The Dynamic Billard Treviso Open 2018 (sometimes known as the 2018 Italy Open) was the sixth and final
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 ...
9-Ball
Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a discipline of the cue sport pool. The game's origins are traceable to the 1920s in the United States. It is played on a rectangular billiard table with at each of the four corners and in the middle of e ...
pool event in 2018.
The event was won by Russia's
Fedor Gorst
Fedor Alekseyevich Gorst (russian: Фёдор Алексеевич Горст; born May 31, 2000, in Moscow) is a Russian-born American professional pool player.
Career
In December 2018, Gorst reached 8th in the World Pool-Billiard Association ( ...
who defeated Poland's
Mateusz Śniegocki
Mateusz Śniegocki (born 3 January 1985 in Poznan) is a Polish professional pool player. Śniegocki is a former 10-Ball European champion and three-time winner of events at the Euro Tour.
Career
Śniegocki started playing billiards in a club ...
9–7 in the final. This was Gorst's first
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 ...
victory.
Wiktor Zieliński
Wiktor Zieliński (born 11 January 2001) is a Polish professional pool player. He is the youngest player to ever win a Euro Tour event, winning the 2017 Treviso Open at the age of 16.
Career
Zielinski began playing pool at aged 8 in 2009, and i ...
was the defending champion, after having won the
2017 Treviso Open
The 2017 Dynamic Treviso Open, was the fifth and final Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2017. The event was won by Poland's Wiktor Zieliński who defeated Austria's Mario He 9–1 in the final. This was Zielinski's first Euro Tour victory, as he be ...
, but lost matches to Andreas Madsen and
Tobias Bongers in the double elimination round.
Tournament format
The event saw a total of 193 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as
single elimination
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
.
Prize fund
The tournament prize fund was similar to that of other
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 ...
events, with
€
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4,500 for the winner of the event.
References
External links
{{Euro Tour
Euro Tour
2018 Euro Tour events
Sporting events in Italy
November 2018 sports events in Italy
Treviso Open
International sports competitions hosted by Italy
Sports competitions in Treviso