Radosław Babica

	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]
picture info	Kielce Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnica River, in the northern part of the historical Polish province of Lesser Poland. Kielce has a history back over 900 years, and the exact date that it was founded remains unknown. Kielce was once an important centre of limestone mining and the vicinity is famous for its natural resources like copper, lead and iron, which, over the centuries, were exploited on a large scale. There are several fairs and exhibitions held in Kielce throughout the year. The city and its surroundings are also known for their historic architecture, green spaces and recreational areas like the Świętokrzyski National Park. In sports, the city is known as the home of the top-tier handball club, multiple Polish Champion and one-time EHF Champions Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2006 World Cup Of Pool The 2006 World Cup of Pool (also known as the 2006 PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional nine-ball pool competition, the first World Cup of Pool, a scotch doubles knockout championship representing 32 national teams. The event was held at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales, from 22 to 27 August 2006. The event was held as a single-elimination tournament, for a total prize fund of $250,000 with $60,000 being awarded to the winner. The tournament was organised by Matchroom Sport, sponsored by poker website Partypoker, and broadcast on Sky TV. The event was won by the Filipino team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante who defeated the American duo of Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris 13–5 in the final. The event saw multiple world pool champions in the field, as well as snooker world champions in Steve Davis and Ronnie O'Sullivan. The unseeded Vietnamese team of Nguyen Thanh Nam and Lương Chí Dũng reached the semi-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	People From Kielce A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1979 Births Events January * January 1 United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full Sino-American relations, diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, France, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's Chrysler Europe, European operations, which are based in United Kingdom, Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 7 – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area ... [...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]
	2013 World Cup Of Pool The 2013 World Cup of Pool was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held at the York Hall, London from 17 to 22 September 2013. The event was won by the Phillipene team of Lee Vann Corteza and Dennis Orcollo. Prize fund * First place (per pair): $60,000 * Second place (per pair): $30,000 * Semi-finalists (per pair): $16,000 * Quarter-finalists (per pair): $10,000 * Last 16 losers (per pair): $5,000 * Last 32 losers (per pair): $3,000 Teams Seeded teams: # (Mika Immonen and Petri Makkonen) # A (Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes) # ( Li Hewen and Liu Haitao) # (Shane Van Boening and Johnny Archer) # (Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg) # (Lee Vann Corteza and Dennis Orcollo) # (Chang Jung-lin and Ko Pin-yi) # B (Daryl Peach and Chris Melling) # ( Dominic Jentsch and Ralf Souquet) # (Nikos Ekonomopoulos and Alexander Kazakis) # (Radosław Babica and Tomasz Kapłan) # (Alex Pagulayan and John Morra) # (Naoyuki Ōi and Lo Li-wen) # (Konstantin Stepanov and ... [...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]
	2010 World Cup Of Pool The 2010 World Cup of Pool was the fifth World Cup of Pool championship. It was held at the Robinsons Place Manila in Manila, Philippines, from September 7 to 12, 2010. China won this year's event. 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, two balls must pass over the head string. Prize fund Participating nations Seeded teams: # A (Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante) # ( Rodney Morris and Johnny Archer) # B ( Roberto Gomez and Dennis Orcollo) # (Daryl Peach and Karl Boyes) # B (Ralf Souquet and Oliver Ortmann) # (Niels Feijen and Huidji See) # (Ko Pin-yi and Chang Jung-lin) # ( Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen) # ( Fabio Petroni and Bruno Muratore) # ( Naoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	2009 World Cup Of Pool The 2009 World Cup of Pool (also known as the 2009 PartyPoker World Cup of Pool due to sponsorship) was a professional nine-ball pool, and the fourth World Cup of Pool, a scotch doubles knockout championship representing 32 national teams. The cup was played at the Annex of SM City North EDSA in Quezon City, Philippines from 1 to 6 September 2009. The Korean pair of Ga Young Kim and Yun Mi Lim were the first all-female team to participate at the event. The tournament featured a prize fund of $250,000 with the winner receiving $60,000. It was sponsored by online poker website partypoker. The defending champions were Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boening representing the US, who had won the 2008 event 11–7 over the English team of Daryl Peach and Mark Gray in the final. The USA team were defeated in the quarter-finals by the Chinese pair of Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen 5–9. The event was won by the Filipino team of Francisco Bustamante and Efren Reyes, who defeated the Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2008 World Cup Of Pool The 2008 World Cup of Pool was the third edition of the tournament. The event was held again in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from October 7–11, 2008. Participating nations * (Stuart Lawler and John Wims) * (Martin Kempter and Jasmin Ouschan) * (Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe) * (Edwin Montal and Tyler Edey) * (Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen) * (Philipp Stojanovic and Ivica Putnik) * (Kasper Kristoffersen and Martin Larsen) * (Daryl Peach and Mark Gray) * (Mika Immonen and Markus Juva) * (Stephan Cohen and Vincent Facquet) * (Thomas Engert and Ralf Souquet) * (Kenny Kwok and Lee Chenman) * (Bjorgvin Hallgrimsson and Kristján Helgason) * (Alok Kumar and Sumit Talwar) * ( Fabio Petroni and Bruno Muratore) * ( Naoyuki Oi and Satoshi Kawabata) * (Kim Woong-dae and Jeong Young-hwa) * (Ibrahim Bin Amir and Lee Poh Soon) * (Tony Drago and Alex Borg) * A (Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg) * B (Roy Gerards and Gijs van Helmond) * (Jhon Lopez and Juan Vega) * (Francisco Bustamante and Dennis Orc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2007 World Cup Of Pool The 2007 World Cup of Pool (also known as the 2007 PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional nine-ball pool competition and the second edition of the World Cup of Pool, a scotch doubles knockout championship representing 32 national teams. The event was held in the Outland club in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 25 to 30 September 2007. The event was held as a single-elimination tournament for a total prize fund of $250,000, including $60,000 for the winner. The tournament was organised by Matchroom Sport, sponsored by poker website Partypoker, and broadcast across 31 one-hour episodes. The defending champions were the Filipino team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante, who had defeated the USA pair of Rodney Morris and Earl Strickland in the final of the 2006 event. The Philippines were eliminated in the semi-finals by the Chinese team of Li Hewen and Fu Jianbo. In the final, the Chinese pair defeated Mika Immonen and Markus J ... [...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]