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2017 Portugal Open
The 2017 Dynamic Portugal Open, was the second Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2017. The event was won by Netherlands' Nick van den Berg who defeated Spain's David Alcaide 9–5 in the final. In winning the event, van den Berg won his tenth Euro Tour event. The event was the last tournament in the European qualification for the 2017 World Games. David Alcaide and Joshua Filler qualified as first and second place of the one-year ranking of the Euro Tour, and competed at the Nine-ball at the 2017 World Games – men's singles, 9-Ball men's event. The Games were won by Carlo Biado, with Filler losing in the last 16, and Alcaide in the quarter-finals. Tournament format The event saw a total of 194 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as single elimination. Prize fund Tournament results References External links {{Euro Tour Euro Tour Sporting events in Portugal 2017 Euro Tour events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albufeira
Albufeira () is a city and seat of its own municipality in the district of Faro, in the southernmost Portuguese region of Algarve. The municipality population in 2021 was 44,158, in an area of . The city proper had a population of 28,645 in 2021. It is from Lisbon, and is within close proximity of Paderne Castle. Lagoa is located to the west, and Faro to the south-east. A tourist destination (due to its coastal conditions), Albufeira expands to approximately 300,000 residents during the summer and during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, owing to the number of hotels and lodgings in its municipality, that includes marina facilities, golf courses, restaurants and bars for the annual flood of visitors. History It is unclear when the first settlements specifically formed in the region of Albufeira, although scientific research suggests origins during the pre-historic epoch, and that the town of Albufeira formed as an out-port of the maritime fishery. The primitive sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Bijsterbosch
Marc Bijsterbosch (born 31 December 1993) is a Dutch professional pool player. Bijsterbosch won the 10-Ball event at the 2017 European Pool Championship, and reached the final of the 2014 Slovenian Open Euro Tour event, where he lost 9–4 to Denis Grabe. Titles * 2017 European Pool Championship 10-ball References External links Marc Bijsterbosch on the Euro Tour 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. The event was won by M ... website 1993 births Living people Dutch pool players {{cue-sports-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Tångudd
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames. Background The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames (Dan, Danny) are common in both English and Hebrew; "Dan" may also be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Feminine versions (Danielle, Danièle, Daniela, Daniella, Dani, Danitza) are prevalent as well. It has been particularly well-used in Ireland. The Dutch names "Daan" and "Daniël" are also variations of Daniel. A related surname developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Gray (pool Player)
Mark Gray (born 16 August 1973) is an English professional Pool (cue sports), pool player and former professional snooker player. Snooker career Born in 1973, Gray turned professional in 1992. He made little progress in any tournament until the 1997/1998 season, when he reached the last 64 at the German Open - losing 1–5 to Karl Broughton - the last 48 at the Thailand Masters, where Chris Small whitewashed him 5–0, and later made his first appearance in the last 32 at a ranking event, in the 1998 British Open. There, he defeated Jimmy Michie 5–3 and Jimmy White 5–4, but lost 3–5 to Dominic Dale. The following season saw Gray repeat his feat at the British Open, beating Bjorn Haneveer 5–2, Paul Wykes 5–4 and Jamie Burnett 5–3, having trailed Burnett 1–3. He was again eliminated at the last 32 stage, this time 4–5 by Peter Ebdon. Gray's ranking improved to a career-best 79th for the 1999/2000 season, but his form declined thereafter. In the 2000 UK Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralf Souquet
Ralf Souquet ( ; born 29 November 1968) is a German professional pool player. His nickname is "The Kaiser". Since 1988, he has won more than 200 tournament titles, including 23 Euro Tour titles, 20 European Pool Championship and 12 German Pool Championship. Souquet is a two-time world champion, winning the 2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship and 1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Career Souquet began playing billiards at the age of six in his parents' pub, practicing up to five hours per day. He won his first German Championship title at the age of fourteen in the juniors division. In 1985, Souquet co-won his first European Championship team title with the National Team, and in 1986 won his first individual title at the European Championship (juniors division). In 1997, he received the ''Silberne Lorbeerblatt'' (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest official distinction awarded to sportspeople by Germany, which was presented to him by German President Roman Herzog. In 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrique Correia
Henrique () may refer to: * Henry, Count of Portugal (1066–1112) * Henry I, King of Portugal (1512–1580) *Henry the Navigator (1394–1460), a royal prince and important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire * Infante Henry, 4th Duke of Coimbra (born 1949) People *Carlos Henrique (other), several people *Fernando Henrique (other), several people Arts and entertainment *Henrique Campos (1909–1983), Portuguese film director *Henrique de Curitiba (1934–2008), Brazilian composer *Henrique Lopes de Mendonça (1856–1931), Portuguese poet, playwright and naval officer *Henrique Pousão (1859–1884), Portuguese painter Politics and military * Henrique Capriles (born 1972), Venezuelan politician * Henrique Galvão (1895–1970), Portuguese military officer, politician and writer *Henrique Meirelles (born 1945), Brazilian former Minister of the Economy, president of the Banco Central do Brasil *Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Cabral Couceiro (1861–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Hybler
Roman Hybler (born 27 December 1977 in Liberec, Czech Republic) is a Czech professional pool player. Hybler is most well known for winning the ''2002 German Open'' Euro Tour event. Career Hybler took up pool aged 12. His first club was the ''PBC Woodstock Germering''; later he moved to ''PBC Olympics Munich'', for which he won several titles at the German Junior Championships. In 2001, Hybler entered his first international tournament, as a part of the Euro Tour, and a year later won his only Tour championship, the ''2002 German Open'', defeating Klaus Zobrekis in the final. The same year, Hybler also entered his first world championship, the 2002 WPA World Nine-ball Championship reaching the knockout round, finishing 33rd. Hybler is a three time semi-finalist at the European Pool Championships, and reached the last 16 of the world championships on three occasions. Titles * 2002 Euro Tour German Open German Open is a name given to many sports events established in Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Teutscher
Marco Teutscher (born 1 February 1992) is a professional Dutch pool player. Career Teutscher began playing in 2007, and would enter the youth European Pool Championships the same year. His best finish at these competitions was the reaching the quarter finals, doing so in 2008 at the 9-Ball event as well 2009 in the straight pool and 2010 in the 10-Ball. In 2010, Teutscher played in the men's competition for the first time, however, he wouldn't reach the later stages until 2012. He would reach the round of 16 of the straight pool competition before being defeated by Konrad Piekarski. In August 2012 he finished fifth at the Benelux Open. On the Euro Tour he first reached the knockout rounds at the 2013 Austrian Open before losing in the second round to Phil Burford. In January 2014, he finished fifth at the Longoni Capelle Open and the 9-Ball Mini Tournament of the Derby City Classic. At the 2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship he reached the knockout rounds of a world c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Ludwig
Sebastian Ludwig (born 22 March 1988) is a German professional pool player. Ludwig has been successful on the Euro Tour reaching two semi-finals, and also the final of the 2017 Klagenfurt Open where he lost 9–6 to Ralf Souquet. Ludwig reached ranking 1 in the German Pool Tour in 2017. References External links German pool players Living people 1988 births {{cue-sports-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radosław Babica
Radosław Babica (Born 18 July 1979) is Polish professional pool player from Kielce, who reached number 12 in the World Pool-Billiard Association world rankings in 2009. Career Babica final reached the European Pool Championships final of the 9-Ball event in 2007. He later also reached the final in the 10-Ball event and three more semi-final appearances at European Championships (one each in the 8-Ball, 9-ball and 14/1 endless). On the Euro Tour his best result so far was a second place - scored by the Costa del Sol Open 2007 held in Malaga. Babica is five-time champion of Poland in singles and also a four time national team champion. His best result so far in a world championship was reaching the quarter-finals at the 2005 WPA World Eight-ball Championship. At the annual doubles World Cup of Pool event, Babica has represented Poland on seven occasions (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013) and made it to the quarter final for best result in 2009, 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Zieliński
Wiktor Zieliński (born 11 January 2001) is a Polish professional pool player. He is the youngest player to ever win a Euro Tour event, winning the 2017 Treviso Open at the age of 16. Career Zielinski began playing pool at aged 8 in 2009, and in 2013 entered his first competition, the Junior European championships. Zielinski played his first men's event in 2015, at the 2015 Italian Open. The following season, he won his first European championship. He won both the 9-ball and straight pool events at the European Youth Championships(under 16s). He defeated Fedor Gorst in the straight ball final 75–66, and Keskutis Zadeikis 7–5 in the 9-ball final. He won the junior straight pool championship again in 2017, whilst also finishing runner-up at the 9-ball and 8-ball events as well. In 2017, aged 16, he became the youngest player to win an event on the Euro Tour, when he won the 2017 Treviso Open. Zielinski won the final over Mario He 9–1. The same season, he reached the qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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