2012 European Pool Championships

The 2012 European Pool Championships was a professional pool tournament held 21–31 March 2012 in Alvisse Parc Hotel in Luxembourg City hosted by the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF). The disciplines were played eight-ball, nine-ball, ten-ball and straight pool in the categories Men's, Ladies and wheelchairs. The wheelchair users played for the titles only in 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball. The most successful player was the Finnish wheelchair user Jouni Tähti who won two events, the Spaniard Francisco Díaz-Pizarro and the Austrian Mario He each won event and reached a semi-final in another once.

Tournament information
Dates2131 March 2012
VenueAlvisse Parc Hotel
CityLuxembourg City
CountryLuxembourg
Organisation(s)European Pocket Billiard Federation
Formatdouble elimination, single elimination
2011
2013

Format

The event was first played in all categories in a double-elimination tournament followed by a single-elimination tournament from the quarter-final onwards.

Winners

Discipline Winner Runner-up Semi-finalists
Men – Straight pool[1] Netherlands Nick van den Berg Netherlands Niels Feijen Austria Mario He
Estonia Denis Grabe
Men – 10-Ball[2] Germany Dominic Jentsch France Stephan Cohen Netherlands Nick van den Berg
Russia Witali Pawluchin
Men – 8-Ball[3] Austria Mario He Ukraine Artem Koshovyi Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro
Sweden Andreas Gerwen
Men – 9-Ball[4] Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro Sweden Marcus Chamat Albania Nick Malai
Finland Aki Heiskanen
Men – team[5]  Spain  Germany  Finland
 Austria
Women – Straight pool[6] Norway Line Kjørsvik Russia Anna Mazhirina Germany Christine Wiechert
Austria Jasmin Ouschan
Women – 10-Ball[7] Austria Jasmin Ouschan Russia Natalia Seroshtan Norway Line Kjørsvik
Russia Anna Mazhirina
Women – 8-Ball[8] Russia Natalia Seroshtan Finland Marika Poikkijoki Russia Daria Sirotina
Austria Jasmin Ouschan
Women – 9-Ball[9] Finland Marika Poikkijoki Germany Jasmin Michel Norway Line Kjørsvik
Austria Jasmin Ouschan
Women – Team[10]  Poland  Norway  Russia
 Austria
Wheelchair – 10-Ball[11] England Daniel Luton Republic of Ireland Fred Dinsmore Austria Emil Schranz
Sweden Henrik Larsson
Wheelchair – 8-Ball[12] Finland Jouni Tähti England Roy Kimberley Republic of Ireland Fred Dinsmore
Germany Tankred Volkmer
Wheelchair – 9-Ball[13] Finland Jouni Tähti England Daniel Luton Republic of Ireland Fred Dinsmore
England Roy Kimberley

Men's

The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.

8-Ball

Quarter-final
Race to 8
Semi-final
Race to 8
Final
Race to 8
         
Finland Petri Makkonen 4
Austria Mario He 8
Austria Mario He 8
Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 7
Russia Ruslan Tschinachow 7
Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 8
Austria Mario He 8
Ukraine Artem Koshovyi 0
Ukraine Artem Koshovyi 8
Poland Tomasz Kapłan 7
Ukraine Artem Koshovyi 8
Sweden Andreas Gerwen 3
Sweden Andreas Gerwen 8
Spain David Alcaide 4

9-Ball

Quarter-final
Race to 9
Semi-final
Race to 9
Final
Race to 9
         
Albania Nick Malai 9
France Vincent Facquet 5
Albania Nick Malai 6
Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 9
Portugal Manuel Gama 8
Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 9
Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 9
Sweden Marcus Chamat 4
Finland Aki Heiskanen 9
Austria Albin Ouschan 7
Finland Aki Heiskanen 4
Sweden Marcus Chamat 9
Austria Mario He 7
Sweden Marcus Chamat 9

10-Ball

Quarter-final
Race to 8
Semi-final
Race to 8
Final
Race to 8
         
France Stephan Cohen 8
Spain David Alcaide 6
France Stephan Cohen 8
Russia Witali Pawluchin 7
Germany Manuel Ederer 4
Russia Witali Pawluchin 8
France Stephan Cohen 5
Germany Dominic Jentsch 8
Netherlands Nick van den Berg 8
Ukraine Artem Koshovyi 7
Netherlands Nick van den Berg 5
Germany Dominic Jentsch 8
Russia Konstantin Stepanov 5
Germany Dominic Jentsch 8

Straight pool

Quarter-final
Race to 125
Semi-final
Race to 125
Final
Race to 125
         
Malta Tony Drago 84
Netherlands Niels Feijen 125
Netherlands Niels Feijen 125
Estonia Denis Grabe 16
Germany Klaus Zobrekis 121
Estonia Denis Grabe 125
Netherlands Niels Feijen 18
Netherlands Nick van den Berg 125
Poland Konrad Piekarski 43
Austria Mario He 125
Austria Mario He 51
Netherlands Nick van den Berg 125
Serbia Zoran Svilar 82
Netherlands Nick van den Berg 125

Women's

The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.

8-Ball

Quarter-final
Race to 6
Semi-final
Race to 6
Final
Race to 6
         
Netherlands Tamara Rademakers 4
Russia Nataliya Seroshtan 6
Russia Nataliya Seroshtan 6
Russia Darya Sirotina 4
Netherlands Kynthia Orfanidou 3
Russia Darya Sirotina 6
Russia Nataliya Seroshtan 6
Finland Marika Poikkijoki 3
Austria Jasmin Ouschan 6
Germany Jasmin Michel 0
Austria Jasmin Ouschan 5
Finland Marika Poikkijoki 6
Austria Sandra Baumgartner 0
Finland Marika Poikkijoki 6

9-Ball

Quarter-final
Race to 7
Semi-final
Race to 7
Final
Race to 7
         
Austria Jasmin Ouschan 7
Russia Anna Mazhirina 2
Austria Jasmin Ouschan 3
Germany Jasmin Michel 7
Portugal Sara Rocha 6
Germany Jasmin Michel 7
Germany Jasmin Michel 3
Finland Marika Poikkijoki 7
Finland Marika Poikkijoki 7
Spain Silvia Lopez 4
Finland Marika Poikkijoki 7
Norway Line Kjorsvik 3
Austria Petra Stadlbauer 2
Norway Line Kjørsvik 7

10-Ball

Quarter-final
Race to 6
Semi-final
Race to 6
Final
Race to 6
         
Austria Jasmin Ouschan 6
Russia Darya Sirotina 1
Austria Jasmin Ouschan 6
Norway Line Kjorsvik 4
Norway Line Kjørsvik 6
Italy Silvia Gaudino 1
Austria Jasmin Ouschan 6
Russia Nataliya Seroshtan 5
Russia Anna Mazhirina 6
Germany Kim Witzel 5
Russia Anna Mazhirina 1
Russia Nataliya Seroshtan 6
Spain Amalia Matas 5
Russia Nataliya Seroshtan 6

Straight pool

Quarter-final
Race to 75
Semi-final
Race to 75
Final
Race to 75
         
Austria Jasmin Ouschan 75
Austria Petra Stadlbauer 37
Austria Jasmin Ouschan 29
Russia Anna Mazhirina 75
Russia Anna Mazhirina 75
Ukraine Kateryna Polovinchuk 57
Russia Anna Mazhirina 42
Norway Line Kjorsvik 75
Sweden Louise Furberg 62
Norway Line Kjørsvik 75
Norway Line Kjorsvik 75
Germany Christine Wiechert 45
Germany Christine Wiechert 75
Russia Nataliya Seroshtan 55

Wheelchair event

The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.

8-Ball

Semi-final
Race to 5
Final
Race to 5
      
1 Finland Jouni Tähti 5
4 Republic of Ireland Fred Dinsmore 4
Finland Jouni Tähti 5
United Kingdom Roy Kimberley 2
3 Germany Tankred Volkmer 2
2 United Kingdom Roy Kimberley 5

9-Ball

Semi-final
Race to 7
Final
Race to 7
      
1 United Kingdom Daniel Luton 7
4 United Kingdom Roy Kimberley 5
United Kingdom Daniel Luton 2
Finland Jouni Tähti 7
3 Finland Jouni Tähti 7
2 Republic of Ireland Fred Dismore 4

10-Ball

Semi-final
Race to 6
Final
Race to 6
      
1 United Kingdom Daniel Luton 6
4 Austria Emil Schranz 3
United Kingdom Daniel Luton 6
Republic of Ireland Fred Dinsmore 3
3 Sweden Henrik Larsson 2
2 Republic of Ireland Fred Dinsmore 6

Team event

The team competitions initially took place in a double elimination event. From the quarter-finals (men) or from the semifinals (ladies) was played in a single elimination format. One team consisted of three players. A game consisted of three individual games in the disciplines 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball. In the women's team, two players were in each team, one game consisted of two individual games in 8-ball and 9-Ball.

The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.

Men

Quarter-final Semi-final Final
         
 Germany 2
 Norway 1
 Germany 2
 Austria 1
 Austria 3
 Slovakia 0
 Germany 1
 Spain 2
 Finland 2
 Poland 1
 Finland 1
 Spain 2
 Netherlands 0
 Spain 3

Women

Semi-final Final
      
1  Austria 2
4  Norway 4
 Norway 4
 Poland 5
3  Russia 0
2  Poland 2

Medals' table

Place Nation Winner Runner-up Semi-finalist
1  Finland 3 1 2
2  Austria 2 0 7
3  Spain 2 0 1
4  Russia 1 2 4
5  Germany 1 2 2
6  United Kingdom 1 2 1
7  Norway 1 1 2
8  Netherlands 1 1 1
9  Poland 1 0 0
10  Ireland 0 1 2
 Sweden 0 1 2
12  France 0 1 0
 Ukraine 0 1 0
14  Estonia 0 0 1
 Albania 0 0 1

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