Harald Scheuer of Luxembourg led the second qualifying squad of the Ebonite International Luxembourg Open to move into second place in the overall qualifying standings. He received 150 Euro for winning the squad.

Scheuer (pictured left) felled 1243 pins, an average of 207.17, Tuesday evening at X-Treme Bowling & Billard in Foetz, Luxembourg, and was the sole player in the squad with a 200-plus average.

Day one leader Uwe Blank (right), Germany, remained in the pole position and has a comfortable 107-pin lead with 1350 six-game total and an average of 225.00.

Sandrine Peelman, all Belgium, is still the best woman with 1139 including 48 pins handicap but slipped already out of the top 14, who will earn a bye for the first round of the finals.

Qualifying continues on Wednesday, March 17, with Squad 3 scheduled for 8 p.m. CET.

The Ebonite International Luxembourg Open will be held from March 16-21, 2010 at 20-laner X-Treme Bowling & Billard in Foetz, Luxembourg and offers total prize fund of 30.000 Euro with 4.000 Euro going to the winner.

The tournament is the sixth stop of the 2010 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Satellite" tournaments. Since the Ankara Open and the Austria Challenge have been cancelled, the 2010 EBT Tour consists of 19 events - 2 EBT Platinum tournament (formerly Premier), 6 EBT Gold tournaments (formerly Major), 7 EBT Silver tournaments (formerly Challenger) and 4 EBT Satellite tournaments (new category).

U.S. Open champion Bill O'Neill (left), United States, is the defending champion. O'Neill defeated Francois Louw, South Africa, 504-452, in Oct. 2009 to win his first EBT title. Nicole Sanders (right), Netherlands, finished third last year to win the women's ranking.

Qualifying runs from Monday, March 15 though Saturday March 20, with the final qualifying squad 13 scheduled for 8 p.m. and ends with the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad slated for 11.30 p.m. CET.

The Ebonite International Luxembourg Open will be contested on a 43 feet long lane pattern called Sexy Curve to Moulin Rouge.

A total of 50 players - the top 44 from the qualifying (six games) and top 6 from the Desperado Squad - will qualify for the finals on Sunday, March 21. The top 14 players will receive one bye and will seeded 1-14 in Round 2.

The remaining 36 players will bowl 6 games starting from scratch. The top 18, seeded 15th-32nd, will join the top 14 qualifiers in single-elimination matches over two games total pinfall. The highest seed bowls the lowest seed, the second highest bowls the second lowest, etc.

The single-elimination finals start with the Round of 32. The field will be cut to 16, 8, 4 and then 2 players who will vie for the title and 4.000 Euro top prize.

 

Qualifying Standings after Squad 2

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Hc	Total
1.	Uwe Blank	Germany	190	256	213	235	232	224	1350	225.00		1350
2.	Harald Scheuer	Luxembourg	211	193	225	191	223	200	1243	207.17		1243
3.	Jean Louis Francois	Belgium	169	202	211	163	236	222	1203	200.50		1203
4.	Grégory Vanderpypen	Belgium	204	139	204	210	186	253	1196	199.33		1196
5.	Ronald Sigmond	Netherlands	209	137	237	190	215	200	1188	198.00		1188
6.	Pascal Pipart	Luxembourg	179	182	197	234	187	207	1186	197.67		1186
7.	David Manderscheid	Luxembourg	185	186	204	190	216	203	1184	197.33		1184
8.	Alexander Tarsoly	Hungary	223	157	210	210	205	175	1180	196.67		1180
9.	Marco Sigmond	Netherlands	184	189	249	157	173	217	1169	194.83		1169
10.	Jean Mercatoris	Luxembourg	215	208	165	213	169	199	1169	194.83		1169
11.	Jeff Brons	Luxembourg	176	203	222	198	199	170	1168	194.67		1168
12.	Christophe Bierlaire	Belgium	205	157	199	149	221	225	1156	192.67		1156
13.	René Peelman	Belgium	212	190	161	177	224	183	1147	191.17		1147
14.	Sacha Vitali	Luxembourg	247	213	157	209	141	176	1143	190.50		1143
15.	Sandrine Peelman	Belgium	185	168	190	168	223	157	1091	181.83	48	1139
16.	Philip De Corte	Belgium	190	170	216	186	191	177	1130	188.33		1130
17.	Noel De lazzer	France	188	198	179	182	203	173	1123	187.17		1123
18.	Robert Vallons	Belgium	194	176	170	184	172	222	1118	186.33		1118
19.	Junior Espenocilla	Luxembourg	180	236	176	146	189	190	1117	186.17		1117
20.	Jorge Becker	Germany	183	178	251	195	166	141	1114	185.67		1114
21.	Ryan Vanderschueren	Belgium	167	194	184	206	172	189	1112	185.33		1112
22.	Silvia Küppers	Germany	133	176	192	214	176	171	1062	177.00	48	1110
23.	Lars Jacobi	Germany	163	190	173	192	167	223	1108	184.67		1108
24.	Claude Blaise	Luxembourg	149	147	233	192	207	174	1102	183.67		1102
25.	Romain Oberweis	Luxembourg	194	187	148	173	170	213	1085	180.83		1085
26.	Jim Pearce	Luxembourg	191	190	190	169	177	138	1055	175.83		1055
27.	Carina Benavente	Luxembourg	146	174	169	147	201	165	1002	167.00	48	1050
28.	Louis Hendriks	Netherlands	217	155	186	187	156	148	1049	174.83		1049
29.	Inka Uhl	Germany	160	179	143	168	174	173	997	166.17	48	1045
30.	Henri Jeitz	Luxembourg	179	151	170	153	199	192	1044	174.00		1044
31.	Maik Rolli	Germany	133	153	174	227	175	179	1041	173.50		1041
32.	Sven Oschmann	Germany	167	199	158	140	195	172	1031	171.83		1031
33.	Yannick Schwarz	Luxembourg	155	170	198	167	174	165	1029	171.50		1029
34.	Pascal Gigas	Belgium	114	179	191	205	190	148	1027	171.17		1027
35.	Piia Pearce	Luxembourg	160	183	153	188	147	148	979	163.17	48	1027
36.	Jean-Pierre Jossa	Luxembourg	163	165	170	171	190	164	1023	170.50		1023
37.	Jonathan Izard	France	176	164	177	156	158	190	1021	170.17		1021
38.	Nora Turci	Luxembourg	180	163	134	166	155	173	971	161.83	48	1019
39.	Jessica Goncalves	Luxembourg	176	143	160	179	168	145	971	161.83	48	1019
40.	Heiko Küppers	Germany	134	199	231	130	173	150	1017	169.50		1017
41.	Anke Rolli	Germany	176	198	138	154	175	121	962	160.33	48	1010
42.	Claude Legrand	Luxembourg	214	148	157	171	158	157	1005	167.50		1005
43.	Othello Pescarolo	Luxembourg	191	171	151	153	154	163	983	163.83		983
44.	Jean-Claude Eck	France	183	192	120	155	159	172	981	163.50		981
45.	Francisco Benavente	Luxembourg	167	167	172	148	170	143	967	161.17		967
46.	Patrick Leitienne	Luxembourg	199	144	165	150	124	174	956	159.33		956
47.	Christophe Janse	Luxembourg	161	164	142	189	161	123	940	156.67		940
48.	Mitch Brams	Belgium	245	130	166	100	135	159	935	155.83		935
49.	Tommy Thill	Luxembourg	134	127	165	173	153	177	929	154.83		929
50.	Claudia Benavente	Luxembourg	149	155	124	114	206	126	874	145.67	48	922
51.	Thomas Storck	France	132	141	173	150	147	171	914	152.33		914
52.	Nicole Becker	Luxembourg	147	153	131	145	151	127	854	142.33	48	902
53.	Gaston Thill	Luxembourg	133	131	145	139	111	172	831	138.50		831