Krizinis moves to the top in Brunswick Euro Challenge
03/11/07
Vaggelis Krizinis (pictured left), a 17-year-old Greek youth national team member, led the third qualifying squad with 1310 six-game total and an average of 218.33 to move to the top in the Brunswick Euro Challenge in Thessaloniki, Greece. Stavros Parasakis and Leonidas Maragos, both 1306, were close behind and overtook the second and third place in the qualifying standings.
Alex Tzounis, president of the Greek Bowling Federation, led Squad 4 with 1274, good enough for fourth place. Squad 1 leader Alexandra Zorba is still the top ranked woman, but slipped to 9th place with 1218.
Qualifying runs through Saturday, March 17 at Strike Bowling Club with the 27th and final qualifying squad scheduled for 8pm followed by the Desperado Squad, the ultimate one-game chance to qualify for the finals on Sunday, March 18.
Bowlingdigital will cover the event live from Thessaloniki commencing March 15 all the way through to the TV finals on Sunday.
The BEC is the fifth stop of the 2007 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Majors". Since the cancellation of the Viernheim Open, the Brunswick Euro Challenge is the richest event on the 2007 European Bowling Tour.
371 players from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States have registered thus far.
The total prize fund for the Open Division, Women and B-Bowlers plus special prizes is 90.000 Euro (approx. US$116,600). The Open Division champion will pocket 16.000 €.
A total of 64 players will qualify for the finals on Sunday, March 18. The top 52 from the qualifying, the top six from the qualifying squads conducted March 9-11 and the top 6 from the Desperado Squad. The top 16 qualifying leaders will bypass the first round.
The remaining 48 finalists roll six games starting from scratch. The top 16 will join the 16 qualifying leaders in the best-of-three games single elimination finals. The highest ranked player will bowl the lowest seed, etc.
The rounds of 32, 16 and 8 trim the field from 16, to eight, then to four. The remaining four players will be seeded 1 to 4 for the stepladder finals to determine the champion in three one-game matches: No. 4 vs. No. 3, winner vs. No. 2, winner vs. No. 1.
Squad 3 Results
Squad 4 Results
2007 European Bowling Tour #5
Strike Bowling Club in Thessaloniki, Greece (March 9-18, 2007)
Vaggelis Krizinis (pictured left), a 17-year-old Greek youth national team member, led the third qualifying squad with 1310 six-game total and an average of 218.33 to move to the top in the Brunswick Euro Challenge in Thessaloniki, Greece. Stavros Parasakis and Leonidas Maragos, both 1306, were close behind and overtook the second and third place in the qualifying standings. Alex Tzounis, president of the Greek Bowling Federation, led Squad 4 with 1274, good enough for fourth place. Squad 1 leader Alexandra Zorba is still the top ranked woman, but slipped to 9th place with 1218.
Qualifying runs through Saturday, March 17 at Strike Bowling Club with the 27th and final qualifying squad scheduled for 8pm followed by the Desperado Squad, the ultimate one-game chance to qualify for the finals on Sunday, March 18.
Bowlingdigital will cover the event live from Thessaloniki commencing March 15 all the way through to the TV finals on Sunday. The BEC is the fifth stop of the 2007 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Majors". Since the cancellation of the Viernheim Open, the Brunswick Euro Challenge is the richest event on the 2007 European Bowling Tour.
371 players from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States have registered thus far.
The total prize fund for the Open Division, Women and B-Bowlers plus special prizes is 90.000 Euro (approx. US$116,600). The Open Division champion will pocket 16.000 €.
A total of 64 players will qualify for the finals on Sunday, March 18. The top 52 from the qualifying, the top six from the qualifying squads conducted March 9-11 and the top 6 from the Desperado Squad. The top 16 qualifying leaders will bypass the first round.
The remaining 48 finalists roll six games starting from scratch. The top 16 will join the 16 qualifying leaders in the best-of-three games single elimination finals. The highest ranked player will bowl the lowest seed, etc.
The rounds of 32, 16 and 8 trim the field from 16, to eight, then to four. The remaining four players will be seeded 1 to 4 for the stepladder finals to determine the champion in three one-game matches: No. 4 vs. No. 3, winner vs. No. 2, winner vs. No. 1.
Squad 3 Results
Squad 4 Results