Aalborg International

There will be 2 separate Early Bird standings

Early Bird 1 covering Squad 1 to 4
Early Bird 2 covering Squad 5 to 8

Top 3 (NOT qualified in any other way) from each of the Early Bird competitions will qualify for the Semi Final (B-Final) on Saturday Night

There will be a separate standing for Female athletes.
Female Athletes can bowl in all squads and scores from all squads will count for the standing of the Female Athletes competition.

Top 6 (NOT qualified in any other way) from the Female Athletes competition will qualify for the B-Final on Saturday Night

There will be a separate standing for Youth U23 Bowlers.
Youth U23 Bowlers can bowl in all squads and scores from all squads will count for the standing of the Youth U23 Bowlers competition.

A Youth U23 Bowler must be 23 years of age or younger at the first day of the tournament i.e. a Youth Bowler must be born on May 16th 2003 or later.

Top 6 (NOT qualified in any other way) from the Youth U23 bowlers competition will qualify for the Semi Final (B-Final) on Saturday Night

The Turbo competition only includes games from athletes having signed up to one or both Turbo competition(s) upon their entry registration. A Turbo registration is valid only for the squad just entered.

Two separate Turbo spots will be provided (NOT qualified in any other way):

One standing for game 4 (Turbo G4)
One standing for game 6 (Turbo G6)

A: 6 Female athletes qualify from the Female competition (Not qualified in other way)

B: 6 Youth U23 qualify for the Semi Final from Qualification (Not qualified in other way)

C: 6 Senior 50+ qualify for the Semi Final from Qualification (Not qualified in other way)

D: 6 athletes qualify from the Early Bird Competition 1 or 2 (Not qualified in other way)

B Finals will be played as 4 groups (A, B, C and D) with 6 athletes playing 3 games from scratch on 6 lanes per group
Top 2 from each group (A, B, C and D) will qualify for the primary final on Sunday

12 athletes positioned 1-12 in the general standing will qualify for the final step 2

36 athletes, which is all other qualified athletes, will play in the final step 1

24 athletes will be divided in 3 pools as follows:
Pool 1: 1, 6, 7 and 12 from the qualification + 3, 4, 9 and 10 from step 1.
Pool 2: 2, 5, 8 and 11 from the qualification + 2, 5, 8 and 11 from step 1.
Pool 3: 3, 4, 9 and 10 from the qualification + 1, 6, 7, and 12 from step 1.
Each game is played for points: 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 point – if there is a tie then points are shared
Each pool is playing 4 games, change lanes (inside the pool) between games, 4 highest athletes in points go forward to step 3.

No. 8 in each pool is ranked no 22-24 based on pinfall in final step 2.
No. 7 in each pool is ranked no 19-21 based on pinfall in final step 2.
No. 6 in each pool is ranked no 16-18 based on pinfall in final step 2.
No. 5 in each pool is ranked no 13-15 based on pinfall in final step 2.

12 athletes will be divided in 2 pools of 6 athletes by draw:

Each pool is playing 6 games – 2 athletes per pair of lanes. First 3 games lanes are changed within each pool. For the second 3 games lanes are switched with the other pool and 3 games played within those 6 lanes.

Athletes will collect points 6-5-4-3-2-1 after each game based on scoring, if there is a tie then points are shared, top 1 in each pool by points goes to final step 4

No. 6 in each pool will be ranked no 11-12 based on pinfall in final step 3
No. 5 in each pool will be ranked no 9-10 based on pinfall in final step 3
No. 4 in each pool will be ranked no 7-8 based on pinfall in final step 3
No. 3 in each pool will be ranked no 5-6 based on pinfall in final step 3
No. 2 in each pool will be ranked no 3-4 based on pinfall in final step 3