Steve Miller of England (pictured left) finished the qualifying of the IDM Bucharest International Bowling Open 2011 atop the leaderboard en route to lead a group of 24 men into the finals on Sunday, Nov. 27 at IDM Club in Bucharest, Romania.

Miller posted 1418 in the penultimate qualifying squad 21 including games of 243, 244, 247, 226, 267 and 191, an average of 236.33 for six games. The Englishman beat out Spiros Vlachos (right), Greece, for the top spot by four pins.

Vlachos finished qualifying in second place with 1414 and was followed by compatriots George Stefanidis and Tommy Petersen in third and fourth place with 1393 and 1382, respectively.

25-time PBA champion and PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss (left), United States, the defending champion, was fifth with 1381. Sixth place belonged to Marco Cesare, Italy, who toppled 1376 pins.

Andreas Karistianos, Cyprus, was the sole player Saturday who cracked the top 8. Karistianos had games of 245, 211, 184, 259, 259 and 208 to lead Squad 20 with 1366, good for seventh place in the overall qualifying standings.

Rounding out the top 8 who earned one bye for the finals was the best Romanian player in the field, Viorel Simut (right), with 1345 and an average of 224.17.

The top 22 including the four leaders of the squads conducted Monday through Thursday (Miller, Vlachos, Simut and 11th place Marius Piticariu, Romania) qualified for the finals. Patsa Epameinondas of Greece took the 22nd and last spot with 1273 or an average of 212.17.

Rounding out the 24 finalists were Epameinondas' compatriots George Venetis and Vassilis Stefopoulos, who advanced through the single-game Desperado Squad with high games of 229 and 226, respectively.

The IDM Bucharest International Bowling Open 2011 will be held from Nov. 21-27 at IDM Club, a 14-laner with Brunswick equipment, in Bucharest, Romania. The tournament offers total prize fund of 15.000 Euro with 2.500 Euro going to the winner.

A total of 24 players from the qualifying (six games; unlimited re-entries) advanced to the finals on Sunday, Nov. 27: the top 18 qualifiers and the top 4 from a separate standing of the squads conducted Nov. 21-24 plus the top 2 of the one-game Desperado Squad. The top 8 players receive one bye.

Qualifiers 9-24 will bowl six games scratch. The top 8 meet the top 8 qualifiers in the second round. Those 16 will bowl another six-game series scratch to cut to the top 8, who will advance to match play finals in best-of-three games format.

 

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Standings after Qualifying and Desperado Squad

The top 22 plus the top two from the Desperado Squad (places 23 and 24) advance to the finals.

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Hc	Total
1.	Steve Miller	England	243	244	247	226	267	191	1418	236.33		1418
2.	Spiros Vlachos	Greece	233	246	256	188	257	234	1414	235.67		1414
3.	George Stefanidis	Greece	216	250	192	209	267	259	1393	232.17		1393
4.	Tommy Petersen	Greece	256	199	243	225	226	233	1382	230.33		1382
5.	Brian Voss	United States	234	234	247	229	236	201	1381	230.17		1381
6.	Marco Cesare	Italy	224	227	212	222	212	279	1376	229.33		1376
7.	Andreas Karistianos	Cyprus	245	211	184	259	259	208	1366	227.67		1366
8.	Viorel Simut	Romania	211	237	233	180	269	215	1345	224.17		1345
9.	Charis Panayiotou	Cyprus	234	211	246	234	186	225	1336	222.67		1336
10.	Matt Miller	England	232	203	213	266	224	196	1334	222.33		1334
11.	Marius Piticariu	Romania	225	258	215	253	209	172	1332	222.00		1332
12.	Lars Nielsen	Denmark	181	220	238	254	206	226	1325	220.83		1325
13.	Giannis Stathatos	Greece	223	193	217	267	208	216	1324	220.67		1324
14.	Dimitris Karetsos	Greece	218	192	216	227	234	227	1314	219.00		1314
15.	Paul Stott Jr.	Ireland	211	211	225	210	183	268	1308	218.00		1308
16.	Marius Briciu	Romania	194	224	219	246	204	213	1300	216.67		1300
17.	Leonidas Maragkos	Greece	212	235	223	182	214	225	1291	215.17		1291
18.	Marius Balan	Romania	245	257	160	209	220	198	1289	214.83		1289
19.	David Canady	Germany	188	199	258	210	231	202	1288	214.67		1288
20.	Romeo Gagenoiu	Romania	233	194	192	235	192	240	1286	214.33		1286
21.	Henrik Jorgensen	Denmark	236	205	189	221	230	203	1284	214.00		1284
22.	Patsa Epameinondas	Greece	221	259	161	211	225	196	1273	212.17		1273
23.	George Venetis	Greece	229						229			229
24.	Vassilis Stefopoulos	Greece	226						226			226
25.	Catalin Gheorghe	Romania	214	202	232	185	206	233	1272	212.00		1272
26.	Joonas Jähi	Finland	243	201	214	223	218	170	1269	211.50		1269
27.	Lucian Paraschiv	Romania	183	217	207	209	197	250	1263	210.50		1263
28.	Kostas Kyriakou	Cyprus	168	236	204	219	232	204	1263	210.50		1263
29.	Lars Linder	Denmark	201	181	255	210	220	193	1260	210.00		1260
30.	Ivanov Kaloyan	Bulgaria	232	172	204	215	223	212	1258	209.67		1258
31.	Darragh McLoughlin	Ireland	215	199	218	221	191	212	1256	209.33		1256
32.	Cristian Calagiu	Romania	206	224	151	210	247	212	1250	208.33		1250
33.	Marcel Tarase	Romania	219	226	250	150	182	222	1249	208.17		1249
34.	Valentin Fatu	Romania	208	169	214	170	245	236	1242	207.00		1242
35.	Odette Piticariu	Romania	181	211	222	239	183	156	1192	198.67	48	1240
36.	Stefano Oddi	Italy	188	237	225	207	182	200	1239	206.50		1239
37.	Kostas Lirantzis	Greece	218	190	238	183	194	213	1236	206.00		1236
38.	Florian Mihailescu	Romania	200	223	194	177	192	247	1233	205.50		1233
39.	Ion Fatu	Romania	194	214	214	187	176	246	1231	205.17		1231
40.	Alexandru Tariceanu	Romania	193	205	206	200	214	210	1228	204.67		1228
41.	Henrik Klujeff	Denmark	191	200	226	204	185	215	1221	203.50		1221
	Vassilis Stefopoulos	Greece	200	180	203	177	257	203	1220	203.33		1220
42.	Marina Stefanova	Bulgaria	178	217	169	195	206	203	1168	194.67	48	1216
43.	Corneliu Antimirescu	Romania	180	190	235	212	219	178	1214	202.33		1214
44.	Paolo Zeppi	Italy	200	187	257	161	211	195	1211	201.83		1211
45.	Valentin Piros	Romania	205	203	188	180	223	211	1210	201.67		1210
46.	Ion Bejan	Romania	170	201	234	206	206	192	1209	201.50		1209
47.	Bogdan Piciu	Romania	178	167	221	210	192	237	1205	200.83		1205
48.	Michalis Bouzas	Greece	175	187	179	222	208	232	1203	200.50		1203
	George Venetis	Greece	143	187	218	257	194	203	1202	200.33		1202
49.	Mihaita Gogoasa	Romania	188	197	201	213	185	216	1200	200.00		1200
50.	Ioan Ionescu	Romania	157	195	204	211	247	185	1199	199.83		1199
51.	Javier Rosado	Spain	170	224	195	211	214	181	1195	199.17		1195
52.	Cristian Zamfir	Romania	224	212	183	177	192	203	1191	198.50		1191
53.	Rune Christensen	Denmark	188	255	195	215	178	159	1190	198.33		1190
54.	Bogdan Obada	Romania	211	167	200	222	182	201	1183	197.17		1183
55.	Gabriel Anghelescu	Romania	194	146	200	186	256	200	1182	197.00		1182
56.	Robert Lupu	Romania	180	246	218	169	198	164	1175	195.83		1175
57.	Andrea Fedeli	Italy	196	193	246	185	196	158	1174	195.67		1174
58.	Paris Alvanos	Greece	156	243	225	164	168	215	1171	195.17		1171
59.	Alexandru Telejman	Romania	174	173	228	205	213	177	1170	195.00		1170
60.	Esteban Benjamin	Spain	200	216	152	173	207	221	1169	194.83		1169
61.	Todor Lichev	Bulgaria	193	259	174	198	180	165	1169	194.83		1169
62.	George Vitzilaios	Greece	188	186	231	212	166	182	1165	194.17		1165
63.	Branislav Sergievski	Bulgaria	203	179	202	180	204	190	1158	193.00		1158
64.	Daniel Stefan	Romania	189	203	168	175	200	213	1148	191.33		1148
65.	Mihai Ionescu	Romania	180	167	227	243	168	159	1144	190.67		1144
66.	Pierpaolo De Filipi	Italy	194	159	181	197	243	158	1132	188.67		1132
67.	Roxana Pisaltu	Romania	166	178	180	195	139	221	1079	179.83	48	1127
68.	Angel Cuerda	Spain	156	161	209	211	178	211	1126	187.67		1126
69.	David Orlanda	Romania	151	203	213	220	195	142	1124	187.33		1124
70.	Dimitrov Nikolay	Bulgaria	176	217	190	180	157	203	1123	187.17		1123
71.	Gabriel Deaconu	Romania	181	190	189	218	183	156	1117	186.17		1117
72.	Aspassia Bisticha	Greece	211	161	160	218	157	156	1063	177.17	48	1111
73.	Andreea Baducu	Romania	191	196	148	179	172	174	1060	176.67	48	1108
74.	Daniele Rezzi	Italy	189	244	150	184	180	161	1108	184.67		1108
75.	Henrik Jensen	Denmark	147	185	160	180	234	201	1107	184.50		1107
76.	Mihai Anton	Romania	152	191	218	193	138	211	1103	183.83		1103
77.	Dorel Bucurescu	Romania	158	208	190	168	177	202	1103	183.83		1103
78.	Costin Preda	Romania	153	182	154	193	189	224	1095	182.50		1095
79.	Luciano Giuliani	Italy	197	189	190	167	164	188	1095	182.50		1095
80.	Florian Popescu	Romania	208	211	146	166	193	159	1083	180.50		1083
81.	Stavrou Loizos	Greece	155	201	181	164	203	168	1072	178.67		1072
82.	Ion Grecu	Romania	184	182	204	144	186	166	1066	177.67		1066
83.	Loukas Evripidou	Cyprus	150	189	163	183	191	189	1065	177.50		1065
84.	Andrei Nistor	Romania	168	165	162	210	172	181	1058	176.33		1058
85.	George Kontoulis	Greece	165	194	180	161	153	203	1056	176.00		1056
86.	Catalin Predescu	Romania	199	152	174	124	198	201	1048	174.67		1048
87.	Bogdan Stoian	Romania	234	151	161	148	178	175	1047	174.50		1047
88.	Raluca Gindac	Romania	165	183	191	144	167	147	997	166.17	48	1045
89.	Antonio Jose	Spain	137	178	166	164	193	176	1014	169.00		1014
90.	Giannis Giannoutsos	Greece	141	152	173	179	194	170	1009	168.17		1009
91.	Alexandru Arbanas	Romania	214	192	137	160	146	152	1001	166.83		1001
92.	Kostas Stergiadis	Greece	159	152	167	133	182	175	968	161.33		968
93.	Mihai Cadinoiu	Romania	160	166	148	166	170	138	948	158.00		948
94.	Dragos Dumitrascu	Romania	202	159	158	126	173	114	932	155.33		932
95.	Claudiu Istrate	Romania	168	140	151	129	144	117	849	141.50		849

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