2017 Italian Open (pool) explained

Tournament Name:Dynamic Billiard Italian Open
Startdate:23
Enddate:26 February 2017
Venue:Best Western Premier BHR Treviso Hotel[1]
Location:Treviso
Country:Italy
Organisation:Euro Tour
Format:Single Elimination
Total Prize Fund:€36,000
Winners Share:€4,500
Winner: Ralf Souquet[2]
Runner Up: Ruslan Chinachov
Score:9-5[3]
Previous:2016
Next:2018

The 2017 Dynamic Italian Open,[4] was the first Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2017.[5] The event was won by Germany's Ralf Souquet who defeated Russia's Ruslan Chinachov 9–5 in the final. In winning the event, Souquet won his twenty-second Euro Tour event.[2]

Tournament format

The event saw a total of 187 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as single elimination.[6]

Prize fund

The tournament prize fund will be similar to that of other Euro Tour events, with 4,500 for the winner of the event.[7]

Prize Money
Winner 4.500
Finalist 3.000 €
Semifinalist 1.750 €
Quarterfinalist 1.250 €
last 16 1.000 €
Last 32 500 €
33–48 Place 250 €
Total 36.000 €

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dynamic Billiard Italian Open . azbilliards.com . 4 February 2019 . Best Western Premier BHR Treviso Hotel .
  2. Web site: "The Kaiser" wins his 22nd Euro-Tour event - News - AZBilliards.com . azbilliards.com . 4 February 2019 .
  3. Web site: Scoresheet . billiardapps.com . 4 February 2019 .
  4. Web site: Italian Open 2017 . sixpockets.de . 4 February 2019 .
  5. Web site: Europe's Number One Defeated in Treviso in Round One . azbilliards.com . 4 February 2019 .
  6. Web site: Matches - Draw and Results . billiardapps.com . 4 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170221011541/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=eurotour&client=&eventnr=2017010&header=no&eventheader=yes&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=yes&stageround=All . 21 February 2017 . dead .
  7. Web site: Dynamic Billiard Italian Open . azbilliards.com . 4 February 2019 .