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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 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 .... The Tour's first event was the ''Belgium Open'', held on May 29 – 31, 1992. The event was won by Mika Immonen. As of 2022, the Euro Tour has hosted 176 tournaments, currently in the discipline of 9-Ball, hosting between 1 to 6 events per year, since 2010. The events are part of the official Matchroom Pool world rankings list; with the rankings contributing to playing in the Mosconi Cup. Tournament statistics Players from 23 different countries have already won a Euro Tour tournament. The Most successful player is Ralf Souquet of Germany, who has won 23 tournaments on the Tour. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. Comprising the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia, it shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and Asia to the east. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents of Earth#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Storm
Tom Storm (born 16 March 1965 in Borlänge, Sweden) is a former Swedish professional pool player. Storm was the runner-up at the 1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Storm represented Europe at the Mosconi Cup twice, in 1994 and 1995. Storm has won a total of 5 Euro Tour events, placing him 7th in the highest winners on tour. He won his first Euro Tour event in 1994, at the Danish Open. Titles * 1987 European Pool Championship 9-Ball * 1988 European Pool Championship 9-Ball * 1990 European Pool Championship 8-Ball * 1994 Euro Tour Danish Open * 1995 Euro Tour French Open * 1995 Mosconi Cup The Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested since 1994 between teams representing Europe and the United States. Named after American pool player Willie Mosconi, the event is comparable to the Ryder Cup in golf and the Weber C ... * 1996 Euro Tour German Open * 1999 European Pool Championship 14.1 * 2003 Euro Tour Belgian Open * 2003 Euro Tour Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cue Sports Leagues
Cue or CUE may refer to: Event markers *Sensory cue, in perception (experimental psychology) *Cue (theatrical), the trigger for an action to be carried out at a specific time, in theatre or film *Cue (show control), the electronic rendering of the specific action(s) to be carried out at a specific time by a show control system *Voice cue, in dance, words or sounds that help match rhythmic patterns of steps with the music * Cue mark, in motion picture film to signal projectionists of reel changes *Cue, a vocal message given by a group fitness instructor to inform participants of upcoming sequences, such as a change in stretching direction Music and audio * Cue (band), a Swedish musical group *Cue tone, a message consisting of audio tones, used to prompt an action. *Cue (audio), to determine the desired initial playback point in a piece of recorded music *Cue sheet (computing), a metadata file that describes how the tracks of an audio track are laid out * Source cue, music that ema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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 .... The Tour's first event was the ''Belgium Open'', held on May 29 – 31, 1992. The event was won by Mika Immonen. As of 2022, the Euro Tour has hosted 176 tournaments, currently in the discipline of 9-Ball, hosting between 1 to 6 events per year, since 2010. The events are part of the official Matchroom Pool world rankings list; with the rankings contributing to playing in the Mosconi Cup. Tournament statistics Players from 23 different countries have already won a Euro Tour tournament. The Most successful player is Ralf Souquet of Germany, who has won 23 tournaments on the Tour. ... [...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 qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Grabe
Denis Grabe (born February 22, 1990, in Tallinn, Estonia), is an Estonian professional pool player. Grabe reached the quarter-final of the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, before losing to Cheng Yu-hsuan 11–3. Grabe won two consecutive ''Euro Tour'' tournaments in a row in 2014, at the Austria Open, and Slovenian Open. In 2018, he also reached the final of the 2018 Sankt Johann im Pongau Open, losing the final 9–5 to Alexander Kazakis. Accomplishments * 2019 Euro Tour Antalya Open * 2018 World Pool Series 9-Ball Championship * 2014 Euro Tour Austria Open * 2014 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 European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) is the European governing body for pocket billiar ... Slovenian Open References External links Denis Grabeat AZBilliards {{DEFAULTSORT:Grabe, Denis 1990 births Living people Estonian pool playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateusz Śniegocki
Mateusz Śniegocki (born 3 January 1985 in Poznan) is a Polish professional pool player. Śniegocki is a former 10-Ball European champion and three-time winner of events at the Euro Tour. Career Śniegocki started playing billiards in a club called "Hades" in 1999, winning 5 national junior titles before 2005. Śniegocki won his first Euro Tour event in 2013 at the Bosnia & Herzegovina Open, before winning the 10-Ball event at the European Pool Championships later that year. In following years, Śniegocki won two more Euro Tour events, the 2015 Portugal Open, and the 2016 Albanian Open. Achievements * Kremlin Cup (2012) * Euro Tour ** Bosnia & Herzegovina Open (2013) ** Portugal Open (2015) ** Albanian Open (2016) * European Pool Championship ** Ten-ball (2013, 2019, 2021) * Polish Pool Championship ** Eight-ball (2006) ** 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 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (born December 29, 1991 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish professional pool player and the reigning World champion in both eight-ball and nine-ball. Career Sánchez won the World Nine-ball Junior Championship in 2010, defeating Jesse Engel 11–6 in the final. In 2016, Sánchez won the 2016 European Pool Championship in nine-ball defeating Joshua Filler in the final, 9–3. He also reached the final of the eight-ball event, but lost 7–8 to Vitaly Pazura. Sánchez was the runner-up at the 2017 Austrian Open, defeated in the final 9-2 by Mario He. In 2022 Sánchez won the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship defeating Max Lechner in the final 13-10. He then won his first world title at the WPA World Eight-ball Championship over Wiktor Zieliński in the same year. Sánchez won his second world title at the World Nine-ball Championship in 2023. Titles and achievements * WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2023) * WPA World Eight-ball Championship (2022) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Lely
Alex Lely (born 30 June 1973) is a Dutch former professional pool player. Lely won the 1999 World Pool Masters after defeating Efren Reyes 7–5, and reached the final in 2000 but lost to Ralf Souquet 7–3. He is a two-time European champion having won the nine-ball and eight-ball at the 2005 European Pool Championships. Lely has competed for the European team at the Mosconi Cup on four occasions in 1999, 2005, 2008 and 2009. Lely would be a part of the successful team at the 2008 Mosconi Cup when acting as the teams non-playing captain. In 2020, he took over as the team captain of the European team from Marcus Chamat. Lely is a multiple time champion of events on the Euro Tour, first winning the 1999 German Open, before taking two more events in 2005 and 2006. Career Alex Lely was born 30 June 1973 in the Hague, Netherlands. He plays pool right-handed. Lely turned professional in 1998, and the following year won his first major tournament, the World Pool Masters. He defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Peach
Daryl Peach (born 8 March 1972) is an English professional pool player, from Lancashire, who resides in Blackpool, England. He won the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, where he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez 17–15 in the final to become the first British player to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Representing England with partner Mark Gray, Peach has competed at the World Cup of Pool on six occasions, reaching the final in 2008 and 2015. Peach represented Great Britain and won the inaugural World Team Championship in 2010. He has also represented Europe in the Mosconi Cup in 1995 and 2007, and was a member of the winning team on both occasions. Peach was the youngest winner of the World Pool Masters, his first pool tournament, winning the 1995 event at the age of 23 years and three months. He is also the first player to have been ranked number one in the UK rankings, European tour rankings, and WPA World rankings concurrently. Peach is a five-ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Filler
Joshua Filler (born 2 October 1997) is a German pool player from Bönen, Germany. In 2018 Filler defeated Carlo Biado 13–10 to win the 2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. The same year he was the youngest player to win the China Open and 2018 10-ball European Pool Championships. Filler became WPA and Euro Tour world number 1 in 2019, and later reached the final of the 2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship before losing 10–7 to Ko Ping-chung. Filler has also represented Europe in the Mosconi Cup, winning the MVP award at the 2017 and 2022 events . Career Filler started to play billiards at the age of seven, competing at a national level by 2007 (age 10). In 2017, Filler made his debut at the Mosconi Cup, representing Europe. He became the youngest player to do so in history, at 20 years of age. The following year, he won the China Open 9-ball tournament, and the ten-ball European Pool Championships. Later, in 2018, Filler won his first world championship. Filler defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Chamat
Marcus Chamat (; born 6 May 1975), is a Swedish professional eight-ball and nine-ball pool player. He was nicknamed "Napoleon" due to his personality and standing at tall. He is a two time European Pool Championships winner, and one of the most successful players on the Euro Tour, winning four events, and finishing runner-up on twice. Chamat reached the semi-finals of the 2004 WPA World Nine-ball and the 2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championships, but did not reach the final of a world championship event. He first represented Europe at the Mosconi Cup in 2000, and played for the Continent six times. After retiring in 2015, he became the non-playing captain of the side, winning the event in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Career In 2000, Chamat won his first major title by defeating Ralf Souquet in the final of the nine-ball event at the European Pool Championships. He won at the European championships again, this time in the eight-ball event in 2008, defeating Svilar Zoren in the final 8– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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