The 2022 European Open Pool Championship was a

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pool tournament held from 9 to 14 August 2022 in Hotel Esperanto Fulda,

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. It was the inaugural event.

Tournament format

Similar to the 2021 U.S. Open Pool Championship and the 2022 UK Open Pool Championship, it will use a double-elimination bracket, with matches held as a to 9 , until the last 16. There will be four loser rounds, with the first three being a race to 8 and the loser qualification being a race to 9. At that point it will become a

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, as a race to 11 racks. The final will be a race to 13 racks.

Prize fund

The total prize fund is $200,000 with the winner receiving $30,000.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://matchroompool.com/europeanopenpool European Open Pool Championship European Open European Open