Brian Cini

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Brian Cini
Brian Cini
birthday 5th September 1996 (age 23)
place of birth Sliema , Malta
nationality MaltaMalta Malta
professional -
Prize money £ 1,200
Highest break 124
Century Breaks 1
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place -

Brian Cini (born September 5, 1996 in Sliema ) is a Maltese snooker player . He is two-time title holder of his country.

Career

Brian Cini started playing snooker when he was 13. Even as a teenager he was successful in international tournaments. At the European U17 Snooker Open held in his home country of Malta, he finished fourth in 2012 and won the title in 2013 and 2014. At the age of 15 he already competed in the official U21 European Championship . He survived the group stage with ease, before being eliminated by Duane Jones from Welsh, who was 3 years older than him. However, the round of the last 32 was the end of the line for the next two years, and it wasn't until the 2015 European Junior Championships that he made it to the quarter-finals for the first time. He achieved the same result this year with the seniors at both the European and the World Championships . In addition, he also played at tournaments in German-speaking countries, e.g. B. at the renowned 3 Kings Open in Rankweil , where he finished second in 2016 behind his compatriot Tony Drago . And he competed in the tournaments of the Players Tour Championship (PTC), small tournaments of the professional tour open to amateurs. He qualified several times for the main tournament, but then lost each time to a professional player. At the Gdynia Open 2015 he was only just eliminated 3: 4 against Ricky Walden .

He tried early to become a professional himself. He moved to London where he was assisted by Tony Drago and trained with players such as Jimmy White and Michael Georgiou . He competed in Q School , but although he improved year on year, his group's 2016 quarterfinals was his best result. At the Paul Hunter Classic 2017 , which was still open to amateurs in the tradition of the PTC tournaments, he qualified again for the main tournament and was able to beat a professional player for the first time with Robert Milkins . The following year, he succeeded at the same place even a 4: 0 victory over pro Sean O'Sullivan and the second time the way into the second round of a professional tournament.

In spring 2016, Cini reached the final of the Maltese championship for the first time at the age of 19 . He met the 13-time title holder Alex Borg and dethroned him 6: 4. A little later they both won the European Team Snooker Championships for Malta. Two years later he defeated Borg in the national championship in the semifinals and with a 6-5 win over Aaron Busuttil he won the title for the second time. In 2018 he also won the Malta Snooker Open and was also number 1 in the national rankings for the second time ( Kampjonat Premier ).

successes

Amateur tournaments

Team competitions

  • EBSA European Team Snooker Champion (with Alex Borg , 2016)

swell

  1. ↑ a b c Profile of Brian Cini at CueTracker (as of September 2, 2018)
  2. ↑ a b Snooker: “Meta nirbaħ jien, nieħu gost l-aktar għax inferraħ poplu sħiħ” - Brian Cini (Maltese), Mark Attard, Television Malta, March 19, 2018
  3. ↑ European U17 Snooker Open: Archived Results , official homepage, accessed on September 2, 2018
  4. ↑ Cini Is Malta Champ , World Snooker, April 23, 2016
  5. ^ Borg & Cini win it for Malta , EBSA, June 11, 2016
  6. ↑ Home Comforts for Champions Cini , Michael Day, The Cue View, January 18, 2018
  7. ↑ Snooker: Brian Cini jirbaħ il-Kampjonat Premier għat-tieni darba (Maltese), Mark Attard, Television Malta, April 28, 2018

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SURNAME Cini, Brian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Maltese snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th September 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Sliema , Malta