Casper "Cappe" Matikainen (born 12 September 1997) is a Finnish professional

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player. He has received a

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in the 2019 European Pool Championship, losing to

Mieszko Fortuński Mieszko Fortuński (born 1 April 1992 in Lubin, Poland) is a Polish professional Pool (cue sports), pool player. He was the winner of the Euro Tour event 2016 Italian Open (pool), 2016 Italian Open. Fortuński is a three-time winner of the Europe ...

, and the teams competition

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in the 2022

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. A member of the

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Billiard Club, he won the first tournament of the Finnish Pool Tour in

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in September 2023. In April 2024 Casper won the Finnish Pool championship in

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. During spring 2024 Casper has also won two Kaisa competitions. First the Kymin kerho Open and a week after that, the Scotch doubles Finnish championship with teammate Joonas Lounamaa.

Titles & Achievements

* 2025

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References

1997 births Living people Finnish pool players {{Finland-sport-bio-stub