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The European Bowling Tour (EBT) is a single tournament, with the top 16 men and top 16 women in the final standings of the European Bowling Tour

European Bowling Tour

The European Bowling Tour is one of three tenpin bowling tours that form part of the ranking system of the World Tenpin Bowling Association ....

being invited.

Format

The current format of the tournament is 3 qualification squads of 6 games each (one squad at short oil, one squad at long oil and one squad at mixed oil). The top 8 bowlers in each division will then bowl an 8 game Round Robin (on mixed oil), and the winner of this round will be crowned the 2009 EBT Masters champion.

Prize Money

A prize pool of €36,000 will be provided (€18,000 for each gender) with last place in each division winning €300. Additional prize money will be given to daily squad winners and the winner of qualification.

2008

The Inaugural EBT Masters was held in the Rollhouse bowling centre in Ankara

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. The winners of the Event were Osku Palermaa

Osku Palermaa

Osku Palermaa in Espoo, Finland is a Finnish Ten-pin bowler.-Today:Palermaa has 8 EBT titles to his name, and was the EBT ranking champion for three consecutive years from 2007 to 2009. Palermaa was also joint runner up in the 2005 EBT rankings, and runner up in the 2006 EBT rankings.Osku won his...

of Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

and Kamilla Kjeldsen of Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

.

The format for the tournament was 3 qualifying blocks of 8 games (totalling 24 games). The 1st block was bowled on Short Oil, the 2nd on long oil and the 3rd of mixed oil (long oil on the left lane and short on the right lane of every pair of lanes). The top 8 in each division after these 24 game then played a "best of 3" single elimination matchplay with the highest seed playing the lowest seed every round until the winner is decided.

Matchplay Results - Men

Seed	Player	Score	Seed	Player	Game Scores
1	Dominic Barrett Dominic Barrett Dominic Barrett is one of England's leading Ten-pin bowlers. He finished sixth at the 2006 AMF World Cup in both the finals and the combined rankings.-External links:* * -2008:...	1 - 2	8	Paul Moor Paul Moor Paul Moor, in Beverley, Hull, England, is one of the world's leading Ten-pin Bowlers. He is left-handed and is a full-time bowler.-Early years:...	227-205, 215-226, 226-246
2	Osku Palermaa Osku Palermaa Osku Palermaa in Espoo, Finland is a Finnish Ten-pin bowler.-Today:Palermaa has 8 EBT titles to his name, and was the EBT ranking champion for three consecutive years from 2007 to 2009. Palermaa was also joint runner up in the 2005 EBT rankings, and runner up in the 2006 EBT rankings.Osku won his...	2 - 0	7	Robert Andersson	210-179, 223-191
3	Dennis Eklund	1 - 2	6	Pasi Uotila	290-238, 183-209, 182-225
4	Martin Larsen	1 -2	5	Wu Siu Hong Wu Siu Hong -External links:**...	233-258, 258-181, 243-252

Seed	Player	Score	Seed	Player	Game Scores
2	Osku Palermaa Osku Palermaa Osku Palermaa in Espoo, Finland is a Finnish Ten-pin bowler.-Today:Palermaa has 8 EBT titles to his name, and was the EBT ranking champion for three consecutive years from 2007 to 2009. Palermaa was also joint runner up in the 2005 EBT rankings, and runner up in the 2006 EBT rankings.Osku won his...	2 - 1	8	Paul Moor Paul Moor Paul Moor, in Beverley, Hull, England, is one of the world's leading Ten-pin Bowlers. He is left-handed and is a full-time bowler.-Early years:...	196-216, 234-232, 224-197
5	Wu Sui Hong	1 - 2	6	Pasi Uotila	257-254, 231-239, 198-278

Seed	Player	Score	Seed	Player	Game Scores
2	Osku Palermaa Osku Palermaa Osku Palermaa in Espoo, Finland is a Finnish Ten-pin bowler.-Today:Palermaa has 8 EBT titles to his name, and was the EBT ranking champion for three consecutive years from 2007 to 2009. Palermaa was also joint runner up in the 2005 EBT rankings, and runner up in the 2006 EBT rankings.Osku won his...	2 - 1	6	Pasi Uotila	180-212, 220-207, 242-209

Matchplay Results - Women

Seed	Player	Score	Seed	Player	Game Scores
1	Isabelle Sacco	1 - 2	8	Kamilla Kjeldsen	225-199, 196-214, 225-237
2	Ghislaine van der Tol	1 - 2	7	Britt Brøndsted Britt Brøndsted Britt Brøndsted is a right-handed, Danish ten-pin bowler and one of Denmark's top female ten-pin bowlers.In 2003 she was the World Ranking World Tenpin Masters Champion...	234-182, 197-210, 204-222
3	Kirsten Penny Kirsten Penny Kirsten Penny is a professional English female ten-pin bowler. She has won numerous international events and regularly plays for Team England. She is known for having a 'graceful' technique...	2 - 1	6	Krista Pöllänen Krista Pöllänen -Career highlights:EBT - End of year rankings-Career highlights:EBT - End of year rankings-Career highlights:EBT - End of year rankings:2002 - 9th:2003 - 14th:2004 - 34th:2007 - 13thTop-3 finishes:2002 - 1st, Danish Masters...	259-217, 188-225, 257-170
4	Nina Flack	1 - 2	5	Zara Glover Zara Glover Zara Giles , is one of England's and the worlds leading Ten-pin bowlers. She is a world champion bowler and a bowling tutor for Brunswick Bowling Academies across Europe. She currently lives in Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire...	225-196, 186-195, 190-238

Seed	Player	Score	Seed	Player	Game Scores
3	Kirsten Penny Kirsten Penny Kirsten Penny is a professional English female ten-pin bowler. She has won numerous international events and regularly plays for Team England. She is known for having a 'graceful' technique...	0 - 2	8	Kamilla Kjeldsen	233-245, 202-222
5	Zara Glover Zara Glover Zara Giles , is one of England's and the worlds leading Ten-pin bowlers. She is a world champion bowler and a bowling tutor for Brunswick Bowling Academies across Europe. She currently lives in Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire...	0 - 2	7	Britt Brøndsted Britt Brøndsted Britt Brøndsted is a right-handed, Danish ten-pin bowler and one of Denmark's top female ten-pin bowlers.In 2003 she was the World Ranking World Tenpin Masters Champion...	187-204, 208-226

Seed	Player	Score	Seed	Player	Game Scores
7	Britt Brøndsted Britt Brøndsted Britt Brøndsted is a right-handed, Danish ten-pin bowler and one of Denmark's top female ten-pin bowlers.In 2003 she was the World Ranking World Tenpin Masters Champion...	0 - 2	8	Kamilla Kjeldsen	187-188, 179-237

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