Euro Tour Explained

Tournament Name:Euro Tour
Location:Europe
Establishment:1992
Organisation:European Pocket Billiard Federation
Format:Single Elimination
Current Champion:Yannick Pongers

The Euro Tour is a series of professional pool events set around Europe, founded in 1992, and created by the European Pocket Billiard Federation. The Tour's first event was the Belgium Open, held on May 29 – 31, 1992.[1] The event was won by Mika Immonen.[2]

As of 2024, the Euro Tour has hosted 185 tournaments, currently in the discipline of 9-Ball, hosting between 1 and 6 events per year, since 2010.[3] The events are part of the official Matchroom Pool world rankings list; with the rankings contributing to playing in the Mosconi Cup.[4]

Tournament statistics

See main article: List of Euro Tour tournaments. Players from 23 different countries have already won a Euro Tour tournament. The Most successful player is Ralf Souquet of Germany, who has won 23 tournaments on the Tour.[5]

RankingPlayerWinnerRunner-upSemi-finals
1 Ralf Souquet231115
2 Oliver Ortmann14913
3 Niels Feijen11721
4 Nick van den Berg1056
5 Thomas Engert91011
6 Joshua Filler853
7 Mario He647
8 Mark Gray617
9 Tom Storm536
10 Marcus Chamat457
11 Daryl Peach414
12 Alex Lely347
Mika Immonen347
13 Francisco Sánchez Ruíz345
14 Mateusz Śniegocki327
15 Denis Grabe313
16 Wiktor Zieliński302

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Event Info . billiardapps.com . 3 January 2019 .
  2. Web site: European Belgium Open 1992 . azbilliards.com . 3 January 2019 .
  3. Web site: Diamond 9 Eurotour Series . azbilliards.com . 3 January 2019 .
  4. Web site: Eurotour Ranking – Dynamic Billard Eurotour . eurotouronline.com . 3 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180813210547/https://eurotouronline.com/eurotour-ranking/ . 13 August 2018 . live . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Hall Of Fame Eurotour – Medallists . billiardapps.com . 3 January 2019 . 5 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190305114825/http://billiardapps.com/hall_of_fame_medallist.asp?db=eurotour&showtabs=yes&tab=Archive&header=yes&footer=yes . dead .