Tournament delimitations

Tournament Format

Qualification

6 games (entries and re-entries)

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

B: Top 2 from a separete standing including squad 16-19

C: The highest scoring athlete from squad 14-15

D: Top 2 from a separete standing including squad 10-13

E: Top 2 from a separete standing including squad 7-9

F: Top 2 from a separete standing including squad 1-6

G: Top 4 from the desperado squad

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

Qualifications from Squads 1-19

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

Entering final steps

Athletes positioned 1-4 in the general standing are qualified for the final step 3, seeded 1-4
Athletes positioned 5-16 in the general standing are qualified for the final step 2
All other qualified athletes are qualified for the final step 1

Final Step 1

20 athletes will play 3 games starting from scratch
Top 8 will qualify for the final step 2
Athletes not qualified will be ranked 25-36 according to their positions in the final step 1

Final Step 2

20 athletes will play 3 games starting from scratch
Top 12 will qualify for step 3, seeded 5-16
Athletes not qualified will be ranked 17-24 according to their positions in the final step 2

Matching of step 3 and 4

The highest seeded athlete will be matched against the lowest seeded athlete, the second
highest seeded athlete against the second lowest seeded athlete etc.

Final Step 3

There will be 8 knockout matches, 2 games total pin fall to count
The 8 winners will qualify for step 4
Athletes not qualified will be ranked 9-16 according to their seeding

Final step 4

There will be 4 knockout matches, 2 games total pin fall to count
The 4 winners will qualify for step 5
Athletes not qualified will be ranked 5-8 according to their seeding

Final step 5 

There will be 3 one game stepladder matches, all starting from scratch

Stepladder match 1
The athlete with the 4th highest seeding vs. the athlete with the 3rd highest seeding
The looser of the match will be ranked 4
Stepladder match 2
The winner of match 1 vs. the athlete with the 2nd highest seeding
The looser of the match will be ranked 3
Stepladder match 3
The winner of match 2 vs. the athlete with the highest seeding
The looser of the match will be ranked 2
The winner of the match will be ranked 1

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

Oil Pattern: 

DK2023 OIL PATTERN