The final titles have been awarded at the 2017 Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies at the Golden Tulip Jagershorst Hotel in Leende, The Netherlands. In the 9-ball individuals, Ine Helvik (NOR) took the title in the ladies division while Henrique Correia (POR) snatched the trophy in the seniors division. The team competition was won by Team Germany in the ladies and Team Norway in the seniors division.
The final match in the seniors division took place between Henrique Correia and Reiner Wirsbitzki (GER). Correia had the better start but then committed several easy mistakes during the match. Wirsbitzki was a always able to give him good competition but somehow Correia always seemed to be one step ahead of Wirsbitzki. After 10 racks, the score was all square at 5:5. Then Correia managed to win three racks in a row and got to 8:5. The pressure was too much for Wirsbitzki. He pulled one rack back from Correia but then the Portuguese executed almost a perfect break shot and ran the rack he needed to win the match and the title 8:6 over the German.
In the ladies division, Ine Helvik dealt with Susanne Wessel (GER). Helvik played much more confident than her opponent and took a comfortable 5:2 lead after 7 racks into the match. Wessel won another one but Helvik was simply too strong for her today. 6:3 was the final result for Helvik who took her second title this week.
The team final between Norway and The Netherlands turned out to become a thriller. Christian Johannesen won the 10-ball over Jim Telfer and brought team Norway 1:0 up. Then, Jesse Thehu equalised that by winning the 8-ball with 7:4 over Ronnie Oldervik. The score was 1:1 in the team match and the 9-ball ad to decide. Vegar Kristiansen was up against Mozes Leeflang. Though Kristiansen took a 6:2 lead over Leeflang, the Dutch proved to have nerves of steel and fought back rack after rack. He even managed to tie the match on the hill at 7:7. The final rack was really even with both players having some luck and playing safety shots back and forth. In the end, Kristiansen was the luckier player and finished the match 8:7 in his favour which brought the Gold Medal to Team Norway.
Top Eight Teams Seniors
1. Norway
2. The Netherlands
3. Germany
Finland
5. Portugal
Switzerland
7. Austria
North Cyprus
The final match in the ladies team division between Team Germany and Team France was a clear affair for the Germans. Susanne Wessel wiped the floor with Nathalie Rohmer 5:0 and handed her a whitewash. Karin Michl took down Stella Julien about as clearly with 5:2. The match was deservedly won by the German ladies.
Top Four Teams Ladies
1. Germany
2. France
3. Italy
Portugal
This concludes the coverage from the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies at the Golden Tulip Jagershorst Hotel in Leende, The Netherlands. The next event will be the U23 European Championships which will begin on Wednesday, August 23.
The event was hosted by the European Governing Body for Pool, the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) and organised by International Billiard Promotion (IBP). For further information and reference please go to the federation website www.europeanpoolchampionships.eu, visit us on Facebook or check out our youtube channel for regular news clips or contact our press office press@epbf.com.
Left to right: Lely, Dalen, Glatz, Wirsbitzki and Rohmer
Today at the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies at the Golden Tulip Jagershorst Hotel in Leende, The Netherlands, the 9-ball individuals were played to the single elimination stage.
In the seniors division, several surprises happened. defending Champion Jan Keller got ousted by unheralded Pontus Dalen (SWE) 8:4 in the loser’s qualification round. Then Dalen went ahead and took down Steffen Gross (GER) in a heartbreaker with 8:7. He will play Reiner Wirsbitzki (GER) tomorrow morning in the next round. Wirsbitzki, who always belongs to the circle of potential winners in seniors pool, also joined Dalen with victories over Sami Karttunen (FIN) 8:5 and then Michael Stark (AUT) 8:1.
One famous name in Dutch pool billiards is Alex Lely (NED). The former European Champion and top player is mainly known to be a coach and a commentator for Euro-Sports these days. Today however, he joined the seniors 9-ball competition. An early loss to Manuel Pereira (POR) 5:8 made him take the detour over the loser’s side. But he made his way back into the single elimination stage and defeated his first victim there, Vyacheslav Derbilov (RUS) 8:5. He will face Murat Ayas (SUI) in his next encounter tomorrow.
Another great name from the past is Marc Glatz (LUX). The German-born player from Luxembourg also went over the loser’s side and also got a foot back into the field by winning 8:5 over Tomi Ahonen (FIN). After that, he eliminated Mats Elfroos (SWE) 8:3 to get a match against Manuel Pereira (POR) tomorrow.
In the ladies division, Nathalie Rohmer (FRA) has already reached the quarterfinals. Her teammate Stella Julien (FRA) has been drawn against her to play for a spot in the medal match.
Tomorrow, the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies at the Golden Tulip Jagershorst Hotel in Leende, The Netherlands will continue at 09:00 CET with single elimination matches of the 9-ball individuals.
Every day, one match from the events will be shown LIVE on the Facebook page of the EPBF. All Facebook users may check out the high standard of quality which is provided for all the events and see what the Kozoom members receive all the time. You can see all the matches live via www.kozoom.com who stream the whole event on 23 tables on the internet LIVE. The FB live matches are announced on the EPBF Facebook page around noon every day. Results and schedules can be found at www.europeanpoolchampionships.eu so why not come and check out all the LIVE action of the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Youth.
The event is hosted by the European Governing Body for Pool, the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) and organised by International Billiard Promotion (IBP). For further information and reference please go to the federation website www.europeanpoolchampionships.eu, visit us on Facebook or check out our youtube channel for regular news clips or contact our press office press@epbf.com.
In a really exciting clash in the men’s team event between Team Netherlands and Team Poland, the Polish team remained the upper hand and handed the Dutch team a painful 2:0 defeat in the quarterfinal of the men’s team event at the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Men, Women and Wheelchair Athletes in the Salgados Palace Hotel in Albufeira, Portugal.
The Dutch team today was consisting of Niels Feijen, Marc Bijsterbosch and Marco Teutscher. Feijen and Bijsterbosch have already taken Gold Medals in the individuals earlier this week so they can be regarded as the highly favourite team. But Team Poland also had strong players in their arsenal. Mateusz Sniegocki, Mieszko Fortunski and Tomasz Kaplan were defending the Polish colours today in the quarterfinal match against The Netherlands. Fortunski wasted no time with Teutscher, winning the 9-ball with 9:3 over the Dutch. At that time, Feijen was leading in 10-ball and Bijsterbosch was still struggling in 8-ball. However, Kaplan closed the book on the match by wining the 8-ball 8:2 and gaining a 2:0 victory over the Dutch team. That victory puts the Polish Team through to the semi-finals in the men’s team division where they will face Team Austria as opponents. The Austrians were victorious over Team Croatia in their quarterfinal match. The other semi-final will be played between Team Spain and Team Finland. The Finnish Team had already ousted the defending Champion Team Germany today and stood tall against Team Russia in the quarterfinal while the Spanish Team defeated Team Denmark 2:0.
In the women’s division, Team The Netherlands will go up against Team Spain who won their loser’s qualification match in a shootout over Team Poland. The other semi-final match will be played between Team Russia and Team Switzerland.
Earlier today, three rounds of 9-ball individuals were played. In the men’s division, many surprising results happened in the winner’s qualification round. Nick Van Den Berg (NED) took down Alexander Kazakis (GRE) in a thriller with 9:8. In the same round, Marc Glatz came up with a huge surprise and sent Mateusz Sneigocki (POL) to the loser’s side by winning the match in a heartbreaker with 9:8 as well. Niels Feijen (NED) wiped the floor with Denis Grabe (EST) and handed him a doughnut, winning 9:0 over the Estonian. Unusually clear was also the match between David Alcaide (ESP) and Albin Ouschan (AUT). Alcaide taught Ouschan a lesson and left the table with a 9:2 victory underneath his belt. Osman Sanlisoy (TNC) managed to win his match in the winner’s qualification round with 9:8 over favoured Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP).
In the women’s division, tournament was continued with the winner’s qualification round as well. Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) came up with a 7:5 victory over strong opponent Oliwia Czuprynska (POL). Veronika Ivanovskaia (GER) still had good wind underneath her wings from yesterday’s victory over Kelly Fisher (GBR). Today, she defeated Kristina Tkach (RUS) with 7:5 and marched on into the single elimination round of the last 16 players.
In the wheelchair 9-ball competition, Jouni Tahti remained a foot in the door for a shot at the title, winning 7:4 over Leszek Blumczynski (POL). Roy Kimberley (GBR) won the all-British clash with Daniel Luton (GBR) 7:4 as well.
Tonight, two more rounds of team competition will be played.
Tomorrow, the tournament will continue at 09:00 GMT with matches from the 9-ball individuals competition.
Every day, one match from the events will be shown LIVE on the Facebook page of the EPBF. All Facebook users may check out the high standard of quality which is provided for all the events and see what the Kozoom members receive all the time. You can see all the matches live via www.kozoom.com who stream the whole event on 24 tables on the internet LIVE. The FB live matches are announced on the EPBF Facebook page around noon every day. Results and schedule can be found at www.europeanpoolchampionships.com so why not come and check out all the LIVE action of the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Men, Women and Wheelchair Athletes.
The event is hosted by the European Governing Body for Pool, the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) and organized by International Billiard Promotion (IBP). For further information and reference please go to the federation website www.epbf.com, visit us on Facebook or check out our youtube channel for regular news clips or contact our press office press@epbf.com.
