2012 European Pool Championships Explained

Startdate:	21
Enddate:	31 March 2012
Venue:	Alvisse Parc Hotel
City:	Luxembourg City
Country:	Luxembourg
Organisation:	European Pocket Billiard Federation
Format:	double elimination, single elimination
Previous:	2011
Next:	2013

The 2012 European Pool Championships was a professional pool tournament held 21–31 March 2012 in Alvisse Parc Hotel in Luxembourg City hosted by the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF). The disciplines were played eight-ball, nine-ball, ten-ball and straight pool in the categories Men's, Ladies and wheelchairs. The wheelchair users played for the titles only in 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball. The most successful player was the Finnish wheelchair user Jouni Tähti who won two events, the Spaniard Francisco Díaz-Pizarro and the Austrian Mario He each won event and reached a semi-final in another once.

Format

The event was first played in all categories in a double-elimination tournament followed by a single-elimination tournament from the quarter-final onwards.

Winners

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Semi-finalists
Men – Straight pool^[1]	Nick van den Berg	Niels Feijen	Mario He
			Denis Grabe
Men – 10-Ball^[2]	Dominic Jentsch	Stephan Cohen	Nick van den Berg
			Witali Pawluchin
Men – 8-Ball^[3]	Mario He	Artem Koshovyi	Francisco Díaz-Pizarro
			Andreas Gerwen
Men – 9-Ball^[4]	Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	Marcus Chamat	Nick Malai
			Aki Heiskanen
Men – team^[5]
Women – Straight pool^[6]	Line Kjørsvik	Anna Mazhirina	Christine Wiechert
			Jasmin Ouschan
Women – 10-Ball^[7]	Jasmin Ouschan	Natalia Seroshtan	Line Kjørsvik
			Anna Mazhirina
Women – 8-Ball^[8]	Natalia Seroshtan	Marika Poikkijoki	Daria Sirotina
			Jasmin Ouschan
Women – 9-Ball^[9]	Marika Poikkijoki	Jasmin Michel	Line Kjørsvik
			Jasmin Ouschan
Women – Team^[10]
Wheelchair – 10-Ball^[11]	Daniel Luton	Fred Dinsmore	Emil Schranz
			Henrik Larsson
Wheelchair – 8-Ball^[12]	Jouni Tähti	Roy Kimberley	Fred Dinsmore
			Tankred Volkmer
Wheelchair – 9-Ball^[13]	Jouni Tähti	Daniel Luton	Fred Dinsmore
			Roy Kimberley

Men's

The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.

Straight pool

Women's

The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.

Straight pool

Wheelchair event

The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.

10-Ball

Team event

The team competitions initially took place in a double elimination event. From the quarter-finals (men) or from the semifinals (ladies) was played in a single elimination format. One team consisted of three players. A game consisted of three individual games in the disciplines 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball. In the women's team, two players were in each team, one game consisted of two individual games in 8-ball and 9-Ball.

The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.

Women

Medals' table

Place	Nation	Winner	Runner-up	Semi-finalist
1		3	1	2
2		2	0	7
3		2	0	1
4		1	2	4
5		1	2	2
6		1	2	1
7		1	1	2
8		1	1	1
9		1	0	0
10		0	1	2
		0	1	2
12		0	1	0
		0	1	0
14		0	0	1
		0	0	1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Men Straight). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145010/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=MS&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.
2. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Men 10-Ball). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145012/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=M10&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.
3. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Men 8-Ball). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145015/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=M8&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.
4. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Men 9-Ball). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145018/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=M9&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.
5. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Men Teams). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145020/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=MT&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.
6. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Women Straight). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145023/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=WS&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.
7. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Women 10-Ball). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145026/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=W10&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.
8. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Women 8-Ball). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145028/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=W8&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.
9. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Women 9-Ball). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145030/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=W9&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.
10. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Women Teams). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145032/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=WT&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.
11. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Wheelchair 10-Ball). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145034/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=WC10&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.
12. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Wheelchair 8-Ball). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145036/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=WC8&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.
13. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Wheelchair 9-Ball). billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. dead. 2016-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145038/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2012100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=WC9&stageround=All. 2016-02-20.