Format & Rules 2024

General Qualification (Regular Squads)

6 games entries and re-entries. Regular play, lane movement after each game, alternating lanes. Up to 4 athletes per pair.

Single lane competition (SLC)

6 games entries and re-entries. 1 athlete per lane, no lane movements.
Time limit is 90 minutes for 6 games. If the time is up and the athlete did not finish 6 games all remaining frames will be counted with zero. In case of a lane breakdown the time will be added to the affected lane(s). Countdown starts after 10 minutes warmup time as soon as all lanes are ready.

High-Low

Every athlete can participate in a separate High-Low competition for any regular qualifica-tion squads, in which the lowest and the highest game in the squad are added together, to form a separate High-Low standing for the tournament. The entry fee for the High-Low competition is 10€ per squad.
Top 2 in the High-Low standing, not qualified from the general standing or from any other separate standing is qualified for the final step 1.

Desperado squad

1 game

54 athletes will qualify for the final steps

A: Top 18 from the general standing
B: Top 18 from the single lane competition standing
C: Top 4 from a separate standing for squad 3,4,7,10,14 (Early Bird)
D: Top 4 from a separate standing for squad 1,2,5,6,8,9,11,12,13,15,16,17 (Early Bird SLC)
E: Top 2 from the High-Low standing
F: Top 2 from the separate youth U19 (born after 19.5.2005) standing
G: Top 2 from the separate seniors 50+ (born before 9.5.1974) standing
H: Top 4 from the Desperado standing

Athletes are qualified in the order A - B - C – D – E – F – G - H

Top 18 qualifiers from the general standing will be in final step 1 group 3, Top 18 qualifiers from single lane competition standing will be in final step 1 group 2, all other qualified ath-letes will be in Final step 1 group 1.

Finals

Final step 1
54 athletes will be divided in 3 groups to play 3 games in single lane competition play
starting from scratch. Time limit is 45 minutes for 3 games. If the time is up and the ath-lete did not finish 3 games all remaining frames will be counted with zero. In case of a lane breakdown the time will be added to the affected lane(s). Countdown starts after 10 minutes warmup time as soon as all lanes are ready.
Lane assignments will be according to the ranking in the coreespondig qualification standing.

Top 27 athletes will qualify for final step 2.
Athletes not continuing will be ranked 28 – 54 according to their standing in final step 1.

Final step 2
27 athletes will play 3 games with the score from final step 1 carried forward.
3 athletes per pair, alternating lanes, lane movement after every game.
Top 12 athletes will qualify for final step 3.
Athletes not continuing will be ranked 13 – 27 according to their standing in final step 2.

Final step 3
12 athletes will play 3 games with the score from final step 1 and 2 carried forward.
2 athletes per pair, alternating lanes, lane movement after every game.
Top 4 athletes will qualify for final step 4.
Athletes not continuing will be ranked 5 – 12 according to their standing in final step 3.

Final step 4
There will be 3 stepladder matches.
Match 1
The athlete seeded 4 and the athlete seeded 3 will play a one-game match. The loser of the match will be ranked 4.
Match 2
The winner of match 1 and the athlete seeded 2 will play a one-game match The loser of the match will be ranked 3.
Match 3
The winner of match 2 and the athlete seeded 1 will play a one-game match The loser of the match will be ranked 2.
The winner of the match will be ranked 1.

Tournament tie rules

Qualification
The highest positioned athlete will be the athlete scoring the highest last game. If a tie still exists, the highest positioned athlete will be the athlete with the highest second last game etc.
Desperado
A tie influencing who will qualify for the first final step will be broken by playing a 9th and 10th frame roll off, repeated until the tie is broken.

The High-Low
In case of a tie, the highest positioned athlete will be the athlete with the highest position after the qualification.

Final Step 1-3
Ties influencing who will qualify for the next final step will be broken by playing a 9th and 10th frame roll off, repeated until the tie is broken. In all other tie situations in step 1-3, a procedure similar to the procedure for the qualification will be followed.

Final step 4
In case of a tie, a one-ball roll-off on a full set of pins will be played and repeated until the tie is broken.

Lane assignments & movements for regular qualification squads


  • Lanes draws
    Done by the management and witnessed by a neutral person

  • Athletes per pair in squads
    maximum 4

  • Frequency of movement
    After each game

  • Movement method
    Left lane positioned athletes move left
    Right lane positioned athletes move right

  • Number of lanes to move
    Minimum two lanes

Booking policies

A maximum of three squads per person can be booked before the tournament starts and maximum two of these bookings can be for squads on Friday and Saturday on the final weekend.

Group bookings require the names of the athletes to be de-livered latest on 6th April 2024. Name changes after the deadline will be considered as cancellations and new bookings. Not meeting that deadline for the delivery of names means that the booking is considered as completely cancelled.

  • Booking restriction during
    none
  • Total number of bookings
    Unlimited
  • Booking cancellations
    Possible. Late cancellations will be handled according the EBT rules
  • Registration deadline
    30 minutes before scheduled squad times

Finals Schedule

Sunday 19 May 2024
08.30: Final step 1 group 1 (18 athletes from C to H - 3 games)
-- Lane maintenance
10.00: Final step 1 group 2 (18 athletes from Top 18 SLC - 3 games)
-- Lane maintenance
11.30: Final step 1 group 3 (18 athletes from Top 18 General Standing - 3 games)
-- Lane maintenance
13.30: Final step 2 (27 athletes - 3 games)
-- Lane maintenance
15.30: Final step 3 (12 athletes - 3 games)
-- Lane maintenance
17.30: Final step 4 (Top 4 stepladder final)

Award Ceremony

Tournament Committee

  • Tournament Director
    Sven Sager

Contact

Tournament Information

  • Tournament name
    BOWL for Fun Open
  • Category
    Open
  • Event
    Singles Mixed
  • Women handicap
    8 pins per game
  • Center
    BOWL for Fun
  • City
    Langen near Frankfurt/Main

Approval Status

  • Approved by
    HKBV, DBU, EBF, IBF
  • Classification
    IBF Tournament
  • Open for
    Athletes from IBF's member federations
  • EBT Status
    EBT2024-05/Silver