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Press Release | 11 April 2023
Two more competitions ended today at the European Billiards Championships in Antalya/Turkey. In Balkline 47/2 and Artistic, Marek Faus from the Czech Republic and Haci Arap Yaman from Turkey stood at the top of the podium.
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Balkline 47/2:
The day started with a surprise as Marek Faus defeated the defending champion Raymund Swertz from the Netherlands 275:257 after extra innings. Sven Daske from Germany also achieved a brilliant performance as he turned a 14:212 deficit into a victory against Patrick Niessen (Belgium).
In the end, these two also faced each other in the final, with Marek Faus setting a sign right at the beginning with a run of 157 points. Daske did not have the strength to counter after a long day in the tournament and had to congratulate his opponent after nine innings to the European title.
Meanwhile, Willy Gerimont (France) and Michel van Silfhout (Netherlands) won bronze. In Gerimont’s semi-final even a run of 208 was not enough for him to win against Faus after two innings. In parallel Michel van Silfhout had nothing to counter the run of 237 by Daske.
Artistic:
Haci Arap Yaman from Turkey deservedly won the title in the Artistic event. In the final against Marvin Heinrich, the German was a step ahead until the break, but then he missed some important balls. First, Heinrich missed a 7-point ball at 109:122 and also a 5-point score at 140:158.
The decision was then in Yaman's favour at 172:147 when he failed to score a maximum difficulty of ten points, but Marvin Heinrich also failed to do so. Thus, Yaman could not be caught up with the remaining figures and thus secured the European title.
Sergio Sanchez (Spain) and Thomas Ahrens from Germany had previously failed in the semi-finals. While the Spaniard was on the losing side against Yaman, Ahrens had to admit defeat in the German duel against Marvin Heinrich only in the final phase of the match.
Women's 3-Cushion:
Qualified for tomorrow's semi-finals are top favourite Therese Klompenhouwer (Netherlands), Danielle Le Bruijn, Jaimie Buelens (both Belgium) and Charlotte Sörensen from Denmark. While Klompenhouwer played a very strong match in the quarterfinals against Guzin Mujde Karakasli (Turkey) with a 30:14 after 16 innings, Jaimie Buelens and the German Steffi Träm had a duel on equal terms. In the end, the Belgian had the happier end with 30:28 points after 59 innings.
5-Pins National Teams:
In this competition, the participants of the quarter-finals have now been determined. Denmark 1 so far impressively underlined its position as the first challenger of the Italians and finished the group phase as the best team. They will now meet their own second team. The other duels are France - Belgium, Germany - Switzerland and Italy - Austria. The final is then on the schedule on Wednesday evening.
3-Cushion Small Table:
In this discipline, the group phase is still running. Most of the athletes have to play one more match tomorrow before the quarter-finals start. Excitement is promised in many groups, as only the top of each group will definitely qualify for the final round. Particularly noteworthy is Group D, in which each athlete has one win and one loss before the last match day. So, it is already clear that everything will be decided by the general average.
The entire event can be followed in the paid livestream on tv.kozoom.com. Each of the 20 tables will be shown.
All results, schedules, daily press releases, photos and further information about the event can be found on the official media page.
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Press Release | 10 April 2023
Quarta and Hashas are crowned European Champions
Today the individual competitions in 5-Pins and in
3-Cushion of the U25 ended at the European Billiards Championships in Antalya/Turkey.
5- Pins:
The new European Champion in 5-Pins is Andrea Quarta from Italy, who won the continental championship after his World Championship title last year. In the final against his compatriot Paolo Marcolin the match went the full distance.
But it didn't look like that at first, because Quarta won the first two sets with 60:39 and 60:33. Quarta also had chances to win in the third set, but didn't manage to close the bag.
So Marcolin came back to 1:2 with a 60:59-win and secured the fourth set a little later with 60:43. Now it was time for the deciding set and Quarta played at his best again. This was already evident in the previous matches.
Whenever things got tight, the Italian switched up a gear or even two. It was the same this time and with a safe 60:35 Andrea Quarta won the European title in 5-Pins.
In the semifinals, the defending champion Michelangelo Aniello (Italy) and the Dane Rune Kampe had previously failed. While Aniello was certainly disappointed after his narrow 2:3 defeat against the future European champion, Rune Kampe has reason to celebrate tonight.
His bronze medal can definitely be considered a surprise. Likewise, it puts the Danish team in the role of first runner-up in the team competition that now follows.
Finally, Erling Sjörup finished fifth and last year's European runner-up Kasper Kristoffersen was eliminated in the round of 16 and thus finished ninth.
3-Cushion U25:
A week after winning the Next Generation tournament in Italy, Burak Hashas from Turkey also won the European Championship. The final against Nikolaus Kogelbauer from Austria was a one-sided affair for a long time.
Already at the 5-minute break Hashas was leading with 21:9 points and extended this lead in the second part of the final.
Finally, the young Turkish finished the game with a small run of four points and crowned himself the new European Champion with a final score of 40:20.
The two third places were shared by Alessio D'Agata from Italy and Seymen Ozbas from Turkey. D'Agata fought a duel on equal terms with Burak Hashas and could also have emerged victorious in the 38:40 defeat.
Balkline 47/2:
In Balkline 47/2, the group phase was played today. Only the winner of each of the eight groups qualified for the quarterfinals, so no sportsman was allowed to slip up. The defending champion is Raymund Swertz from the Netherlands and he lived up to his role as favourite with two clear victories today.
Benoit Legros (France) and Belgian Patrick Niessen also played outstandingly and secured their place in tomorrow's final round. Germany's Sven Daske fought his way back into the match after trailing badly against Micha van Bochem (Netherlands) and ultimately a 200-200 draw was enough for him to reach the quarterfinals.
Artistic:
In the spectacular Artistic tournament, the participants of tomorrow's quarterfinals have been announced. Haci Arap Yaman (Turkey), who had already convinced in the group phase, did not give a chance to Austria's Manfred Hekerle in his round of 16 match today.
More exciting was the match between the two Frenchmen Kevin Tran and Jean Reverchon, which was decided in favour of Tran only in the last figures. It was similar in the all-Spanish duel between Xavier Fonellosa and Sergio Sanchez, which the latter won with 115:109 points.
With Marvin Heinrich and Thomas Ahrens, two Germans are also represented. They impressively proved that they want to have a say in the medal decision in the newly founded team competition which will start on Wednesday.
Women's 3-Cushion:
In the Women's 3-Cushion competition on the match table, the participants of the round of 16 were determined today. A total of 24 players competed in eight groups, with the first two in each group advancing to the final round.
As expected, Therese Klompenhouwer is in the top position after the group stage. The Dutchwoman was considered the top favourite and has fully lived up to this role so far. First pursuer is the Belgian Jaimie Buelens, but also Charlotte Sörensen (Denmark), as well as the two Turkish players Gülsen Degener and Guzin Mujde Karakasli are definitely to be watched.
Men's 3-Cushion Small Table:
Meanwhile, the group phase is underway in Men's 3- Cushion on the small table. A total of 26 athletes are spread over six groups, with only the group winner in each case certain to reach the quarterfinals. Not many matches have been played so far, the medal decisions in this discipline will not be made until Thursday.
The entire event can be followed in the paid livestream on tv.kozoom.com. Each of the 20 tables will be shown.
All results, schedules, daily press releases, photos and further information about the event can be found on the official media page.
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Press Release | 9 April 2023
On the second day of the European Billiards Championships in Antalya/Turkey the first gold medal winner was crowned. The new European Champion in
1-cushion on the match table is Raul Cuenca from Spain, who defeated Jean-Paul de Bruijn (Netherlands) with 120:36 points after eight innings.
Cuenca started the match with a run of 30 points and did not let himself be disturbed by the direct counterattack of his opponent. Immediately afterwards, the Spaniard added another 46 points to make it 77:34. After a five-minute break, Cuenca continued his great play and finished the game with further runs of 18 and 25.
Earlier in the afternoon, Dutchman Raymund Swertz and Pascal Dessaint (France) had failed in the semifinals. Swertz had to admit defeat in the duel with his compatriot Jean-Paul de Bruijn with 62:120 after 15 innings, while Dessaint and Raul Cuenca played for well over two hours. In the end, the future European Champion had the upper hand with 120:86 after 34 innings.
In two other disciplines, the semifinalists and thus the medal winners have been determined. In 5-Pins, an Italian trio and a Danish player are still in the race for the European crown.
The quarterfinals, however, were anything but easy tasks for the Azzurri. Defending champion Michelangelo Aniello was trailing 1:2 after sets, but then managed to win with strong nerves 60:57 against Ulisse Calzi (Switzerland) in the deciding set. The match was similar for Andrea Quarta, who went up two gears in the fourth and fifth set and defeated Max Gabel from Germany 3:2.
In the all-Italian duel, Paolo Marcolin won 3:2 against Achille Mignolo, while in the last quarterfinal, Erling Sjörup and Rune Kampe faced each other. The two Dans fought an epic duel over five sets, at the end of which Kampe triumphed with 60:54.
Tomorrow's semifinal in the U25 3-cushion will be played by the winner of the "Next Generation" tournament last weekend. Burak Hashas from Turkey defeated Dimitrios Seleventas (Greece) in his quarterfinal with 40:32. In parallel, Alessio D'Agata (Italy) and Marcos Morales from Spain played a great match with averages above 1.5, which D'Agata finally won with 40:36.
In the evening session, Nikolaus Kogelbauer (Austria) and Symen Ozbas from Turkey prevailed. The Austrian won a thriller against Lukas Mortensen of Denmark 40:39, while Ozbas edged Maxime Panaia of France 40:28.
The finals in these two disciplines are scheduled for Monday afternoon and early evening.
The competition in Artistique billiards also began today. The total of 24 athletes are divided into eight groups of three and will play the qualifiers for the round of 16. So far, two of the three group matches have been played. The group winners so far are Bastien Panis, Michael Hammen (both France), the Spaniard Xavier Fonellosa, Thomas Ahrens (Germany), Jop de Jong (Netherlands) and last but not least the Turk Haci Arap Yaman. The latter is the declared favourite to win the title after his performances so far.
The entire event can be followed in the paid livestream on tv.kozoom.com. Each of the 20 tables will be shown.
All results, schedules, daily press releases, photos and further information about the event can be found on the official media page.
You are welcome to use this press release for republication with a source attribution to "CEB | Billard1.net".
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail.
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Achim Gharbi
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Press Release | 7 April 2023
Billiards spectacle over 9 days starts on Saturday.
Tomorrow, Saturday, the European Billiards Championship will open in Antalya, Turkey, and the first shot will be taken.
This major event combines all popular carom games in one championship and has been held every two years since 2013, with the exception of the Corona pandemic. Over 400 athletes from 18 nations will participate and compete for the coveted European Championship titles. The venue will be the spacious salon of the Maritime Pine Beach Belek Hotel.
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Diane Wild, the President of the Continental Confederation CEB, is confident in the organizational and sporting success of this nine-day event, stating: "With the city of Antalya and the local organization team, we have great supporters who make it possible for us to showcase a total of 15 new title holders."
The impressive number of title holders will be determined through various billiard disciplines including One-Cushion, 3-Cushion, Cadre, 5-Pins, and Artistique. Also, new
additions to the program are the competitions in Women's 5-Pins, Women's 3-Cushion Teams, and Artistique Teams, which have never been held before.
From a purely organizational perspective, the European Championships are once again a logistical masterpiece. A total of 28 billiard tables from ZEKI will be professionally set up and dismantled after the tournament. Additionally, 71 referees from nine nations will oversee the countless games in the various disciplines.
The playing materials will be provided by Simonis and Aramith. This European Championship will also mark the beginning of a new partnership between TAOM and CEB as the ‘Official Chalk Partner’.
The complete event can be followed starting from April 8th in the paid livestream on tv.kozoom.com.
For all results, schedules, daily press releases, photos, and further information on the event, please visit the official media page.
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