Ab dem kommenden Donnerstag, den 16. Mai findet das wohl außergewöhnlichste Turnier auf europäischen Boden statt, der Ardennen Cup 2013. Bis zum 20. Mai treffen sich in Ettelbrück/Luxemburg ca. 600 Spieler aus ganz Europa. Die Veranstaltung findet jedes Jahr über Pfingsten statt und gehört für die meisten zum Pflichtprogramm im Turnierkalender. Das 8 Ball Event

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Die World 9 Ball China Open 2013 finden vom 12. – 19. Mai in Shanghai statt. Das World Tournament gilt mittlerweile als das Topevent in der Billardwelt. Nach den absagen der 8 Ball und 10 Ball Weltmeisterschaften kann sich die Weltelite auf das am stärksten besetzte Turnier der Welt freuen.  Bei den Herren und Damen

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The EPBF General Assembly 2013… …was held in Portoroz, Slovenia, during the Dynamic Billiards European Championships. Many EPBF member nations have sent their delegates to this biannual meeting. Important decisions which will point the way for the EPBF in the future have been taken. The delegates present came up with a lot of questions which

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Nick van den Berg is EPBF Player of the Year 2012 Portoroz,  Slovenia:  The  Dynamic  Billard  European  Championships  for Men, Women and Wheelchair Athletes have come to an end. In  the  men’s division,  team Netherlands with  Niels  Feijen,  Nick  van  den  Berg  and Huidji  See  won  the  Gold  with  a  2:1  victory over  a  strong 

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Final day begins with team’s quarter-finals Portoroz, Slovenia: In a classic thriller, Team Netherlands  defeated Team Germany with 2:1. It  is   a  historical  event  for  Team Germany.  It  will  be  the  first  time  that  they  go home  from  a  European  Championships without  any  medal.  They  have  given  their Dutch  opponents  a  hard  time  though.  Niels

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Exciting upsets during the 9-ball competition Portoroz, Slovenia:  In an amazing match, Bahram  Lotfy  (DEN) eliminated former World Champion Oliver Ortmann (GER) with 9:5. The match probably could not have gone any better for Lotfy  or any  worse for  Ortmann.  Statistics  of  the  match  say  that  both players  played  on  an  equal level.  They  both 

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One sided match for the young Russian Portoroz,  Slovenia:  In a very  one sided match,  Ruslan Chinakhov  (RUS) defeated Tomasz Kaplan (POL) clearly with 8:2. Both players had a great  start  and ran their  racks to  get to  1:1.  On  paper,  one  would  have expected  the match to stay  very  close since the two contestants 

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Van den Berg even defended his title Portoroz,  Slovenia:  The  2013  Dynamic  Billard  European  Straight  Pool Champions are Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) and Nick van den Berg (NED). Jasmin  Ouschan  defeated Katarzyna Wesolowska  (POL)  in  the  final  with  75:15. The  match  is   perfectly  portrayed  by  that result.  Wesolowska  had  no  chance  against Ouschan  at  any  time 

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“Business as usual” in the women’s division Portoroz,  Slovenia:  Tomasz  Kaplan  (POL)  just  creamed  the  2010 European Straight Pool Champion David Alcaide (ESP) with 125:58. The  match was  always in  Kaplan’s hands. From  the  very  beginning,  the Polish demonstrated his strong will to make it to  the  final  of  this  year’s  straight  pool competition.  He 

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Van den Berg demolishes Chawki with a powerful demonstration of his skill Portoroz,  Slovenia:   In a high class straight pool match,  Oliver Ortmann (GER) overpowered Artem Koshovyi (UKR) with 100:55. Ortmann  began  the match  and  started his account  by  scoring 42  points. Then  Koshovyi  had  the  chance  of  making some points  but  he did not 

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