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Mieszko Fortuński
Mieszko Fortuński (born 1 April 1992 in Lubin, Poland) is a Polish professional Pool (cue sports), pool player. He was the winner of the Euro Tour event 2016 Italian Open (pool), 2016 Italian Open. Fortuński is a three-time winner of the European Pool Championships, winning the ten-ball event in 2019, and the represented Poland in the team event, winning in 2015 and 2018. Titles & Achievements * 2025 Euro Tour List of Euro Tour tournaments, Austrian Open * 2024 Polish Pool Championship 9-Ball * 2023 Longoni 9-Ball League - with (Wojciech Szewczyk) * 2021 European Pool Championship Ten-Ball * 2016 Euro Tour Italian Open * 2019 European Pool Championship Ten-Ball * 2019 Polish Pool Championship Ten-Ball * 2018 Polish Pool Championship Eight-Ball * 2017 Polish Pool Championship Nine-Ball * 2014 Polish Pool Championship Ten-Ball * 2014 Polish Pool Championship Nine-Ball * 2010 Polish Pool Championship Nine-Ball External links Mieszko Fortuńskiat Poland Billiards References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubin
Lubin (; ) is a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the administrative seat of Lubin County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Lubin, although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town forms a separate urban gmina. As of 2021, the city had a total population of 70,815. Lubin was a small town with medieval origins, being a castellan seat in the 12th century. Over the centuries it prospered as a center of cloth and linen making. It owed its recent great growth to the discovery of the largest copper ore deposits in Europe in 1957. The city is one of the major industrial locations in Lower Silesia, with the headquarters of the third-largest Polish corporation, the KGHM Polska Miedź mining company, one of the world's leading copper and silver producers. It is one of four cities in the Copper Belt (along with Legnica, Głogów and Polkowice). It is located on the Expressway S3 (Poland), main highway connecting the port city of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Italian Open (pool)
The 2016 Italian Open (also known as the 2016 Rome Masters and sponsored title 2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 73rd edition of the Italian Open and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place from 9 to 15 May 2016. Finals Men's singles * Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 6–3 Women's singles * Serena Williams defeated Madison Keys, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 Men's doubles * Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock, 2–6, 6–3, 0–7 Women's doubles * Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 0–3 Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money ATP main draw entrants Singles Seeds *Rankings are as of May 2, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pool (cue Sports)
Pool is a series of cue sports played on a billiard table. The table has six Pocket (billiards), pockets along the , into which Billiard ball, balls are shot. "Pool billiards" is sometimes hyphenated and/or spelled with a singular "billiard". The WPA itself uses "pool-billiard" in its logo but "pool-billiards" in its legal notices. The organization compounds the words to result in an acronym of "WPA", "WPBA" having already been taken by the Women's Professional Billiards Association. Normal English grammar would not hyphenate here, and w:de:Poolbillard, the term is actually a Germanism. A general rules booklet on pool games in general, including eight-ball, nine-ball and several others. Of the many different pool games, the most popular include: eight-ball, Blackball (pool), blackball, nine-ball, ten-ball, seven-ball, straight pool, one-pocket, and bank pool. Eight-ball is the most frequently played discipline of pool, and it is often thought of as synonymous with "pool". The ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euro Tour
The Euro Tour is a series of professional pool events set around Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. 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 ..., founded in 1992, and created by the European Pocket Billiard Federation. The Tour's first event was the ''Belgium Open'', held on 29–31 May 1992. The event was won by Mika Immonen. As of 2025, the Euro Tour has hosted 188 tournaments, currently in the discipline of 10-Ball, hosting between 1 and 6 events per year, since 2010. Top Performers References External links Official Website {{Euro Tour Euro Tour Cue sports leagues Pool tours and series Recurring sporting events established in 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Pool Championships
European Pool Championship (also called Dynamic European Championships) is a Pool (cue sports), pool competition organized by the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF). The tournament is held annually since 1980. It should not be confused with the series of smaller events known as the Euro Tour, also run by the EPBF. Current disciplines include 8-ball, 9-Ball, 10-Ball, Straight pool, and team events), and for different age and ability ranges, with events for men, women, juniors and wheelchair players. Tournament history Sources: Men Women Wheelchair Men's teams Women's teams References External linksHome page {{European championships European Pool Championships, European championships in cue sports, Pool Pool competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 since the early 1960s, its popularity has risen since the early 2000s as a result of concerns that nine-ball has suffered as a result of flaws in its fundamental structure, particularly the ease with which players can often make balls from the break. The World Pool-Billiard Association The World Pool Association (WPA) is the international Sport governing body, governing body for Pool (cue sports), pool (pocket billiards). It was formed in 1987, and was initially headed by a provisional board of directors consisting of represent ... (WPA) standardized rules for ten-ball are very similar to those for nine-ball, but with key changes to increase the difficulty of the game. In contrast to nine-ball, it is slightly harder to any balls on the with the more crowded , the initial shooter cannot instantly win the gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Euro Tour Tournaments
The following is a list of all tournaments held as a part of the pool Euro Tour The Euro Tour is a series of professional pool events set around Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlanti ... since its inception in 1992. Tournament history References External links * {{Euro Tour *list Cue sports related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9-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, Efren Reyes, Earl Strickland and Shane Van Boening. The game is often associated with hustling and gambling, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojciech Szewczyk
Wojciech Szewczyk (Born 1 September 1994) is a Polish professional pool player. Szewczyk is a two time junior European Pool Championship winner, winning the 8-ball event in 2010, defeating Finn Eschment in the final, and the 9-ball event in 2011 defeating Lars Kuckherm in the final. He is also a former Euro Tour event runner-up, losing in the final of the 2012 Austria Open, losing in the final to Nikos Ekonomopoulos 9–4. Titles & Achievements * 2023 PRP Nine-Ball Open * 2023 Longoni 9-Ball League - with (Mieszko Fortuński) * 2023 European Pool Championship 9-ball * 2022 WPA World Ten-ball Championship * 2021 Polish Pool Championship Nine-ball * 2020 Polish Pool Championship Eight-ball * 2019 Polish Pool Championship Nine-ball * 2019 Polish Pool Championship Eight-ball * 2018 Polish Pool Championship 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 pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Pool Championship
European Pool Championship (also called Dynamic European Championships) is a pool competition organized by the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF). The tournament is held annually since 1980. It should not be confused with the series of smaller events known as the Euro Tour, also run by the EPBF. Current disciplines include 8-ball, 9-Ball, 10-Ball, Straight pool, and team events), and for different age and ability ranges, with events for men, women, juniors and wheelchair players. Tournament history Sources: Men Women Wheelchair Men's teams Women's teams References External linksHome page {{European championships Pool Pool may refer to: Bodies of water * Swimming pool, usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming * Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings * Tide pool, a roc ... Pool competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Births
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday 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 province The Roman provinces (, pl. ) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was ruled by a Roman appointed as Roman g ...s 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: Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
