The WTBA International Open, the first WTBA owned and operated World Bowling Tour event, will feature a European-style re-entry format. There will be 20 qualifying squads and bowlers may compete on any squad to try to post their best six-game total.
Women will receive six pins handicap per game.
After the conclusion of the 20 squads, the top 44 scores will qualify for the finals along with four bowlers from the one-game Desperado Squad at the end of qualifying.
The final three remaining bowlers in the finals format will earn an expenses-paid trip to suburban Paris for the stepladder finals, which will be held in conjunction with the Brunswick Euro Challenge on March 25.
The WTBA International Open will feature a first-place prize of at least $20,000 and an overall prize fund that will exceed $100,000.
Sunday, 29 January, 2012 (All day) to Sunday, 5 February, 2012 (All day)