2004 Champion Britt Brondsted of Denmark with runners-up and the genial maestro Bill Hartofillis.
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TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The tournament will include one
division combined
for ladies and men. There will be a
handicap of 8 pins
for ladies in all games played till
and including the last
final games.
Qualification:
There will be 6 games of
qualification
(the primary entry and re-entries).
Every two games,
lane change of 6 lanes to the right.
Lane maintenance
after each squad. Each player will
be allowed to play
one primary entry and to re-enter
the tournament as
often as spaces are available.
Squads will close for all
entries 30 minutes prior starting
time for the official
lanes draw. Waiting list will only
contain players present
in the centre same day. For the
qualification standing
only the highest result of each
player is counting.
After the last squad there will be a
desperado squad
of one game, for those players not
already qualified
for the final of the top 48 field
after all qualification
squads. The top 48 ranked after all
qualifying squads
will qualify for the final together
with the top 6 of the
desperado squad, in total 54
players.
Final step 1:
The top 54 players for the 1st step
in the final will play
6 games starting from scratch. The
top 32 ranked after
the 1st step in the final will
qualify for the 2nd step in
the final. Before the 2nd final step
the 32 players are
seeded according to their ranking
after the 1st final
step.
Sweden's Goran Carlsson hit the fast lane with the tournament's first perfect game last year.
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Final step 2-4:
The final step 2-4 will consist of 3
rounds of knock out
matches; played as best of 3 games
matches. All
matches in the final step 2 will be
combined as the
highest seeded player vs. the lowest
seeded player,
the second highest seeded player vs.
the second lowest
seeded player etc. The format will
be announced on
the bulletin board.
Step 2:
Sixteen matches, the losers of the
matches will be
ranked 17-32 according to their
seeding before the 2nd
final step.
Step 3:
Eight matches, the losers of the
matches will be ranked
9-16 according to their seeding
before the 2nd final
step.
Step 4:
Four matches, the losers of the
matches will be ranked
5-8 according to their seeding
before the 2nd final
step.
The 4 remaining players will be
ranked for the 5th final
step according to their position
after the 2nd final step.
Final step 5:
Stepladder final in three 1 game
matches (ranked 4
vs. ranked 3, then the winner vs.
ranked 2 and then
the winner vs. ranked 1).
GENERAL TOURNAMENT RULES
• The tournament will be conducted
in Strike Bowling
Club, Thessaloniki in the period 05.
-13. March 2005.
• The tournament will be conducted
according to the
rules of the Hellenic Bowling
Federation, the European
Tenpin Bowling Federation and the
World Tenpin
Bowling Association Playing Rules.
• The tournament is approved by
Hellenic Bowling
Federation, the European Tenpin
Bowling Federation
and the World Tenpin Bowling as an
international WTBA
Tournament. The tournament is
furthermore adopted
in the European Bowling Tour 2005 as
the 5th stop
and as an EBT Major.
ENTRY FEE:
The fee for the primary entry is: €
130.-
(for March 5th till the 9th)
The fee for the primary entry is: €
150
(for the 10th till the 12th)
The fee for each re-entry is: € 100
(for the 5th till the 9th)
The fee for each re-entry is: € 120
(for the 10th till the 12th)
The Desperado squad fee: € 50
PRIZE MONEY:
The prize money pool is € 75.400,
divided between
the main tournament pool as €
63.200, extra ladies
prizes as € 4.000 and “B” Bowlers
(Men with proven
average under 180 and ladies under
175) prizes as
€ 8.200.
• Payout of Women and B-Bowlers will
be done
according to their seeding after
qualification rounds
(without Desperados).
TIE BREAKING PROCEDURES
In case of a tie in the
qualification the highest ranked
will be the player with the highest
last game. If a tie
still exist the highest ranked will
be the player with the
highest second last game, then the
player with the
highest third last game etc.
In case of a tie for the 6th
position in the desperado
squad a 9th and 10th frame roll off
will be played,
repeated until the tie is broken.
In case of a tie in the 1st final
step the highest ranked
will be the player with the highest
last game.
If a tie still exist the highest
ranked will be the player
with the highest second last game,
then the player
with the highest third last game
etc.
In case of tie in any game in the
final step 2-5 a one
ball roll off on a full set of pins
will be played, repeated
until the tie is broken.
EBT RANKING
Since the Brunswick Euro Challenge
is an ETBF Major,
the players will be awarded double
points for the
European ranking.
Two top 50 ranking standings will be
published
including points to be awarded in
the European Bowling
Tour – One for ladies and one for
men.
The ladies and men will be awarded
points in relation
to their final position (as
described above under the
items tournament format and tie
breaking procedures)
relative to the other players of the
same sex.
If something occurs and its no
included in the above
mentioned, the Tournament Committee
is responsible
to make the decision and this
decision will be final
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