2017 Portugal Open Explained

Tournament Name:Dynamic Billiard Portugal Open
Startdate:30 March
Enddate:1 April 2017
Venue:Salgados Palace Hotel[1]
Location:Albufeira
Country:Portugal
Organisation:Euro Tour
Format:Single Elimination
Total Prize Fund:€36,000
Winners Share:€4,500
Winner: Nick van den Berg[2]
Runner Up: David Alcaide
Score:9-5[3]

The 2017 Dynamic Portugal Open,[4] was the second Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2017.[5] The event was won by Netherlands' Nick van den Berg who defeated Spain's David Alcaide 9–5 in the final. In winning the event, van den Berg won his tenth Euro Tour event.

The event was the last tournament in the European qualification for the 2017 World Games. David Alcaide and Joshua Filler qualified as first and second place of the one-year ranking of the Euro Tour, and competed at the 9-Ball men's event. The Games were won by Carlo Biado, with Filler losing in the last 16, and Alcaide in the quarter-finals.[6]

Tournament format

The event saw a total of 194 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as single elimination.[7]

Prize fund

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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: Event Info . billiardapps.com . 2 February 2019 .
  2. Web site: Van den Berg and Ouschan win the Portuguese Dynamic Open – European Pocket Billiard Federation . europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com . 2 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170519180325/http://europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com/van-den-berg-and-ouschan-win-the-portuguese-dynamic-open/ . 19 May 2017 . dead .
  3. Web site: Matches - Draw and Results . billiardapps.com . 2 February 2019 .
  4. Web site: Portugal Open 2017 . sixpockets.de . 2 February 2019 .
  5. Web site: Dynamic Billiard Portugal Open . azbilliards.com . 2 February 2019 .
  6. Web site: Eurotour Ranking – Dynamic Billard Eurotour . eurotouronline.com . 2 February 2019 .
  7. Web site: Matches - Draw and Results . billiardapps.com . 2 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170401064440/https://billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=eurotour&client=&eventnr=2017020&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&stageround=All . 1 April 2017 . dead .
  8. Web site: Dynamic Billiard Portugal Open . azbilliards.com . 2 February 2019 .