Alexander Johansson (pictured right) of Sweden fired two consecutive games over 250 en route to win his first European Bowling Tour title in the Brunswick Etna Open Sunday evening at Bowling La Plaja in Catania, Italy. In the opening match of the stepladder finals, Johansson edged PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss, USA, 30-24 in roll-off after a 255-255 tie. He went on to defeat No. 1 seed, Daniel Vezis, Latvia, in the title match, 253-219. Johansson earned 6.000 Euro, while Vezis and Voss pocketed 3.000 and 2.000 Euro for second and third place.

The 2014 Brunswick Etna Open was the 12th stop of the 2014 European Bowling Tour and the fourth out of nine EBT "Satellite" tournaments this season. The tournament was held from August 30 to September 9 at 20-lane Bowling La Plaja in Catania, Italy.

The tournament offered total prize fund of 29.700 Euro with 6.000 Euro going to the winner, 3.000 to the runner-up, and 2.000 Euro to the third place finisher. Low to cash was 48th place for 200 Euro.

The tournament featured a 39-feet lane conditioning pattern with 21.90 ml volume oil total.

Qualifying (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) ran from Saturday, August 30, through Saturday, September 6, and concluded with the one-game Desperado Squad. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire tournament, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

A total of 48 players advanced to the finals on Sunday, September 7. The top eight qualifiers receive two byes and qualifiers 9-16 get one bye.

Qualifiers 17-32 were joined in the first round of the finals by four players from a separate standing in the squads conducted September 1-3, four players from the squads conducted August 30-31, two players each from the Turbo Games 5 and 6, and the top 4 of the Desperado Squad.

Those 32 bowled four games scratch with the top 12 advancing to the second round. The top 8 after another four games scratch took on the top 8 qualifiers in Round 3. Following six games scratch the top eight bowled further four games to determine the top 3 players who bowled for the title in the stepladder finals.

The 2014 European Bowling Tour features 20 tournaments in 14 countries. In its 15th season, the EBT consists of two Platinum, six Gold, three Silver and nine Satellite tournaments. The total prize fund exceeds one million Euro.

The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. Those points will be tabulated throughout the season to determine the top 12 men and top 12 women, who will compete in the eighth EBT Masters July 6, 2015 at Bowling Chamartín in Madrid, Spain, immediately following the III Brunswick Madrid Challenge.