Norwegian Open by Storm 2026

Informasjon

REGISTRATION OPENS FRIDAY 27th March at 9am

Norwegian Open by Storm 2026 is part of Thunder Ranking 2026

Tournament Format

Entry categories
games played in american style
Primary entry, 6 games
Re-entries, 6 games
Turbo (game 5 and 6)

Entry fees - Norwegian Open by Storm 2026

Turbo definition
Turbo 1 refers to the two highest score in game 5
Turbo 2 refers to the two highest score in game 6
Registration for the turbo is made in connection with registration and payment, which must take place before the squad starts.

Definition of Juniors
Athletes not born before 1 September 2007

Definition of Veterans
Athlete who is at least 50 years of age at the first day of the tournament

Limitations with registered squads until start of tournament

• Limited to being registered for a total 3 squads
• Players are limited to register a maximum of 2 squads for the final weekend (4th-5th of September) until tournament starts on the 28th of August 2026.

Totally 54 Athletes are qualified for the Finals
40 athletes, positioned 1-40 in the general standing:

• Athletes positioned 1-8 are qualified for Final 4
• Athletes positioned 9-16 are qualified for Final 3
• Athletes positioned 17-30 are qualified for Final 2
• Athletes positioned 31-40 are qualified for Final 1

16 athletes qualified for Final 1 from the following gates:

• 4 athletes from a separate standing consisting of scores from squad 1-9
• 2 highest scoring women, not qualified from the general standing
• 2 highest scoring juniors, not qualified from the general standing
• 2 highest scoring veterans, not qualified from the general standing
• 2 highest scoring athletes in Turbo 1, not qualified from any other standing
• 2 highest scoring athletes in Turbo 2, not qualified from any other standing

If an athlete is qualified from more than one standing, he will qualify according to a priority of standings as listed above. The next positioned athlete in the other standing(s), where the same athlete is qualified as well, will then qualify instead.

Final step 1

24 athletes will play 4 games starting from scratch
Athletes positioned 1-10 is qualified for the Final step 2
Athletes positioned 11-24 will be ranked 41-54

Final step 2

24 athletes will play 4 games starting from scratch
Athletes positioned 1-8 is qualified for the Final step 3
Athletes positioned 9-24 will be ranked 25-40

Final step 3

16 athletes will play 4 games starting from scratch
Athletes positioned 1-8 is qualified for the Final step 4
Athletes positioned 9-16 will be ranked 17-24

Final step 4

16 athletes will play 4 games starting from scratch
Athletes positioned 1-4 is qualified for the final step 4
Athletes positioned 5-16 will be ranked 5-16

Step ladder final

4 athletes will play step ladder final.
Position 4 play 1 game against position 3, winner meets position 2 and so on.
3 matches will be played in the step ladder round to decide the winner of Norwegian Open by Storm 2025.

Hotel information:

Quality Hotel Sarpsborg
Booking code: NorwegianOpen

Phone: +47 69 10 15 00
Email: monika.finjord@strawberry.no
Website: Quality Hotel™ Sarpsborg | Sarpsborg | Strawberry

BALL RULE:

The Tournament follows NBF-rule §4.16.2b:
It is not allowed to use urethane or urethane-like balls listed on the prohibited-list published on https://www.bowling.no/forbudsliste-over-uretan-og-uretanlignende-kuler/