Alexey Parshukov (pictured left) from Russia held on to the lead in the qualifying of the 6th Istanbul Bowling Open after five squads with 1349 six-game total and an average of 224.83.

Parshukov led the fifth squad on Tuesday evening with 1282 but was unable to improve his score from Monday's Squad 1.

Long-time Turkish international Habib Dogan (right) sits in second place with 1346. Dogan led Squads 2 and 3 and finished second in Squads 4 and 5.

Swede Mattias Olsson was third to Parshukov and Dogan in Squad 5 with 1258 en route to move into third place in the overall qualifying standings. Squad 4 leader Adem Guran (left), Turkey, had 1198, good for 10th place overall.

The 6th Istanbul Bowling Open is the fifth stop of the 2009 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's Majors. The total prize fund is 68,000 Euro with 10.000 going to the winner. Lasse Lintilä, Finland, is the defending champion.

Qualifying will run through Saturday, April 4, with the final qualifying squad 20 scheduled for 8pm. Qualifying will conclude with the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad.

A total of 48 players - the top 42 players from the qualifying plus the top 6 from the Desperado Squad - will advance to the finals on Sunday, April 5.

The top 8 will earn three byes, players seeded 9-18 will receive two byes and players seeded 19-28 will bypass the first round of the finals.

The first five rounds consist of four games starting from scratch. The field will be trimmed to 38, 28, 18, 8 and then four who will advance to the semifinals (Round 6). Those four determine the finalists in one-game matches (No. 1 vs. No. 4 and No. 2 vs. No. 3). The winners will bowl for the title and the 10.000 € top prize.

 

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6th Istanbul Bowling Open - Standings after Qualifying Squad 5

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Ave.	Hc	Total
1.	Alexey Parshukov	Russia	177	238	248	234	236	216	1349	224.83		1349
2.	Habib Dogan	Turkey	197	215	222	211	264	237	1346	224.33		1346
3.	Mattias Olsson	Sweden	223	198	157	257	214	209	1258	209.67		1258
4.	Peter Norderson	Sweden	182	215	204	189	179	277	1246	207.67		1246
5.	Burak Natal	Turkey	214	191	203	182	244	186	1220	203.33		1220
6.	Todor Lichev	Bulgaria	182	179	199	186	236	229	1211	201.83		1211
7.	Yulia Gorbacheva	Russia	156	191	212	238	159	206	1162	193.67	48	1210
8.	Barlas Kontas	Turkey	191	203	250	200	200	166	1210	201.67		1210
9.	Taygun Erkeskin	Turkey	183	220	241	179	173	207	1203	200.50		1203
10.	Adem Guran	Turkey	186	207	179	229	212	185	1198	199.67		1198
11.	Mavitan Chiftchi	Bulgaria	160	173	202	236	213	212	1196	199.33		1196
12.	Hakan Mutlu	Turkey	187	153	209	205	183	254	1191	198.50		1191
13.	Jesus Dacorte	Spain	204	190	196	224	216	158	1188	198.00		1188
14.	Paco Rodriguez	Spain	175	219	184	190	219	200	1187	197.83		1187
15.	Ebru Ozogluuntur	Turkey	228	151	216	170	177	197	1139	189.83	48	1187
16.	Emre Kumru	Turkey	177	204	162	243	180	208	1174	195.67		1174
17.	Cengiz Aydın	Turkey	172	178	196	234	158	231	1169	194.83		1169
18.	Marina Stefanova	Bulgaria	144	185	175	169	256	175	1104	184.00	48	1152
19.	Gediz Ege	Turkey	204	183	166	152	211	233	1149	191.50		1149
20.	Mehmet Kaya	Turkey	201	171	192	197	212	176	1149	191.50		1149
21.	Orhan Tola	Turkey	179	211	202	178	189	178	1137	189.50		1137
22.	Mustafa Onur	Turkey	203	194	171	196	215	154	1133	188.83		1133
23.	Mokni Ziad	Tunisia	173	195	202	170	219	170	1129	188.17		1129
24.	Fatih Tekeli	Turkey	200	155	189	195	153	235	1127	187.83		1127
25.	Duygu Gurkan	Turkey	150	205	162	223	195	144	1079	179.83	48	1127
26.	Ismail Germi	Turkey	171	164	181	204	155	236	1111	185.17		1111
27.	Hicran Erol	Turkey	220	203	159	155	150	176	1063	177.17	48	1111
28.	Mithat Siveliol	Turkey	160	188	161	163	228	210	1110	185.00		1110
29.	Oguz Yılmaz	Turkey	184	153	235	172	161	205	1110	185.00		1110
30.	M. Ali Tıkır	Turkey	192	178	182	234	158	160	1104	184.00		1104
31.	Bulent Atesoglu	Turkey	201	164	170	210	150	202	1097	182.83		1097
32.	Oleg Sokolov	Russia	156	170	200	189	205	173	1093	182.17		1093
33.	Nursen Telli	Turkey	145	154	191	197	178	173	1038	173.00	48	1086
34.	Maksut Abdulganiev	Russia	166	214	182	197	131	190	1080	180.00		1080
35.	O. Ayhan Bilge	Turkey	164	200	177	165	229	145	1080	180.00		1080
36.	Emre Bulbul	Turkey	198	203	185	151	154	188	1079	179.83		1079
37.	Pablo Rodriguez	Spain	150	179	209	174	171	194	1077	179.50		1077
38.	Mihran Isler	Turkey	190	212	163	141	168	201	1075	179.17		1075
39.	Cem Asar	Turkey	200	179	166	191	155	178	1069	178.17		1069
40.	Ayten Ozturk	Turkey	167	192	159	177	175	148	1018	169.67	48	1066
41.	Vladimir Sverchkov	Russia	147	194	203	179	174	167	1064	177.33		1064
42.	Sezai Üçyol	Turkey	158	166	189	199	169	180	1061	176.83		1061
43.	Osman Tunc Guvenc	Turkey	213	167	183	157	178	155	1053	175.50		1053
44.	Sevket Kutay	Turkey	136	208	192	155	145	216	1052	175.33		1052
45.	Onur Demirkiran	Turkey	203	167	181	186	159	146	1042	173.67		1042
46.	Yılmaz Unal Baytar	Turkey	173	176	151	189	161	189	1039	173.17		1039
47.	Hakan Bali	Turkey	135	170	190	169	228	146	1038	173.00		1038
48.	Recep Gün	Turkey	187	151	164	169	208	158	1037	172.83		1037
49.	Gulten Aydın	Turkey	175	165	178	173	174	121	986	164.33	48	1034
50.	Omer Tuzer	Turkey	151	156	222	174	175	154	1032	172.00		1032
51.	Aliksan Isler	Turkey	172	203	153	170	166	166	1030	171.67		1030
52.	Bulent Yerli	Turkey	152	196	161	153	205	158	1025	170.83		1025
53.	Artun Kaya	Turkey	183	161	181	199	142	159	1025	170.83		1025
54.	Sami Senyurt	Turkey	197	152	136	148	194	195	1022	170.33		1022
55.	Cemalettin Karaca	Turkey	190	150	209	153	160	154	1016	169.33		1016
56.	Dogan Aktas	Turkey	175	187	186	145	179	137	1009	168.17		1009
57.	Berkant Akalin	Turkey	165	164	194	154	146	178	1001	166.83		1001
58.	Tulin Senturk	Turkey	129	187	137	165	179	146	943	157.17	48	991
59.	Mahmut Palamut	Turkey	192	183	166	164	115	169	989	164.83		989
60.	Engin Kontas	Turkey	166	137	170	169	164	181	987	164.50		987
61.	Gokce Cinar	Turkey	181	143	144	152	121	193	934	155.67	48	982
62.	Pinar Akalin	Turkey	166	115	142	155	204	137	919	153.17	48	967
63.	Hamadi Ben Jemaa	Tunisia	124	197	141	146	178	179	965	160.83		965
64.	Olcay Gursel Baltaoglu	Turkey	124	195	165	160	177	130	951	158.50		951
65.	H.Burak Cinar	Turkey	154	156	163	143	131	161	908	151.33		908
66.	Ayse Kontas	Turkey	152	140	126	166	169	135	888	148.00	48	936
67.	Nuray Darcan	Turkey	130	136	125	135	181	180	887	147.83	48	935
68.	Olcayto Ilker Kangal	Turkey	140	162	146	190	144	149	931	155.17		931
69.	Osman Ahmet Nemli	Turkey	179	161	158	146	160	127	931	155.17		931
70.	Hülya Kanbur	Turkey	136	171	154	144	122	130	857	142.83	48	905
71.	Murat Ozmen	Turkey	150	131	149	142	168	161	901	150.17		901
72.	Muharrem Ozyedierler	Turkey	141	142	153	177	147	126	886	147.67		886
73.	Fatma Karaca	Turkey	148	128	160	122	106	111	775	129.17	48	823