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Team Europe wins the 2017 Atlantic Challenge Cup

07/07/2017 Team Europe wins the 2017 Atlantic Challenge Cup After the disastrous day yesterday, team USA started out better today. The first two matches were mixed doubles. Leading 7:1, Europe had a big advantage and could enter the arena more relaxed than the US team. The first scotch double was played between Maksim Dudanets and Kristina Tkach versus Ricky Evans and April Larson. Though the US players contended much better than yesterday, they still made mistakes in their pocketing and – even worse – in their shot selection. Instead of going for a good safety shot, they went for the rail shots and most of the time missed them. Still, the first match was quite close and the Europeans were able to win it in the end with 6:4. The second scotch double was even closer. Patrick Hofmann and Diana Khodjaeva went hill-hill against Shane Wolford and Sierra Reams. Rack 11 was the decider in that match. Sierra Reams broke the rack and came up with an illegal break. Both teams exchanged safety shots and […]

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Disastrous day for Team USA – Europe whitewashed their opponents

06/07/2017 Disastrous day for Team USA – Europe whitewashed their opponents Today team Europe shocked their opponents from the United States. Starting into the day with a 2:1 lead, the score board now displays a score of 7:1 for Europe after 5 matches from today. A total disaster for the US contingency. The day started with two scotch doubles. The boys opened up the fight at 15:00 CET. Europe was represented by the two Polish lads Wiktor Zielinski and Daniel Maciol while USA entered the arena with Nathan Childress and Manny Perez. The first four racks of that match were quite exciting since team USA took a 1:0 and 2:1 lead. But Europe tied the match at 2:2 and turned the double into a one sided affair. Quick play and insecure safety shots determined the US game while the Europeans kept calm and played up to their ability. Zielinski and Maciol took four consecutive racks and won the match with 6:2 over Perez and Childress. That turned the overall score to 3:1 for Europe. The […]

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Team Europe takes a 2:1 lead while the US team draws first blood

05/07/2017 Team Europe takes a 2:1 lead while the US team draws first blood Today the 2017 Atlantic Challenge Cup started at 19:30 in the Sports Stadium in Klagenfurt, Austria. The first match was a line up with all six players of each team playing against one another. Team Europe had the far better start. After seven racks, the European were ahead 5:2, only needing one more rack for the victory and the first point in the event. But the US team stayed in there and fought their way back into the match. The tide turned in rack eight when Manny Perez (USA) ran out on Daniel Maciol (POL). That gave some momentum for team USA. They also won the following two racks and managed to tie that first match at 5:5. The decider was played between Shane Wolford (USA) and Wiktor Zielinski (POL). There, Zielinski broke end had the 1-ball down but he did not really have a shot at the 2-ball. He came up with a poor safety and allowed Wolford back into […]

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Atlantic Challenge Cup streaming is live and free, for everyone!!!

03/07/2017 Atlantic Challenge Cup streaming is live and free, for everyone!!! With the third staging of the Atlantic Challenge Cup quickly approaching, the EPBF announced today that the entire event will be streamed live via the EPBF facebook page. With only a day before the teams start arriving, it is great news that everybody anywhere will be able to see this great event unfold said IBPF President David Morris. And for those of you who do not use the social media giant, you can still watch this event live and free via our partner Kozoom, just log into www.kozoom.com register and you’ll be there with us he continued. Johnny Archer (the Scorpion) will be the guest captain for team USA and he’ll be battling his wits against the world 9-ball champion Albin Ouschan who will be team Europe’s captain. The event takes place at Sportpark Klagenfurt in Austria between the 5th and 8th of July. Six players from Europe, six from America, the best from each Continent will battle it out to capture the third […]

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Atlantic Challenge Cup Streaming Announced

27/06/2015 Organizers of the Atlantic Challenge Cup have agreed to grant streaming rights for the inaugural staging of the Atlantic Challenge Cup to Kozoom, one of the world’s leading billiard event streamers. As such, Kozoom has agreed to show the Atlantic Challenge Cup through their multimedia platform. Membership can be obtained on the Kozoom website www.kozoom.com or you can find the live stream link on the Atlantic Challenge Cup website. http://www.x-patspoolleagues.com/#!atlantic-challenge-cup/c5ay A 10 day pass will cost 24.99 Euros which will also give you access to replays in case you miss the matches. An annual pass is just 99.00 Euros and will give subscribers access to all the European pool scene for the entire year with hundreds of hours of replays, including the upcoming European Championships and Eurotour. To promote the event and show the quality of the streaming involved, organizers will provide Wednesday evening’s session completely free to everyone, as long as you register via the Kozoom website. Beginning Thursday subscribers will be required to purchase a pass to watch these young guns do […]