Oleg Kozyrev, Sergey Prokhan, Alexander Medveditskov and Sergey Andreev of Russia moved into the top 8 in the overall qualifying standings of the Russian Open Wednesday at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow.

Marshall Kent (pictured left), United States, held on to the lead with 1478 and an average of 246.33. Alexander Minenko of Russia remained in second place with 1352 followed by Kent's fellow countrymen Cameron Weier with 1335.

Kozyrev was the best player in Wednesday's Squad 3 and 4 with 1315 total including five games between 210 and 246 and a low game of 268 en route to jump into fourth place overall. The third U.S. bowler in the top 8, who will bypass the first round of the finals, was Tanner Spacey in fifth place with 1310.

Prokhan was second to Kozyrev in Squad 4 with 1297, good for sixth place overall. Medveditskov (right) led Squad 3 with 1294 to finish the second qualifying day in seventh place.

Andreev improved his 1286 series from day Tuesday by four pins and was tied with two-hander Daniel Vezis at 1290. Andreev took eighth place due to the higher last game, 255 to 244.

Evgeniya Smirnova of Russia was the best of 31 women in the 110-player field from seven countries in 12th place with 1266 including 48 pins women's handicap. The cutoff number for 32nd place raised by 91 pins within the two squads and is now 1161 or an average of 193.50 posted by Dmitry Lapshinsky of Russia.

Qualifying continues Thursday, Sept. 13 with Squads 5-8 scheduled for 9 a.m., 1, 5 and 9 p.m. Moscow time (CET +2).

The Russian Open is the fourth of seven EBT "Satellite" tournaments this season and runs from Sept. 11-15 at 30-lane Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow, Russia. The Russian Open offers total prize fund of 25.000 Euro with 5.500 Euro going to the winner, 3.800 to the runner-up and 2.500 and 2.000 Euro for the third and fourth place finishers respectively.

Qualifying (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Tuesday, Sept. 11 through Friday, Sept. 14 with the last Squad 12 scheduled for 9 p.m. local time (CET +2) and concludes with the Desperado Squad slated for 12.30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire event, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

A total of 36 players advance to the finals on Saturday, Sept. 15 including the top 32 players from the qualifying standings and the top 4 from the Desperado Squad. The top 8 qualifiers earn one bye and will be seeded first through 8th in Round Two.

The other 28 players bowl four games starting from scratch with the top 8 advancing to the second round seeded 9th through 16th.

The remaining 16 players determine the champion in single-elimination rounds with the two-game total to determine the winner. The highest seeded player bowls the lowest seeded player, the second highest seeded player bowls the second lowest seeded player, etc.

The field will be trimmed to eight and then four players. The winners of the semifinal matches bowl for the title and the 5.500 top prize, while the losers meet in a roll-off for third and fourth place.

The 2012 European Bowling Tour is made up of 20 events in 16 countries including two Platinum, four Gold, seven Silver and seven Satellite tournaments.

The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event earn ranking points based on how they finish in the event. The winner of a Platinum tournament receives 250 ranking points, the winner of a Gold tournament gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament such as the BNC Open earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament gets 50 ranking points.

Those points will be tabulated throughout the season to determine the top 16 men and top 16 women who will compete in the sixth EBT Masters, which will be held Sept. 30, 2013 at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava immediately following the 2013 BNC Open (Sept. 23-29).

 

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Qualifying Standings after Squad 4/12

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Hc	Total
1.	Marshall Kent	United States	264	222	248	223	243	278	1478	246.33		1478
2.	Alexander Minenko	Russia	237	218	245	215	237	200	1352	225.33		1352
3.	Cameron Weier	United States	146	257	249	225	221	237	1335	222.50		1335
4.	Oleg Kozyrev	Russia	236	227	168	228	246	210	1315	219.17		1315
5.	Tanner Spacey	United States	245	194	209	247	193	222	1310	218.33		1310
6.	Sergey Prokhan	Russia	255	191	221	216	216	198	1297	216.17		1297
7.	Alexander Medveditskov	Russia	233	215	255	182	194	215	1294	215.67		1294
8.	Sergey Andreev	Russia	210	211	168	210	236	255	1290	215.00		1290
9.	Daniel Vezis	England	204	234	190	186	232	244	1290	215.00		1290
10.	Andrey Suslov	Russia	200	184	247	232	204	201	1268	211.33		1268
11.	Konstantin Matvienko	Russia	226	178	209	269	178	207	1267	211.17		1267
12.	Evgeniya Smirnova	Russia	186	199	180	225	277	151	1218	203.00	48	1266
13.	Alexey Fedin	Russia	259	202	172	215	210	203	1261	210.17		1261
14.	Vladimir Sverchkov	Russia	213	182	190	180	264	200	1229	204.83		1229
15.	Kristina Kryl	Russia	189	214	183	172	205	215	1178	196.33	48	1226
16.	Daria Minenko	Russia	199	202	213	201	188	173	1176	196.00	48	1224
17.	Sergey Starchenkov	Russia	192	180	219	181	245	204	1221	203.50		1221
18.	Tatyana Sheshenya	Russia	236	183	179	169	179	224	1170	195.00	48	1218
19.	Roman Starchenkov	Russia	233	192	182	214	198	197	1216	202.67		1216
20.	Marina Kravchenko	Russia	197	163	215	185	202	192	1154	192.33	48	1202
21.	Ivan Klyushin	Russia	224	213	208	172	170	213	1200	200.00		1200
22.	Kirill Matvienko	Russia	180	200	216	190	205	208	1199	199.83		1199
23.	Mikhail Belenky	Russia	203	144	189	188	246	225	1195	199.17		1195
24.	Nikita Vasilyev	Russia	176	180	213	247	192	185	1193	198.83		1193
25.	Dmitry Danilin	Russia	207	182	211	154	231	200	1185	197.50		1185
26.	Alexander Panchenko	Kazakhstan	205	146	213	214	214	191	1183	197.17		1183
27.	Sergey Bogachev	Russia	237	176	189	222	144	213	1181	196.83		1181
28.	Oleg Sazonov	Russia	192	201	162	211	207	204	1177	196.17		1177
29.	Varvara Korobkova	Russia	158	185	200	211	194	171	1119	186.50	48	1167
30.	Polina Kosyakova	Russia	141	201	197	234	164	180	1117	186.17	48	1165
31.	Ksenia Smotrova	Russia	178	151	214	187	192	193	1115	185.83	48	1163
32.	Dmitry Lapshinsky	Russia	187	169	165	184	245	211	1161	193.50		1161
33.	Anatoly Apanyakin	Russia	226	181	160	193	203	194	1157	192.83		1157
34.	Igor Petrenko	Russia	185	210	177	199	150	229	1150	191.67		1150
35.	Maria Bulanova	Russia	150	199	204	214	158	173	1098	183.00	48	1146
36.	Egor Troyanovsky	Russia	212	146	204	227	181	175	1145	190.83		1145
37.	Ksenia Apanyakina	Russia	197	187	182	202	152	176	1096	182.67	48	1144
38.	Artem Kharkov	Russia	193	213	188	189	172	181	1136	189.33		1136
39.	Arsen Akopyan	Russia	150	214	218	155	203	195	1135	189.17		1135
40.	Vladimir Vasilyev	Russia	185	145	205	182	223	195	1135	189.17		1135
41.	Elena Sazonova	Russia	189	185	168	128	223	194	1087	181.17	48	1135
42.	Leonid Usov	Russia	171	227	192	202	173	167	1132	188.67		1132
43.	Nikolay Ostroumov	Russia	176	188	173	225	156	212	1130	188.33		1130
44.	Alexander Dolginov	Russia	180	207	178	178	194	190	1127	187.83		1127
45.	Alexey Stepin	Russia	221	157	202	167	177	201	1125	187.50		1125
46.	Sergey Isaev	Russia	210	186	183	197	189	160	1125	187.50		1125
47.	Nadezhda Rostovtseva	Russia	205	178	139	216	162	176	1076	179.33	48	1124
48.	Grigory Fedorin	Russia	212	175	179	223	170	165	1124	187.33		1124
49.	Alexey Sokolov	Russia	169	166	145	179	256	208	1123	187.17		1123
50.	Elvira Shatalova	Russia	185	161	150	168	215	195	1074	179.00	48	1122
51.	Victor Krasavkin	Russia	154	177	211	183	185	200	1110	185.00		1110
52.	Anna Orlova	Russia	166	202	170	153	175	189	1055	175.83	48	1103
53.	Alexey Drozhbin	Russia	196	158	224	157	222	144	1101	183.50		1101
54.	Alexander Gurkov	Russia	169	168	182	190	189	193	1091	181.83		1091
55.	Maria Belyanina	Russia	112	170	243	195	179	140	1039	173.17	48	1087
56.	Tseren Chumashkaev	Kazakhstan	243	161	172	182	157	171	1086	181.00		1086
57.	Anton Krasnoshtanov	Russia	195	168	139	183	195	202	1082	180.33		1082
58.	Dmitry Kuznetsov	Russia	191	193	193	171	157	171	1076	179.33		1076
59.	Elena Milkovich	Russia	163	185	154	203	139	182	1026	171.00	48	1074
60.	Ksenia Kulikova	Russia	163	161	157	179	213	153	1026	171.00	48	1074
61.	Slavolyub Milkovich	Serbia	176	150	166	149	244	188	1073	178.83		1073
62.	Larisa Stashchenko	Russia	151	147	162	201	180	183	1024	170.67	48	1072
63.	Mikhail Voevodin	Russia	187	178	187	154	217	148	1071	178.50		1071
64.	Valery Guskov	Russia	204	172	164	178	221	131	1070	178.33		1070
65.	Vyacheslav Shchekachev	Russia	158	199	179	197	162	174	1069	178.17		1069
66.	Maxim Matviychuk	Russia	201	175	189	165	186	151	1067	177.83		1067
67.	Nikolay Laptev	Russia	192	164	176	147	204	182	1065	177.50		1065
68.	Tatyana Stepanova	Russia	150	175	154	190	147	200	1016	169.33	48	1064
69.	Aramais Suleymanyan	NKR	147	180	204	189	196	147	1063	177.17		1063
70.	Andrey Babasyuk	Russia	225	158	211	157	153	156	1060	176.67		1060
71.	Anastasia Kuleshova	Russia	196	158	153	182	156	166	1011	168.50	48	1059
72.	Maria Koshel	Russia	135	186	167	147	193	181	1009	168.17	48	1057
73.	Vadim Novikov	Russia	215	160	162	169	147	198	1051	175.17		1051
74.	Alexander Kukoyaka	Russia	155	200	166	166	168	186	1041	173.50		1041
75.	Nadezhda Korablinova	Russia	166	150	154	162	180	175	987	164.50	48	1035
76.	Konstantin Karazeev	Belarus	206	169	198	166	170	124	1033	172.17		1033
77.	Alexander Brykov	Russia	112	123	149	254	153	237	1028	171.33		1028
78.	Andrey Tsukanov	Russia	150	158	168	170	187	191	1024	170.67		1024
79.	Daniil Tsygulev	Russia	198	157	142	156	177	191	1021	170.17		1021
80.	Marina Zorina	Russia	151	138	183	166	178	157	973	162.17	48	1021
81.	Pavel Rebenko	Russia	147	183	161	193	162	171	1017	169.50		1017
82.	Alexander Abysov	Russia	223	176	158	148	141	169	1015	169.17		1015
83.	Nadezhda Shakhbazyan	Russia	144	163	162	150	174	173	966	161.00	48	1014
84.	Polina Kharlamova	Russia	120	213	156	151	154	166	960	160.00	48	1008
85.	Kirill Komarov	Russia	177	179	164	145	165	175	1005	167.50		1005
86.	Dina Parits	Russia	167	120	128	166	181	190	952	158.67	48	1000
87.	Galina Kurdina	Russia	136	123	160	174	184	170	947	157.83	48	995
88.	Salavat Adyatulin	Russia	170	166	146	192	186	135	995	165.83		995
89.	Matvey Kuzin	Russia	155	148	180	152	185	172	992	165.33		992
90.	Igor Shmakov	Russia	193	158	148	165	154	167	985	164.17		985
91.	Igor Kurdin	Russia	172	146	164	132	172	195	981	163.50		981
92.	Ilya Bulavin	Russia	163	179	147	156	180	154	979	163.17		979
93.	Nikita Kuznetsov	Russia	148	143	177	131	155	223	977	162.83		977
94.	Nikita Stolbov	Russia	179	119	155	128	209	183	973	162.17		973
95.	Oleg Minulin	Kazakhstan	154	161	139	207	147	164	972	162.00		972
96.	Boris Vorontsov	Russia	148	143	181	190	149	148	959	159.83		959
97.	Dmitry Moiseev	Russia	139	159	161	131	213	153	956	159.33		956
98.	Stanislav Soldatenko	Russia	162	155	149	145	181	158	950	158.33		950
99.	Anastasia Pokasova	Russia	156	141	137	148	144	169	895	149.17	48	943
100.	Vladimir Grigoryev	Russia	137	164	168	156	152	163	940	156.67		940
101.	Varvara Gryaznova	Russia	167	135	114	179	157	137	889	148.17	48	937
102.	Ksenia Karaseva	Russia	135	199	143	125	163	122	887	147.83	48	935
103.	Yury Zaporozhsky	Russia	130	194	140	128	168	172	932	155.33		932
104.	Alexander Dogodin	Russia	158	136	156	166	161	155	932	155.33		932
105.	Ilya Tsarenko	Russia	139	152	158	164	145	149	907	151.17		907
106.	Anton Dremov	Russia	148	118	188	129	194	128	905	150.83		905
107.	Alexey Inglezi	Russia	156	152	156	140	136	164	904	150.67		904
108.	Alena Sharapova	Russia	118	156	133	164	118	134	823	137.17	48	871
109.	Vyacheslav Belyanin	Russia	135	131	122	140	145	167	840	140.00		840
110.	Oleg Prichko	Russia	124	107	140	134	120	134	759	126.50		759