Niels Feijen
Niels Feijen at the Mosconi Cup in 2008
Niels Feijen at the Mosconi Cup in 2008.
Born (1977-02-03) 3 February 1977
The Hague, Netherlands
Sport country Netherlands
Nickname"The Terminator"
Professional1997
Pool games9-ball
Tournament wins
World Champion9-Ball (2014),
Straight Pool (2008)

Niels Feijen (born 3 February 1977, The Hague) is a Dutch professional pool player, from the Hague. His nickname is "the Terminator". In 2014 he won the WPA World 9-ball championship.[1][2]

Career

In 2001, Feijen reached the finals of a nine-ball tournament in Tokyo, Japan. The event had a field of more than 700 players and offered the largest prize money at that time. However, he lost to Efren Reyes.[3] In 2004, he won the inaugural Skins Billiards Championship with prize money of US$42,500.[4] Feijen has won the European straight pool championship five times.[5] In 2005 he was the winner of the Big Apple Nine-ball Championship, held in Queens, New York, an event with 128 of the world's best players. He represented Europe in the 2001, 2004–5, 2007-9 and 2011-16 Mosconi Cup events.

Feijen won the 2007 $50,000 winner-take-all International Challenge of Champions by defeating Lee Van Corteza.[6] In 2008, Feijen won the World Straight Pool Championship with a victory over Francisco Bustamante in the finals.[7] On 5 October 2008, he received the 3rd prize of $25,000 in the inaugural WPA World Ten-ball Championship.[8][9]

In 2010, Feijen reached the finals of the WPA World Eight-ball Championship but ended up in 2nd place losing to Karl Boyes of Great Britain.[10] He would reach the finals of that same tournament again the next year, and was defeated by Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines.[11] 2014 has been the best year so far for Feijen, who won the European Straight Pool Championship, the European 9-ball Championship and the 2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.[12] In 2015 he was voted Most Valuable Player of the Mosconi Cup for the fourth time in the last five years.[13]

Feijen has been a winner of events on the Euro Tour on 11 occasions, putting him third only behind Ralf Souquet (23) and Oliver Ortmann (14) in number of victories on the tour. His latest victory was at the 2022 Austria Open.[14][15] He was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in July 2023.[16]

Career titles

References

  1. ↑ "insidepoolmag.com, Niels Feijen". Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  2. ↑ "insidepoolmag.com, Finals at World 10-Ball Championship Set". Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "REYES POCKETS POOL'S BIGGEST PAYOUT". Billiards Digest. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "By the Skins of His Teeth: Feijen Wins $42,500 at Skins Event Debut". AZ Billiards. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  5. ↑ "Sports 123: Pool: European Championship: Men: 14.1". Sports123. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
  6. ↑ "Feijen Beats Corteza, Wins US$50,000 in International Challenge of Champions". AZ Billiards. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  7. ↑ "Feijen is Predator World 14.1 Straight Pool Champion". Inside Pool Magazine. 30 August 2008. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  8. ↑ billiardsdigest.com Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine "Rule, Britannia! Appleton Wins World 10-Ball Championship"
  9. ↑ sports.inquirer.net Archived 20 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, "Appleton Nips Wu for Title; Pulpul 4th"
  10. ↑ Jerry Forsyth (10 April 2010). "World 8-Ball Finals". AzBilliards.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  11. ↑ WPA Staff (26 February 2011). "Orcullo Wins". AzBilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  12. ↑ Ted Lerner (27 June 2014). "The terminator snaps it off". World Poll Billiard Association. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Europe have won the Mosconi Cup for the sixth time in a row". Sky Sports. 11 December 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Niels Feijen of the Netherlands - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  15. ↑ "Hall of fame – Dynamic Billard Eurotour". eurotouronline.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  16. ↑ "BCA HOF Introduces Niels "the Terminator" Feijen As 2023 Inductee". Billiard Congress of America. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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