Press Release | 16 April 2023

Greece, Netherlands and Sinop Spor
are European Team Champions

The European Billiards Championships in Antalya/Turkey came to a crowning conclusion today with the medal decisions in three team competitions.

European Champion in the Men's 3-Cushion National Teams was Greece, while the Netherlands won a thriller in the Women's final. Last but not the least, the team from Sinop Spor (Turkey) became European Champions in the 3-Cushion event for Club Teams on the Small Table.

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					<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color:#666666">3-Cushion Men&#39;s National Teams:</span></span></b></span></span></p>

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					<span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color:#666666">The Men&#39;s Team competition ended with a real bang. In the final, Greece played against Sweden. While Nikos Polychronopoulos dominated the first singles against Torbj&ouml;rn Blomdahl, it was the other way round at the second table. Here Michael Nilsson won clearly for Sweden against Kostantinos Kokkoris, so that it came to the decisive doubles.<br />
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					Michael Nilsson surprisingly missed the opening ball and Polychronopoulos/Kokkoris mercilessly took advantage. They scored fourteen points in a row before Polychronopoulos missed the match point by a hair&#39;s breadth. Sweden, of course, did not want to admit defeat yet, but Torbj&ouml;rn Blomdahl also missed a point by millimetres. So, Greece was back on the table and Kostantinos Kokkoris took the second match point. Before the carom with the third ball had even taken place, the two Greeks were already jubilantly in each other&#39;s arms.<br />
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					The two semifinals between Greece and the Netherlands and Sweden and Turkey did not suffer from a lack of suspense either. Both matches went into the scotch doubles after split singles. The Netherlands took an immediate 5:0 lead, but Greece fought back to finish the match 15:7.<br />
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					The match between Sweden and Turkey was similar. After both teams had won a singles match each, it went into the deciding doubles match. The Turkish duo was already leading 13:8, but Blomdahl/Nilsson turned the match with nerves of steel with a run of 7 points.<br />
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					The Netherlands was represented by Dick Jaspers and Jean-Paul de Bruijn, for Turkey Semih Sayginer and Tayfun Tasdemir played.</span></span></span></span><br />
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					<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color:#666666"><b>3-Cushion Women&#39;s National Teams:</b><br />
					The first European Champions in this new competition were the Dutch duo with Therese Klompenhouwer and Monique van Exter. Against the Turkish team with G&uuml;lsen Degener and Guzin Mujde Karakasli, the decision was only made in the scotch doubles.<br />
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					This had become necessary because the European singles champion Klompenhouwer won against Degener, but Monique van Exter lost to Karakasli at the same time. In the scotch doubles, neither team managed much at first and, of course, neither team was able to gain a decisive advantage. It was not until the 22nd inning that Klompenhouwer/Monique van Exter managed to play a run of six points, which finally let them win the overtime with 12:8 points.<br />
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					In the two semi-finals this morning, Belgium and Denmark both lost 0:4. At the award ceremony, Jaimie Buelens / Danielle Le Bruijn and Charlotte S&ouml;rensen/Nanna Petersen nevertheless received the bronze medal, beaming with joy.</span></span></span></span><br />
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					<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color:#666666"><b>3-Cushion Club Teams, Small Table:</b><br />
					After an all-Turkish final, the gold medal in this competition goes to Sinop Spor with Segmen Ozbas and Dogukan Cobraci. The two narrowly beat their compatriots Emin Gayret and Tarik Vavuz of G&ouml;ztepe Spor 30:26 and 30:27 respectively.<br />
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					Also in third place is a Turkish club, Ankara Hemsin Spor. Serdas Bas drew against Segmen Ozbas in his semifinal match, but M&uuml;bin Isili lost out to Dogukan Corbaci 25:30. Meanwhile, in the second semifinal, the Danes from BK Gr&ouml;ndal, with Tommy Ebeling and Daniel Kristiansen, lost 0:4 to G&ouml;ztepe Spor and also received the bronze medal at the award ceremony in the evening.<br />
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					So, nine tournament days with a total of fifteen new European Champions come to an end. The fifth all-in-one championship will go down in the history of the continental federation CEB as a highly successful event and the best advertisement for the sport of billiards. In cooperation with the sponsors and the Turkish Billiards Federation with President Ersan Ercan, a smooth event was set up as one could only dream of before the start.<br />
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					CEB President Diane Wild concluded the European Championships in the evening in a solemn speech during the last award ceremonies and a small closing ceremony.<br />
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					<span lang="EN-US">The Italian delegation had two reasons to celebrate today at the European Billiards Championships in Antalya.<br />
					First Marco Zanetti won the coveted title in the 3-Cushion Men&rsquo;s Individual and a little later Daniela Romiti secured the title in the Women&#39;s 5-Pins Individual, which was played for the first time.<br />
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					In addition, the participants of the knockout rounds were determined in the team competitions in Women&#39;s and Men&#39;s 3-Cushion (both match table), as well as for the club teams on the small table.</span></span></span></span></p>

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					<span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color:#666666">The new European Champion in probably the most prestigious competition was Marco Zanetti from Italy today. So, only a few days after his 61st birthday, he gave himself the best present.<br />
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					The match against the Turkish surprise finalist Berkay Karakurt started with a small lead in favor of Zanetti, but Karakurt was able to equalize. At the break, the Turk was even in front with 27:24.&nbsp;In the second half of the final, Karakurt added another two points, but then had to watch as Zanetti first scored ten, and then one inning later another five points.<br />
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					With a 39:29-lead, Zanetti now had a much better position, but Karakurt was far from giving up. With a few small runs he worked his way back to 38:40, 42:44 and 46:48. Then it was Zanetti&#39;s turn again, who scored a point but missed the match point.<br />
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					One inning later, the Italian had the opportunity to decide the match again. This time he succeeded and won his third European title at the same time.<br />
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					For Berkay Karakurt, who is ranked 41st in the world, this participation in the final was his greatest sporting success to date. As already reported yesterday, the two bronze medals went to the defending champion Daniel Sanchez (Spain) and Torbj&ouml;rn Blomdahl from Sweden.</span></span></span></span><br />
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					<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color:#666666"><b>5-Pins Women&#39;s Single:</b></span></span></span></span></p>

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					<span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color:#666666">The final between Daniela Romiti and the German Katja Titze was much closer than the result of 3:0-sets indicates. In the first set, everything pointed to a win for Titze. The German had a lead of more than twenty points before she was caught shortly before the goal of 60 points.<br />
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					The situation was similar in the second set, in which Titze again gained a lead. But this time, too, she could not bring the lead over the finish line. In the third set, both athletes were equal for most of the time, even though Titze had a bit more points as usual. Again, towards the end of the set, Daniela Romiti played stronger and also presented herself with stronger nerves and finally also ended the third set in her favor.<br />
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					For Titze, only the silver medal remained, while Maria Cristina Pulcini (Italy) and Charlotte Koefoed from Denmark won the bronze medal.<br />
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					<b>3-Cushion Men&#39;s National Teams:</b><br />
					On late Saturday evening, the group stage of this championship with 24 teams ended. Only the top of each group was to reach tomorrow&#39;s quarterfinals, so there were some very close decisions.<br />
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					It was particularly exciting in Group F, where Germany 1, Denmark 2 and the Czech Republic all played to a draw. So, the overall average had to be used and, in this ranking, the German 1 duo had a very close lead.<br />
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					Sweden 1 also had a few problems, they only drew against Austria, but then celebrated an outright victory in the match against Denmark 1. Also in the round of the last eight are Greece 1, France 1, Spain 1 and Turkey 2.<br />
					Only Turkey 1 and the Netherlands 1 celebrated two victories each, rounding off the list of qualified teams.<br />
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					<b>3-Cushion Women&#39;s National Teams:</b><br />
					The medal winners in this competition have been decided since Saturday evening. In tomorrow&rsquo;s semi-finals, top favorite the Netherlands will meet the Belgians, while Turkey and Denmark will determine the second finalist.<br />
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					In today&#39;s group stage, the Netherlands and Turkey remained without a point loss, while the Danes finished first in Group B despite a draw against Austria. Belgium reached the final round as the best group runner-up with one win and one defeat.<br />
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					<b>3-Cushion Club Teams Small Table:</b><br />
					Three Turkish teams are in tomorrow&#39;s semifinals in this championship that has been running since Thursday. Ankara Hemsin Spor will meet Sinop Spor, while in the second semifinal G&ouml;ztepe Spor will face the Danes from BK Gr&ouml;ndal.<br />
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					There was almost an all-Turkish semi-final, but Gr&ouml;ndal prevented a total triumph by beating Karadeniz Spor in extra time in the quarterfinals.<br />
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					On the third last day of the European Billiards Championships in Antalya/Turkey there were no medal decisions on the schedule. But the prestigious Men&#39;s 3-Cushion competition entered the decisive phase. With the Italian Marco Zanetti and Berkay Karakurt (Turkey), the two finalists have been determined. They will play for the new European Champion title on Saturday at 12:00 noon local time.</span></span></span></span></span></p>

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					<p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#666666">3-Cushion Men:</span></span></span></p>

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					<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#666666">Today had a few surprises. For example, World Champion Tayfun Tasdemir (Turkey) and Spanish runner-up Ruben Legazpi were eliminated in the round of 16. The latter met his compatriot and defending champion Daniel Sanchez, against whom he lost 47:50.<br />
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					The next prominent victims in the quarterfinals were Eddy Merckx (Belgium) and Dick Jaspers from the Netherlands. Against the Turkish qualifier Berkay Karakurt, the multiple World and European Champion was naturally considered the favorite, but Karakurt played very strongly and consistently in front of his home crowd and kept his opponent at bay with a deserved 50:38-win.<br />
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					The first semifinal saw the match between Daniel Sanchez and Marco Zanetti from Italy. Until the 5-minute-break in the middle of the match, both players were tied before Zanetti broke away from his opponent with a run of 10 points. Later it took some time until the Italian reached the 50-point mark, but after 29 innings Zanetti scored the magic last point with his third match point.<br />
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					In the second semifinal Berkay Karakurt continued his winning streak. Against the multiple World Champion Torbj&ouml;rn Blomdahl (Sweden), the Turk took command from the first shot. He had already built up a sizeable lead at the break and extended it in the second part of the match.&nbsp;<br />
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					In the 18th inning, Karakurt had the first match point with a 49:21-lead, but he missed it. Three innings later the time had come and the sensation was perfect. Berkay Karakurt entered tomorrow&#39;s final with a score of 50:23 to the frenetic cheers of his compatriots.<br />
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					5-Pins Women&rsquo;s Individual:<br />
					The first finalists of this new competition are Katja Titze from Germany and Daniela Romiti from Italy. Initially, eight sportswomen competed in two groups, with Titze victorious in a direct duel against Romiti with 2:0-sets.<br />
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					Both then qualified for the semifinals, with Titze winning her match against Maria Cristina Pulcini (Italy) with 3:0-sets. It was more exciting in the second semifinal between Daniela Romiti and Charlotte Koefoed from Denmark, who won her group undefeated.&nbsp;<br />
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					After two sets both opponents were equal, but then Romiti went one better. Especially in the fourth set she was the dominant player and qualified for tomorrow&#39;s final with a 60:33-win.<br />
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					3-Cushion Women&#39;s National Teams:<br />
					The 3-Cushion competition of the Women&#39;s National Teams also started today. This event is also new on the programme of the Continental Confederation CEB, so the winning team will immortalise itself in the history books.<br />
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					Nine duos are competing in three groups, with only the top of each group making it directly to the semifinals. The best group runner-up will be the fourth team to advance to the semifinals on Sunday.<br />
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					3-Cushion Club Teams Small Table:<br />
					The group stage continues in this competition. A total of 17 teams are divided into four groups, with the top two in each reaching the quarterfinals. In Group A, Ankara Hemsin Spor (Turkey) marches ahead with three wins, while the Czechs from Kladno are still undefeated in Group B.&nbsp;<br />
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					The same goes for Karadeniz Spor (Turkey) in Group C, while their compatriots from G&ouml;ztepe Spor have set the tone in Group D so far.&nbsp;<br />
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					The knockout stage then begins on Saturday evening with the quarterfinals, while the winning team will then be crowned on the final day of the European Championships on Sunday.<br />
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					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">Press Release | 13 April 2023</span></span></span></p>

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					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">On Thursday, three more gold medal decisions were on the schedule at the European Billiards Championships in Antalya/Turkey.</span></span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">Winner in Balkline 71/2 was Marek Faus from Czech Republic, the team competition in the Artistic Billiards, which was held for the first time, was secured by the hosts from Turkey and last but not least Joan Espinasa from Spain became the new continental champion in the 3- Cushion event on the small table.</span></span></span></p>

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					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://amxe.net/eytp5ow7-ow97zb9d-l21k7gqb-8qq" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Media page with all information,</a> <a href="https://amxe.net/eytp5ow7-ow97zb9d-l21k7gqb-8qq" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">photos and reports</a></span></span></span></p>

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					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://amxe.net/eytp5ow7-ow97zb9d-r61n26bq-q2z" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Press Accreditation</a></span></span></span></p>

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					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">Balkline 71/2:</span></span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">The spectators of the Balkline 71/2-final saw an outstanding comeback on site and in the livestream. For the first ten innings it looked as if Willy Gerimont could successfully defend his title. At this point, the Frenchman was in the lead with 171:20 points and needed only 29 points to win the European title.</span></span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">In the eleventh inning, however, it was the time of Marek Faus, who had already won the title in the Balkline 47/2 a few days ago. Up to this point, the Czech did not succeed</span></span></span></p>
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					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">much, but suddenly he got into a flow. From then on, he played Balkline 71/2 in an absolutely brilliant way. Over 180 points he moved the balls precisely and like clockwork along the middle line and celebrated the game in perfection. Gerimont had no choice but to watch Faus&#39; performance and congratulate him on his magnificent comeback to win the title.</span></span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">In the semifinals, the new European Champion had previously won against Michel van Silfhout, while Willy Gerimont won against Micha van Bochem. The two Dutchmen were thus left with the bronze medal. Their compatriot Raymund Swertz was again left without a medal, losing to Micha van Bochum in extra innings in the quarterfinals.</span></span></span></p>

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					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">Artistic National Teams:</span></span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">Today, the Turkish duo of Haci Arap Yaman and Baris Cin entered the European history books with their victory over Spain (Sergio Sanchez &amp; Hector Cuadrado). This is because the team competition in Artistic Billiards was held for the first time.</span></span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">A maximum of seven figures were played in each set and the aim was to win a total of three sets. The first set was won by the Spaniards, but in the second and third the Turks were on top with the last shot. The decision was then made in the fourth set when the Spaniards could not solve the sixth figure and Baris Cin then scored a maximum score of ten points. This gave the Turks an unassailable lead and they fell into each other&#39;s arms in jubilation.</span></span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">Somewhat disappointed was perhaps the German team, which had led Spain 2:1-sets in the semifinal. Marvin Heinrich and Thomas Ahrens then had to admit defeat with 2:3. Thus, they received the bronze medal at the award ceremony just like France 2 with Anthony Marvin and Jean Reverchon.</span></span></span></p>

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					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">3-Cushion Small Table:</span></span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">The European Champion in this discipline today was Joan Espinasa from Spain. In the final against Markus D&ouml;mer from Germany, Espinasa took an early lead which made him look like a sure winner already at half time. As the match progressed, D&ouml;mer managed to come back to 27:33, but then had to watch Espinasa score another six points to make it 27:39.</span></span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">After that, the Spaniard missed three match points, but D&ouml;mer could only score two points during this time. In the 22nd inning, Joan Espinasa finally used his fourth match point and was crowned the new European Champion.</span></span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">The two bronze medals went to the Turks Seymen Ozbas and M&uuml;bin Isli. Ozbas lost against the later gold medalist with 38:40, while Isli lost against D&ouml;mer with 30:40.</span></span></span></p>

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					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">3-Cushion Men:</span></span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">In the most prestigious discipline of carom billiards, the&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">participants of the round of 16 were determined today. A total of sixteen athletes had already been seeded for the round of the last 32 and were only playing for the first time in the evening. Another sixteen sportsmen qualified beforehand via a group stage with a total of 48 sportsmen.</span></span></p>
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					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">The most prominent victims in this early phase of the tournament were probably Jerome Barbeillon (France) and Rui Manuel Costa from Portugal, who could certainly have been expected to reach the final round.</span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">The tournament really got going in the early evening with the knockout stage. From here on, no one was allowed to make a mistake. Nevertheless, this happened to a few of the established players. First and foremost are Nikos Polychronopoulos (Greece), Jeremy Bury (France) and Martin Horn from Germany.</span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">Still in the running are defending champion Daniel Sanchez (Spain), World Champion Tayfun Tasdemir (Turkey), Vice World Champion Ruben Legazpi (Spain) and last but not least Dick Jaspers (Netherlands), Eddy Merckx (Belgium), Marco Zanetti (Italy), Semih Sayginer (Turkey) and Sweden&#39;s Torbj&ouml;rn Blomdahl.</span></span></p>

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					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">3-Cushion Club Teams, Small Table:</span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">The competition for 3-Cushion Club Teams also started today on the small table. A total of 17 duos are divided into four groups, with the first two teams reaching the quarterfinals. This is scheduled for Saturday, the new European Champion will be crowned on the final day of the event on Sunday. Defending Champion is BC De Goeie Queue from Belgium.</span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">The entire event can be followed in the paid livestream on <a href="https://amxe.net/eytp5ow7-ow97zb9d-u8bnub92-e8f" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">tv.kozoom.com. </a>Each of the 20 tables will be shown.</span></span></p>

					<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial MT&quot;,sans-serif">All results, schedules, daily press releases, photos and further information about the event can be found on the <a href="https://amxe.net/eytp5ow7-ow97zb9d-y0fwn0s7-cif" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">official media page.</a></span></span></p>

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					<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#666666"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Press Release | 12 April 2023<br />
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					Klompenhouwer and Team Italy celebrate favorite wins<br />
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					Today there were two victories for the favorites at the European Billiards Championships in Antalya/Turkey.<br />
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					In the Women&#39;s 3-Cushion event, Therese Klompenhouwer of the Netherlands prevailed and in the 5-Pins National Teams, Italy added another gold medal to its long success story.</span></span></span></span></span></p>

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					Therese Klompenhouwer from the Netherlands was considered the declared favorite for the gold medal. In the past, she has often proved that she can handle this pressure very well. This was not to change in Antalya.<br />
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					The Danish Charlotte Sorensen was able to keep up well in the final, but she did not come close to a surprise. Klompenhouwer finished the match in the 25th inning and secured the European title again with a 30:21-win.<br />
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					The two Belgians Danielle Le Bruijn and Jaimie Buelens were joint third. Le Bruijn had no chance against Klompenhouwer with 8:30 after 21 innings, while Buelens had to admit defeat against Sorensen with 22:30 after 38 innings.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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					The French thus won the bronze medal just like Germany. The Germans balanced their semifinal against Italy at the beginning, but in the final phase of the two singles and the one doubles, the Azzurri pulled away.<br />
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					Still in the running is of course the most mentioned favorite, Raymund Swertz from the Netherlands. He safely prevailed against the European 1-Cushion Champion, Raul Cuenca (Spain). Also qualified is the Czech Balkline 47/2-Winner Marek Faus, who will meet Sven Daske from Germany in his quarterfinal. This will also be a rematch of yesterday&#39;s final.<br />
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					In Group A, Germany celebrated a rather laborious win against Austria, but then won through quite securely against the favored French. France also beat Austria to advance to the quarterfinals.&nbsp;<br />
					In Group B, meanwhile, France 2 clearly had the upper hand, while the Netherlands 1 beat Hungary in the duel for second place. Turkey 1 and the Netherlands 2 qualified in Group C, while Spain and Belgium held their own in Group D.<br />
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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’.

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