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2022 World Pool Masters
The 2022 World Pool Masters was a nine-ball pool tournament which took place in Gibraltar from 5–8 May 2022. It was the 28th edition of the World Pool Masters invitational tournament organised by Matchroom Pool. Format The event was played as a single elimination tournament, with players competing in a preliminary round based on rankings. The tournament prize fund was the same as of the last edition, with a total prize fund of $100,000. The total prize money awarded is listed below: Main draw The following table denotes the event's draw and results. Numbers to the left of a player's names indicates their seeding, whilst bolding indicates the winner of a match. Chang Yu-Lung and Omar Al-Shaheen withdrew on May 2 due to travel issues and were replaced by Mario He and Mika Immonen. References {{Reflist World Pool Masters World Pool Masters World Pool Masters International sports competitions hosted by Gibraltar World Pool Masters The World Pool Masters is an annua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europa Point Sports Complex
Europa Sports Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Gibraltar; it was previously a Ministry of Defence cricket pitch. In 2019 it hosted the Island Games opening ceremony and will also host the annual Gibraltar Music Festival. In February 2014 the Gibraltar Football Association had unveiled plans for a UEFA Category 4 multi-function stadium to be built on the site; however the following year this proposal was abandoned. Subsequently, the GFA purchased Victoria Stadium. On 27 March 2021, Europa Sports Park was the venue for the WBC interim heavyweight championship rematch between Alexander Povetkin and Dillian Whyte. Florence Nightingale Field Hospital A COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickl ... field hospital was set up at the site, in line with those set up in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Szolnoki
Oliver may refer to: Arts, entertainment and literature Books * ''Oliver the Western Engine'', volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * '' Oliver Twist'', a novel by Charles Dickens Fictional characters * Ariadne Oliver, in the novels of Agatha Christie * Oliver (Disney character) * Oliver Fish, a gay police officer on the American soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * Oliver Hampton, in the American television series ''How to Get Away with Murder'' * Oliver Jones (''The Bold and the Beautiful''), on the American soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' * Oliver Lightload, in the movie ''Cars'' * Oliver Oken, from ''Hannah Montana'' * Oliver (paladin), a paladin featured in the Matter of France * Oliver Queen, DC Comic book hero also known as the Green Arrow * Oliver (Thomas and Friends character), a locomotive in the Thomas and Friends franchise * Oliver Trask, a controversial minor character from the first season of ''The O.C.'' * Oliver Twist (ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Alcaide
David Alcaide Bermúdez (born 14 December 1978) is a Spanish pool player. He is a two-time winner of the World Pool Masters, winning the 2017 event, defeating Jayson Shaw 8–7 in the final, and again in 2019 defeating Alexander Kazakis 9–8. Alcaide is a three-time world championship semi-finalist having reached the stage at the WPA World 10-ball Championship, in 2009 and 2015, and the WPA World Eight-ball Championship in 2011. Alcaide has also represented Europe at the Mosconi Cup three times in 2006, 2017 and 2021. At the 2006 event, he was the first Spanish player to compete in the competition. In addition to pool, Alcaide also plays snooker, having competed at the 2019 Gibraltar Open professional snooker event. He has also represented Spain at the World Cup of Pool on multiple occasions, partnering fellow Spaniard Francisco Sánchez Ruíz in the events. Career Nine-ball Alcaide began playing pool aged 5, and became national Spanish eight-ball champion aged 14. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximilian Lechner
Maximilian Lechner (born 27 May 1990) is an Austrian professional pool player. Lechner has been successful on the Euro Tour, where he has reached the last 16 at the 2017 Dutch Open, 2017 Treviso Open, 2018 Leende Open, 2018 Sankt Johann im Pongau Open, as well as reaching the quarter finals of the 2017 Klagenfurt Open before reaching semifinals at both and 2018 Treviso Open and 2019 Leende Open. Titles & Achievements * Austrian Pool Championship ** Nine-Ball (2010, 2011, 2016) ** Eight-Ball (2008, 2009) ** Straight Pool (2008, 2009) ** Ten-Ball Ten-ball is a rotation pool game similar to nine-ball, but using ten balls instead of nine, and with the 10 ball instead of the 9 as the "" Although the game has existed for since the early 1960s, its popularity has risen since the early 2000s ... (2010) References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Lechner, Maximilian Austrian pool players Living people Austrian sportspeople 1990 births Place of birth missing (living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kazakis
Alexander Kazakis (Born July 16, 1991) is a Greece, Greek professional pool (billiards), pool player. Kazakis is a former European 10-ball champion, and regular 9-ball player. In 2018, he was the number one ranked player by the World Pool-Billiard Association. Career In 2016, Kazakis won the Kremlin Cup (pool), Kremlin Cup, without losing a game. Kazakis reached the semi-final of the 2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship; before losing to eventual winner Joshua Filler on a final frame decider. Kazakis won the 2018 Austria Open event on the Euro Tour, defeating Denis Grabe in the final 9–6. Kazakis finished in second place of the 2019 World Pool Masters Tournament, losing to David Alcaide in the final 9–8 having led 5-0 and 8–5. Kazakis won the 2021 World Pool Masters, beating Shane Van Boening in the final 9–0. This is the first occasion a player has made a "clean sweep" of the final. Titles * 2022 Pro Billiard Series Wisconsin Open * 2021 World Pool Masters * 2018 Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Grabe
Denis Grabe (born February 22, 1990, in Tallinn, Estonia), is an Estonian professional pool player. Grabe reached the quarter-final of the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, before losing to Cheng Yu-hsuan 11–3. Grabe won two consecutive ''Euro Tour'' tournaments in a row in 2014, at the Austria Open, and Slovenian Open. In 2018, he also reached the final of the 2018 Sankt Johann im Pongau Open, losing the final 9–5 to Alexander Kazakis. Accomplishments * 2019 Euro Tour Antalya Open * 2018 World Pool Series 9-Ball Championship * 2014 Euro Tour Austria Open * 2014 Euro Tour The Euro Tour is a series of professional pool (billiards), pool events set around Europe, founded in 1992, and created by the European Pocket Billiard Federation. The Tour's first event was the ''Belgium Open'', held on May 29 – 31, 1992. The ... Slovenian Open References External links Denis Grabeat AZBilliards {{DEFAULTSORT:Grabe, Denis 1990 births Living people Estonian pool playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Feijen
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. 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. In 2004, he won the inaugural Skins Billiards Championship with prize money of US$42,500. Feijen has won the European straight pool championship five times. 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. In 2008, Feijen won the World Straight Pool Championship with a victory over Francisco Busta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Alyousef
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Jayson Shaw
Jayson Shaw (born 13 September 1990 in Glasgow) is a Scottish pool player. In 2010, Shaw was a WPA World Blackball Champion. In 2016, Shaw won the 25th International Challenge of Champions event. Shaw also appeared representing Europe at the Mosconi Cup, winning the event in 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2021. On January 18, 2022, Shaw set and new world high run record in 14.1 straight pool with a score of 669. Career titles and achievements * U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship (2017) * International 9-Ball Open (2019, 2022) * Kuwait Open 9-Ball Championship (2016) * Mosconi Cup ( 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022) ** Most Valuable Player (2020, 2021) * Derby City Classic Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge (2016, 2017, 2020) * Turning Stone Classic (2014, 2015, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022) * Super Billiards Expo Championship (2022) * Breaks the record for the highest run made in 14.1, 669 balls consecutively (2022) * Accu-Stats Make It Happen Invitational ** Eight-ball Invitational (2016, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mieszko Fortuński
Mieszko Fortuński (born 1 April 1992 in Lublin, Poland) is a Polish professional pool player. He was the winner of the Euro Tour event 2016 Italian Open. Fortuński is a three-time winner of the European Pool Championships, winning the ten-ball event in 2019, and the represented Poland in the team event, winning in 2015 and 2018. Titles * Longoni 9-Ball League - with ( Wojciech Szewczyk) (2023) * Euro Tour ** Italian Open (2016) * European Pool Championship European Pool Championship (also called Dynamic European Championships) is a pool competition organized by the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF). The tournament is held annually since 1980. It should not be confused with the series of sma ... ** Team (2015, 2018) ** Ten-Ball (2019, 2021) * Polish Pool Championship ** Nine-Ball (2010, 2014, 2017) ** Ten-Ball (2014, 2019) ** Eight-Ball (2018) External links Mieszko Fortuńskiat Poland Billiards References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortunski, Mieszko 1992 births P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (born December 29, 1991 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish professional pool player and the reigning World champion in both eight-ball and nine-ball. Career Sánchez won the World Nine-ball Junior Championship in 2010, defeating Jesse Engel 11–6 in the final. In 2016, Sánchez won the 2016 European Pool Championship in nine-ball defeating Joshua Filler in the final, 9–3. He also reached the final of the eight-ball event, but lost 7–8 to Vitaly Pazura. Sánchez was the runner-up at the 2017 Austrian Open, defeated in the final 9-2 by Mario He. In 2022 Sánchez won the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship defeating Max Lechner in the final 13-10. He then won his first world title at the WPA World Eight-ball Championship over Wiktor Zieliński in the same year. Sánchez won his second world title at the World Nine-ball Championship in 2023. Titles and achievements * WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2023) * WPA World Eight-ball Championship (2022) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ko Ping-chung
Ko Ping-chung (also Ko Pin-chung , born 18 September 1995) is a Taiwanese 9-ball pool player. Ko is the younger brother of Ko Pin-yi. Career In November 2010, Ko Ping-chung reached his first major final the All Japan Championship. However, he lost in the final against the German Thorsten Hohmann. In May 2011, he reached the knockout round of a men's world championship for the first time at the 2011 WPA World Ten-ball Championship and lost in the last 64 match against Darren Appleton 8–9. At the 2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship he would lose in the preliminary round. In November 2013, he managed to win 8–5 in the final against Poland to become Junior World 9-ball Champion. At the 2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship Ko Ping-chung lost in the preliminary round. One month later he finished second in the CSI U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship and won the CSI U.S Open 8-Ball Championship in the final against Shane Van Boening. In February 2015, Ko reached the semi- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |