2011 European Pool Championships
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 23 March–3 April 2011 |
Venue | Steel Palace |
City | Brandenburg |
Country | Germany |
Organisation(s) | European Pool Championships |
Champions | |
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Straight pool | |
Men's | Tomasz Kapłan |
Women's | Austria Jasmin Ouschan |
8-Ball | |
Men's | Dominic Jentsch |
Women's | |
Wheelchair | Jouni Tähti |
9-Ball | |
Men's | Nick van den Berg |
Women's | Jasmin Ouschan |
Wheelchair | Henrik Larsson |
10-Ball | |
Men's | Stephan Cohen |
Women's | Jasmin Ouschan |
Wheelchair | Jouni Tähti |
The 2011 European Pool Championships was a series of professional pool championships that took place at the Steel Palace, in Brandenburg, Germany. The events were played between 23 March and 3 April 2011 were part of the European Pool Championships; and featured events for men, women and wheelchair players across four pool disciplines: straight Pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, and ten-ball. The tournament was hosted by the European Pocket Billiard Federation and organised by the , with the final of the men's nine-ball event broadcast on Eurosport. Austria was the most successful nation, winning three events – all by Jasmin Ouschan. Jouni Tähti won two of the three wheelchair events, losing just one match in the final of the nine-ball tournament to Henrik Larsson.
Overview[]
The European Pool Championships are an annual series of pool tournaments for players in Europe which were first held in 1980.[1] The 2011 event was held between 23 March and 3 April 2011 at the Steel Palace in Brandenburg, Germany.[2] The series features events for four disciplines of pool – straight, eight-ball, nine-ball, and ten-ball.[1][2] Every event had a separate tournament for men, women and wheelchair competitors.[1] The event was hosted by the European Pocket Billiard Federation and organised by the .[3]
The tournaments were played as a double-elimination bracket, with players qualifying for a single elimination knockout. Each discipline was played to a different length, with matches in straight pool being played to 125 points in the men's event, and 75 in the women's competition.[4][5] The eight and ten-ball events was played as a race–to–8 rack, with the women's and wheelchair as race–to–6 racks.[5] The nine-ball event was held as race–to–9 racks for the men's and juniors series, with women's and wheelchairs as race–to–7 racks.[6][5] The final and semi-finals of the nine-ball event was broadcast on Eurosport.[7]
Tournament Summary[]
The event began with the straight pool events held between 24 and 26 March for men and women.[8][9] The quarter-finals of the men's event featured three German players, but were all defeated.[10] In the semi-finals, Tomasz Kapłan defeated Petri Makkonen 125–102 and Fabio Petroni defeated 125–73.[11] Polish player Kaplan won the final, the first pole to win the event defeating Petroni 125–17.[12][9] In the women's event, defending champion Jasmin Ouschan reached the final for a second year, and won the event with a 75–31 win over Line Kjørsvik.[9]
The eight-ball event was played between 26 and 28 March. Dominic Jentsch of Germany won the men's event, defeating compatriot Ralf Souquet in the final, 8–1.[13] Dutch player had previously reached two semi-finals, but won her first European championship by defeating Finland's in the women's eight-ball final 6–4.[14] In the first of three wheelchair events, the eight-ball tournament was won by Jouni Tähti, a 5–1 victory over Belgium's in the final.[14]
The nine-ball event was held between 28 and 1 April,[5] with both the men's semi-finals and final broadcast on Eurosport.[15][16] Nick van den Berg defeated Huiji See in the first semi-final 9–7 in a match filled with mistakes, whilst Mario He defeated Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz 9–7.[15][16] In the final, the number one ranked player on the Euro Tour, van den Berg defeated He 11–3.[17][6] Both of the players who met in the final of the women's straight pool final, Ouschan and Kjørsvik contested the semi-final of the women's nine-ball event. Ouschan won again, this time in a 7–0 whitewash of Kjørsvik.[18] In the final she met Gerda Hofstätter who defeated Anastasia Nechaeva 7–4.[18] The all-Austrian final was won by Ouschan, 7–2.[19][20] In the wheelchair event, six-time European champion Henrik Larsson met Tähti in the final. Larsson lead 3–1 and 5–3 before winning the match 7–6 on a deciding rack.[20]
The ten-ball event was only being held for the second time in the championships and was played between 30 March and 2 April. French player Stephan Cohen met Poland's Radosław Babica in the men's final, where Cohen won 8–6.[21][7] Ouschan won her third event of the championships in the women's ten-ball event, after she defeated 6–1.[7] The wheelchair ten-ball event was a rematch of the wheelchair nine-ball final between Larsson and Tähti, with Tähti winning 5–1.[7] Ouschan was the event's most successful player, winning three events, the nine-ball, ten-ball and straight pool. She lost her only match of the championships in the quarter-finals of the eight-ball competition.[7] Tähti won two of the three wheelchair events, losing his only match in the final of the wheelchair nine-ball to Larsson 5–6.[22]
Results[]
Date(s) | Discipline | Winner | Runner-up | Semi-finals | Ref. |
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24-26 March | Straight Pool (men) | Tomasz Kapłan (POL) | Fabio Petroni (ITA) | Petri Makkonen (FIN) | [23] |
(RUS) | |||||
26-28 March | Eight-ball (men) | Dominic Jentsch (DEU) | Ralf Souquet (DEU) | Denis Grabe (EST) | [24] |
(ESP) | |||||
28-31 March | Nine-ball (men) | Nick van den Berg (NLD) | Mario He (AUT) | Huidji See (NLD) | [25] |
(ESP) | |||||
30 March-2 April | Ten-ball (men) | Stephan Cohen (FRA) | Radosław Babica (POL) | (PRT) | [26] |
Konstantin Stepanov (RUS) | |||||
24-26 March | Straight pool (women) | Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) | Line Kjørsvik (NOR) | Anna Mazhirina (RUS) | [27] |
(ESP) | |||||
26–28 March | eight-ball (women) | (NLD) | (FIN) | (AUT) | [28] |
Line Kjørsvik (NOR) | |||||
28–31 March | nine-ball (women) | Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) | Gerda Hofstätter (DEU) | Line Kjørsvik (NOR) | [19] |
Anastasia Nechaeva (RUS) | |||||
30 March–2 April | ten-ball (women) | Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) | (RUS) | Anna Mazhirina (RUS) | [29] |
Kamila Khodjaeva (BEL) | |||||
26–28 March | eight-ball (wheelchair) | Jouni Tähti (FIN) | (BEL) | (ENG) | [30] |
(IRL) | |||||
28–31 March | nine-ball (wheelchair) | Henrik Larsson (SWE) | Jouni Tähti (FIN) | (ENG) | [31] |
(ENG) | |||||
30 March–2 April | ten-ball (wheelchair) | Jouni Tähti (FIN) | Henrik Larsson (SWE) | (ENG) | [32] |
(ENG) |
Men's[]
Straight Pool[]
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Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | David Alcaide | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
David Alcaide | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Petri Makkonen | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 114 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Petri Makkonen | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Petri Makkonen | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Oliver Ortmann | 105 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Oliver Ortmann | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Francisco Sánchez] | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Oliver Ortmann | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Zoran Svilar | 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Zoran Svilar | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Petri Makkonen | 102 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tomasz Kaplan | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tomasz Kaplan | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Tomasz Kaplan | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Ruslan Chinakhov | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tomasz Kaplan | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Huidji See | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Albin Ouschan | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Huidji See | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tomasz Kaplan | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fabio Petroni | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Nick van den Berg | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niels Feijen | 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Niels Feijen | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fabio Petroni | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Sandor Tot | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sandor Tot | 122 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fabio Petroni | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Aki Heiskanen | 121 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Fabio Petroni | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fabio Petroni | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Ralf Souquet | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Tomas Larsson | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | 125 |
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External links[]
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