3-time European ranking champion Paul Moor (pictured right), England, fired games of 226, 267, 248, 299, 237, 277 and 1554, an average of 259.00, en route to win the qualifying in the Sofia International Open at Mega Xtreme Bowling in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Moor led a total 56 players into the finals on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009: The top 44 qualifiers, the top 8 from a separate standing of the squads conducted on Nov. 23-26 who are not among the top 44, and the top 4 from the Desperado Squad.

The top 8 qualifiers will bypass the first round of the finals and will be seeded 1-8 in the Round of 32. Previous leader Hristo Georgiev, Bulgaria, slipped one spot to second place with 1530 including a 300 game.

Piritta Kantola, Finland, was the best woman in the field with 1469 including 48 pins handicap. Places 4 and 5 belonged to long-time Greek national team members Dimitris Karetsos and Giannis Stathatos with 1469 and 1445.

Boyan Donov, Bulgaria, finished qualifying in sixth place with 1443 and was followed by Swedes Robert Andersson (left) and Mathias Olsson in 7th and 8th place with 1442 and 1438, respectively.

The top 27 players cracked the 1400-bar, a 233.33 avg., with PBA exempt player Stuart Williams (right), England, in 27th place with 1400. Mathias Hulthen, Sweden, hit the cutoff number for 44th place with 1361 or an average of 226.83.

Yahav Rabin, Israel, who also had a perfect game during qualifying, made the cut in 48th place with 1354.

Marius Balan, Romania (268), Zabi Sikander, Bulgaria (257), Carlos Calva, Spain (255) and Ian Duff, England (244) took the final four spots by leading the one-game Desperado Squad on Sunday morning.

The finals start with players seeded 9-56 rolling 6 games from scratch. The top 24 will advance and join the top 8 qualifiers in the Round of 32. The Round of 32 and 16 will be played in best-of-three games format, the Round of 8 is over two games total pinfall, while the semifinals and the final will be determined in one-game matches.

The Sofia International Open offers total prize fund of 40.000 Euro with 6.000 going to the winner.

 

Sofia International Open - Standings after Qualifying

Women's results including 8 pins handicap each game.

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Paul Moor	England	226	267	248	299	237	277	1554	259.00
2.	Hristo Georgiev	Bulgaria	235	238	243	258	300	256	1530	255.00
3.	Piritta Kantola	Finland	211	287	235	277	198	261	1469	244.83
4.	Dimitris Karetsos	Greece	212	279	248	279	249	202	1469	244.83
5.	Giannis Stathatos	Greece	262	246	239	255	206	237	1445	240.83
6.	Boyan Donov	Bulgaria	257	200	278	246	184	278	1443	240.50
7.	Robert Andersson	Sweden	223	289	247	206	245	232	1442	240.33
8.	Mathias Olsson	Sweden	231	226	242	257	290	192	1438	239.67
9.	Lars Linder	Denmark	211	246	278	259	243	200	1437	239.50
10.	Dominic Barrett	England	257	228	224	257	245	225	1436	239.33
11.	Mads Sandbækken	Norway	211	257	257	258	256	197	1436	239.33
12.	Marius Pitikariu	Romania	207	204	279	276	236	233	1435	239.17
13.	Nikolay Petrov	Bulgaria	243	215	219	255	279	224	1435	239.17
14.	Todor Litchev	Bulgaria	233	252	232	254	214	248	1433	238.83
15.	Adonis Bekas	Bulgaria	278	257	223	203	247	222	1430	238.33
16.	Melvin Ocando	Spain	233	245	236	222	265	223	1424	237.33
17.	Lars Nielsen	Denmark	218	222	265	255	204	258	1422	237.00
18.	Cristian Calagiu	Romania	222	227	229	214	268	259	1419	236.50
19.	Marco Spiteri	Malta	266	247	192	212	220	279	1416	236.00
20.	Vytautas Gykis	Lithuania	227	210	245	244	265	224	1415	235.83
21.	Ferico Tatil Ugalino	Spain	268	172	247	258	202	267	1414	235.67
22.	Henrik Jorgensen	Denmark	267	273	225	228	185	236	1414	235.67
23.	Mathias Ã…rup	Sweden	235	232	246	226	236	237	1412	235.33
24.	Yavor Milanov	Bulgaria	232	244	214	245	217	255	1407	234.50
25.	Aviv Alfital	Israel	227	258	246	258	206	212	1407	234.50
26.	Akis Herodotou	Cyprus	205	245	278	190	278	210	1406	234.33
27.	Stuart Williams	England	181	231	244	277	242	225	1400	233.33
28.	Erwin Pascual Potot	Spain	179	262	214	234	246	263	1398	233.00
29.	Mertiris Iosif	Greece	214	258	198	219	264	241	1394	232.33
30.	Javier Moreno	Spain	194	250	189	277	247	237	1394	232.33
31.	Juha Maja	Finland	192	258	246	269	194	232	1391	231.83
32.	Orry Sonnenschein	Israel	245	195	232	237	243	236	1388	231.33
33.	Chrstos Christou	Cyprus	236	226	237	214	223	248	1384	230.67
34.	Rune Christensen	Denmark	233	252	223	175	257	243	1383	230.50
35.	Ben Fishler	Israel	213	226	258	245	212	226	1380	230.00
36.	Ian Robinson	Sweden	214	230	195	279	235	223	1376	229.33
37.	Peter Nordenson	Sweden	219	258	244	234	194	226	1375	229.17
38.	Andrea Fedeli	Italy	191	237	257	237	236	216	1374	229.00
39.	Batsaras Kostas	Greece	268	237	186	258	193	231	1373	228.83
40.	Paco Rodriguez	Spain	244	215	236	247	245	186	1373	228.83
41.	Kostas Liratzis	Greece	200	256	179	224	267	246	1372	228.67
42.	Paul Stott	Ireland	190	204	249	258	225	244	1370	228.33
43.	Stefanos Kazandzis	Greece	232	235	197	198	226	279	1367	227.83
44.	Mathias Hulthen	Sweden	214	246	234	215	216	236	1361	226.83
45.	Oddi Stefano	Italy	225	223	225	239	212	236	1360	226.67
46.	Spyridon Vlachos	Greece	244	197	179	268	248	223	1359	226.50
47.	Georgi Bojilov	Bulgaria	192	265	236	257	230	178	1358	226.33
48.	Yahav Rabin	Israel	183	232	203	220	300	216	1354	225.67
49.	Dulce Fernandez Rodriguez	Spain	252	221	221	234	213	207	1348	224.67
50.	Rayko Pepelanov	Bulgaria	233	195	246	205	232	235	1346	224.33
51.	Petra Brzicova Hanzlovska	Czech Republic	227	199	243	176	287	213	1345	224.17
52.	Andreas Karistianos	Cyprus	210	207	277	278	192	177	1341	223.50
53.	Marius Balan	Romania	268						268
54.	Zabi Sikander	Bulgaria	257						257
55.	Carlos Calva	Spain	255						255
56.	Ian Duff	England	244						244
57.	Mehmed Kaya	Turkey	225	227	204	177	257	246	1336	222.67
58.	Dian Dinev	Bulgaria	206	232	217	225	214	239	1333	222.17
	Mavitan Chiftchi	Bulgaria	194	247	214	232	247	195	1329	221.50
59.	Carlos Calva	Spain	211	246	201	224	225	221	1328	221.33
60.	George Pendas	Cyprus	206	278	181	202	248	213	1328	221.33
61.	Timothy Andreason	Sweden	203	266	204	204	255	196	1328	221.33
62.	Maja Debenec	Slovenia	181	255	208	167	298	216	1325	220.83
63.	Vasilis Stefopulos	Greece	207	187	257	244	204	224	1323	220.50
64.	Tomaz Erzen	Slovenia	216	237	221	225	189	234	1322	220.33
65.	Veselin Petrov	Bulgaria	215	225	234	236	246	166	1322	220.33
66.	Sue Abela	Malta	233	212	243	265	169	198	1320	220.00
67.	Plamen Stanchev	Bulgaria	257	255	221	160	212	212	1317	219.50
68.	Hristos Polatian	Greece	199	248	204	228	247	190	1316	219.33
69.	Fillip Spooner Kargotis	Cyprus	201	246	279	149	252	188	1315	219.17
70.	Jesus Dacorte	Venezuela	259	251	224	166	245	169	1314	219.00
71.	Nikola Nikolov	Bulgaria	216	180	221	232	237	221	1307	217.83
	Petyo Damianov	Bulgaria	266	191	189	231	203	225	1305	217.50
72.	Marius Balan	Romania	234	164	162	235	288	222	1305	217.50
73.	Asen Petrov	Bulgaria	207	245	224	179	222	227	1304	217.33
74.	Simon Burke	Malta	193	259	183	233	237	198	1303	217.17
75.	Amit Shtrum	Israel	225	237	203	184	212	241	1302	217.00
76.	Michalis Bouzas	Greece	203	257	219	201	254	167	1301	216.83
77.	Dimitar Popov	Bulgaria	254	269	162	181	223	207	1296	216.00
78.	Mohamed Yousif	Syria	266	225	211	215	214	164	1295	215.83
79.	Boris Panayotov	Bulgaria	233	216	258	220	183	180	1290	215.00
80.	Dennis Mercieca	Malta	189	234	205	215	220	226	1289	214.83
81.	Pavlos Pelikanos	Cyprus	215	245	204	234	202	182	1282	213.67
82.	Petar Zahariev	Bulgaria	165	268	191	211	229	216	1280	213.33
83.	Francisco Lopez Martinez	Spain	203	214	257	184	194	224	1276	212.67
84.	Rihard Vrencur	Slovenia	153	222	224	201	211	264	1275	212.50
85.	Jose Luis Ricote Andray	Spain	191	199	197	239	253	191	1270	211.67
86.	Valeriy Smolyakov	Cyprus	206	207	236	194	231	193	1267	211.17
87.	David Prokopiou	Greece	200	186	236	192	267	185	1266	211.00
88.	Loukis Louka	Cyprus	209	200	268	214	157	216	1264	210.67
89.	Didi Ilieva	Bulgaria	212	230	172	244	210	194	1262	210.33
	Constandinos Mouskis	Cyprus	170	151	259	232	205	243	1260	210.00
90.	Zabi Sikander	Bulgaria	253	211	176	206	194	218	1258	209.67
91.	Georgos Mitakis	Greece	208	204	156	220	216	253	1257	209.50
92.	Nikos Theodosis	Greece	191	172	228	235	206	216	1248	208.00
93.	Alexandru Tariceanu	Romania	209	194	214	214	215	201	1247	207.83
94.	Ana Vela Requerey	Spain	178	194	197	251	186	231	1237	206.17
95.	Kaloian Ivanov	Bulgaria	181	221	225	202	202	203	1234	205.67
96.	Oren Genish	Israel	201	170	223	224	225	191	1234	205.67
97.	Valentin Piros	Romania	174	166	191	213	251	237	1232	205.33
98.	Rostislav Brzica	Czech Republic	238	197	193	174	170	258	1230	205.00
99.	Samuel Castillo Leongson	Spain	173	243	191	180	226	210	1223	203.83
100.	Nontas Patsauras	Greece	155	223	207	207	183	247	1222	203.67
101.	Georgi Krastev	Bulgaria	204	180	195	219	208	214	1220	203.33
102.	Nikolay Dimitrov	Bulgaria	136	207	148	255	203	267	1216	202.67
103.	Plamen Nedyalkov	Bulgaria	133	168	213	254	227	220	1215	202.50
104.	Telejman Alex	Romania	202	210	233	158	224	187	1214	202.33
105.	Ivaylo Kehayov	Bulgaria	181	206	231	204	186	196	1204	200.67
106.	Emilio Rebolledo Ceballos	Spain	180	216	206	163	223	209	1197	199.50
107.	Radoslav Sonev	Bulgaria	191	196	183	188	257	182	1197	199.50
108.	Koyllis Hadjittofis	Cyprus	172	161	235	204	179	243	1194	199.00
109.	Vasilis Delesis	Greece	214	207	215	189	169	198	1192	198.67
110.	Juan Carlos Alvarez	Spain	169	173	189	193	221	245	1190	198.33
111.	Adonis Iouanou	Cyprus	223	223	202	184	159	184	1175	195.83
112.	Georgi Dimov	Bulgaria	179	225	226	211	161	172	1174	195.67
113.	Luciano Giuliano	Italy	176	187	161	237	184	224	1169	194.83
114.	Vincentiu Pravat	Romania	220	209	158	189	192	195	1163	193.83
115.	Gabriela Vazquez Uhagon	Spain	163	203	211	199	179	206	1161	193.50
116.	Cristian Tusz	Romania	203	193	155	214	223	172	1160	193.33
117.	Spanakis G	Greece	222	180	158	194	189	214	1157	192.83
118.	Loukas Euripidou	Cyprus	221	177	196	180	152	228	1154	192.33
119.	Georgi Bogdanov	Bulgaria	220	156	160	233	206	178	1153	192.17
	Marina Stefanova	Bulgaria	190	192	171	219	199	179	1150	191.67
120.	Ian Duff	England	143	187	192	279	203	140	1144	190.67
121.	Elena Bogdanova	Bulgaria	191	191	194	219	148	199	1142	190.33
122.	Konstantinos Steriadis	Greece	179	213	226	169	179	176	1142	190.33
123.	Maria Ursu	Romania	199	173	165	212	209	161	1119	186.50
124.	Zahary Staykov	Bulgaria	144	192	181	191	213	192	1113	185.50
125.	Slavcho Kordev	Bulgaria	216	146	151	200	157	236	1106	184.33
126.	Boris Bojilov	Bulgaria	188	160	221	170	161	181	1081	180.17
127.	Maria Morcillo Moruno	Spain	200	157	164	273	137	147	1078	179.67
128.	Yulia Smolyakova	Cyprus	169	198	175	177	161	196	1076	179.33
129.	Dimitar Krastev	Bulgaria	174	136	212	201	174	178	1075	179.17
130.	Branko Sergievski	Bulgaria	162	157	192	198	188	169	1066	177.67
131.	Encarna Marazuela Galindo	Spain	150	180	176	198	182	177	1063	177.17
132.	Dimitris Mitsikaris	Greece	188	211	176	182	162	143	1062	177.00
133.	Lubomir Kordev	Bulgaria	165	196	177	196	164	161	1059	176.50
134.	Paris Alvanos	Greece	154	189	137	173	170	235	1058	176.33
135.	Hamadi Ben Jemaa	Tunisia	165	225	184	153	144	177	1048	174.67
136.	Georgi Gochev	Bulgaria	204	179	155	225	139	143	1045	174.17
137.	Julia Alonso	Spain	160	209	153	177	181	153	1033	172.17
138.	Nikos Diplanos	Cyprus	145	184	214	162	163	163	1031	171.83
139.	Tilemahos Argiros	Greece	172	185	177	190	157	147	1028	171.33
140.	Jose Delgado	Spain	158	165	149	194	187	172	1025	170.83
141.	Teresa Gutierrez	Spain	189	189	182	165	142	158	1025	170.83
142.	Jorge Armando Suarez Vidal	Spain	137	174	163	180	179	191	1024	170.67
143.	Bogdan Stoyan	Romania	139	166	203	149	197	163	1017	169.50
144.	Preda Costin	Romania	198	150	167	180	179	139	1013	168.83
145.	Krasimir Georgiev	Bulgaria	156	165	177	166	157	181	1002	167.00
146.	Elizabeth Maria Goncalvez	Spain	153	145	164	207	177	155	1001	166.83
147.	Lucian Paraschiv	Romania	170	179	159	191	157	138	994	165.67
148.	Juan Esteban Sanchez Fuente	Spain	184	175	117	180	142	166	964	160.67
149.	Valeri Nikolov	Bulgaria	160	152	158	167	152	159	948	158.00
150.	Paraskev Bogdanov	Bulgaria	172	140	129	169	145	162	917	152.83