2011 European Pool Championships
Tournament information
Dates23 March–3 April 2011
VenueSteel Palace
CityBrandenburg
CountryGermany
Organisation(s)European Pool Championships
Champions
Straight pool
Men'sPoland Tomasz Kapłan
Women's Austria Jasmin Ouschan
8-Ball
Men'sGermany Dominic Jentsch
Women'sNetherlands Kynthia Orfanidou
WheelchairFinland Jouni Tähti
9-Ball
Men'sNetherlands Nick van den Berg
Women'sAustria Jasmin Ouschan
WheelchairSweden Henrik Larsson
10-Ball
Men'sFrance Stephan Cohen
Women'sAustria Jasmin Ouschan
WheelchairFinland Jouni Tähti

The 2011 European Pool Championships was a series of professional pool championships that took place at the Steel Palace, in Brandenburg, Germany. The events were played between 23 March and 3 April 2011 were part of the European Pool Championships; and featured events for men, women and wheelchair players across four pool disciplines: straight Pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, and ten-ball. The tournament was hosted by the European Pocket Billiard Federation and organised by the International Billiard Promotion, with the final of the men's nine-ball event broadcast on Eurosport. Austria was the most successful nation, winning three events – all by Jasmin Ouschan. Jouni Tähti won two of the three wheelchair events, losing just one match in the final of the nine-ball tournament to Henrik Larsson.

Overview

The European Pool Championships are an annual series of pool tournaments for players in Europe which were first held in 1980.[1] The 2011 event was held between 23 March and 3 April 2011 at the Steel Palace in Brandenburg, Germany.[2] The series features events for four disciplines of pool – straight, eight-ball, nine-ball, and ten-ball.[1][2] Every event had a separate tournament for men, women and wheelchair competitors.[1] The event was hosted by the European Pocket Billiard Federation and organised by the International Billiard Promotion.[3]

The tournaments were played as a double-elimination bracket, with players qualifying for a single elimination knockout. Each discipline was played to a different length, with matches in straight pool being played to 125 points in the men's event, and 75 in the women's competition.[4][5] The eight and ten-ball events was played as a race–to–8 rack, with the women's and wheelchair as race–to–6 racks.[5] The nine-ball event was held as race–to–9 racks for the men's and juniors series, with women's and wheelchairs as race–to–7 racks.[6][5] The final and semi-finals of the nine-ball event was broadcast on Eurosport.[7]

Tournament Summary

Nick van den Berg looking to the right
Nick van den Berg won the men's nine-ball event.

The event began with the straight pool events held between 24 and 26 March for men and women.[8][9] The quarter-finals of the men's event featured three German players, but were all defeated.[10] In the semi-finals, Tomasz Kapłan defeated Petri Makkonen 125–102 and Fabio Petroni defeated Roman Pruchay 125–73.[11] Polish player Kaplan won the final, the first pole to win the event defeating Petroni 125–17.[12][9] In the women's event, defending champion Jasmin Ouschan reached the final for a second year, and won the event with a 75–31 win over Line Kjørsvik.[9]

The eight-ball event was played between 26 and 28 March. Dominic Jentsch of Germany won the men's event, defeating compatriot Ralf Souquet in the final, 8–1.[13] Dutch player Kynthia Orfanidis had previously reached two semi-finals, but won her first European championship by defeating Finland's Marika Poikkijoki in the women's eight-ball final 6–4.[14] In the first of three wheelchair events, the eight-ball tournament was won by Jouni Tähti, a 5–1 victory over Belgium's Kurt Deklerck in the final.[14]

The nine-ball event was held between 28 and 1 April,[5] with both the men's semi-finals and final broadcast on Eurosport.[15][16] Nick van den Berg defeated Huidji See in the first semi-final 9–7 in a match filled with mistakes, whilst Mario He defeated Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz 9–7.[15][16] In the final, the number one ranked player on the Euro Tour, van den Berg defeated He 11–3.[17][6] Both of the players who met in the final of the women's straight pool final, Ouschan and Kjørsvik contested the semi-final of the women's nine-ball event. Ouschan won again, this time in a 7–0 whitewash of Kjørsvik.[18] In the final she met Gerda Hofstätter who defeated Anastasia Nechaeva 7–4.[18] The all-Austrian final was won by Ouschan, 7–2.[19][20] In the wheelchair event, six-time European champion Henrik Larsson met Tähti in the final. Larsson lead 3–1 and 5–3 before winning the match 7–6 on a deciding rack.[20]

Jasmin Ouschan playing a shot
Jasmin Ouschan won three of the four women's events

The ten-ball event was only being held for the second time in the championships and was played between 30 March and 2 April. French player Stephan Cohen met Poland's Radosław Babica in the men's final, where Cohen won 8–6.[21][7] Ouschan won her third event of the championships in the women's ten-ball event, after she defeated Nataliya Seroshtan 6–1.[7] The wheelchair ten-ball event was a rematch of the wheelchair nine-ball final between Larsson and Tähti, with Tähti winning 5–1.[7] Ouschan was the event's most successful player, winning three events, the nine-ball, ten-ball and straight pool. She lost her only match of the championships in the quarter-finals of the eight-ball competition.[7] Tähti won two of the three wheelchair events, losing his only match in the final of the wheelchair nine-ball to Larsson 5–6.[22]

Results

Date(s) Discipline Winner Runner-up Semi-finals Ref.
24-26 March Straight Pool (men)  Tomasz Kapłan (POL)  Fabio Petroni (ITA)  Petri Makkonen (FIN) [23]
 Roman Prutschay (RUS)
26-28 March Eight-ball (men)  Dominic Jentsch (DEU)  Ralf Souquet (DEU)  Denis Grabe (EST) [24]
 Carlos Cabello (ESP)
28-31 March Nine-ball (men)  Nick van den Berg (NLD)  Mario He (AUT)  Huidji See (NLD) [25]
 Francisco Sánchez (ESP)
30 March-2 April Ten-ball (men)  Stephan Cohen (FRA)  Radosław Babica (POL)  Manuel Gama (PRT) [26]
 Konstantin Stepanov (RUS)
24-26 March Straight pool (women)  Jasmin Ouschan (AUT)  Line Kjørsvik (NOR)  Anna Mazhirina (RUS) [27]
 Silvia Lopez (ESP)
26–28 March eight-ball (women)  Kynthia Orfanidou (NLD)  Marika Poikkijoki (FIN)  Petra Stadlbauer (AUT) [28]
 Line Kjørsvik (NOR)
28–31 March nine-ball (women)  Jasmin Ouschan (AUT)  Gerda Hofstätter (DEU)  Line Kjørsvik (NOR) [19]
 Anastasia Nechaeva (RUS)
30 March–2 April ten-ball (women)  Jasmin Ouschan (AUT)  Natalia Seroshtan (RUS)  Anna Mazhirina (RUS) [29]
 Kamila Khodjaeva (BEL)
26–28 March eight-ball (wheelchair)  Jouni Tähti (FIN)  Kurt Deklerck (BEL)  Aslam Abubaker (ENG) [30]
 Fred Dinsmore (IRL)
28–31 March nine-ball (wheelchair)  Henrik Larsson (SWE)  Jouni Tähti (FIN)  Roy Kimberley (ENG) [31]
 Tony Southern (ENG)
30 March–2 April ten-ball (wheelchair)  Jouni Tähti (FIN)  Henrik Larsson (SWE)  Roy Kimberley (ENG) [32]
 Aslam Abubaker (ENG)


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