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 being invited.
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 being invited.
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.
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.
The Inaugural EBT Masters was held in the Rollhouse bowling centre in Ankara, Turkey. The winners of the Event were Osku Palermaa of Finland and Kamilla Kjeldsen of 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.
| Seed | Player | Score | Seed | Player | Game Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dominic Barrett | 1 - 2 | 8 | Paul Moor | 227-205, 215-226, 226-246 |
| 2 |  Osku Palermaa | 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 | 233-258, 258-181, 243-252 |
| Seed | Player | Score | Seed | Player | Game Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Osku Palermaa | 2 - 1 | 8 | Paul Moor | 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 | 2 - 1 | 6 | Pasi Uotila | 180-212, 220-207, 242-209 |
| 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 | 234-182, 197-210, 204-222 |
| 3 | Kirsten Penny | 2 - 1 | 6 | Krista Pöllänen | 259-217, 188-225, 257-170 |
| 4 | Nina Flack | 1 - 2 | 5 | Zara Glover | 225-196, 186-195, 190-238 |
| Seed | Player | Score | Seed | Player | Game Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Kirsten Penny | 0 - 2 | 8 | Kamilla Kjeldsen | 233-245, 202-222 |
| 5 | Zara Glover | 0 - 2 | 7 | Britt Brøndsted | 187-204, 208-226 |
| Seed | Player | Score | Seed | Player | Game Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Britt Brøndsted | 0 - 2 | 8 | Kamilla Kjeldsen | 187-188, 179-237 |