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Jasmin Ouschan conquers another title for her collection

29. Februar 2016 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

28/02/2016 Jasmin Ouschan conquers another title for her collection Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) just won the Dynamic Billard Italian Open for Women in Treviso, Italy, with an easy 7:1 victory over Christine Wiechert (GER). It was Wiechert’s first appearance in a Euro-Tour final and she has had already several tough matches behind her so she seemed to be a bit tired and worn out already. Her opponent was completely the opposite. Ouschan is used to final matches and TV settings and long final days so she was very much on top of her game. That constellation was proven to be true during the final match. Wiechert seems to be out of power. Trailing 0:2 to strong Ouschan, she even missed an easy 9-ball. That was probably a crucial point in the match. From then on, the mistakes accumulated and Wiechert could not find any remedy against her strong opponent. Ouschan switched to „business-as-usual“ mode and took rack after rack. In the end, the final result of 7:1 in favor of Ouschan is a true display of […]

Magnificent standard of performance in Treviso

26. Februar 2016 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

25/02/2016 Magnificent standard of performance in Treviso The first day of the Dynamic Billard Italian Open in the BHR Best Western Hotel in Treviso, Italy, has proven one thing for sure: the level and standard of European pool billiards is extremely high. Clear victories were presented by two European star players who have decided to live in the United States these days. Mika Immonen (FIN) and Jayson Shaw (SCO) have attended the Euro-Tour since an absence of many years in order to find out about the competition level in Europe. „Iceman“ Immonen, who has participated in the Euro-Tour since its beginning in the early 90’s and is living in the US for many years now, whipped Rafig Adigazalov (EST) 9:1 and then remained the upper hand over Mateusz Sniegocki (POL) 9:7. „Eagle-eye“ Jayson Shaw had a bit more work to do today. His first round match against Guilherme Sousa (POR) finished quite clearly with 9:4 in favor of Shaw. Then the Scotsman had to face Estonia’s Denis Grabe. That match went hill-hill and Shaw was […]

Italian Open 2016

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Mieszko Fortunski (POL) gewinnt Italian Open 2016 im Finale gegen Ralf Souquet (GER) mit 9-6. Den 3. Platz belegen Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE) und Jayson Shaw (SCO). Die Italian Women Open 2016 gewinnt Jasmin Ouschan im Finale gegen Christine Wiechert (GER) mit 7-1. Den 3. Platz belegen Nataliya Seroshtan (RUS) und Katarzyna Wesolowska (POL). Am kommenden Donnerstag, den 25. Februar 2016 fällt der Startschuss für die Euro-Tour 2016. Wie in den letzten Jahren zuvor, startet die EPBF mit dem ersten Euro-Tour Event in Italien in das neue Jahr. Im sehr schönen BHR-Hotel in Treviso wird nahezu die gesamte europäische Pool Billard Elite am Start sein. Wenn am Samstag, den 27. Februar der Gewinner der Italian Open 2016 feststeht, hat dieser sich durch ein Teilnehmerfeld von knapp 200 Spieler durchgekämpft. Im letzten Jahr gewann der Niederländer Niels Feijen an gleicher Stelle im Finale gegen Nick Malaj aus Griechenland mit 9-2. Das Preisgeld beträgt 34.000 Euro und natürlich zählt diese Veranstaltung zur Qualifikation für das europäische Mosconi Cup Team –> 2016 Mosconi Cup – Team Europe qualification series […]

Player of the Year 2015 – the vote is on!

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11/02/2016 The vote for this year’s EPBF Player of the Year is on… Starting today, the public voting can be done on http://europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com/player-of-the-year/ Nominees for this coveted trophy are: Kamila Khodjaeva (BEL) Niels Feijen (NED) Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) Jouni Tahti (FIN) Francisco Diaz (ESP) They have all performed extremely well in 2015 and would all deserve the trophy. However, there can only be one player holding the title in the end. The voting consists of three parts: The public vote The website for the public vote will be open from now on until March 20th, 2016. The votes then will be counted and points will be awarded to the players, depending on how many votes they have received. The member vote All national federations will get a vote and can support the athlete of their liking. The Sponsor/Board/Special vote Special individuals will also get a voting card and can help their favorite through the card. All points through the three channels will be added and lead to the winner who will be presented during the […]

Duramith – The new benchmark in billiard balls

14. Januar 2016 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

13/01/2016 The EPBF & Saluc have had a long standing cooperation, the quality and service that comes with this partnership is second to none. For decades, the EPBF have used the Aramith billiard balls at every International event and it is this history & cooperation that has led to a further development. Saluc, the master behind Aramith billiard balls have again come up with a superior product that will take the billiard world by storm. The new product with it’s increased durability will surely cement Saluc as the leading supplier of billiard balls throughout the world. Just when you thought that things could not get better,the Aramith brand have improved on what was already considered the best in the business. For generations, Aramith have used a resin that produced superb billiard balls and with the new Duramith ™ Technology that has been developed, we can look forward to having the best equipment available for our athletes. With a totally overhauled resin formulation and with new hi-tec reticulation, cross-linking and curing technologies, the Aramith products now […]

Global8Ball.com – Play our Way!

29. November 2015 Sixpockets.de 2

(English Version, click here) In den letzten Jahren gab es weltweit eine Menge neuer Projekte in der Pool Billard Szene. Es waren tolle Ideen dabei. Viele mussten leider einsehen und erkennen das es mehr als schwierig ist Ihr Produkt bzw. Ihre Idee an den Mann und die Frau zu bringen und erfolgreich umzusetzen. Einige scheiterten an einer zu großen Erwartungshaltung und andere einfach nur, weil es schlicht und einfach zu kompliziert und wenig transparent war. Warum fängt dieser Blog genau mit diesen Hinweisen an und geht nicht direkt total euphorisch in die vollen? Weil wir realistisch sind und die Schwierigkeiten innerhalb der weltweiten Pool Billard Szene sehr gut kennen. Welche gescheiterten Projekte meinen wir im Einzelnen, nun diese Auflistung möchten wir an dieser Stelle den Lesern und ehemaligen Beteiligten der Projekte ersparen, natürlich auch, damit wir nicht als ständig kritisierende „Böse Buben“ dastehen oder uns mit Anwälten herumärgern müssen 😉 Beim Global8ball.com Projekt ist der Ansatz ein anderer und die eigentliche Motivation ist die Verbesserung der weltweiten Pool Billard Gesamtsituation. Wir werden versuchen, die Hintergründe […]

Grim sends Chawki home

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26/11/2015 The Dynamic Billard Treviso Open has begun today and already several upsets have taken place. One spectacular match was the encounter between Kristina Grim (GER) and Jim Chawki (SWE). Grim managed to win that match with 9:8. From the very beginning it could be seen that Grim did not want to become an easy prey for Chawki in the first loser’s round. Both players had lost their opening matches and now one of them would have to be on the way home after the match. Of course, it was to be expected that Chawki would survive that round. But Grim had a furious start, taking a 4:1 lead over Chawki who committed many mistakes, miscues, and so on. After the first 5 racks, Chawki got his nerves together and got back into the match, tying it after 10 racks at 5:5. The match went along with none of the two being able to really gain an advantage over the opponent. To the contrary, both players took racks in turn and at 7:6, it was […]

Treviso Open 2015

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Mark Gray (GBR) gewinnt Treviso Open 2015 im Finale gegen Alexander Kazakis (GRE) mit 9-3. Den 3. Platz belegen Oliver Ortmann (GER) und Mats Schjetne (NOR). Die Treviso Womens Open 2015 gewinnt Oliwia Czuprynska (POL) im Finale gegen Kataryna Polovinchik (UKR) mit 7-2. Den 3. Platz teilen sich Ina Kaplan (GER) und Marika Poikkijoki (FIN). Zwei Wochen vor dem Mosconi Cup 2015 findet in Treviso der letzte Euro-Tour Stop des Jahres 2015 statt. Vom 26. – 28. November 2015 wird im BHR-Hotel in Treviso erneut eines der größten europäischen Pool Billard Turniere ausgetragen und bei den Herren liegen bislang knapp 180 Meldungen vor. So ziemlich alles, was Rang und Namen hat in der europäischen Pool Billard Szene, wird auf die Jagd nach dem Gesamtpreisgeld von 34.000 Euro gehen. Titelverteidiger bei diesem Euro-Tour Event ist der neunmalige Euro-Tour Sieger und diesjährige Mosconi Cup Teilnehmer Nick van den Berg aus den Niederlanden. Er gewann das Finale im Vorjahr gegen seinen Landsmann Niels Feijen mit 9-3 –> Treviso Open 2014. Natürlich gehören diese beiden auch 2015 zu den […]

Junior World Championships down to finals

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17/11/2015 Junior World Championships down to finals Team Europe has come up with some quite convincing and successful results. In the girls division, Kristina Tkach (RUS) reached the quarter-finals. There she had to give in to strong playing Jiang Teng (CHN) with 5:9. Tkach committed some unnecessary mistakes and consequently lost the match. In the U17 division, Daniel Maciol (POL) managed to get revenge from last year’s defeat against defending World Champion Kong de Jing (CHN). Having lost in the same-finals last year, he dethroned Kong this year with a convincing 8:2 victory and proceeded into the final match against Zhen Xiao Huai (CHN) who ousted Kamil Szaszor (POL) by a whisker with 8:7. However, Szaszor achieved a Bonze Medal in the event. In the U19 division, Europe has another shot at a title. Maksim Dudanets (RUS) booked his seat in the final match against Long Ze Huang (CHN) with a 11:7 result over Lo Ho Sum (HKG). His teammate Kristian Cwikla (POL) had to settle for another Bronze Medal. He lost 5:11 to Huang […]

Team Europe ready for WPA World Junior 9-Ball Championships

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14/11/2015 The World Championships for Under 19, Under 17 and Girls players are currently on in Shanghai, China. The venue is the Huimin Middle School. A total of 96 players representing 24 nations will be competing for the coveted title of World Champion. Each category is filled with 32 players and divided into four groups. The Under 19s will play race to 9 until the quarter-finals, then switch to race to 11 racks. The Under 17s and girls will race to 7 until the quarter-finals, then switch to 8 (Under 17s) respectively 9 (girls). Matches with European participation in the first rounds. All times are local times. 11:00 Girls Emily Heidergott (GER) v April Larson (USA) U17 Kong, De Jing (CHN) v Daniel Maciol (POL) U19 Pascal Bruckmann (GER) v Sun Gut Qing (CHN) U19 Chris Robinson (USA) v Vitaly Patsura (UKR) 13:30 Girls Kristina Tkach (RUS) v Liu Xia Zhi (CHN) U17 Gyairon Martis (BON) v Sanjin Pehlivanovic (BIH) U17 Enkbold Temuujin (MON) v Kamil Szasor (POL) U19 Krystian Cwikla (POL) v Marnix Abdul […]