Naif Oqab (pictured left), UAE, led the fourth qualifying squad in the 9th Qatar International Open Sunday evening at Qatar Bowling Center in Doha, Qatar en route to overtake the qualifying lead with 1394 pinfall total and an average of 232.33.

Oqab started with games of 255, 220, 237, 227 and 279 but failed to become the first player with a 1400 series after finishing with 176. His compatriot Shaker Al-Hassan, who led after day one slipped to second place with 1353.

Abdulla Haroon is the top player from the host country in third place with 1308. Mohammed Al-Zaidan sits in fourth place with 1300. Mansoor Al-Awamy (right) posted the first 300 game of this year's event in the second game of Squad 3. Al-Awamy, who had four 190s in the first five games finished with 212 for 1290 total to lead the squad and to move into fifth place in the overall qualifying standings.

Andrew Frawley, Australia, is 6th with 1285 with Thomas Larsen (left), Denmark, in 7th with 1280. Rounding out the top 8 is Mubarak Al-Muraikhi, Qatar with 1276.

Dutch Nicole Sanders (right) is the top-ranked woman in the field with 1264 including 48 pins handicap, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

Qualifying runs through Thursday, Dec. 17 with the final qualifying squad 16 scheduled for 9 p.m. The single-game "Desperado Squad" will start around Midnight. A total of 48 players - the top 38 qualifiers and the top 3 each from Dec. 12 and 13 squads plus the top 4 from the Desperado Squad - advance to the finals on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 18-19, 2009.

The top 6 qualifiers will bypass the first two rounds, while places 7-12 will receive one bye. The other 36 players will bowl six games from scratch to cut to the top 18. Those 18 plus qualifiers 7-12 will bowl six games from scratch. The top 10 will advance and join the top six qualifiers in Round 3.

Those 16 will bowl six games from scratch to cut to the top 8, who will bowl another six games with the pinfall from Round 3 being carried forward. The top 4 will advance to the championship round. All matches over two games total pinfall.

No. 1 bowls No. 4 and No. 2 meets No. 3. The winners will advance to the championship match to bowl for the title and the 30.000 Euro top prize (approx. 43,865 U.S. Dollar). The runner-up will be consoled with 15.000 Euro.

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2009 Qatar Open - Qualifying Standings after Squad 4

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Hc	Total
1.	Naif Oqab	UAE	255	220	237	227	279	176	1394	232.33		1394
2.	Shaker Al-Hassan	UAE	248	192	236	179	256	242	1353	225.50		1353
3.	Abdulla Haroon	Qatar	244	243	256	190	191	184	1308	218.00		1308
4.	Mohammed Al-Zaidan	Kuwait	204	223	214	246	215	198	1300	216.67		1300
5.	Mansoor Al-Awamy	Qatar	194	300	196	192	196	212	1290	215.00		1290
6.	Andrew Frawley	Australia	224	226	206	185	221	223	1285	214.17		1285
7.	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	193	196	192	277	210	212	1280	213.33		1280
8.	Mubarak Al-Muraikhi	Qatar	222	223	248	160	217	206	1276	212.67		1276
9.	Jesper Agerbo	Denmark	211	225	243	160	158	277	1274	212.33		1274
10.	Hussain Al-Suwaidi	UAE	179	215	258	241	205	174	1272	212.00		1272
11.	Mohamed Al-Rajebah	Kuwait	216	182	264	231	169	205	1267	211.17		1267
12.	Nicole Sanders	Netherlands	180	169	228	190	185	264	1216	202.67	48	1264
13.	Yousif Falah	Bahrain	223	162	226	202	210	234	1257	209.50		1257
14.	Ibrahim Sheldan	Palestine	175	217	234	191	232	206	1255	209.17		1255
15.	Malik Al-Abdulmalik	Qatar	203	262	172	223	201	194	1255	209.17		1255
16.	Sayed Ibrahim	UAE	234	182	196	186	234	212	1244	207.33		1244
17.	Khaled Al-Doseri	Qatar	202	223	224	178	190	216	1233	205.50		1233
18.	Patrick Haley	United States	216	154	181	214	237	224	1226	204.33		1226
19.	Abdulla Ibrahim	Qatar	200	191	221	186	216	210	1224	204.00		1224
20.	Adel Ali Lootah	UAE	188	180	199	221	211	221	1220	203.33		1220
21.	Khalid Al-Emady	Qatar	176	197	228	203	213	196	1213	202.17		1213
22.	Rikke Holm Rasmussen	Denmark	169	160	201	189	269	177	1165	194.17	48	1213
23.	Abdulla Al-Jeel	Qatar	182	157	219	223	209	222	1212	202.00		1212
24.	Prince Abdulhakim A	Saudi Arabia	149	253	210	211	232	157	1212	202.00		1212
25.	Khaled Al-Dubyan	Kuwait	232	194	227	184	172	201	1210	201.67		1210
26.	Mishaal Al-Roomi	Kuwait	194	179	202	234	204	189	1202	200.33		1202
27.	Fahad Ali	Kuwait	205	227	173	172	195	224	1196	199.33		1196
28.	Ali Ahmad Al-Saffar	UAE	219	189	153	221	212	197	1191	198.50		1191
29.	Khalifa Al-Saada	Qatar	213	191	186	210	204	182	1186	197.67		1186
30.	Bassam Najjar	LIB	200	195	220	230	188	152	1185	197.50		1185
31.	Ahmed Ali Al-Hamma	UAE	178	203	169	236	166	229	1181	196.83		1181
32.	Nadia Al Awadhi	Bahrain	175	161	173	198	228	197	1132	188.67	48	1180
33.	Khalil Al-Mothen	Qatar	196	150	196	173	231	232	1178	196.33		1178
34.	Jamal Al-Sahoti	Qatar	224	211	188	194	198	156	1171	195.17		1171
35.	Salem Al-Marzouqi	Qatar	216	178	176	148	242	191	1151	191.83		1151
36.	Alfonso Sanchez	Philippines	182	180	195	163	225	200	1145	190.83		1145
37.	Mohammed Azaabi	UAE	221	177	228	145	203	168	1142	190.33		1142
38.	Rauben Abrau Malubay	Philippines	205	179	176	162	201	214	1137	189.50		1137
39.	Hassan Abdul Rahman	Qatar	204	160	171	210	200	190	1135	189.17		1135
40.	Mohammed Jamal	Qatar	174	213	195	180	181	191	1134	189.00		1134
41.	Mohammed Falah	Bahrain	149	209	182	202	177	213	1132	188.67		1132
42.	Ali Abdulla Al-Ali	Qatar	203	202	203	154	187	176	1125	187.50		1125
43.	Meshari Al-Fadli	Kuwait	164	204	187	153	180	232	1120	186.67		1120
44.	Sami Noor	Bahrain	147	147	235	208	202	176	1115	185.83		1115
45.	Abdulhadi Al-Suneidi	Qatar	179	149	225	180	194	186	1113	185.50		1113
46.	Ronaldo Medrano	Philippines	200	151	192	208	184	169	1104	184.00		1104
47.	Waheed Al-Abdulla	Qatar	160	147	198	213	206	174	1098	183.00		1098
48.	Jimmy Mortensen	Denmark	213	165	170	178	182	189	1097	182.83		1097
49.	Ricardo Macatula	Philippines	177	205	151	198	175	189	1095	182.50		1095
50.	Frederic Devilleres	Philippines	231	157	157	224	169	157	1095	182.50		1095
51.	Hasan	Bahrain	160	191	170	188	135	248	1092	182.00		1092
52.	Fuaad Almas	UAE	223	231	162	140	166	169	1091	181.83		1091
53.	Hani Saleh Nasr	Palestine	163	201	167	167	191	189	1078	179.67		1078
54.	Mohammed Ismail	Qatar	150	221	203	184	171	148	1077	179.50		1077
55.	Hazeem Al-Merekhi	Qatar	204	136	194	164	223	152	1073	178.83		1073
56.	Jens Grieger	Germany	163	169	221	151	186	177	1067	177.83		1067
57.	Marc Lexter	Philippines	146	247	211	129	157	166	1056	176.00		1056
58.	Taysey Al-Qusei	Palestine	214	151	174	124	169	223	1055	175.83		1055
59.	Ali Al-Jabir	Qatar	158	181	178	185	150	196	1048	174.67		1048
60.	Prince Mohd. Al-Saud	Saudi Arabia	190	143	243	179	148	141	1044	174.00		1044
61.	Joseph Hasrooni	LIB	162	171	144	170	216	179	1042	173.67		1042
62.	Ahmed Al-Deyab	Qatar	161	179	184	152	174	188	1038	173.00		1038
63.	Mohammed Al-Nuair	UAE	158	175	195	189	157	154	1028	171.33		1028
64.	Ali Ibrahim	Qatar	157	178	167	179	160	183	1024	170.67		1024
65.	Mohammed A Al-Shaabi	Qatar	150	181	225	152	194	122	1024	170.67		1024
66.	John Macatula	Philippines	190	158	154	175	181	164	1022	170.33		1022
67.	Mohammed Al-Marzouki	UAE	172	171	134	168	169	199	1013	168.83		1013
68.	Ali Hashim	Qatar	164	162	144	189	144	199	1002	167.00		1002
69.	Emad Jahromi	Bahrain	174	161	186	176	147	145	989	164.83		989
70.	Fahad Al-Kuwari	Qatar	117	184	197	146	155	131	930	155.00		930
71.	Rashid Al-Murikhi	Qatar	169	146	137	123	169	131	875	145.83		875
72.	Abdulla Al-Theyab	Qatar	190	102	151	127	136	165	871	145.17		871
73.	Surin Furcoi	Romania	152	120	115	180	138	156	861	143.50		861
74.	Omar Faleh Ali	Qatar	127	138	132	138	92	195	822	137.00		822
75.	Khalill Aqil	Jordan	208	143	132	0	0	0	483	161.00		483