Italian bowlers held the top eight spots after the qualifying squads on Saturday and Sunday in the 5th Storm San Marino Open at Rose’n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino. Dante Didon Francesco (pictured left) led the field of 55 players, 52 men and 3 women, with 1371 six-game total and an average of 228.50.

Day one leader Federico Rossi slipped to second place with 1362 with Giuseppe Alleluia (right) in third with 1324. Those three are automatically qualified for the finals on Sunday.

Four more players cracked the 1300-bar: Marco Reviglio (1321), Amedeo Spada (1309), Luca Osella (1306) and Marco Padovani (1305).

The 5th Storm San Marino Open is the 8th stop of the 2009 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Majors". The tournament will be held at Rose’n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino from July 4-12, 2009.

The total prize fund is 55.000 Euro with 10.000 Euro going to the winner. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game. As an EBT Major, there are 100 ranking points at stake for the winner of the men's and women's rankings, respectively.

Qualifying continues until Saturday, July 11th. A total of 48 players will advance to the finals on Sunday: The top 38 players from the qualifying plus the top 3 from the squads conducted on July 4-5, the top 4 from the squads conducted on July 6-8 and the top 3 from the Desperado Squad. The top 6 qualifiers will earn two byes, while qualifiers 6-12 will get one.

The other 36 will bowl four games from scratch to the top 18, who will meet qualifiers 6-12 in round two. They bowl another 4-game set from scratch to cut to the top 10, who will join the top six qualifiers in single-elimination match play over two games total pinfall.

The highest seeded player bowls the lowest seeded, the second-highest seeded players bowls the second-lowest and so on. The field will be cut to 8, 4 then 2, who will bowl for the EBT "major" title and the 10.000 Euro top prize.

 

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Qualifying Standings after Sunday, July 5, 2009

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Ave.	Hc	Total
1.	Dante Didon Francesco	Italy	203	266	213	256	237	196	1371	228.50		1371
2.	Federico Rossi	Italy	224	237	224	220	243	214	1362	227.00		1362
3.	Giuseppe Alleluia	Italy	229	222	202	212	212	247	1324	220.67		1324
4.	Marco Reviglio	Italy	182	193	228	279	196	243	1321	220.17		1321
5.	Amedeo Spada	Italy	191	243	166	237	182	290	1309	218.17		1309
6.	Luca Osella	Italy	237	216	223	191	213	226	1306	217.67		1306
7.	Marco Padovani	Italy	210	190	255	238	209	203	1305	217.50		1305
8.	Andrea Gualdi	Italy	210	226	224	188	205	241	1294	215.67		1294
9.	Gediz Ege	Turkey	198	210	191	219	225	220	1263	210.50		1263
10.	Biordi Fabrizi	Italy	225	225	200	223	177	212	1262	210.33		1262
11.	Andrea Spadavecchia	Italy	189	193	197	212	266	204	1261	210.17		1261
12.	Pierfranco Fanizza	Italy	224	205	205	183	210	227	1254	209.00		1254
13.	Sergio Fabbietti	Italy	206	192	146	236	245	224	1249	208.17		1249
14.	Maurizio Celli	Italy	225	214	194	216	191	207	1247	207.83		1247
15.	Marco Baade	Germany	188	223	231	223	173	207	1245	207.50		1245
16.	Federico Allegro	Italy	210	225	251	157	168	229	1240	206.67		1240
17.	Giorgio Zavalloni	Italy	220	222	199	187	180	230	1238	206.33		1238
18.	Enrico Maddaloni	Italy	160	192	191	190	257	246	1236	206.00		1236
19.	Alessandro Boschi	Italy	194	182	190	204	214	244	1228	204.67		1228
20.	Marco Boccato	Italy	247	180	169	212	192	218	1218	203.00		1218
21.	Vittoria Vaglia	Italy	206	191	222	194	214	191	1218	203.00		1218
22.	Stefano Magri	Italy	193	225	169	203	218	199	1207	201.17		1207
23.	Andrea Cella	Italy	169	211	229	189	180	211	1189	198.17		1189
24.	Fiorentini Daniele	Italy	182	185	246	208	160	206	1187	197.83		1187
25.	Massimo Losi	Italy	196	180	211	190	196	210	1183	197.17		1183
26.	Simone Ispani	Italy	163	187	256	191	152	225	1174	195.67		1174
27.	Massimiliano Celli	Italy	207	222	177	156	171	227	1160	193.33		1160
28.	Stefano Biselli	Italy	182	170	179	225	175	225	1156	192.67		1156
29.	Giuliano Signori	Italy	153	170	197	216	192	221	1149	191.50		1149
30.	Renato Spadavecchia	Italy	218	212	153	137	212	213	1145	190.83		1145
31.	Norman Neumann	Germany	164	201	158	225	190	202	1140	190.00		1140
32.	Jürgen Neumann	Germany	208	191	195	159	204	178	1135	189.17		1135
33.	Marco Polato	Italy	179	175	180	186	231	180	1131	188.50		1131
34.	Elena Grazia	Italy	171	173	219	183	165	168	1079	179.83	48	1127
35.	Gianluca Pieri	Italy	200	176	210	202	172	167	1127	187.83		1127
36.	Michael Haest	Belgium	181	176	166	206	209	188	1126	187.67		1126
37.	Luigi Vicentini	Italy	167	187	234	204	161	171	1124	187.33		1124
38.	Antonio Garilli	Italy	164	180	167	231	206	163	1111	185.17		1111
39.	Paolo Zeppi	Italy	216	170	189	219	168	134	1096	182.67		1096
40.	Sias Tiziano	Italy	148	192	175	157	258	160	1090	181.67		1090
41.	Giovanni Battagli	Italy	181	139	194	157	180	237	1088	181.33		1088
42.	Daniele Moscatelli	Italy	187	194	154	180	195	166	1076	179.33		1076
43.	Monica Bagnolini	Italy	192	131	174	159	156	208	1020	170.00	48	1068
44.	Francesco Colonna	Italy	177	160	173	178	159	218	1065	177.50		1065
45.	Silvio Genchi	Italy	177	159	178	191	183	168	1056	176.00		1056
46.	Stefani Massimo	Italy	128	209	103	216	192	207	1055	175.83		1055
47.	Simona Ciattoni	Italy	144	178	118	203	197	156	996	166.00	48	1044
48.	Giuseppe Avino	Italy	189	169	171	148	167	198	1042	173.67		1042
49.	Claudio Bernardi	Italy	147	200	169	154	213	159	1042	173.67		1042
50.	Maurizio Tiso	Italy	161	155	209	154	183	167	1029	171.50		1029
51.	Kylian Haest	Belgium	167	183	216	147	144	146	1003	167.17		1003
52.	Claudio Marchini	Italy	150	154	188	150	179	180	1001	166.83		1001
53.	Massimiliano Di Sisto	Italy	151	147	161	194	160	187	1000	166.67		1000
54.	Mauro Raggini	Italy	157	164	168	189	179	143	1000	166.67		1000
55.	Andrea Subazzoli	Italy	166	169	155	130	160	143	923	153.83		923