16 countries including two Platinum, six Gold, six Silver and six Satellite tournaments.

The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. The winner of a Platinum tournament receives 250 ranking points, the winner of a Gold tournament gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament such as the 2nd Ebonite Roma International gets 50 ranking points.

The top 16 men and the top 16 women at the end of the 2011 season qualify for the fifth EBT Masters to be held at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany on April 30 and May 1, 2012. The event will become the first EBT Masters to be contested on single lane condition.

Qualifying of the 2nd Ebonite Roma International (6 games, unlimited re-entries) runs through Saturday, Nov. 12 and ends with Squad 22 and the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad scheduled for 9.45 p.m. local time (CET). Women will receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire event, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

The 2nd Ebonite Roma International features a 40 feet Kegel lane conditioning pattern with 23.40ml volume oil total.

A total of 50 players - the top 38 from the qualifying, plus the top four of the squads conducted on Nov. 5-6 (Squads 1-5), plus the top 4 of the squads conducted on Nov. 7-9 (Squads 6-11), plus the top 4 from the Desperado Squad - will advance to the finals on Sunday, Nov. 13.

The top 8 qualifiers will earn three byes and will be seeded into Final Round 4. Positions 9-16 will get two byes and positions 17-28 will bypass the first round of the finals.

The other 22 players will bowl 4 games scratch. The top 10 will advance to the second round. After another four-game block scratch the top 8 will advance to first round of single-elimination match play (third round overall) with the two-game total pinfall to determine the winner.

In all matches the highest seeded player will bowl the lowest seeded player, the second highest will bowl the second lowest, etc. The field will be cut to 16, 8, four and then two, who will determine the champion in a single-game match.

 

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Qualifying Standings after Squad 7/22

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Hc	Total
1.	Giovanni Battagli	Italy	233	242	214	236	170	217	1312	218.67		1312
2.	Davide Spagnoli	Italy	229	238	227	233	170	192	1289	214.83		1289
3.	Piero Colombani	Italy	243	204	166	198	202	244	1257	209.50		1257
4.	Domenico Maddaloni	Italy	190	165	220	211	238	224	1248	208.00		1248
5.	Saverio Tuccimei	Italy	225	203	186	202	194	237	1247	207.83		1247
6.	Carlo Ieva	Italy	192	222	201	179	216	191	1201	200.17		1201
7.	Raffaele Formisano	Italy	229	181	217	205	197	171	1200	200.00		1200
8.	Andrea Gualdi	Italy	223	183	174	201	226	189	1196	199.33		1196
9.	Giuseppe Tedone	Italy	185	183	158	235	223	210	1194	199.00		1194
10.	Giuseppe Sciascia	Italy	202	205	180	246	161	200	1194	199.00		1194
11.	Ricardo Gonzales Diaz	Philippines	204	219	183	193	223	163	1185	197.50		1185
12.	Amedeo Spada	Italy	211	195	188	226	152	211	1183	197.17		1183
13.	Suranga Warnakulasuryia	Sri Lanka	229	156	202	229	217	137	1170	195.00		1170
14.	Sergey Kudelya	Russia	195	174	219	169	214	190	1161	193.50		1161
15.	Massimo Branchesi	Italy	195	208	231	147	182	192	1155	192.50		1155
16.	Simone Ranieri	Italy	190	237	161	200	152	210	1150	191.67		1150
17.	Raffaella Fusco	Italy	169	160	153	190	229	201	1102	183.67	48	1150
18.	Antonio Maddaloni	Italy	188	189	198	158	225	192	1150	191.67		1150
19.	Paolo Zeppi	Italy	151	195	235	176	188	203	1148	191.33		1148
20.	Daniele Rezzi	Italy	195	235	164	202	160	190	1146	191.00		1146
21.	Gennaro Varchetta	Italy	195	201	196	158	193	202	1145	190.83		1145
22.	Aldo Iorio	Italy	186	177	187	210	191	192	1143	190.50		1143
23.	Mauro Farris	Italy	176	198	188	231	167	182	1142	190.33		1142
24.	Massimo Dell'amico	Italy	196	188	184	196	170	204	1138	189.67		1138
25.	Stefano Oddi	Italy	201	169	189	178	199	202	1138	189.67		1138
26.	Maria Rosaria Matrullo	Italy	176	204	176	212	151	171	1090	181.67	48	1138
27.	Angelo Delvino	Italy	164	206	166	160	245	192	1133	188.83		1133
28.	Claudio Parisi	Italy	139	228	209	169	163	222	1130	188.33		1130
29.	Maria Rafaelita Figueroa	Philippines	166	208	190	200	148	170	1082	180.33	48	1130
30.	Enrico Maddaloni	Italy	220	180	223	203	184	120	1130	188.33		1130
31.	Alessandro Martino	Italy	189	173	144	205	221	195	1127	187.83		1127
32.	Annalisa Balzano	Italy	155	178	226	189	144	186	1078	179.67	48	1126
33.	Paolo Feretti	Italy	185	189	148	180	190	233	1125	187.50		1125
34.	Simona Ciattoni	Italy	164	220	177	157	210	148	1076	179.33	48	1124
35.	Claudio Cerroni	Italy	175	195	197	223	144	186	1120	186.67		1120
36.	Giuseppina Arcidiacono	Italy	162	174	176	156	226	175	1069	178.17	48	1117
37.	Ferde Gil Saguinsin	Philippines	206	167	200	148	247	145	1113	185.50		1113
38.	Stefano Pratesi	Italy	178	206	181	169	189	184	1107	184.50		1107
39.	Antonio De Bartolo	Italy	213	180	164	192	202	155	1106	184.33		1106
40.	Marzia Castagna	Italy	144	180	183	199	195	155	1056	176.00	48	1104
41.	Marco De Angelis	Italy	143	234	143	195	234	154	1103	183.83		1103
42.	Massimo Stefani	Italy	167	156	176	222	228	151	1100	183.33		1100
43.	Maurizio Bretti	Italy	202	175	179	173	153	212	1094	182.33		1094
44.	Giuseppe Frasca	Italy	163	196	171	159	191	211	1091	181.83		1091
45.	Pamela Frioni	Italy	164	167	190	189	172	160	1042	173.67	48	1090
46.	Romano Timpano	Italy	181	191	247	153	159	157	1088	181.33		1088
47.	Marco Pellegrini	Italy	152	188	159	209	199	178	1085	180.83		1085
48.	Bruno Botticelli	Italy	184	182	203	173	140	202	1084	180.67		1084
49.	Aldino Tedone	Italy	191	169	176	198	173	176	1083	180.50		1083
50.	Roberto D Ercole	Italy	156	203	171	194	172	184	1080	180.00		1080
51.	Gianmarco Bulzis	Italy	175	179	201	171	186	167	1079	179.83		1079
52.	Luciano Giuliani	Italy	199	155	214	169	136	202	1075	179.17		1075
53.	Luciana Cafaro	Italy	178	160	164	160	180	180	1022	170.33	48	1070
54.	Massimiliano Di Sisto	Italy	168	166	200	179	178	179	1070	178.33		1070
55.	Luigi Lucarelli	Italy	158	164	167	190	180	209	1068	178.00		1068
56.	Maria Rosaria Iacomino	Italy	148	162	191	189	169	160	1019	169.83	48	1067
57.	Maurizio Tarantino	Italy	199	154	185	215	152	161	1066	177.67		1066
58.	Ferdinando Del Gaudio	Italy	174	181	158	195	156	200	1064	177.33		1064
59.	Leandro Torsani	Italy	211	146	173	204	167	160	1061	176.83		1061
60.	Hommer Mijares Biscocho	Philippines	151	191	166	217	179	157	1061	176.83		1061
61.	Nunzio Quatela	Italy	187	160	194	168	179	170	1058	176.33		1058
62.	Aly Rondan	Italy	182	183	205	172	178	137	1057	176.17		1057
63.	Bruno Stocchi	Italy	157	149	194	198	170	188	1056	176.00		1056
64.	Antonio Nigro	Italy	178	184	172	169	184	169	1056	176.00		1056
65.	Roberto Vagnoli	Italy	171	144	188	224	145	183	1055	175.83		1055
66.	Monica Mattalini	Italy	142	180	159	179	180	167	1007	167.83	48	1055
67.	Carlo Zoncu	Italy	203	169	188	166	129	198	1053	175.50		1053
68.	Randy Fermo	Philippines	186	197	146	176	157	191	1053	175.50		1053
69.	Sara Giustini	Italy	204	179	191	113	146	170	1003	167.17	48	1051
70.	Paolo De Gioia	Italy	173	180	169	170	207	152	1051	175.17		1051
71.	Giovanni Parrone	Italy	155	170	174	172	193	180	1044	174.00		1044
72.	Michele Villa	Italy	196	206	148	188	152	154	1044	174.00		1044
73.	Daniele Chirico	Italy	157	155	192	169	188	182	1043	173.83		1043
74.	Luca Rovoletto	Italy	184	180	199	162	159	159	1043	173.83		1043
75.	Claudio Ambrosi	Italy	164	167	188	163	177	179	1038	173.00		1038
76.	Francesco Pupilli	Italy	164	178	187	157	195	157	1038	173.00		1038
77.	Angelantonio Claudio	Italy	158	172	199	141	174	193	1037	172.83		1037
78.	Ruggiero Di Tommaso	Italy	175	146	181	223	146	166	1037	172.83		1037
79.	Simon Burke	Malta	209	143	218	164	155	146	1035	172.50		1035
80.	Guglielmo Sini	Italy	193	168	142	144	161	226	1034	172.33		1034
81.	Antonino Corsale	Italy	173	159	164	143	199	194	1032	172.00		1032
82.	Amedeo Nastri	Italy	163	201	166	149	159	194	1032	172.00		1032
83.	Enrico Montesi	Italy	140	177	201	147	176	190	1031	171.83		1031
84.	Diego Biolghini	Italy	158	181	163	186	166	174	1028	171.33		1028
85.	Alfio Giuffrida	Italy	167	177	193	171	155	165	1028	171.33		1028
86.	Dante Morotti	Italy	199	175	190	170	147	144	1025	170.83		1025
87.	Villelmo Bianchini	Italy	172	189	146	170	178	169	1024	170.67		1024
88.	Aldo Lo Palco	Italy	174	164	187	168	170	158	1021	170.17		1021
89.	Andrea Guidi	Italy	154	143	182	135	204	200	1018	169.67		1018
90.	Fabrizio Benvenga	Italy	183	146	169	168	165	183	1014	169.00		1014
91.	Massimo Fabi	Italy	176	165	168	157	136	209	1011	168.50		1011
92.	Pierpaolo De Filippi	Italy	168	159	168	177	162	175	1009	168.17		1009
93.	Massimiliano Pastorelli	Italy	171	148	173	164	180	170	1006	167.67		1006
94.	Maurizio Giovannelli	Italy	136	171	152	194	200	152	1005	167.50		1005
95.	Vincenzo Bennardo	Italy	157	169	157	198	162	161	1004	167.33		1004
96.	Francesco Gigliesi Morresi	Italy	166	146	164	172	159	195	1002	167.00		1002
97.	Generoso Ciccone	Italy	130	191	185	161	165	170	1002	167.00		1002
98.	Diego Vitiello	Italy	143	168	179	125	191	193	999	166.50		999
99.	Domenico Gagliardi	Italy	164	167	187	150	139	192	999	166.50		999
100.	Francesco Murolo	Italy	170	130	155	216	181	147	999	166.50		999
101.	Andrea Canevari	Italy	190	178	180	140	162	148	998	166.33		998
102.	Gabriele Abbruscato	Italy	199	163	191	141	123	180	997	166.17		997
103.	Francesca Messina	Italy	142	141	201	169	131	163	947	157.83	48	995
104.	Rodolfo Tomarelli	Italy	152	179	160	163	195	146	995	165.83		995
105.	Elena Suriano	Italy	171	185	159	136	172	123	946	157.67	48	994
106.	Pasquale Dieni	Italy	202	188	136	148	156	159	989	164.83		989
107.	Gianpiero Coppola	Italy	147	139	155	179	181	186	987	164.50		987
108.	Fabio Cecchinelli	Italy	200	133	138	190	140	186	987	164.50		987
109.	Giovanni Scialdone	Italy	157	179	160	176	124	189	985	164.17		985
110.	Vincenzo Caradio	Italy	195	158	152	159	130	189	983	163.83		983
111.	Luigi Piccolo	Italy	175	158	193	147	159	149	981	163.50		981
112.	Stefano Tozzi	Italy	184	129	153	173	184	157	980	163.33		980
113.	Angelo Cipotani	Italy	164	157	166	127	210	151	975	162.50		975
114.	Andrea Monachesi	Italy	151	149	184	172	189	130	975	162.50		975
115.	Renato Estivo	Italy	122	177	172	165	159	178	973	162.17		973
116.	Mario Racadio	Philippines	140	167	163	160	179	164	973	162.17		973
117.	Carmelina Giuffrida	Italy	191	136	156	165	128	149	925	154.17	48	973
118.	Remo Rossi	Italy	197	157	163	168	158	130	973	162.17		973
119.	Fiorella Perna	Italy	133	138	123	183	178	169	924	154.00	48	972
120.	Antonella Taschini	Italy	181	189	124	145	136	149	924	154.00	48	972
121.	Cosimo Miccoli	Italy	175	152	142	161	170	171	971	161.83		971
122.	Glenn Conrad Manalili	Philippines	128	131	142	156	202	210	969	161.50		969
123.	Valter Stracqualursi	Italy	162	157	178	149	165	156	967	161.17		967
124.	Francesco Anacleria	Italy	150	195	167	176	108	166	962	160.33		962
125.	Mauro Moro	Italy	169	127	157	183	169	154	959	159.83		959
126.	Christian Giuliani	Italy	179	146	134	157	188	153	957	159.50		957
127.	Massimo Isoppo	Italy	173	142	158	212	106	164	955	159.17		955
128.	Valentino Marrocco	Italy	152	123	132	170	171	205	953	158.83		953
129.	Francesco Paparazzo	Italy	162	124	181	163	149	173	952	158.67		952
130.	Enrico Selvazzo	Italy	153	143	175	144	193	142	950	158.33		950
131.	Roberto Polimeni	Italy	142	142	162	168	188	147	949	158.17		949
132.	Luigi Antonio Quintieri	Italy	116	196	180	167	128	159	946	157.67		946
133.	Alfredo Fiorillo	Italy	138	144	160	168	142	192	944	157.33		944
134.	Massimo Vulpiani	Italy	199	167	120	136	153	169	944	157.33		944
135.	Stefano Sciascia	Italy	116	153	159	188	145	181	942	157.00		942
136.	Valter Roscani	Italy	149	179	136	170	145	163	942	157.00		942
137.	Ronaldo Morales Marasigan	Philippines	179	171	140	147	169	134	940	156.67		940
138.	Bruno Muratori	Italy	141	147	170	164	150	161	933	155.50		933
139.	Piera Tipaldi	Italy	172	151	133	130	131	165	882	147.00	48	930
140.	Giorgio Sarao	Italy	168	132	142	179	150	154	925	154.17		925
141.	Roberto Pantano	Italy	145	161	157	162	148	150	923	153.83		923
142.	Michele Fulvo	Italy	216	134	140	167	120	146	923	153.83		923
143.	Claudio Pelagatti	Italy	146	161	162	179	145	130	923	153.83		923
144.	Paolo Bondi	Italy	136	190	151	143	144	152	916	152.67		916
145.	Paolo Tedone	Italy	180	156	143	144	138	153	914	152.33		914
146.	Simplicio Castillo Apan	Philippines	147	165	149	160	130	162	913	152.17		913
147.	Stefano Nardelli	Italy	141	139	194	158	154	127	913	152.17		913
148.	Antonio Di Coste	Italy	114	128	160	172	170	164	908	151.33		908
149.	Francesco Sciascia	Italy	130	135	192	145	155	148	905	150.83		905
150.	Fabio Fascia	Italy	156	138	157	154	112	182	899	149.83		899
151.	Giorgio Rivelli	Italy	185	155	146	130	144	138	898	149.67		898
152.	Concetta Dantuono	Italy	167	132	127	144	101	176	847	141.17	48	895
153.	Patrizia Fine	Italy	147	140	127	159	124	145	842	140.33	48	890
154.	Alfonso Aureli	Italy	139	156	127	157	144	163	886	147.67		886
155.	Sergio Cicconi	Italy	142	136	161	157	140	137	873	145.50		873
156.	Paola Leone	Italy	140	122	131	136	130	165	824	137.33	48	872
157.	Leonardo Pallottino	Italy	117	136	155	169	168	123	868	144.67		868
158.	Franco La Iacona	Italy	178	151	142	144	140	109	864	144.00		864
159.	Giovanni Pescetelli	Italy	136	134	126	164	145	156	861	143.50		861
160.	Enrico Mariti	Italy	133	132	128	169	135	149	846	141.00		846
161.	Viviana Carini	Italy	150	131	108	90	148	156	783	130.50	48	831
162.	Daniela Ferriccioni	Italy	102	129	135	126	132	138	762	127.00	48	810
163.	Osvaldo Zaccaria	Italy	170	177	183	143	126	0	799	DNF		799
164.	Vittoria Francini	Italy	101	118	111	183	101	118	732	122.00	48	780
165.	Guglielmo Mercadante	Italy	118	127	102	153	154	0	654	DNF		654
166.	Gianluca Caliccia	Italy	150	149	176	0	0	0	475	DNF		475
167.	Mario Rania	Italy	149	106	0	0	0	0	255	DNF		255