Nikita Koshelev (pictured left) led all bowlers on the third qualifying day in the 2012 Russian Open with 1375 total and an average of 229.17 to overtake second place in the qualifying of the Russian Open at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow.

The former Russian international had games of 216, 231, 245, 247, 215 and 221 in Squad 7 to narrow the gap to Marshall Kent (right), United States, to 103 pins. The Team USA member leads the qualifying since the very first squad with 1478 and an average of 246.33.

Another three Russian bowlers followed Koshelev into top 10. Anton Sharov was second with 1335 including five games between 203 and 226 and a high game of 256 to leap into fifth place overall.

Konstantin Matvienko finished his series with back-to-back 230s for 1319, good for seventh place. Yury Glazkov used four 230s for 1311 to overtake ninth place just four pins off the pace for a first-round bye (8th place - 1315).

Squad 6 leader Oleksandr Kondratyev of Ukraine finished Thursday in six place with 1321 while Mikhail Belenky, Russia, who cracked the top 8 after leading Squad 5 with 1308, fell to 11th place.

Yan Korshak of Russia led the last Squad 8 Thursday night with 1293 to move into 15th place. Maria Bulanova, Russia, was second to Belenky in Squad 5 with 1288 including 48 pins handicap and is the best of 38 women in the 157-player field from ten countries in 18th place.

Heading into the last qualifying day with four more squads to go, Anton Krasnoshtanov of Russia is the man on the bubble in 32nd place with 1226 and an average of 204.33.

Qualifying continues Friday, Sept. 14 with Squads 9-12 scheduled for 9 a.m., 1, 5 and 9 p.m. Moscow time (CET +2) and concludes with the Desperado Squad scheduled to start at half past Midnight.

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 8/12

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.	Nikita Koshelev	Russia	216	231	245	247	215	221	1375	229.17		1375
3.	Alexander Minenko	Russia	237	218	245	215	237	200	1352	225.33		1352
4.	Cameron Weier	United States	146	257	249	225	221	237	1335	222.50		1335
5.	Anton Sharov	Russia	211	203	224	226	256	215	1335	222.50		1335
6.	Oleksandr Kondratyev	Ukraine	244	212	233	225	217	190	1321	220.17		1321
7.	Konstantin Matvienko	Russia	200	205	249	202	231	232	1319	219.83		1319
8.	Oleg Kozyrev	Russia	236	227	168	228	246	210	1315	219.17		1315
9.	Yury Glazkov	Russia	230	237	179	230	234	201	1311	218.50		1311
10.	Tanner Spacey	United States	245	194	209	247	193	222	1310	218.33		1310
11.	Mikhail Belenky	Russia	213	236	244	208	196	211	1308	218.00		1308
12.	Sergey Prokhan	Russia	255	191	221	216	216	198	1297	216.17		1297
13.	Alexey Parshukov	Russia	238	219	154	245	205	234	1295	215.83		1295
14.	Alexander Medveditskov	Russia	233	215	255	182	194	215	1294	215.67		1294
15.	Yan Korshak	Russia	189	189	237	216	224	238	1293	215.50		1293
16.	Sergey Andreev	Russia	210	211	168	210	236	255	1290	215.00		1290
17.	Daniel Vezis	England	204	234	190	186	232	244	1290	215.00		1290
18.	Maria Bulanova	Russia	215	175	204	210	224	212	1240	206.67	48	1288
19.	Alexander Panchenko	Kazakhstan	177	236	215	199	233	224	1284	214.00		1284
20.	Ben Fishler	Israel	200	232	189	203	246	208	1278	213.00		1278
21.	Alena Korobkova	Russia	244	153	234	221	208	162	1222	203.67	48	1270
22.	Andrey Suslov	Russia	200	184	247	232	204	201	1268	211.33		1268
23.	Evgeniya Smirnova	Russia	186	199	180	225	277	151	1218	203.00	48	1266
24.	Alexey Fedin	Russia	259	202	172	215	210	203	1261	210.17		1261
25.	Ivan Semenov	Russia	215	201	222	246	140	233	1257	209.50		1257
26.	Kristina Kryl	Russia	166	211	160	276	213	171	1197	199.50	48	1245
27.	Dmitry Kuznetsov	Russia	191	235	234	202	198	182	1242	207.00		1242
28.	Evgeny Karmazin	Ukraine	201	185	192	166	237	259	1240	206.67		1240
29.	Yury Korolev	Russia	188	193	266	182	233	177	1239	206.50		1239
30.	Marina Kravchenko	Russia	204	200	187	180	203	208	1182	197.00	48	1230
31.	Vladimir Sverchkov	Russia	213	182	190	180	264	200	1229	204.83		1229
32.	Anton Krasnoshtanov	Russia	204	207	212	209	188	206	1226	204.33		1226
33.	Daria Minenko	Russia	199	202	213	201	188	173	1176	196.00	48	1224
34.	Sergey Starchenkov	Russia	192	180	219	181	245	204	1221	203.50		1221
35.	Tatyana Sheshenya	Russia	236	183	179	169	179	224	1170	195.00	48	1218
36.	Oleg Sazonov	Russia	248	217	182	191	191	188	1217	202.83		1217
37.	Roman Starchenkov	Russia	233	192	182	214	198	197	1216	202.67		1216
38.	Oron Cohen	Israel	168	193	219	173	257	201	1211	201.83		1211
39.	Vladimir Vasilyev	Russia	266	188	189	187	182	195	1207	201.17		1207
40.	Igor Gorodnichiy	Russia	168	205	200	248	170	212	1203	200.50		1203
41.	Ivan Klyushin	Russia	224	213	208	172	170	213	1200	200.00		1200
42.	Kirill Matvienko	Russia	180	200	216	190	205	208	1199	199.83		1199
43.	Sergey Bogachev	Russia	194	196	194	192	225	197	1198	199.67		1198
44.	Nikita Vasilyev	Russia	176	180	213	247	192	185	1193	198.83		1193
45.	Dmitry Danilin	Russia	207	182	211	154	231	200	1185	197.50		1185
46.	Tatyana Stepanova	Russia	160	221	179	188	170	216	1134	189.00	48	1182
47.	Slavolyub Milkovich	Serbia	203	166	186	194	227	201	1177	196.17		1177
48.	Victor Krasavkin	Russia	184	184	220	189	170	228	1175	195.83		1175
49.	Pavel Rebenko	Russia	198	198	196	182	233	167	1174	195.67		1174
50.	Zaryana Efimova	Russia	218	203	213	139	188	165	1126	187.67	48	1174
51.	Varvara Korobkova	Russia	158	185	200	211	194	171	1119	186.50	48	1167
52.	Evgeny Mineev	Russia	175	219	168	193	195	215	1165	194.17		1165
53.	Polina Kosyakova	Russia	141	201	197	234	164	180	1117	186.17	48	1165
54.	Anton Pronchev	Russia	218	182	206	203	190	166	1165	194.17		1165
55.	Ksenia Smotrova	Russia	178	151	214	187	192	193	1115	185.83	48	1163
56.	Dmitry Lapshinsky	Russia	187	169	165	184	245	211	1161	193.50		1161
57.	Dmitry Shilkin	Belarus	225	173	159	196	233	173	1159	193.17		1159
58.	Anatoly Apanyakin	Russia	226	181	160	193	203	194	1157	192.83		1157
59.	Alexey Sidorov	Russia	195	146	236	227	149	200	1153	192.17		1153
60.	Igor Petrenko	Russia	185	210	177	199	150	229	1150	191.67		1150
61.	Arsen Akopyan	Russia	185	166	236	182	147	232	1148	191.33		1148
62.	Vladimir Potorochin	Russia	235	190	143	221	173	185	1147	191.17		1147
63.	Egor Troyanovsky	Russia	212	146	204	227	181	175	1145	190.83		1145
64.	Ksenia Apanyakina	Russia	197	187	182	202	152	176	1096	182.67	48	1144
65.	Liana Glazkova	Russia	202	187	175	213	170	148	1095	182.50	48	1143
66.	Alexey Yaroslavtsev	Russia	201	179	234	178	159	191	1142	190.33		1142
67.	Oleg Chumak	Russia	179	189	198	190	192	193	1141	190.17		1141
68.	Artem Kharkov	Russia	193	213	188	189	172	181	1136	189.33		1136
69.	Elena Sazonova	Russia	189	185	168	128	223	194	1087	181.17	48	1135
70.	Maxim Okorokov	Russia	190	172	169	203	223	176	1133	188.83		1133
71.	Leonid Usov	Russia	171	227	192	202	173	167	1132	188.67		1132
72.	Nikolay Ostroumov	Russia	176	188	173	225	156	212	1130	188.33		1130
73.	Nadezhda Korablinova	Russia	157	169	159	187	184	224	1080	180.00	48	1128
74.	Alexander Dolginov	Russia	180	207	178	178	194	190	1127	187.83		1127
75.	Alexey Stepin	Russia	221	157	202	167	177	201	1125	187.50		1125
76.	Sergey Isaev	Russia	210	186	183	197	189	160	1125	187.50		1125
77.	Nadezhda Rostovtseva	Russia	205	178	139	216	162	176	1076	179.33	48	1124
78.	Grigory Fedorin	Russia	212	175	179	223	170	165	1124	187.33		1124
79.	Alexey Sokolov	Russia	169	166	145	179	256	208	1123	187.17		1123
80.	Evgeny Zhdanov	Russia	202	179	158	231	149	203	1122	187.00		1122
81.	Elvira Shatalova	Russia	185	161	150	168	215	195	1074	179.00	48	1122
82.	Alexey Drozhbin	Russia	220	227	143	170	191	169	1120	186.67		1120
83.	Yulia Gorbacheva	Russia	167	187	160	181	190	185	1070	178.33	48	1118
84.	Igor Belenko	Russia	224	145	214	143	189	201	1116	186.00		1116
85.	Mikhail Lukyanov	Russia	178	232	173	219	166	148	1116	186.00		1116
86.	Larisa Stashchenko	Russia	127	169	196	219	134	214	1059	176.50	48	1107
87.	Nikolay Babyuk	Moldova	205	190	165	182	213	149	1104	184.00		1104
88.	Anna Orlova	Russia	166	202	170	153	175	189	1055	175.83	48	1103
89.	Tseren Chumashkaev	Kazakhstan	184	184	189	183	182	179	1101	183.50		1101
90.	Nikolay Laptev	Russia	203	178	165	151	190	206	1093	182.17		1093
91.	Ilya Tsarenko	Russia	125	166	182	210	172	236	1091	181.83		1091
92.	Alexander Gurkov	Russia	169	168	182	190	189	193	1091	181.83		1091
93.	Elena Milkovich	Russia	168	168	176	201	168	160	1041	173.50	48	1089
94.	Maria Belyanina	Russia	112	170	243	195	179	140	1039	173.17	48	1087
95.	Dina Parits	Russia	180	162	181	169	161	178	1031	171.83	48	1079
96.	Pavel Sobolev	Belarus	168	174	190	174	193	179	1078	179.67		1078
97.	Ksenia Kulikova	Russia	163	161	157	179	213	153	1026	171.00	48	1074
98.	Mikhail Voevodin	Russia	187	178	187	154	217	148	1071	178.50		1071
99.	Valery Guskov	Russia	204	172	164	178	221	131	1070	178.33		1070
100.	Vyacheslav Shchekachev	Russia	158	199	179	197	162	174	1069	178.17		1069
101.	Nadezhda Shakhbazyan	Russia	140	182	180	151	209	157	1019	169.83	48	1067
102.	Maxim Matviychuk	Russia	201	175	189	165	186	151	1067	177.83		1067
103.	Aramais Suleymanyan	NKR	147	180	204	189	196	147	1063	177.17		1063
104.	Anton Dremov	Russia	164	187	166	181	193	169	1060	176.67		1060
105.	Andrey Babasyuk	Russia	225	158	211	157	153	156	1060	176.67		1060
106.	Anastasia Kuleshova	Russia	196	158	153	182	156	166	1011	168.50	48	1059
107.	Yury Medveditskov	Russia	191	179	171	182	190	146	1059	176.50		1059
108.	Maria Koshel	Russia	135	186	167	147	193	181	1009	168.17	48	1057
109.	Sergey Kovalev	Ukraine	166	136	154	195	209	196	1056	176.00		1056
110.	Alena Egel	Russia	201	166	167	159	158	156	1007	167.83	48	1055
111.	Georgy Matsakyan	Russia	134	156	192	172	186	212	1052	175.33		1052
112.	Vadim Novikov	Russia	215	160	162	169	147	198	1051	175.17		1051
113.	Alexander Kukoyaka	Russia	155	200	166	166	168	186	1041	173.50		1041
114.	Konstantin Karazeev	Belarus	206	169	198	166	170	124	1033	172.17		1033
115.	Alexander Brykov	Russia	112	123	149	254	153	237	1028	171.33		1028
116.	Vladimir Surkov	Russia	138	209	179	190	141	171	1028	171.33		1028
117.	Andrey Tsukanov	Russia	150	158	168	170	187	191	1024	170.67		1024
118.	Oleg Minulin	Kazakhstan	133	187	157	156	199	191	1023	170.50		1023
119.	Victoria Belenko	Russia	164	181	140	185	155	150	975	162.50	48	1023
120.	Daniil Tsygulev	Russia	198	157	142	156	177	191	1021	170.17		1021
121.	Marina Zorina	Russia	151	138	183	166	178	157	973	162.17	48	1021
122.	Konstantin Loginov	Russia	180	166	142	193	180	156	1017	169.50		1017
123.	Alexander Abysov	Russia	223	176	158	148	141	169	1015	169.17		1015
124.	Polina Kharlamova	Russia	120	213	156	151	154	166	960	160.00	48	1008
125.	Kirill Komarov	Russia	177	179	164	145	165	175	1005	167.50		1005
126.	Natalia Vlasova	Russia	155	149	167	186	168	125	950	158.33	48	998
127.	Nikita Kharin	Russia	195	176	150	179	162	134	996	166.00		996
128.	Galina Kurdina	Russia	136	123	160	174	184	170	947	157.83	48	995
129.	Salavat Adyatulin	Russia	170	166	146	192	186	135	995	165.83		995
130.	Matvey Kuzin	Russia	155	148	180	152	185	172	992	165.33		992
131.	Igor Shmakov	Russia	193	158	148	165	154	167	985	164.17		985
132.	Igor Kharitonov	Russia	165	169	149	196	134	171	984	164.00		984
133.	Igor Kurdin	Russia	172	146	164	132	172	195	981	163.50		981
134.	Ilya Bulavin	Russia	163	179	147	156	180	154	979	163.17		979
135.	Nikita Kuznetsov	Russia	148	143	177	131	155	223	977	162.83		977
136.	Nikita Stolbov	Russia	179	119	155	128	209	183	973	162.17		973
137.	Dmitry Moiseev	Russia	153	207	144	154	149	163	970	161.67		970
138.	Yury Tarasenkov	Russia	144	142	201	193	147	141	968	161.33		968
139.	Artem Fadin	Russia	111	191	155	181	166	157	961	160.17		961
140.	Boris Vorontsov	Russia	148	143	181	190	149	148	959	159.83		959
141.	Stanislav Soldatenko	Russia	162	155	149	145	181	158	950	158.33		950
142.	Edvard Firumyan	Russia	161	154	137	163	171	161	947	157.83		947
143.	Timofey Gorshkov	Russia	110	166	171	194	151	155	947	157.83		947
144.	Anastasia Pokasova	Russia	156	141	137	148	144	169	895	149.17	48	943
145.	Vladimir Grigoryev	Russia	137	164	168	156	152	163	940	156.67		940
146.	Varvara Gryaznova	Russia	167	135	114	179	157	137	889	148.17	48	937
147.	Ksenia Karaseva	Russia	135	199	143	125	163	122	887	147.83	48	935
148.	Yury Zaporozhsky	Russia	130	194	140	128	168	172	932	155.33		932
149.	Alexander Dogodin	Russia	158	136	156	166	161	155	932	155.33		932
150.	Alena Sharapova	Russia	125	157	154	141	137	144	858	143.00	48	906
151.	Alexey Inglezi	Russia	156	152	156	140	136	164	904	150.67		904
152.	Sergey Michurin	Russia	163	164	127	131	179	137	901	150.17		901
153.	Sergey Solomakhin	Russia	141	135	145	166	158	136	881	146.83		881
154.	Evgeny Ivanov	Russia	149	174	147	119	149	133	871	145.17		871
155.	Vyacheslav Belyanin	Russia	135	131	122	140	145	167	840	140.00		840
156.	Alexander Yavorovsky	Russia	106	140	139	131	117	145	778	129.67		778
157.	Oleg Prichko	Russia	124	107	140	134	120	134	759	126.50		759