Niels Feijen Explained

Niels Feijen
Birth Date:3 February 1977
Birth Place:The Hague, Netherlands
Nickname:"The Terminator"
Professional:1997
Game:9-ball
World Champ:9-Ball (2014),
Straight Pool (2008)
Current Ranking:3[1]
Highest Ranking:1

Niels Feijen (born 3 February 1977, The Hague) is a Dutch professional pool player, from the Hague. His nickname is "the Terminator". In 2014 he won the WPA World 9-ball championship.[2] [3]

Career

In 2001, Feijen reached the finals of a nine-ball tournament in Tokyo, Japan. The event had a field of more than 700 players and offered the largest prize money at that time. However, he lost to Efren Reyes.[4] In 2004, he won the inaugural Skins Billiards Championship with prize money of US$42,500.[5] Feijen has won the European straight pool championship five times.[6] In 2005 he was the winner of the Big Apple Nine-ball Championship, held in Queens, New York, an event with 128 of the world's best players. He represented Europe in the 2001, 2004–5, 2007-9 and 2011-16 Mosconi Cup events.

Feijen won the 2007 $50,000 winner-take-all International Challenge of Champions by defeating Lee Van Corteza.[7] In 2008, Feijen won the World Straight Pool Championship with a victory over Francisco Bustamante in the finals.[8] On 5 October 2008, he received the 3rd prize of $25,000 in the inaugural WPA World Ten-ball Championship.[9] [10]

In 2010, Feijen reached the finals of the WPA World Eight-ball Championship but ended up in 2nd place losing to Karl Boyes of Great Britain.[11] He would reach the finals of that same tournament again the next year, and was defeated by Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines.[12] 2014 has been the best year so far for Feijen, who won the European Straight Pool Championship, the European 9-ball Championship and the 2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.[13] In 2015 he was voted Most Valuable Player of the Mosconi Cup for the fourth time in the last five years.[14]

Feijen has been a winner of events on the Euro Tour on 11 occasions, putting him third only behind Ralf Souquet (23) and Oliver Ortmann (14) in number of victories on the tour. His latest victory was at the 2022 Austria Open.[15] [16] He was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in July 2023.[17]

Career titles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ranking - WPA Pool . WPA Pool . 30 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181216135023/https://wpapool.com/ranking/ . 16 December 2018 . live . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: insidepoolmag.com, Niels Feijen . 6 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081005211333/http://www.insidepoolmag.com/200706/pool-players/niels-feijen.html . 5 October 2008 . dead . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: insidepoolmag.com, Finals at World 10-Ball Championship Set . 7 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007034347/http://www.insidepoolmag.com/200810/billiard-news/finals-at-world-10-ball-championship-set.html . 7 October 2008 . live . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: REYES POCKETS POOL'S BIGGEST PAYOUT . Billiards Digest . 8 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918162654/http://billiardsdigest.com/new_news/display_article?id=60 . 18 September 2010 .
  5. Web site: By the Skins of His Teeth: Feijen Wins $42,500 at Skins Event Debut . AZ Billiards . 7 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613202336/http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=2270 . 13 June 2011 .
  6. Web site: Sports 123: Pool: European Championship: Men: 14.1 . Sports123 . 8 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081209000348/http://sports123.com/poo/me-14.1.html . 9 December 2008 .
  7. Web site: Feijen Beats Corteza, Wins US$50,000 in International Challenge of Champions . AZ Billiards . 7 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613202312/http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=4564 . 13 June 2011 .
  8. Web site: Feijen is Predator World 14.1 Straight Pool Champion . Inside Pool Magazine . 30 August 2008 . 31 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080902031310/http://www.insidepoolmag.com/200808/billiard-news/feijen-is-predator-world-141-straight-pool-champion.html . 2 September 2008 . live . dmy-all .
  9. http://www.billiardsdigest.com/new_news/display_article.php?id=1283 billiardsdigest.com
  10. http://sports.inquirer.net/inquirersports/inquirersports/view/20081006-164768/Appleton-nips-Wu-for-title-Pulpul-4th sports.inquirer.net
  11. Web site: World 8-Ball Finals . 10 April 2010 . 11 April 2010 . Jerry Forsyth . AzBilliards.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20100415062533/http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?storynum=7550 . 15 April 2010 . live . dmy-all .
  12. Web site: Orcullo Wins . 26 February 2011 . 26 February 2011 . WPA Staff . AzBilliards.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20110302223221/http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?storynum=8446 . 2 March 2011 . live . dmy-all .
  13. Web site: The terminator snaps it off . 27 June 2014 . 31 January 2016 . Ted Lerner . World Poll Billiard Association . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160111022647/http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=184&eventnewsid=190 . 11 January 2016 .
  14. Web site: Europe have won the Mosconi Cup for the sixth time in a row . Sky Sports . 11 December 2015 . 31 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160310064516/http://www.skysports.com/more-sports/other-sports/news/29876/10095765/europe-have-won-the-mosconi-cup-for-the-sixth-time-in-a-row . 10 March 2016 . live . dmy-all .
  15. Web site: Niels Feijen of the Netherlands - WPA Pool . WPA Pool . 7 February 2019 .
  16. Web site: Hall of fame – Dynamic Billard Eurotour . eurotouronline.com . 7 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190111232550/https://eurotouronline.com/hall-of-fame/ . 11 January 2019 . live . dmy-all .
  17. Web site: BCA HOF Introduces Niels "the Terminator" Feijen As 2023 Inductee . Billiard Congress of America. July 14, 2023. August 9, 2023.

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