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
LocationEurope
Established1992
Organisation(s)European Pocket Billiard Federation
FormatSingle 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
Main article: 2019 Euro Tour Season

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

RankNameNationTrevisoLeendeTrevisoAustriaVeldhovenKlagenfurtAntalyaMinTotal
PosPointsPosPointsPosPointsPosPointsPosPointsPosPointsPosPoints
1Joshua FillerGER537015501730024803420537053703002560
2Denis GrabeEST53703327517300173002480342015502752420
3Eklent KaciALB17300492305370155017300933024802302330
4Fedor GorstRUS15509330971800053705370342002220
5Ruslan ChinakhovRUS6520024805370933093309330173002002140
6Alexander KazakisGRE93303327593304923017300155093302302115
7Konrad JuszczyszynPOL33275492301550537093306520093302002085
8Mateusz SniegockiPOL248033275342017300933049230332752302080
9Ralf SouquetGER93303420332753420332759718093301802050
10Francisco Sanchez-RuizESP3327553709330933093301730053702752030
11Maximilian LechnerAUT342034209718093303327517300332751802020
12Marc BijsterboschNED0017300332759330342024806520002005
13Damianos GiallourakisGRE33275933093303420173009330332752751985
14Tomasz KaplanPOL3420173005370332756520017300173002001965
15Mark GrayGBR17300537093309718033275933093301801935
16Oliver SzolnokiHUN33275492306520093305370933093302001865
17Ivar SarisNED17300492302480173001730049230492302301840
18Jakub KoniarSVK9330492301730017300933017300332752301835
19Maksim DudanetsRUS9330332751730065200173009330173002001835
20David AlcaideESP3327565200933017300652001730034202001825
21Albin OuschanAUT17300537065200332753327517300173002001820
22Wiktor ZielinskiPOL6520053704923012916017300537093301601800
23Mario HeAUT650001730053701550173003327501795
24Roman HyblerCZE9330492309330173003327533275332752301785
25Sanjin PehlivanovicBIH3327517300492306520033275933053702001780
26Miguel SilvaPOR5370652001730017300652005370492302001770
27Ivo AartsNED53703327533275537065200332750001765
28Wojciech SzewczykPOL173009330971809330492309330492301801750
29Dimitris LoukatosGRE173009330492301291603327517300173001601735
30Radosław BabicaPOL33275332753327593301730033275652002001730
31Mats SchjetneNOR0017300173003327512916034203327501730
32Mieszko FortunskiPOL93304923065200173001291603327553701601705
33Niels FeijenNED1730093306520017300652004923093302001690
34Daniel MaciolPOL97180933033275332756520017300173001801680
35Petri MakkonenFIN1730012916093301730012916017300332751601665
36Imran MajidGBR65200933017300173004923097180173001801660
37Sergey LutskerRUS492303327533275332751730097180173001801655
38Tim De RuyterNED17300652006520093301730065200173002001630
39Wojciech SroczynskiPOL492303327549230332759718017300173001801610
40Nick MalaiGRE652003327517300652001730049230173002001605
41Alex MontpellierFRA97180173003327565200537033275971801801600
42Karol SkowerskiPOL173009718033275492301730033275652001801580
43Vitaliy PatsuraUKR492303327549230332753327533275652002001560
44Marco DorenburgGER0033275652001730033275332754923001555
45Konstantinos KoukiadakisGRE652001730065200173009718033275332751801550
46Marek KudlikPOL49230933033275332759718065200492301801540
47Jani SiekkinenFIN6520033275492304923012916017300173001601535
48Pijus LabutisLIT1291601291603420971801730065200332751601535
49Nikos EkonomopoulosGRE000017300332759330173001730001505
50Tobias BongersGER6520017300332751730065200652000001475

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.
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