Russian national team members Maria Bulanova of Nizny Novgorod and Alexey Parshukov of Ekaterinburg (pictured left, l-r) won the Russian World Cup Qualifier to clinch a berth in the 50th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup at Sky Bowling Center in Wroclaw, Poland (Nov. 1-9, 2014).

In addition, the duo will also represent Russia in the European Champions Cup at Keiluhollin, Egilsholl bowling center in Reykjavik, Iceland (Oct. 13-19, 2014).

14 men and four women bowled 20 games of qualifying at Hippo Bowling center in Ekaterinburg. The top 8 men and all women bowled advanced to seven games of round robin match play to determine the winner.

Parshukov averaged 229.40 in qualifying to lead his neraest competitor, Igor Gorodnichy by 210 pins heading into match play. He posted the highest 1535 series, an average of 219.29 and received 100 bonus pins to crusie to victory with 6223 total and an overall average of 226.78.

Gorodnichy was 401 pins behind to finish in second place with 5822 (212.67) with Alexander Medveditskov close behind in third place with 5809.

15-year-old Maria Bulanova, who became the youngest player ever to win a European Bowling Tour title when she won the 2013 Russian Open at the tender age of 14, averaged 211.25 for 20 games of qualifying to lead Evgeniya Zelenkova by 131 pins, 4225 to 4094.

Bulanova, who bowls on the Russian youth and adult national team, averaged 231.57 in patch play our averaging Zelenkova by 23 pins to easily win the event with 5906 total including 60 bonus pins and an overall average of 216.52. Zelenkova was 312 pins beind in second place with 5594.

Photo courtesy of Max Bulanov.

 

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Russian BWC Qualifier - Women's Division after Match Play (final)

Pos	Player	B/F	G21	G22	G23	G24	G25	G26	G27	Pins	Avg.	Bonus	Total	Avg.
1.	Maria Bulanova	4225	238	258	208	269	205	229	214	1621	231.57	60	5906	216.52
2.	Evgeniya Zelenkova	4094	200	248	176	194	214	234	194	1460	208.57	40	5594	205.70
3.	Oksana Suslova	3350	184	180	177	188	173	221	192	1315	187.86	20	4685	172.78
4.	Alena Sitnichenko	3443	160	142	137	193	164	159	189	1144	163.43	0	4587	169.89

 

Russian BWC Qualifier - Men's Division after Match Play (final)

Pos	Player	B/F	G21	G22	G23	G24	G25	G26	G27	Pins	Avg.	Bonus	Total	Avg.
1.	Aleksey Parshukov	4588	204	264	268	207	202	177	213	1535	219.29	100	6223	226.78
2.	Igor Gorodnichy	4378	189	208	211	196	225	190	145	1364	194.86	80	5822	212.67
3.	Alexander Medveditskov	4176	233	226	215	236	215	192	196	1513	216.14	120	5809	210.70
4.	Eugeny Mineev	4266	198	224	156	215	154	252	200	1399	199.86	80	5745	209.81
5.	Anton Zelenkov	4214	239	220	144	158	257	192	203	1413	201.86	100	5727	208.41
6.	Alexey Yaroslavtsev	3953	223	178	155	204	182	193	187	1322	188.86	20	5295	195.37
7.	Andrey Ryzikov	3913	177	129	203	195	149	201	207	1261	180.14	40	5214	191.63
8.	Andrey Rasputin	3780	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3780	DNF

 

Russian BWC Qualifier - Women's Division after 20 games

Pos	Player	B/F	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	G9	G10	Total	Ave.
1.	Maria Bulanova	2066	202	216	198	220	217	226	229	243	238	170	4225	211.25
2.	Evgeniya Zelenkova	2053	235	248	204	186	259	161	189	199	189	171	4094	204.70
3.	Alena Sitnichenko	1686	212	203	212	154	170	171	158	171	136	170	3443	172.15
4.	Oksana Suslova	1655	158	189	146	169	204	177	132	179	170	171	3350	167.50

 

Russian BWC Qualifier - Men's Division after 20 games

Top 8 advance to round robin match play

Pos	Player	B/F	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	G9	G10	Total	Ave.
1.	Aleksey Parshukov	2330	268	212	203	203	290	203	267	211	188	213	4588	229.40
2.	Igor Gorodnichy	2192	221	198	280	257	188	219	189	183	256	195	4378	218.90
3.	Eugeny Mineev	2190	218	266	224	247	183	161	175	202	198	202	4266	213.30
4.	Anton Zelenkov	1984	258	219	204	215	215	257	213	197	196	256	4214	210.70
5.	Alexander Medveditskov	2001	194	221	155	268	203	237	268	234	227	168	4176	208.80
6.	Alexey Yaroslavtsev	2018	234	148	144	160	195	233	228	176	217	200	3953	197.65
7.	Andrey Ryzikov	1980	233	190	170	180	184	163	182	202	225	204	3913	195.65
8.	Andrey Rasputin	1858	177	161	223	177	208	204	211	246	181	134	3780	189.00
9.	Anton Moshkin	1876	158	189	159	154	179	190	188	198	183	182	3656	182.80
10.	Mikhail Trofimov	1864	221	149	127	168	197	167	160	226	151	169	3599	179.95
11.	Anton Makarov	1672	241	194	183	170	166	153	167	195	178	135	3454	172.70
12.	Vasily Kugach	1699	182	188	205	158	169	152	152	156	183	185	3429	171.45
13.	Vladislav Ukhov	1628	189	147	148	148	154	192	128	154	161	173	3222	161.10
14.	Eugeny Kochurov	1534	139	153	134	179	163	189	128	159	165	179	3122	156.10

 

Russian BWC Qualifier - Women's Division after 10 games

Pos	Player	Region	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	G9	G10	Pins	Ave.
1.	Maria Bulanova	Nizny Novgorod	183	193	186	216	205	233	169	223	199	259	2066	206.60
2.	Evgeniya Zelenkova	Ekaterinburg	178	226	202	198	234	210	187	209	175	234	2053	205.30
3.	Alena Sitnichenko	Ekaterinburg	175	181	183	135	167	190	171	164	166	154	1686	168.60
4.	Oksana Suslova	Ekaterinburg	137	155	190	185	160	157	152	174	185	160	1655	165.50

 

Russian BWC Qualifier - Men's Division after 10 games

Pos	Player	Region	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	G9	G10	Pins	Ave.
1.	Aleksey Parshukov	Ekaterinburg	190	226	236	297	233	277	255	255	155	206	2330	233.00
2.	Igor Gorodnichy	Ekaterinburg	208	248	225	175	245	225	197	246	185	238	2192	219.20
3.	Eugeny Mineev	Altai Territory	269	270	179	244	200	202	186	211	226	203	2190	219.00
4.	Alexey Yaroslavtsev	Ekaterinburg	227	177	228	255	172	213	179	234	169	164	2018	201.80
5.	Alexander Medveditskov	St. Petersburg	220	174	215	187	211	195	192	211	175	221	2001	200.10
6.	Anton Zelenkov	Altai Territory	197	179	179	228	206	215	180	194	212	194	1984	198.40
7.	Andrey Ryzikov	Ekaterinburg	205	162	191	201	226	224	150	180	219	222	1980	198.00
8.	Anton Moshkin	Ekaterinburg	211	163	173	202	246	168	187	190	172	164	1876	187.60
9.	Mikhail Trofimov	Ekaterinburg	177	202	166	185	204	195	154	194	201	186	1864	186.40
10.	Andrey Rasputin	Ekaterinburg	173	182	213	205	171	215	182	179	158	180	1858	185.80
11.	Vasily Kugach	Ekaterinburg	166	133	205	145	166	178	147	168	196	195	1699	169.90
12.	Anton Makarov	Ekaterinburg	133	153	195	175	204	155	142	171	171	173	1672	167.20
13.	Vladislav Ukhov	Ekaterinburg	152	159	126	185	154	153	178	195	147	179	1628	162.80
14.	Eugeny Kochurov	Ekaterinburg	142	144	124	154	155	155	160	169	149	182	1534	153.40