Marcus Chamat (; born 6 May 1975), is a Swedish professional

eight-ball Eight-ball (also spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes or rarely highs and lows) is a discipline of pool played on a billiard table with six pockets, cue sticks, and sixteen billiard balls (a ...

and

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player. He was nicknamed "

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" due to his personality and standing at tall. He is a two time

European Pool Championships 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 small ...

winner, and one of the most successful players on the

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, 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

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, and played for the Continent six times. After retiring in 2015, he became the non-playing captain of the side, winning the event in

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and

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Career

In 2000, Chamat won his first major title by defeating

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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 8–3. Chamat has also been runner-up at the championships on two further occasions, being defeated in the final of the eight-ball in 2010, and the nine-ball in 2012. Chamat reached the semi-finals of a world championships for the first time in 2004 at the 2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. After the preliminary round, Chamat defeated Souquet,

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(both 9–6), Thorsten Schober (11–8), and

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(11–6). Chamat played Chang Pei-Wei in the semi-final, but lost 11–9. He also reached this stage at the 2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship, defeating Gabriele Cimmino, Kasper Kristoffersen (both 10–5) and

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(10–6), before losing in the semi-final to Souquet 10–8. Chamat played on the

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and, as of 2019, also appears at the

events. Chamat is one of the most successful players on the Tour, with four event wins, starting with his first tournament win in 1999, at the Finland Open. He later won three more Euro Tour events, all in Austria in 2004, 2006 and 2009. With four victories overall, he is in the top 10 winners of Euro Tour events. Chamat also won the UPA World Summit of Pool in 2005, defeating

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in the finals. Chamat semi-retired from professional pool in 2015, before taking over as captain at the

. Shortly before this, Chamat reached the last 16 at the 2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, losing to

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11–8.

Mosconi Cup

Chamat represented Team Europe at the Mosconi Cup six times in (

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and

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). Despite the American side dominating the event at this time, the European side that Chamat was in won in 2002 was referred to as "one of the best moments of iscareer", by team-mate

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. Through this period, Chamat secured 11 victories from 26 matches played at the event. After failing to regain his place on the team in 2006, Chamat continued to play professionally, however, he took over as non-playing captain for Europe at the Mosconi Cup at the 2015 event. Chamat captained the team to three victories at the 2015,

and

events. In his fourth event as captain, he saw a losing effort in

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, the first USA victory since 2009. During the event, after

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 ...

put Europe 3–0 ahead, he neglected to shake the hand of his opponent Dennis Hatch, which led to Hatch leaving the arena feeling aggrieved. Chamat, as captain, took Filler to one side to calm the player down. Filler later praised Chamat, saying: "He is the best captain." In total, Chamat has represented Europe at the event on ten occasions.

Personal life

Chamat was born 6 May 1975, in

Borlänge Borlänge is a locality in Dalarna County, Sweden with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality with a total population of 51,604 inhabitants as of 2017. History Originally Borlänge was the name of a tin ...

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. He is a co-owner of the ''Interpool Restaurant and Biljard'' clubs in

Gävle Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede ...

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...

and

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

, Sweden. The club has become a base for pool in Sweden, and began to run international pool events in 2009, with the ''interpool open 9-ball'' starting in 2009. Chamat is nicknamed Napoleon for his attitude whilst playing pool and his small stature, standing at tall.

Titles

* 2009

Austrian Open * 2008

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 small ...

8-Ball * 2006

Austrian Open * 2005 UPA World Summit of Pool * 2004

Austrian Open * 2002

* 2000

9-Ball * 1999

Finland Open

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chamat, Marcus 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Dalarna County Swedish pool players