Tournament Format

Tournament format

Qualifying Round

Regular qualification will be over 12 games (two series of 6 games).

6-game re-entries (unlimited, subject to availability) will be possible in order to replace both initial series. IE The best 2 series will be considered for the Qualifying Total. Re-Entry reservations will be taken on a first-come-first-served basis, with waiting lists made if necessary.

Bowlers must register for their squad at least 30 minutes before the start of that squad. Late arrivals risk being removed from the squad.

Any Game Turbo

The Any Game Turbo is an athlete’s high game, including bonus, within any six-game series.

For all twelve initial qualifying games to be included, two Any Game Turbo entries will be required, one for each six-game series.

Desperado Squad

1 game, immediately after the final qualifying squad (Squad 15).

Lanes will not be re-dressed for the Desperado Squad, and there will be no lane alternation, i.e. desperado athletes will bowl all ten frames on the same lane.

36 Athletes will qualify for the Final Stages as follows

Qualifying Round: Top 28 athletes go through to the Final Stages as follows:

– Positions 1-6 will automatically go through to Final Stage 3

– Positions 7-12 will automatically go through to Final Stage 2

– Positions 13-28 will continue in Final Stage 1

Any Game Turbos: Top 4 Turbo Athletes will qualify in positions 29–32 for Final Stage 1

Desperado Squad: Top 4 Desperados will qualify in positions 33-36 for Final Stage 1

Final Stage 1

24 athletes will play 4 games, starting from scratch.

Top 12 will go through to Final Stage 2.

Non-qualifiers from this stage shall be ranked 25-36 accordingly.

Final Stage 2

18 athletes will play 4 games, starting from scratch.

Top 10 will go through to Final Stage 3.

Non-qualifiers from this stage shall be ranked 17-24 accordingly.

Final Stage 3

16 athletes will play 2 games Knock-Outs for total pin fall, including any bonuses.

The top 6 athletes from the Qualifying Round will be seeded 1-6 for this stage, while the 10 qualifiers from Final Stage 2 shall be seeded 7-16.

Non-qualifiers from this stage shall then be ranked 9-16 according to their previous seeding.

MATCH 1 MATCH 2 MATCH 3 MATCH 4

1^st vs 16^th 2^nd vs 15^th 3^rd vs 14^th 4^th vs 13^th

MATCH 5 MATCH 6 MATCH 7 MATCH 8

5^th vs 12^th 6^th vs 11^th 7^th vs 10^th 8^th vs  9^th

Final Stage 4 (Quarter Finals)

The 8 winning athletes from the Final Stage 3 will be reseeded 1-8 according to their previous seeding and play further 2 games Knock-Out matches for total pin fall.

The losing quarterfinalists shall be ranked 5-8 according to their previous seeding.

MATCH 1 MATCH 2 MATCH 3 MATCH 4

1^st vs 8^th 2^nd vs 7^th 3^rd vs 6^th 4^th vs 5^th

Final Stage 5 (Semi Finals)

The 4 winning athletes from Final Stage 4 will be reseeded 1-4 according to their previous seeding and play further 2 games Knock-Out matches for total pin fall.

The losing Semi-Finalists shall be ranked 3 and 4 according to their previous seeding.

MATCH 1 MATCH 2

1^st vs 4^th 2^nd vs 3^rd

Final Stage 6 (Grand Final)

A 2 Games Knock-Out match for total pin fall will decide the Champion and the Runner Up, of the 2025 Malta Open Championships.