Euro Tour

The Euro Tour is a series of professional 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.[1] The event was won by Mika Immonen.[2]

Euro Tour

Tournament information
Location	Europe
Established	1992
Organisation(s)	European Pocket Billiard Federation
Format	Single Elimination
Current champion(s)	Mario He

The Tour offers events of different disciplines (8-Ball, 9-Ball, 10-Ball, Straight pool, and team events), and for different age and ability ranges, with events for men, women, juniors and wheelchair players.[3] Events are often prefixed with Dynamic, or known as the Diamond Nine tour.[4]

As of 2019, the Euro Tour has hosted 158 tournaments, hosting between 5 and 10 events per year.[5] The event has an official rankings list; with the rankings being used towards qualification for events such as the WPA World Nine-ball Championship, World Cup of Pool, or the Mosconi Cup.[6] Rankings are based on the previous 7 tournament results, with the lowest score being discounted.[6]

Tournament statistics

Main article: List of Euro Tour tournaments

Players from 23 different states have already won a Euro Tour tournament. Record winners are Ralf Souquet and Oliver Ortmann from Germany, who have so far won 23 and 14 tournaments respectively. The following table lists the most successful players on the Tour.[lower-alpha 1][3]

Ranking	Player	Winner	Runner-up	Semi-finals
1	Ralf Souquet	23	11	14
2	Oliver Ortmann	14	8	13
3	Niels Feijen	10	7	20
4	Nick van den Berg	10	5	6
5	Thomas Engert	9	10	11
6	Mark Gray	6	1	7
7	Tom Storm	5	3	6
8	Mario He	5	2	5
9	Marcus Chamat	4	5	7
10	Daryl Peach	4	1	4
11	Mika Immonen	3	4	7
	Alex Lely	3	4	7
13	Mateusz Śniegocki	3	2	5
14	Denis Grabe	3	1	3

Current rankings

The rankings are based from the prior seven events, with the lowest event points being removed. Top 50 players shown.[7]

Rank	Name	Nation	Treviso		Leende		Treviso		Austria		Veldhoven		Klagenfurt		Antalya		Min	Total
			Pos	Points	Pos	Points	Pos	Points	Pos	Points	Pos	Points	Pos	Points	Pos	Points
1	Joshua Filler	GER	5	370	1	550	17	300	2	480	3	420	5	370	5	370	300	2560
2	Denis Grabe	EST	5	370	33	275	17	300	17	300	2	480	3	420	1	550	275	2420
3	Eklent Kaci	ALB	17	300	49	230	5	370	1	550	17	300	9	330	2	480	230	2330
4	Fedor Gorst	RUS	1	550	9	330	97	180	0	0	5	370	5	370	3	420	0	2220
5	Ruslan Chinakhov	RUS	65	200	2	480	5	370	9	330	9	330	9	330	17	300	200	2140
6	Alexander Kazakis	GRE	9	330	33	275	9	330	49	230	17	300	1	550	9	330	230	2115
7	Konrad Juszczyszyn	POL	33	275	49	230	1	550	5	370	9	330	65	200	9	330	200	2085
8	Mateusz Sniegocki	POL	2	480	33	275	3	420	17	300	9	330	49	230	33	275	230	2080
9	Ralf Souquet	GER	9	330	3	420	33	275	3	420	33	275	97	180	9	330	180	2050
10	Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz	ESP	33	275	5	370	9	330	9	330	9	330	17	300	5	370	275	2030
11	Maximilian Lechner	AUT	3	420	3	420	97	180	9	330	33	275	17	300	33	275	180	2020
12	Marc Bijsterbosch	NED	0	0	17	300	33	275	9	330	3	420	2	480	65	200	0	2005
13	Damianos Giallourakis	GRE	33	275	9	330	9	330	3	420	17	300	9	330	33	275	275	1985
14	Tomasz Kaplan	POL	3	420	17	300	5	370	33	275	65	200	17	300	17	300	200	1965
15	Mark Gray	GBR	17	300	5	370	9	330	97	180	33	275	9	330	9	330	180	1935
16	Oliver Szolnoki	HUN	33	275	49	230	65	200	9	330	5	370	9	330	9	330	200	1865
17	Ivar Saris	NED	17	300	49	230	2	480	17	300	17	300	49	230	49	230	230	1840
18	Jakub Koniar	SVK	9	330	49	230	17	300	17	300	9	330	17	300	33	275	230	1835
19	Maksim Dudanets	RUS	9	330	33	275	17	300	65	200	17	300	9	330	17	300	200	1835
20	David Alcaide	ESP	33	275	65	200	9	330	17	300	65	200	17	300	3	420	200	1825
21	Albin Ouschan	AUT	17	300	5	370	65	200	33	275	33	275	17	300	17	300	200	1820
22	Wiktor Zielinski	POL	65	200	5	370	49	230	129	160	17	300	5	370	9	330	160	1800
23	Mario He	AUT	65	0	0	0	17	300	5	370	1	550	17	300	33	275	0	1795
24	Roman Hybler	CZE	9	330	49	230	9	330	17	300	33	275	33	275	33	275	230	1785
25	Sanjin Pehlivanovic	BIH	33	275	17	300	49	230	65	200	33	275	9	330	5	370	200	1780
26	Miguel Silva	POR	5	370	65	200	17	300	17	300	65	200	5	370	49	230	200	1770
27	Ivo Aarts	NED	5	370	33	275	33	275	5	370	65	200	33	275	0	0	0	1765
28	Wojciech Szewczyk	POL	17	300	9	330	97	180	9	330	49	230	9	330	49	230	180	1750
29	Dimitris Loukatos	GRE	17	300	9	330	49	230	129	160	33	275	17	300	17	300	160	1735
30	Radosław Babica	POL	33	275	33	275	33	275	9	330	17	300	33	275	65	200	200	1730
31	Mats Schjetne	NOR	0	0	17	300	17	300	33	275	129	160	3	420	33	275	0	1730
32	Mieszko Fortunski	POL	9	330	49	230	65	200	17	300	129	160	33	275	5	370	160	1705
33	Niels Feijen	NED	17	300	9	330	65	200	17	300	65	200	49	230	9	330	200	1690
34	Daniel Maciol	POL	97	180	9	330	33	275	33	275	65	200	17	300	17	300	180	1680
35	Petri Makkonen	FIN	17	300	129	160	9	330	17	300	129	160	17	300	33	275	160	1665
36	Imran Majid	GBR	65	200	9	330	17	300	17	300	49	230	97	180	17	300	180	1660
37	Sergey Lutsker	RUS	49	230	33	275	33	275	33	275	17	300	97	180	17	300	180	1655
38	Tim De Ruyter	NED	17	300	65	200	65	200	9	330	17	300	65	200	17	300	200	1630
39	Wojciech Sroczynski	POL	49	230	33	275	49	230	33	275	97	180	17	300	17	300	180	1610
40	Nick Malai	GRE	65	200	33	275	17	300	65	200	17	300	49	230	17	300	200	1605
41	Alex Montpellier	FRA	97	180	17	300	33	275	65	200	5	370	33	275	97	180	180	1600
42	Karol Skowerski	POL	17	300	97	180	33	275	49	230	17	300	33	275	65	200	180	1580
43	Vitaliy Patsura	UKR	49	230	33	275	49	230	33	275	33	275	33	275	65	200	200	1560
44	Marco Dorenburg	GER	0	0	33	275	65	200	17	300	33	275	33	275	49	230	0	1555
45	Konstantinos Koukiadakis	GRE	65	200	17	300	65	200	17	300	97	180	33	275	33	275	180	1550
46	Marek Kudlik	POL	49	230	9	330	33	275	33	275	97	180	65	200	49	230	180	1540
47	Jani Siekkinen	FIN	65	200	33	275	49	230	49	230	129	160	17	300	17	300	160	1535
48	Pijus Labutis	LIT	129	160	129	160	3	420	97	180	17	300	65	200	33	275	160	1535
49	Nikos Ekonomopoulos	GRE	0	0	0	0	17	300	33	275	9	330	17	300	17	300	0	1505
50	Tobias Bongers	GER	65	200	17	300	33	275	17	300	65	200	65	200	0	0	0	1475

References

1. Only shows those with 3 or more event wins.

1. "Event Info". billiardapps.com. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
2. "European Belgium Open 1992". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
3. "Hall Of Fame Eurotour – Medallists". billiardapps.com. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
4. "Diamond 9 Eurotour Series". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
5. "Diamond 9 Eurotour Series". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
6. "Eurotour Ranking – Dynamic Billard Eurotour". eurotouronline.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
7. "Eurotour Ranking – Dynamic Billard Eurotour". eurotouronline.com. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

External links

• Official Website

• Euro Tour at azbilliards.com