European Pool Championships Explained

European Pool Championship (also called Dynamic European Championships) is a pool competition organized by the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF). The tournament is held annually since 1980.^[1] It should not be confused with the series of smaller events known as the Euro Tour, also run by the EPBF.

Current disciplines include 8-ball, 9-Ball, 10-Ball, Straight pool, and team events), and for different age and ability ranges, with events for men, women, juniors and wheelchair players.^[2]

Tournament history

Sources:^{[3] [4]}

Men

Year	Location	8-Ball		9-Ball		Straight pool		10-Ball
		Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up
1980	Alsdorf	Bengt Jonasson	Sven Olaf Olsson	–	–	Tomy Eriksson	Norbert Spaniol	–	–
1981	Bern	Sven Olaf Olsson	Günter Geisen	–	–	Jurgen Karlsson	Tomy Eriksson	–	–
1982	Göteborg	Bengt Jonasson	Björn Jonsson	–	–	Ulf Hjalmvall	Jurgen Karlsson	–	–
1983	Valkenburg	Sven Olaf Olsson	Bengt Jonasson	–	–	Bjørn L'Orange	Björn Jonsson	–	–
1984	London	Björn Jonsson	Ulf Hjalmvall	–	–	Bengt Pedersen	Bruno Ernst	–	–
1985	St. Johann	Björn Jonsson	Mikael Hallgren	Ulf Hjalmvall	Uwe Sander	Jurgen Karlsson	Bengt Pedersen	–	–
1986	Oslo	Björn Jonsson	Tom Storm	Bjørn L'Orange	Dan Johansson	Norbert Lang	Jurgen Karlsson	–	–
1987	Stolberg	Ulf Hjalmvall	Björn Jonsson	Tom Storm	Uwe Sander	Oliver Ortmann	Thomas Engert	–	–
1988	Stockholm	Mikael Hallgren	Thomas Engert	Tom Storm	Christer Lofstrand	Per Anda	Bernd Hoffman	–	–
1989	Schaan	Ralf Souquet	Mikael Hallgren	Thomas Engert	Tom Storm	Oliver Ortmann	Per Anda	–	–
1990	St. Moritz	Tom Storm	Ralf Souquet	Thomas Engert	Mikael Hallgren	Oliver Ortmann	Waldemar Markert	–	–
1991	Mussolente	David Shaw	Tom Storm	Thomas Engert	Tony Deigner	Jan Lundell	Oliver Ortmann	–	–
1992	Ljubljana Velden	Ralf Souquet	Trond Larsen	Werner Duregger	Mario Lannoye	Niklas Bergendorff	Ralf Souquet	–	–
1993	Siófok Oslo	Ralf Souquet	Thomas Engert	Oliver Ortmann	Ralf Souquet	Thomas Engert	Ralf Souquet	–	–
1994	Annecy Tampere	Ralf Souquet	Thomas Engert	Oliver Ortmann	Bengt Jonasson	Thomas Engert	Niklas Bergendorff	–	–
1995	Antwerp	Ralf Souquet	Peter Nielsen	Ralf Souquet	Oliver Ortmann	Ralf Souquet	Rolf Alex	–	–
1996	Békéscsaba	Oliver Ortmann	Ralf Souquet	Oliver Ortmann	Thomas Engert	Ralf Souquet	Oliver Ortmann	–	–
1997	Stavanger	Bernd Jahnke	Ralf Souquet	Ralf Souquet	Bernd Jahnke	Ralf Souquet	Oliver Ortmann	–	–
1998	Luxembourg	Ralf Souquet	Rico Diks	Ralf Souquet	Fabio Petroni	Mika Immonen	Ralf Souquet	–	–
1999	Poznań	Ralf Souquet	Peter Nielsen	Oliver Ortmann	Samuel Clemann	Tom Storm	Oliver Ortmann	–	–
2000	Bregenz	Ralf Souquet	Thomas Engert	Marcus Chamat	Ralf Souquet	Oliver Ortmann	Alex Lely	–	–
2001	Karlovy Vary	Niklas Bergendorff	Nick van den Berg	Rico Diks	Andreas Roschkowsky	Thomas Engert	Nick van den Berg	–	–
2002	Tampere	Šandor Tot	Stephan Cohen	Oliver Ortmann	Sascha Specchia	Niels Feijen	Stephan Cohen	–	–
2003	Białystok	Ralf Souquet	Tom Storm	Oliver Ortmann	Alexander Markut	Niels Feijen	Tom Storm	–	–
2004	Prague	Thorsten Hohmann	Niels Feijen	Thomas Engert	Ralf Souquet	Niels Feijen	Thomas Engert	–	–
2005	Veldhoven	Alex Lely	Tomasz Kapłan	Alex Lely	Ralf Souquet	Thorsten Hohmann	Nicolas Ottermann	–	–
2006	Brandenburg	Oliver Ortmann	Aki Heiskanen	Ralf Souquet	Marco Tschudi	Oliver Ortmann	Ralf Souquet	–	–
2007	Liberec	Oliver Ortmann	Tony Drago	Thorsten Hohmann	Radosław Babica	Niels Feijen	Konstantin Stepanov	–	–
2008	Willingen	Marcus Chamat	Zoran Svilar	Stephan Cohen	Zoran Svilar	Ivica Putnik	Ralf Souquet	–	–
2009	St. Johann	Andreas Roschkowsky	Nikos Ekonomopoulos	Nick van den Berg	Ruslan Chinachov	Dimitri Jungo	Niels Feijen	–	–
2010	Zagreb	Konstantin Stepanov	Marcus Chamat	Ralf Souquet	Mateusz Śniegocki	David Alcaide	Artem Koshovyi	Ralf Souquet	Niels Feijen
2011	Brandenburg	Dominic Jentsch	Ralf Souquet	Nick van den Berg	Mario He	Tomasz Kapłan	Fabio Petroni	Stephan Cohen	Radosław Babica
2012	Luxembourg	Mario He	Artem Koshovyi	Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	Marcus Chamat	Nick van den Berg	Niels Feijen	Dominic Jentsch	Stephan Cohen
2013	Portorož	David Alcaide	Jim Chawki	Niels Feijen	Zoran Svilar	Nick van den Berg	Tomasz Kapłan	Mateusz Śniegocki	Konstantin Stepanov
2014	Kyrenia	Nick van den Berg	Jakub Koniar	Niels Feijen	Jürgen Jenisy	Niels Feijen	Nick van den Berg	David Alcaide	Ivo Aarts
2015	Vale do Lobo	Niels Feijen	Karol Skowerski	Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	Karol Skowerski	Nick van den Berg	Niels Feijen	Alexander Kazakis	Francisco Díaz-Pizarro
2016	St. Johann	Vitaliy Patsura	Francisco Sánchez Ruíz	Francisco Sánchez Ruíz	Joshua Filler	Albin Ouschan	Konstantin Stepanov	David Alcaide	Petri Makkonen
2017	Albufeira	Jani Uski	Marc Bijsterbosch	Ruslan Chinachov	Ronald Regli	Niels Feijen	Tomasz Kapłan	Marc Bijsterbosch	Christian Sparrenlöv
2018	Veldhoven	Bahram Lotfy	Konrad Juszczyszyn	Konrad Juszczyszyn	Stanimir Ruslanov	Niels Feijen	Albin Ouschan	Joshua Filler	Albin Ouschan
2019	Treviso		Ralf Souquet		Joshua Filler		Tomasz Kapłan		Casper Matikainen
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 in Turkey^[5]
2021	Antalya		Fedor Gorst		Sanjin Pehlivanović		Marc Bijsterbosch		Daniel Maciol
2022	Laško		Mario He		Daniel Guttenberger		Roman Hybler		Wojciech Szewczyk
2023	Tampere		Mateusz Śniegocki		Francisco Díaz-Pizarro		Yannick Pongers		Stefan Kasper
2024	Podčetrtek		Mario He		Luca Menn		Joshua Filler		Niels Feijen

Women

Year	Location	8-Ball		9-Ball		Straight pool		10-Ball
		Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up
1981	Bern	Klara Lensing	Eva Eleholt	–	–	Ewa Svensson	Giesela Wohlwender	–	–
1982	Göteborg	Klara Lensing	Louise Furberg	–	–	Eva Eleholt	Anke Cronquist	–	–
1983	Valkenburg	Klara Lensing	Anke Cronquist	–	–	Heide Andersson	Eva Eleholt	–	–
1984	London	Sylvia Buschhüter	Klara Lensing	–	–	Eva Eleholt	Franziska Stark	–	–
1985	St. Johann	Anke Cronquist	Margit Schlosser	Heide Andersson	Hazel Dabrowski	Eva Eleholt	Marie Thorné	–	–
1986	Oslo	Anke Cronquist	Doris Riesch	Helena Thornfeldt	Heide Andersson	Franziska Stark	Louise Furberg	–	–
1987	Stolberg	Birgitt Hermann	Christina Lilja	Helena Thornfeldt	Heide Andersson	Louise Furberg	Franziska Stark	–	–
1988	Stockholm	Klara Lensing	Anette Aronsson	Franziska Stark	Helena Thornfeldt	Louise Furberg	Sylvia Buschhüter	–	–
1989	Schaan	Gerda Hofstätter	Jacqueline von Kanel	Franziska Stark	Helena Thornfeldt	Louise Furberg	Sylvia Buschhüter	–	–
1990	St. Moritz	Ilona Bernhard	Jacqueline von Kanel	Franziska Stark	Klara Lensing	Louise Furberg	Andrea Kroll	–	–
1991	Mussolente	Sylvia Buschhüter	Ilona Bernhard	Louise Furberg	Franziska Stark	Helena Thornfeldt	Andrea Kroll	–	–
1992	Ljubljana Velden	Louise Furberg	Ilona Bernhard	Franziska Stark	Vibeke Havre	Helena Thornfeldt	Ilona Bernhard	–	–
1993	Siófok Oslo	Gerda Hofstätter	Louise Furberg	Gerda Hofstätter	Franziska Stark	Franziska Stark	Gerda Hofstätter	–	–
1994	Annecy Tampere	Ilona Bernhard	Karin Mayet	Franziska Stark	Gerda Hofstätter	Helena Thornfeldt	Gerda Hofstätter	–	–
1995	Antwerp	Ilona Bernhard	Monja Kielhorn	Gerda Hofstätter	Franziska Stark	Gerda Hofstätter	Monja Kielhorn	–	–
1996	Békéscsaba	Franziska Stark	Monja Kielhorn	Sabina Dedering	Franziska Stark	Monja Kielhorn	Franziska Stark	–	–
1997	Stavanger	Gerda Hofstätter	Anita Rizutti	Sylvia Buschhüter	Line Kjørsvik	Gerda Hofstätter	Franziska Stark	–	–
1998	Luxembourg	Ilona Bernhard	Karen Corr	Allison Fisher	Julia Rechfeld	Allison Fisher	Franziska Stark	–	–
1999	Poznań	Franziska Stark	Louise Furberg	Daniela Husseneder	Silke Falkus	Franziska Stark	Ulrika Andersson	–	–
2000	Bregenz	Franziska Stark	Karin Mayet	Karin Mayet	Line Kjørsvik	Christina Niklasson	Franziska Stark	–	–
2001	Brno	Gerda Hofstätter	Karin Mayet	Karin Mayet	Ulrika Andersson	Line Kjørsvik	Franziska Stark	–	–
2002	Tampere	Louise Furberg	Line Kjørsvik	Sandra Ortner	Tiziana Cacciamani	Ulrika Andersson	Sandra Ortner	–	–
2003	Białystok	Charlotte Sørensen	Franziska Stark	Sandra Ortner	Louise Furberg	Sandra Ortner	Line Kjørsvik	–	–
2004	Prague	Line Kjørsvik	Charlotte Sørensen	Laëtitia Dos Santos	Ulrika Andersson	Line Kjørsvik	Daniela Benz	–	–
2005	Veldhoven	Christine Naeff	Wendy Jans	Jasmin Ouschan	Charlotte Sørensen	Jasmin Ouschan	Diana Stateczny	–	–
2006	Brandenburg	Jasmin Ouschan	Daniela Benz	Line Kjørsvik	Katrine Jensen	Jasmin Ouschan	Janine Schwan	–	–
2007	Liberec	Diana Stateczny	Charlotte Sørensen	Eylül Kibaroğlu	Line Kjørsvik	Jasmin Ouschan	Sabrina Naverschnig	–	–
2008	Willingen	Jasmin Ouschan	Line Kjørsvik	Sabina Dederding	Estelle Bijnen	Charlotte Sørensen	Line Kjørsvik	–	–
2009	St. Johann	Jasmin Ouschan	Janine Schwan	Jasmin Ouschan	Veronika Hubrtová	Gerda Hofstätter	Jasmin Ouschan	–	–
2010	Zagreb	Jasmin Ouschan	Line Kjørsvik	Jasmin Ouschan	Gerda Hofstätter	Jasmin Ouschan	Gerda Hofstätter	Jasmin Ouschan	Ina Jentschura
2011	Brandenburg	Kynthia Orfanidis	Marika Poikkijoki	Jasmin Ouschan	Gerda Hofstätter	Jasmin Ouschan	Line Kjørsvik	Jasmin Ouschan	Natalia Seroshtan
2012	Luxembourg	Natalia Seroshtan	Marika Poikkijoki	Marika Poikkijoki	Jasmin Michel	Line Kjørsvik	Anna Maschirina	Jasmin Ouschan	Natalia Seroshtan
2013	Portorož	Line Kjørsvik	Marika Poikkijoki	Jasmin Ouschan	Line Kjørsvik	Oliwia Czupryńska	Marika Poikkijoki	Jasmin Ouschan	Katarzyna Wesołowska
2014	Kyrenia	Daria Sirotina	Kamila Khodjaeva	Jasmin Ouschan	Line Kjørsvik	Jasmin Ouschan	Oliwia Czupryńska	Katarzyna Wesołowska	Ina Kaplan
2015	Vale do Lobo	Caroline Roos	Line Kjørsvik	Jasmin Ouschan	Kamila Khodjaeva	Jasmin Ouschan	Kamila Khodjaeva	Kamila Khodjaeva	Jasmin Ouschan
2016	St. Johann	Kristina Tkach	Kateryna Polovinchuk	Kamila Khodjaeva	Ina Kaplan	Jasmin Ouschan	Oliwia Czupryńska	Jasmin Ouschan	Line Kjørsvik
2017	Albufeira	Jasmin Ouschan	Melanie Süßenguth	Kelly Fisher	Natalia Seroshtan	Kristina Tkach	Jasmin Ouschan	Amalia Matas	Ana Gradišnik
2018	Veldhoven	Veronika Ivanovskaia	Tamara Peeters	Kelly Fisher	Jasmin Ouschan	Jasmin Ouschan	Kristina Tkach	Jana Schut	Jasmin Ouschan
2019	Treviso		Jasmin Ouschan		Natalia Seroshtan		Tamara Peeters		Kristina Tkach
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 in Turkey
2021	Antalya		Marharyta Fefilava		Veronika Ivanovskaia		Amalia Matas		Tamara Rademakers
2022	Laško		Ana Gradišnik		Ana Gradišnik		Pia Filler		Ina Kaplan
2023	Tampere		Oliwia Zalewska		Ana Gradišnik		Eylül Kibaroğlu		Pia Filler
2024	Podčetrtek		Darya Siranchuk		Oliwia Zalewska		Lena Primus		Mayte Ropero

Wheelchair

Year	Location	8-Ball		9-Ball		10-Ball
		Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up
1999	Poznań	Henrik Larsson	Emil Schranz	Kurt Deklerck	Tankred Volkmer	–	–
2000	Bregenz	Kurt Deklerck	Henrik Larsson	Henrik Larsson	Kurt Deklerck	–	–
2001	Karlovy Vary	Daniel Luton	Kurt Deklerck	Henrik Larsson	Kurt Deklerck	–	–
2002	Tampere	Jouni Tähti	Henrik Larsson	Henrik Larsson	Jouni Tähti	–	–
2003	Białystok	Jouni Tähti	Henrik Larsson	Jouni Tähti	Kurt Deklerck	–	–
2004	Prague	Henrik Larsson	Jouni Tähti	Fred Dinsmore	Henrik Larsson	–	–
2005	Veldhoven	Jouni Tähti	Henrik Larsson	Henrik Larsson	Jouni Tähti	–	–
2006	Brandenburg	Jouni Tähti	Henrik Larsson	Roy Kimberley	Matt Duffy	–	–
2007	Liberec	Daniel Luton	Henrik Larsson	Roy Kimberley	Henrik Larsson	–	–
2008	Willingen	Karl Read	Henrik Larsson	Jouni Tähti	Emil Schranz	–	–
2009	St. Johann	Jouni Tähti	Tony Southern	Jouni Tähti	Roy Kimberley	–	–
2010	Zagreb	Kurt Deklerck	Henrik Larsson	Jouni Tähti	Henrik Larsson	Jouni Tähti	Roy Kimberley
2011	Brandenburg	Jouni Tähti	Kurt Deklerck	Henrik Larsson	Jouni Tähti	Jouni Tähti	Henrik Larsson
2012	Luxembourg	Jouni Tähti	Roy Kimberley	Jouni Tähti	Daniel Luton	Daniel Luton	Fred Dinsmore
2013	Portorož	Fred Dinsmore	Henrik Larsson	Fred Dinsmore	Tony Southern	Kurt Deklerck	Roy Kimberley
2014	Kyrenia	Jouni Tähti	Henrik Larsson	Jouni Tähti	Fred Dinsmore	Fred Dinsmore	Roy Kimberley
2015	Vale do Lobo	Fred Dinsmore	Daniel Luton	Jouni Tähti	Tony Southern	Jouni Tähti	Kurt Deklerck
2016	St. Johann	Henrik Larsson	Tony Southern	Henrik Larsson	Kurt Deklerck	Jouni Tähti	Kurt Deklerck
2017	Albufeira	Jouni Tähti	Kurt Deklerck	Jouni Tähti	Henrik Larsson	Kurt Deklerck	Roy Kimberley
2018	Veldhoven	Jouni Tähti	Henrik Larsson	Jouni Tähti	Fred Dinsmore	Jouni Tähti	Roy Kimberley
2019	Treviso		Roy Kimberley		Fred Dinsmore		Kaspars Turks
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 in Turkey
2021	Antalya		Jouni Tähti		Matej Brajkovič		Jouni Tähti
2022	Laško		Fred Dinsmore		Fred Dinsmore		Henrik Larsson
2023	Tampere		Henrik Larsson		Fred Dinsmore		Jouni Tähti
2024	Podčetrtek		Matej Brajkovič		Fabio Del Zoppo		Matej Brajkovič

Men's teams

Year	Venue	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Semi-finalists
1985	St. Johann
1986	Oslo
1987	Stolberg
1988	Stockholm
1989	Schaan
1990	St. Moritz
1991	Mussolente
1992	Velden
1993	Oslo
1994	Tampere
1995	Antwerp
1996	Békéscsaba
1997	Stavanger
1998	Luxembourg
1999	Poznań
2000	Bregenz
2001	Karlovy Vary
2002	Tampere
2003	Białystok
2004	Prague
2005	Veldhoven
2006–2011: no events held
2012			2:1
2013	Portorož		2:1
2014	Kyrenia		2:1
2015	Vale do Lobo		2:1
2016	St. Johann		2:1
2017	Albufeira		2:1
2018	Veldhoven		2:1
2019	Treviso		2:0
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 in Turkey
2021	Antalya		2:0
2022	Laško		2:0
2023	Tampere		2:1
2024	Podčetrtek		2:0

Women's teams

Year	Venue	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Semi-finalists
1989	Schaan
1990	St. Moritz
1991	Mussolente
1992	Velden
1993	Oslo
1994	Tampere
1995	Antwerp
1996	Békéscsaba
1997	Stavanger
1998	Luxembourg
1999	Posen
2000	Bregenz
2001	Brno
2002	Tampere
2003	Białystok
2004	Prague
2005	Veldhoven
2006–2011: no events held
2012	Luxembourg		5:4
2013	Portorož		2:0
2014	Kyrenia		2:0
2015	Vale do Lobo		2:0
2016	St. Johann		2:1
2017	Albufeira		2:0
2018	Veldhoven		2:0
2019	Treviso		2:0
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 in Turkey
2021	Antalya		2:0
2022	Laško		2:1
2023	Tampere		2:0
2024	Podčetrtek		2:1

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Previous Events – Dynamic Billard European Championships. europeanpoolchampionships.eu. 2018-07-21. 2019-05-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190508190623/https://europeanpoolchampionships.eu/previous-events/. dead.
2. Web site: Event Calendar – Dynamic Billard European Championships. europeanpoolchampionships.eu. 2018-07-21. 2018-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20180721132624/https://europeanpoolchampionships.eu/event-calendar/. dead.
3. Web site: Hall of Fame – Dynamic Billard European Championships . europeanpoolchampionships.eu . 3 January 2019 . 3 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210906/https://europeanpoolchampionships.eu/hall-of-fame/ . dead .
4. Web site: European Pool Championships . azbilliards.com . 3 January 2019 . 3 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210621/https://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/184-european-pool-championships/calendar/ . dead .
5. Web site: 2020 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS CANCELLED. EPBF facebook profile. 5 October 2020.