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Swedes Persson, Andersson raise the bar in Norwegian Open

09 October, 2016
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2016EBT15AntonPerssonSquad 4 leaders Anton Persson and Pontus Andersson of Sweden became the first players who surpassed the 1400-mark Saturday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway, to take the lead in the qualifying of the Norwegian Open 2016 by Brunswick.

Persson (right) had games of 228, 259, 234, 269, 221 and 214 to lead the 77-player field with 1425 total and an average of 237.50 for six games.

2016EBT15PontusAnderssonAndersson (left) started his series with 246 before he rolled the first 300 game of the event. The two-time world youth champion closed with 234, 215, 198 and 213 to move into second place with 1406 (234.33).

Norway’s Fredrik Tjernes opened the third squad with 246, 248 and 246 en route to leap into third place in the overall qualifying standings with 1360 (226.67). Anton Ahlgren of Sweden used high games of 279 and 256 to take the lead after the second squad, eventually finishing the day in fourth place with 1342 (223.67).

Day 1 leader Øyvind Harang, Norway, fell to fifth place with 132 and was followed by Christopher Lüttke (Sweden, 1315), Heidi Thorstensen (Norway, 1309) and Peter Ljung (Sweden, 1308).

Qualifying continues on Sunday, Oct. 9, with squads 5, 6 and 7 scheduled to start at 11 a.m., 2.30 and 6 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST).

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The Norwegian Open 2016 by Brunswick is the 15th and penultimate stop of the 2016 European Bowling Tour and the last of six EBT “Satellite” tournaments this season. The tournament runs from Oct. 7-16 at Veitvet Bowling Center, a 26-laner in Norway’s capital city of Oslo.

The tournament offers total prize fund of 239.000 Norwegian Kronor (approx. 26.715 Euro) with 40.000 NOK (approx. 4.471 Euro) going to the winner and a last-to-cash payout of 1.000 Kronor or 111 Euro for 60th place.

As the event clashes with the 52nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Shanghai, China, there will be no onsite coverage of the Norwegian Open this year.

Qualifying of the Norwegian Open begins Friday, Oct. 7 and concludes Saturday, Oct. 15 with the final Squad 23 scheduled for 5 p.m. local time (CEST).

Women receive 8 pins handicap each game (maximum is 300), an equality handicap provided to women in all EBT events. Top 3 women after qualifying will receive 5.000 NOK, 3.000 NOK and 2.000 NOK bonuses, respectively.

Total 60 players will advance to the finals on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15 & 16:

  • the top 42 players from the overall qualifying standings
  • two players from a separate leaderboard of Squad 1-7, who were not among the top 42
  • the next four women
  • the next four juniors (must not be born before Sept. 1, 1998)
  • the next four seniors (must be 50 years of age on Oct. 7th)
  • and two players each from the Turbo 1 and 2 list (highest score in qualifying game 5 and 6, respectively; separate fee necessary).

Top 8 qualifiers will be seeded in Round 4, qualifiers 9-16 go to Round 3, qualifiers 17-24 start in Round 2 and qualifiers 25-28 begin in Round 1.

The other 32 finalists advance to Saturday’s semifinal round which begins at 9 p.m. CEST. All players bowl six games scratch with the top 12 advancing to Final Round 1 starting on Sunday morning at 9 a.m.

The remaining forty players will determine the champion in five three-game rounds (rounds 1-4 starting from scratch). The field will be trimmed to 32, 24, 16, and then eight players who bowl a final three-game block with the pinfall from Round 4 being carried forward.

The player with the highest six-game total will earn the title, the 40.000 NOK top prize and 50 EBT ranking points (men and women in separate rankings).

For the complete tournament information, click here.

2016EBTLogo2The 2016 European Bowling Tour currently consists of 16 tournaments in 11 countries featuring three “Platinum” events, three “Gold”, four “Silver” and six “Satellite” events. All tournaments together offer total prize fund of roughly 850.000 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 be eligible to compete in the 10th EBT Masters May 29, 2017, at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark.

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60 players, including the top 42 players from the overall qualifying standings, will advance to the finals on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15 & 16

300 games (1) – Pontus Andersson.

Herbert Bickel

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