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
Dates21–31 March 2012
VenueAlvisse Parc Hotel
CityLuxembourg City
CountryLuxembourg
Organisation(s)European Pocket Billiard Federation
Formatdouble elimination, single elimination
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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] Nick van den Berg Niels Feijen Mario He
Denis Grabe
Men – 10-Ball[2] Dominic Jentsch Stephan Cohen Nick van den Berg
Witali Pawluchin
Men – 8-Ball[3] Mario He Artem Koshovyi Francisco Díaz-Pizarro
Andreas Gerwen
Men – 9-Ball[4] Francisco Díaz-Pizarro Marcus Chamat Nick Malai
Aki Heiskanen
Men – team[5]  Spain  Germany  Finland
 Austria
Women – Straight pool[6] Line Kjørsvik Anna Mazhirina Christine Wiechert
Jasmin Ouschan
Women – 10-Ball[7] Jasmin Ouschan Natalia Seroshtan Line Kjørsvik
Anna Mazhirina
Women – 8-Ball[8] Natalia Seroshtan Marika Poikkijoki Daria Sirotina
Jasmin Ouschan
Women – 9-Ball[9] Marika Poikkijoki Jasmin Michel Line Kjørsvik
Jasmin Ouschan
Women – Team[10]  Poland  Norway  Russia
 Austria
Wheelchair – 10-Ball[11] Daniel Luton Fred Dinsmore Emil Schranz
Henrik Larsson
Wheelchair – 8-Ball[12] Jouni Tähti Roy Kimberley Fred Dinsmore
Tankred Volkmer
Wheelchair – 9-Ball[13] Jouni Tähti Daniel Luton Fred Dinsmore
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
         
Petri Makkonen 4
Mario He 8
Mario He 8
Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 7
Ruslan Tschinachow 7
Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 8
Mario He 8
Artem Koshovyi 0
Artem Koshovyi 8
Tomasz Kapłan 7
Artem Koshovyi 8
Andreas Gerwen 3
Andreas Gerwen 8
David Alcaide 4

9-Ball
Quarter-final
Race to 9 		Semi-final
Race to 9 		Final
Race to 9
         
Nick Malai 9
Vincent Facquet 5
Nick Malai 6
Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 9
Manuel Gama 8
Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 9
Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 9
Marcus Chamat 4
Aki Heiskanen 9
Albin Ouschan 7
Aki Heiskanen 4
Marcus Chamat 9
Mario He 7
Marcus Chamat 9

10-Ball
Quarter-final
Race to 8 		Semi-final
Race to 8 		Final
Race to 8
         
Stephan Cohen 8
David Alcaide 6
Stephan Cohen 8
Witali Pawluchin 7
Manuel Ederer 4
Witali Pawluchin 8
Stephan Cohen 5
Dominic Jentsch 8
Nick van den Berg 8
Artem Koshovyi 7
Nick van den Berg 5
Dominic Jentsch 8
Konstantin Stepanov 5
Dominic Jentsch 8

Straight pool
Quarter-final
Race to 125 		Semi-final
Race to 125 		Final
Race to 125
         
Tony Drago 84
Niels Feijen 125
Niels Feijen 125
Denis Grabe 16
Klaus Zobrekis 121
Denis Grabe 125
Niels Feijen 18
Nick van den Berg 125
Konrad Piekarski 43
Mario He 125
Mario He 51
Nick van den Berg 125
Zoran Svilar 82
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
         
Tamara Rademakers 4
Nataliya Seroshtan 6
Nataliya Seroshtan 6
Darya Sirotina 4
Kynthia Orfanidou 3
Darya Sirotina 6
Nataliya Seroshtan 6
Marika Poikkijoki 3
Jasmin Ouschan 6
Jasmin Michel 0
Jasmin Ouschan 5
Marika Poikkijoki 6
Sandra Baumgartner 0
Marika Poikkijoki 6

9-Ball
Quarter-final
Race to 7 		Semi-final
Race to 7 		Final
Race to 7
         
Jasmin Ouschan 7
Anna Mazhirina 2
Jasmin Ouschan 3
Jasmin Michel 7
Sara Rocha 6
Jasmin Michel 7
Jasmin Michel 3
Marika Poikkijoki 7
Marika Poikkijoki 7
Silvia Lopez 4
Marika Poikkijoki 7
Line Kjorsvik 3
Petra Stadlbauer 2
Line Kjørsvik 7

10-Ball
Quarter-final
Race to 6 		Semi-final
Race to 6 		Final
Race to 6
         
Jasmin Ouschan 6
Darya Sirotina 1
Jasmin Ouschan 6
Line Kjorsvik 4
Line Kjørsvik 6
Silvia Gaudino 1
Jasmin Ouschan 6
Nataliya Seroshtan 5
Anna Mazhirina 6
Kim Witzel 5
Anna Mazhirina 1
Nataliya Seroshtan 6
Amalia Matas 5
Nataliya Seroshtan 6

Straight pool
Quarter-final
Race to 75 		Semi-final
Race to 75 		Final
Race to 75
         
Jasmin Ouschan 75
Petra Stadlbauer 37
Jasmin Ouschan 29
Anna Mazhirina 75
Anna Mazhirina 75
Kateryna Polovinchuk 57
Anna Mazhirina 42
Line Kjorsvik 75
Louise Furberg 62
Line Kjørsvik 75
Line Kjorsvik 75
Christine Wiechert 45
Christine Wiechert 75
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 Jouni Tähti 5
4 Fred Dinsmore 4
Jouni Tähti 5
Roy Kimberley 2
3 Tankred Volkmer 2
2 Roy Kimberley 5

9-Ball
Semi-final
Race to 7 		Final
Race to 7
      
1 Daniel Luton 7
4 Roy Kimberley 5
Daniel Luton 2
Jouni Tähti 7
3 Jouni Tähti 7
2 Fred Dismore 4

10-Ball
Semi-final
Race to 6 		Final
Race to 6
      
1 Daniel Luton 6
4 Emil Schranz 3
Daniel Luton 6
Fred Dinsmore 3
3 Henrik Larsson 2
2 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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