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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] |
Nine-Ball
Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a discipline of the cue sport pool. The game's origins are traceable to the 1920s in the United States. It is played on a rectangular billiard table with at each of the four corners and in the middle of each long side. Using a cue stick, players must strike the white cue ball to nine colored billiard balls, hitting them in ascending numerical order. An individual game (or ) is won by the player pocketing the . Matches are usually played as a to a set number of racks, with the player who reaches the set number winning the match. The game is currently governed by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), with multiple regional tours. The most prestigious nine-ball tournaments are the WPA World Nine-ball Championship and the U.S. Open Nine-ball Championships. Notable 9-Ball players in the game include Luther Lassiter, Buddy Hall, Earl Strickland and Shane Van Boening. The game is often associated with hustling and gambling, with tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol Skowerski
(born 9 May 1984) is a Polish professional pool player. After reaching the last 16 of the 2012 World Pool-Billiard Association World Nine-ball Championship, Skowerski won the 2012 World Pool Masters, defeating fellow Pole Mateusz Śniegocki in the final 8–6, which was held in Kielce, Poland. Skowerski also reached the final of the 2012 World Cup of Pool, alongside Śniegocki, losing to Team Finland, Petri Makkonen and Mika Immonen 10–8. Titles * World Pool Masters (2012) * European Pool Championship ** Straight Pool (2019) * Polish Pool Championship ** Straight Pool (2003) ** Nine-Ball (2012) ** Ten-Ball Ten-ball is a rotation pool game similar to nine-ball, but using ten balls instead of nine, and with the 10 ball instead of the 9 as the "" Although the game has existed for since the early 1960s, its popularity has risen since the early 2000s ... (2009, 2017) References External links Polish pool players Living people Polish sportsmen 1984 births {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Births
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Pocket Billiard Federation
The European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) is the European governing body for pocket billiards. EPBF is the European regional affiliate member of the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). The federation holds the European Championships since 1980. and 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 ... events since 1992. EPBF members National affiliate members of EPBF : References External linksEuropean Pocket Billiard Federation {{Sports governing bodies in Europe Pool organizations Billiard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 World Cup Of Pool
The 2011 World Cup of Pool is the sixth edition of the said tournament. For the third straight year, the event is once again being held in the Philippines, at The Block of SM City North EDSA in Quezon City, from 6 to 11 September 2011. The event was won by the German team of Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann, who defeated Thailand's Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Kobkit Palajin in the final 10–4. Rules *Winners' break. *Teammates take shots alternately. *Race to eight racks for matches prior to the quarterfinals. *Race to nine racks for matches from the quarterfinals to the semifinals. *Race to ten racks for the Final. *Eighty-second shot clock for the shot immediately after the break, forty seconds for other shots. *In order for a break to be legal, at least two balls must pass over the head string. Prize money Participating nations *Seeded teams: *# (Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen) *# A (Ronato Alcano and Dennis Orcollo) *# (Darren Appleton and Chris Melling) *# (Ralf Souquet and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huidji See
Huidji See (born 30 May 1981 in Arnhem, Netherlands, also known as Huidji Lake) is a Dutch pool and billiards player. He was the 2011 WPA World 10-Ball Pool Champion. Career Early life See was born in 1981 in the Netherlands, the son of Chinese parents, and grew up there. Instead of finishing his education, he opted for a career as a professional billiard player. In competitions he competes for the Rotterdam Billiards Club Thurston . His nickname in the pool billiard scene is Hooch. Pool career In 2007 See won silver in the WPA World Straight Pool Championship, losing the final 171–200 against the German Oliver Ortmann. On reaching the final, he had successively defeated players , , , , Niels Feijen, Warren Kiamco and . In the Straight pool world championship 2008 in New Brunswick See lost in the quarterfinals to Francisco Bustamante. At the ''European Pool Championship 2011'' he was defeated in 10-ball in the quarterfinals the Russian Konstantin Stepanov, however, won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Cup Of Pool
The World Cup of Pool is an annual international single-elimination tournament for doubles teams in nine-ball pool competition. The event has been dominated by the Philippines and China, with both nations winning the event on three occasions. History The tournament is held annually, at various locations, and was first held in 2006 in Newport, Wales. The tournament is hosted by Matchroom Pool. Format There are usually 32 participating teams, representing 31 nations (the host nation is represented by two teams, A and B) composed of two players each. The participating nations do not have to go through a qualifying tournament in order to join, as they are selected by the organizers. Sixteen teams are seeded; they will face the unseeded teams at the first round. The individual matches are with alternating , which are to seven racks for Round 1 and 2, nine racks for the quarterfinals and semifinals, and eleven for the final. The rules used are World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Dutch Open
The 2017 Dynamic Dutch Open, was the fourth Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2017. The event was won by Russia's Ruslan Chinakhov who defeated Germany's Christoph Reintjes Christoph Reintjes is a German professional pool player. He is best well known for being the runner-up at the 2017 Dutch Open. Career Reintjes first competed in Euro Tour events in 2007, where he reached the last 32 in his first professional co ... 9–4 in the final. Tournament format The event saw a total of 1199 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 Sports competitions in Heeze-Leende 2017 Euro Tour events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Treviso Open
The 2016 Treviso Open was a Nine-ball pool event, and part of the Euro Tour. The event was held between 24–26 November 2016 in the ''BHR Treviso Hotel'' in Treviso, Italy. The winner was David Alcaide. The Spaniard secured his second Euro Tour victory by a 9–6 final win against the German Joshua Filler. Third place went to the Pole Mieszko Fortuński and the Dutch Niels Feijen who won the previous Euro Tour tournament, the 2016 Leende Open The defending champion was the Englishman Mark Gray, who lost in the round of 16 against 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 .... Tournament results The event saw 163 Participants first in a Double elimination tournament. With 32 players left, the event turned into a Single-elimination tournament. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
