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Kaci through to quarter-finals in 9-ball

Kaci through to quarter-finals in 9-ball The Dynamic European Championships – Youth, Seniors & Ladies Portoroz, Slovenia – 1-16 aug 2014 07/08/2014 Eklent Kaci (ALB) booked his seat in the quarter-final round of the 9-ball competition of the U17 players. In the round of the last 16 players, Kaci defeated Fedor Gorst (RUS) with 7:4. He will now face Johannes Schmitt (GER) in the quarter-final match. Kaci is probably one of the bigger surprises at this Dynamic Billard European Championships for Youth. He plays rock solid and convinces with his performance. He already won the Bronze Medal in 8-ball and the Silver Medal in 10-ball earlier this week. Coming here to Portoroz completely unheralded, it will be interesting to follow where the road of this young player will lead him to. The defending Champion Jan van Lierop (NED) could not live up to his performance from last year and lost two matches in order to be eliminated from the event. HIs teammates Kaylash Persad and Cyriel Ledoux (both NED) will play each other in the […]

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Filler and Maciol grab the Gold Medals

Filler and Maciol grab the Gold Medals The Dynamic European Championships – Youth, Seniors & Ladies Portoroz, Slovenia – 1-16 aug 2014 02/08/2014 The first medals have been awarded at the 2014 Dynamic Billard European Youth Championships in Portoroz, Slovenia. Joshua Filler (GER) won the juniors division while Daniel Maciol (POL) took the title in the pupils division. Filler has been one of the favorite players in the event. Being the defending champion in the pupils, he played his first year in the juniors division since he has reached the age limit. But also in the juniors, no one was able to stop Filler. He eliminated Tian Zhang (SWE) in the semi-final with 100:67 and won the final match over Spasian Spasov (BUL) with 100:47. Spasov, who overcame Daniel Tangudd (SWE) in the semi-final, was the underdog in the final. He fought his way through the chart and the second place is definitely a huge success for the Bulgarian. Maciol had a tough match in the semi-final with Patrick Hofmann (GER). He just managed to […]

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High quality matches in juniors and pupils straight pool on day 1

High quality matches in juniors and pupils straight pool on day 1 The Dynamic European Championships – Youth, Seniors & Ladies Portoroz, Slovenia – 1-16 aug 2014 01/08/2014 In the juniors division, last year’s most successful player Joshua Filler (GER) played for the first time just coming out of the pupils. His play was as strong as it used to be. The young German who also participates in the men’s Euro-Tour at times won all his matches today with clear results. He defeated Patryk Statkiewicz (POL) 100:28, Andreas Madsen (DEN) 100:47, Klemen Gradisnik (SLO) 100:44 and in the quarter-final match Pawel Kaczmarek (POL) 100:26 even. He will meet Tian Zhang (SWE) in tomorrow’s semi-final at 17:30 CET. Zhang surprisingly ousted Raphael Wahl (GER) in his quarter-final match with 100:82. The second semi-final will be played between Spasian Spasov (BUL) and Daniel Tangudd (SWE). In that match, Tangudd definitely is the player who could be regarded as the favorite. But Spasov has proven today that he should not be underestimated by any opponent in this event. […]

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Andreuzzi over Ibric like a hurricane

Khodjaeva once again on the loser’s side Sarajevo,  Bosnia  &  Hercegovina:  With  an  8:0  whitewash,  Nino Andreuzzi (GER) finished Azur Ibric’s (BIH) hopes in the 9-ball competition. The game was 9-ball and the round was the  single  elimination  round  of  the  final  32 junior players. 9-ball is  a short rack game and is   said  to  be  the  fastest  of  all  pool-billiard games.  However,  Andreuzzi took that probably  a  bit  too  literally  in  his   match  with Ibric. He played fluently  and quick, coming to a 5:0 lead after only  23 minutes. The Bosnian definitely  was the underdog in this encounter from   the  very  beginning.  Andreuzzi  had already  taken two medals this week – Bronze in  straight  pool  and  Gold  in  10-ball.  But  still Ibric was playing on his home turf  having the support  of  the  vivacious Bosnian  crowd.  But that did not seem  to impress Andreuzzi at all. He consequently  played his rhythm and punished  Ibric  for his mistakes.  In  the 6th  rack,  Ibric  got  to  the  9-ball  and  had  a  good  chance  to  finally  open  […]

International

Longoni Benelux Open 2013

„Nick van den Berg (NED) gewinnt Longoni Benelux Open 2013 im Finale gegen Ralf Souquet (GER) mit 8-6. Den 3. Platz teilen sich Ivo Aarts (NED) und Niels Feijen (NED)!“ Am Freitag beginnt in Leuven/Belgien die 5. Ausgabe der Longoni Benelux Open. Die Benelux Open gehören nun seit einigen Jahren zu den Highlights im europäischen Pool Billard Turnierkalender. Das 10 Ball Event zieht jedes Jahr viele Topspieler aus ganz Europa an und das liegt nicht nur am garantierten Preisgeld von 10.000 Euro. Die Organisation sowie die Promotion für dieses Event sind absolut erstklassig. Der Austragungsort ist das Billardlokal De Loft in Leuven. Die Stadt Leuven gehört für mich zu den schönsten Städten in ganz Belgien und ist nicht nur wegen der Benelux Open eine Reise wert. Im Vorjahr gewann Daryl Peach (GBR) im Finale gegen Niels Feijen (NED) mit 8-5. Auch dieses Jahr hat es der Veranstalter erneut geschafft ein sehr exklusives Feld auf die Beine zu stellen. In diesem Jahr wird kein geringerer als BCA Hall of Famer Ralf Souquet (GER) bei den Longoni […]