Tournament delimitations

Tournament Format

Qualification

Primary entry, 6 games

Re-entries, 6 games

Desperado

 1 game EU Style without previous re-dressing

36 athletes will qualify for the final steps as follows:

A: Top 23 from the general standing

Additionally 9 athletes will qualify from 5 Categories B-F, as follows:

B: Top 2 from squad 12-16

C: The highest scoring athlete from squad 10-11

D: Top 2 from squad 7-9

E: Top 2 from squad 4-6

F: Top 2 from squad 1-3

The 9 athletes qualified from Categories B-F will be internally seeded 24-32 according to positions in the qualification

G: Top 4 from the desperado squad, seeded 33-36 according to positions in the qualification

Athletes are qualified from only one category in the order A-B-C-D-E-F-G

Qualifications from Squads 1-16

If an athlete is qualified from more than one category, the next positioned athlete in the non-used categories of a multiple qualified athlete, will qualify in his place

Seeding for final steps

Athletes positioned 1-4 in the general standing are qualified directly for the final step 3

Athletes positioned 5-16 in the general standing are qualified directly for the final step 2

All other qualified athletes are qualified for the final step 1

Final Step 1

20 athletes (positions 17-36) will play 3 games (+handicap), starting from scratch.
Top 8 will go through to Final Step 2.
Ties influencing who will qualify for the next final step will be broken by playing a 9^th and 10^th frame roll off, repeated until the tie is broken. In all other tie situations in step 1-2, a procedure similar to the procedure for the qualification will be followed.
Movement method: Crossing L-to- L , R-to-R
Number of lanes to move: 4 (two pair)
Non-qualifiers from this stage shall be ranked 25-36 accordingly to their position in the final step 1.

Final Step 2

20 athletes (8 qualifiers from Final Step 1 and positions 5-16) will play 3 games (+handicap), starting from scratch.
Top 12 will go through to Final Step 3.
Ties influencing who will qualify for the next final step will be broken by playing a 9^th and 10^th frame roll off, repeated until the tie is broken. In all other tie situations in step 1-2, a procedure similar to the procedure for the qualification will be followed.
Movement method: Crossing L-to- L , R-to-R
Number of lanes to move: 4 (two pair)
Non- qualifiers from this stage shall be ranked 17-24 accordingly to their position in the final step 2.

Final Step 3

16 athletes ( 12 qualifiers from Step 2 and positions 1-4), will play 2 games in pairs for total pin fall, including any handicap.
Top 8 athletes will go through to Final Step 4.
In the event of a tie, a one ball roll off on a full set of pins will be played, repeated until the tie is broken.
Non- qualifiers from this stage shall then be ranked 9-16 according to their seeding.

Final step 4

The 8 winning athletes from Final Step 3 will be seeded 1-8 according to their previous seeding and play further 2 games in pairs for total pin fall, including any handicap.
Top 4 athletes will go through Final Step 5.
In the event of a tie, a one ball roll off on a full set of pins will be played, repeated until the tie is broken.
Non-qualifiers from this stage shall be ranked 5-8 according to their seeding.

Final step 5 

The 4 winning athletes from Final Step 4 will be reseeded 1-4 according to their previous seeding in qualification round and play further 2 games inpairs for total pin fall, including any handicap.

Top 2 athletes will go through Final Step 6

Non-qualifiers from this stage shall be ranked 3-4 according to their seeding.

Final step 6

The 2 winning athletes from Final Step 5 will play further 2 games for total pin fall, including any handicap.

In the event of a tie, a one ball roll off on a full set of pins will be played, repeated until the tie is broken.

The looser of the match will be ranked 2

The first shall be declared the winner of the Dimitris Karetsos Tournament 2019.

No shows for final steps

Absent athletes for final steps won’t be replaced

Absent athletes will be positioned last in the step of their absence and, if more than one absence, internally ranked according to their qualification positions

Lane assignments and lane movements

Booking policies

Category

Athletes, who want to compete in the B Category, must, before the tournament starts, be able to present an official letter with a statement from their national federation proving, that their average for the last 12 months, over a minimum of 24 games, is as follows:

For male athletes

Less than 180 for B Bowlers

For female athletes

Less than 170 for B Bowlers

Athletes, who have participated in any national team, are placed in the A Category.

The organizing committee reserve the right to deny a participation in a B category based on previous results in the tournaments organized in the same bowling centre.

Grades basis of averages for the tournament Dimitris Karetsos, defined by the following table:

Dressing specifications

2019 Oil Pattern