2018 European Pool Championship Explained

Startdate:July 19
Enddate:July 31, 2018
Venue:NH Hotel Koningshof
City:Veldhoven
Country:Netherlands
Organisation:European Pool Championships
Straight: Niels Feijen
Ws: Jasmin Ouschan
8Ball: Bahram Lotfy
W8: Veronika Ivanovskaia
Wheel8: Jouni Tähti
9Ball: Konrad Juszczyszyn
W9: Kelly Fisher
Wheel9: Jouni Tähti
10Ball: Joshua Filler
W10: Jana Schut
Wheel10: Jouni Tähti

The 2018 European Pool Championships was a professional pool championship that took place at the NH Hotel Koningshof, in Veldhoven, Netherlands. The event played between 19 and 31 July 2018 was a part of the European Pool Championships; and saw events for men, women, wheelchair competitors, youth and seniors across four pool disciplines: Straight Pool, 8-Ball, 9-Ball, and 10-Ball.

The event was the largest pool event ever held in Europe, with sixty tables built exclusively for the event.

Tournament overview

The European Championship 2018 was held at the NH Hotel Koningshof in Veldhoven, Netherlands. In a hall of the hotel 60 pool tables were built. Veldhoven held the event for the second time, having hosted it in 2005. The event hosted over 550 players from 37 countries, the most of any European championships.[1]

All competitions were played in the double elimination knockout system until only a certain number of participants remained and then continued in the knockout system. The individual competitions of the men were played in the round of the last 64 in knockout mode (straight pool: round of the last 32), in the women from the round of 16, and the wheelchair users from the quarter-finals. The team competitions were held from the round of 16 (men) or semi-final (ladies) in the knockout system.

The online news channel Kozoom streamed all matches of the European Championship live in up to 60 channels.[2]

Results

Jouni Tähti was the most successful player at the championships, becoming the first wheelchair player to win all three disciplines in a single championships. The following is a list of winners to semi-finalists for all events through the championships.

DisciplineWinnerRunner-upSemi-finalists
Men's straight pool Niels Feijen Albin Ouschan Mariusz Skoneczny
Konstantin Stepanow
Men's 10-ball Joshua Filler Albin Ouschan Ruslan Tschinachow
Karol Skowerski
Men's 8-Ball Bahram Lotfy Konrad Juszczyszyn Mieszko Fortuński
Joshua Filler
Men's 9-ball Konrad Juszczyszyn Stanimir Ruslanow Joshua Filler
Francisco Díaz-Pizarro
Men's Team
Women's Straight Pool Jasmin Ouschan Kristina Tkatsch Kateryna Polovinchuk
Christine Feldmann
Women's 10-Ball Jana Schut Jasmin Ouschan Oliwia Czupryńska
Line Kjørsvik
Women's 8-Ball Veronika Ivanovskaia Tamara Peeters Jasmin Ouschan
Vivien-Kathy Schade
Women's 9-Ball Kelly Fisher Jasmin Ouschan Sara Rocha
Veronika Hubrtová
Women's Team
Wheelchair 10-Ball Jouni Tähti Roy Kimberley Tony Southern
Fred Dinsmore
Wheelchair 8-Ball Jouni Tähti Henrik Larsson Kurt Deklerck
Matej Brajkovic
Wheelchair 9-Ball Jouni Tähti Fred Dinsmore Tony Southern
Matej Brajkovic

Men's

Team

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heavyweights coming to town – European Pocket Billiard Federation . europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com . 9 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190508192300/http://europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com/heavyweights-coming-to-town/ . 8 May 2019 . dead .
  2. Web site: Jubilee Championships to be streamed live on 60 tables – European Pocket Billiard Federation . europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com . 9 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190508192258/http://europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com/jubilee-championships-to-be-streamed-live-on-60-tables/ . 8 May 2019 . dead .