David Alcaide
David Alcaide 
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| birthday | December 14, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Málaga | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | El Matador | ||||||||||||||||
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| Club 6 Málaga | |||||||||||||||||
| Asociacion Gallega de Billar | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | BSV Dachau | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current WRL location | 22 (as of July 2, 2020) | ||||||||||||||||
David Alcaide Bermudez (born December 14, 1978 in Málaga ) is a Spanish pool player .
Career
Both 2001 and 2006 David Alcaide was able to reach the round of 16 of the 9-ball world championship . In 2007 he reached the final of the World Pool Masters , but lost to Thomas Engert . In 2009 he won a Euro Tour tournament for the first time with the Italy Open in Castel Volturno and a few months later made it to the semi-finals at the 2009 10-Ball World Cup . He achieved the same result at the 8-Ball World Cup in 2011 . He also took second place at the Treviso Open 2011 , the Italy Open 2012 and the Dutch Open 2016 .
In 2013 he made it to the second round of the 9-Ball World Cup . In February 2015 he made it to the semi-finals of the 10-Ball World Cup , in which he was defeated by Carlo Biado from the Philippines with 2:11. At the 9-Ball World Cup in 2015 , he reached the round of 16 for the fourth time, which he just lost against Wojciech Szewczyk from Poland at 10:11 .
At the 2010 European Pool Billiards Championships , he was the first Spaniard to win an European Championship for ever with his victory in discipline 14 and 1 . In 2013 he became European champion in 8-ball and in 2014 in 10-ball . At the EM 2016 he won the 10-ball title again with an 8: 7 win in the final against Petri Makkonen . In November 2016, he won a Euro Tour tournament for the second time with a 9: 6 final win over Joshua Filler with the Treviso Open . In February 2017 he became the first Spaniard to win the World Pool Masters . In the final he defeated the Scots Jayson Shaw 8: 7.
In 2006 he was the first Spaniard to represent Team Europe at the Mosconi Cup . However, he lost the decisive game for the Europeans against Corey Deuel with 2: 5, so that Team USA still managed to equalize in the overall standings, which was enough for them as defending champions.
Alcaide has been playing for Bundesliga club BSV Dachau since 2013 , with whom he became German runner- up in 2014 and 2015 and German champion in 2016 .
His nickname in the billiards scene is El Matador .
successes
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| Italy Open: | 2009 |
| 14/1 endless ball European champions : | 2010 |
| 8-ball European champions : | 2013 |
| 10-ball European champions : | 2014 , 2016 |
| Treviso Open : | 2016 |
| World Pool Masters : | 2017 |
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| Mosconi Cup : | 2006 |
| German champion : | 2016 |
Web links
- David Alcaide on azbilliards.com
- David Alcaide on kozoom.com
- David Alcaide on the European Pocket Billiard Federation website
- David Alcaide on the website of the German Billard Union
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b David Alcaide. In: worldgames2013.sportresult.com. World Games 2013 , accessed November 26, 2016 .
- ^ Thomas Overbeck: Alcaide wins Dynamic Billard Treviso Open. In: europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation, November 26, 2016, accessed November 26, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Alcaide, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alcaide Bermudez, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish pool player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Málaga |