EBSA European Snooker Championship 2020

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European Snooker Championship 2020
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Attendees: 59
Venue: Salgados Palace Hotel, Albufeira , Portugal
Opening: 17th March 2020
Endgame: March 19, 2020

Winner: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett
Finalist: FinlandFinland Heikki Niva
Highest Break: 125 ( Heikki Niva) FinlandFinland
← 2019
 

The EBSA European Snooker Championship 2020 was a snooker tournament that took place from March 17th to 19th, 2020 at the Salgados Palace Hotel in Albufeira , Portugal . The 29th edition of the continental championship for amateurs was organized by the European snooker association European Billiards and Snooker Association together with the Federação Portuguesa de Bilhar (FPB).

Four players from German-speaking countries took part. While the Swiss Alain Vergère and the reigning German runner-up Robin Otto did not survive the group round, Michael Schnabel made it to the bottom 32 and Richard Wienold in the second round. Schnabel and Wienold won the German championship in 2018 and 2017, respectively.

The winner was Andrew Pagett from Welsh . He defeated the Finn Heikki Niva 5-2 in the final. Pagett had made it to the finals for the first time in 2003 and then turned professional. In 2015 he lost his professional status. With the win, the 37-year-old qualified for two more years on the Snooker Main Tour .

Group stage

59 players from 20 countries had registered for the tournament, 11 fewer participants than in the previous year. They were divided into 14 groups of 4 players each and one group of three. In the groups everyone played against everyone for the placements. The players in first and second place in each group progressed to the final round.

Final round

The final round was played in knockout mode . 30 players had qualified through the group stage, 28 of them played in round 1 in 14 elimination games. The two best players in the group stage went straight to Round 2.

  Round 1
best of 7 frames 		Round of 16
best of 7 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 7 Frames 		Semi-final
best of 7 frames 		Final
best of 9 frames
                                               
1  FinlandFinland Heikki Niva -                
 (Bye)  
1  FinlandFinland Heikki Niva 4th
  17th  UkraineUkraine Serhiy Issajenko 1  
17th  UkraineUkraine Serhiy Issajenko 4th
16  FinlandFinland Patrik Tiihonen 0  
1  FinlandFinland Heikki Niva 4th
  9  EnglandEngland Ben Hancorn 3  
9  EnglandEngland Ben Hancorn 4th    
24  LatviaLatvia Rodion Judin 0  
9  EnglandEngland Ben Hancorn 4th
  25th  GermanyGermany Richard Wienold 1  
25th  GermanyGermany Richard Wienold 4th
8th  BelgiumBelgium Julien Leclerq 2  
1  FinlandFinland Heikki Niva 4th
  28  BelgiumBelgium Kevin Hanssens 3  
5  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Fergal Quinn 2
28  BelgiumBelgium Kevin Hanssens 4th  
28  BelgiumBelgium Kevin Hanssens 4th
  12  FranceFrance Fabian Monnin 0  
21st  HungaryHungary Bulcsú Révész 3
12  FranceFrance Fabian Monnin 4th  
28  BelgiumBelgium Kevin Hanssens 4th
  4th  HungaryHungary Zsolt Fenyvesi 0  
13  ScotlandScotland Dean Young 4th    
20th  FranceFrance Alexis Callewaert 3  
13  ScotlandScotland Dean Young 3
  4th  HungaryHungary Zsolt Fenyvesi 4th  
29  UkraineUkraine Julian Boyko 1
4th  HungaryHungary Zsolt Fenyvesi 4th  
1  FinlandFinland Heikki Niva 2
2  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 5
3  ScotlandScotland Ross Muir 4th
30th  BelgiumBelgium Daan Leyssen 2  
3  ScotlandScotland Ross Muir 4th
  14th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Rhydian Richards 2  
19th  GermanyGermany Michael Schnabel 2
14th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Rhydian Richards 4th  
3  ScotlandScotland Ross Muir 4th
  6th  EnglandEngland Daniel Womersley 2  
11  RussiaRussia Alexei Koren 1    
22nd  EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 4th  
22nd  EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 0
  6th  EnglandEngland Daniel Womersley 4th  
27  LatviaLatvia Māris Volajs 2
6th  EnglandEngland Daniel Womersley 4th  
3  ScotlandScotland Ross Muir 2
  2  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 4th  
7th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Declan Lavery 4th
26th  EnglandEngland Manasawin Phetmalaikul 2  
7th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Declan Lavery 4th
  10  EnglandEngland Sanderson Lam 2  
23  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Stephen Brady 1
10  EnglandEngland Sanderson Lam 4th  
7th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Declan Lavery 1
  2  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 4th  
15th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ben Fortey 4th    
18th  RussiaRussia Ivan Kakowski 2  
15th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ben Fortey 2
  2  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 4th  
2  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett -
 (Bye)  

final

For Andrew Pagett it was the second final of the European Amateur Championship. 17 years earlier he had lost to his compatriot David John . Two more times he made it to the semifinals. For Heikki Niva, at the age of 27, 10 years younger than the Welshman, it was the fifth participation since 2014 and his first final after making it to the quarter-finals in 2018 . Pagett, who also had 7 years of professional experience, was the favorite, but it was the Finn who took the lead 1-0. Although he was one of the best players with 9 breaks with more than 50 points in the course of the tournament, he did not make a high break in the final. And since Pagett didn't score high either, it was a competitive match. The next two frames clearly went to the Welshman, who required several attempts each time. The fourth frame was already pointing the way: Niva did not get 54 points over the finish line and Pagett took a 3-1 lead after a narrow 61:54. In the next frame, the Finn fought against the defeat, but the 4-1 was the preliminary decision. The Finn shortened again, but in the contested 7th frame Pagett once again got the upper hand and finished to a 5-2 victory.

Final: Best of 9 Frames
Referee: André Santos Salgados Palace Hotel,  Albufeira , Portugal , March 19, 2020 PortugalPortugal
Heikki Niva FinlandFinland 2: 5 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett
72 : 30, 24: 72 , 1: 87 , 54: 61 , 35: 60 , 71 : 2, 31: 53
46 Highest break 44
- Century breaks -
- 50+ breaks -

Century breaks

Three players each managed a break with more than 100 points, with finalist Heikki Niva and ex-professional Rory McLeod each scoring 125 points in a row. Tournament winner Andrew Pagett missed a century break by one point, his 99 points being the fourth highest break in the tournament.

FinlandFinland Heikki Niva 125
EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 125
GermanyGermany Richard Wienold 121

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  1. ↑ 2020 European Snooker Championships. Snooker Zone, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ European Snooker Championships Men - Albufeira / Portugal 2020. EBSA , March 19, 2020, accessed on June 16, 2020 .
  3. ↑ 2020 European Championships - Men. CueTracker, March 19, 2020, accessed on June 16, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Match report final (European Snooker Championships Men - Albufeira / Portugal 2020). EBSA , March 19, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020 .
  5. ↑ European Snooker Championships Men - Albufeira / Portugal 2020 - all breaks. EBSA , March 19, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020 .

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