EBSA European Snooker Championship 1998
1998 European Snooker Championship
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| Venue: | Helsinki , Finland |
| Opening: | May 7, 1998 |
| Endgame: | May 17, 1998
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| Winner: |
 Kristjan Helgason
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| Highest Break: | 140 ( Markku Hämäläinen )
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The EBSA Snooker European Championships in 1998 was the seventh edition of the European Billiards and Snooker Association hosted European Championship in Snooker . It took place from May 7th to 17th, 1998 in the Finnish capital Helsinki .
The Icelander Kristján Helgason became European champion with a 7-2 final victory over Maltese Alex Borg .
mode
The 48 participating players were divided into 8 groups of six players each, in which they competed against each other in round robin mode . The two best placed players in each group qualified for the final round, which was played in the knockout system .
Final round
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| Kristjan Helgason
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Stephen Maguire
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Kristjan Helgason
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Jóhannes B. Jóhannesson
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Jóhannes B. Jóhannesson
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Scott McKenzie
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Kristjan Helgason
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6th | |||||||||||||
 Mark Esdale
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Esdale
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Darren Sparks
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Esdale
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Craig Butler
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Craig Butler
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Mario Geudens
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Kristjan Helgason
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7th | |||||||||||||
 Alex Borg
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2 | |||||||||||||
 Matthew Farrant
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Thomas Dowling
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Farrant
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Borg
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Borg
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Ville Pasanen
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Borg
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Bjorn Haneveer
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hull
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Kimmo Lång
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Robin Hull
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Bjorn Haneveer
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Bjorn Haneveer
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Markku Hämäläinen
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2 | |||||||||||||
Century breaks
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Markku Hämäläinen
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140 |
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Alex Borg
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139 |
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Mark Esdale
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131 |
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Mario Geudens
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127 |
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Craig Butler
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113 |
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Bjorn Haneveer
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113 |
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Scott McKenzie
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105 |
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Darren Sparks
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104 |
Web links
- EBSA European Snookere Championship 1998 at CueTracker
- EBSA European Snooker Championship 1998 at snooker.org