EBSA U18 European Snooker Championship 2020

U18 European Championship 2020
Attendees:	70
Venue:	Salgados Palace Hotel, Albufeira , Portugal
Opening:	March 7, 2020
Endgame:	March 10, 2020
Winner:	Aaron Hill
Finalist:	Sean Maddocks
Highest Break:	131 ( Aaron Hill )
← 2019

The EBSA U18 European Snooker Championship 2020 was a junior snooker tournament organized by the European Billiards and Snooker Association together with the Federação Portuguesa de Bilhar (FPB) . It took place from February 7 to 10, 2020 at the Salgados Palace Hotel in Albufeira , Portugal . It was the fifth edition of the European Championship organized by the European Billiards and Snooker Association in the U18 age group.

The Irishman Aaron Hill was able to win the title of U18 European champion for the second time in a row after 2019 . He defeated Englishman Sean Maddocks 4-1 in the final . Hill's predecessor Jackson Page had also won the title twice in a row.

Aaron Hill also had the tournament's highest break with 131 points. Besides him, Ben Mertens from Belgium and Sean Maddocks each managed a century break .

Group stage

70 players from 24 countries registered for the tournament. They were divided into 14 groups of 5 players each. In the groups everyone played against everyone for the placements. The top three in each group qualified for the final round.

Final round

The final round was played in knockout mode . 42 players had qualified through the group stage, 22 of them reached the round of the last 32, the remaining 20 players played in an opening round for the 10 other places in the second round.

Round of the last 42

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	(33)  Kirill Schisdjuk	32: 32	Leone Crowley  (32)
2	(41)  Matvei Lagodzinschii	32: 32	Connor Benzey  (24)
3	(25)  Nils Ritenius Manjer	13 : 13	Mario Paun  (40)
4th	(37)  Leyton Kesteloot	30: 30	Fabian Hook  (28)
5	(29)  Rhys Morgans	13 : 13	Thijs Pauwels  (36)
6th	(35)  Kendrew Oei	30: 30	Michael Roberts  (30)
7th	(27)  Madalin Gal	03 : 03	Vladislav Gradinari  (38)
8th	(39)  Viktor Mared	31: 31	Bradley Tyson  (26)
9	(23)  Luis Vetter	03 : 03	Aaron Smith  (42)
10	(31)  Joe Fenton	13 : 13	Tuure Lappalainen  (34)

Round of 32 to final

	Round of the last 32 best of 5 frames					Round of 16 best of 5 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 7 Frames					Semi-final best of 7 frames					Final best of 7 frames
	1	Bulcsú Révész	3
	32	Leone Crowley	2
						1	Bulcsú Révész	3
						16	Nikita Kolpačenko	1
	17th	Eelis Lappalainen	2
	16	Nikita Kolpačenko	3
											1	Bulcsú Révész	1
											24	Connor Benzey	4th
	9	Ryan McGuirk	0
	24	Connor Benzey	3
						24	Connor Benzey	3
						8th	Julian Boyko	2
	25th	Nils Ritenius Manjer	0
	8th	Julian Boyko	3
																24	Connor Benzey	1
																4th	Sean Maddocks	4th
	5	Antoni Kowalski	3
	28	Fabian hook	0
						5	Antoni Kowalski	3
						12	Dean Young	2
	21st	Attila Horváth	0
	12	Dean Young	3
											5	Antoni Kowalski	3
											4th	Sean Maddocks	4th
	13	Kiryl Marholin	0
	20th	Nicolas Mortreux	3
						20th	Nicolas Mortreux	2
						4th	Sean Maddocks	3
	29	Rhys Morgans	0
	4th	Sean Maddocks	3
																					4th	Sean Maddocks	1
																					10	Aaron Hill	4th
	3	Ben Mertens	3
	30th	Michael Roberts	0
						3	Ben Mertens	3
						14th	Jack Haley	1
	19th	Maxim Ene	0
	14th	Jack Haley	3
											3	Ben Mertens	4th
											27	Madalin Gal	0
	11	Anton Kazakov	3
	22nd	Paul Deaville	0
						11	Anton Kazakov	1
						27	Madalin Gal	3
	27	Madalin Gal	3
	6th	Halim Hussain	2
																3	Ben Mertens	0
																10	Aaron Hill	4th
	7th	Liam Graham	3
	26th	Bradley Tyson	2
						7th	Liam Graham	0
						10	Aaron Hill	3
	23	Luis cousin	1
	10	Aaron Hill	3
											10	Aaron Hill	4th
											31	Joe Fenton	0
	15th	Julien Leclercq	3
	18th	Filips Kalniņš	0
						15th	Julien Leclercq	1
						31	Joe Fenton	3
	31	Joe Fenton	3
	2	Robbie McGuigan	0

final

The final was a duel between two players who were only a month and a half apart in age and for both of whom it was the last U18 European Championship. Aaron Hill went into the final as the favorite. He was not only the defending champion, in two other tournaments he had once reached the eighth and once the semi-finals. Sean Maddocks had already participated in the tournament in 2018 , but was eliminated in his first main round match. A few weeks earlier, the Englishman had already been in the final of an international youth tournament at the 2020 WSF Junior Open , but he had lost that. Hill lived up to his favorite position from the start and started the first frame with a decisive break. Maddocks tried again, but a second high break gave the Irishman the lead. He built on this in a slightly more competitive second frame before pulling away to 3-0 with a 92-point break. Maddocks then won at least the honor point, but with his fourth high break of 50 points, Hill won the tournament. The Irishman immediately won the U21 European Championship .

Final: Best of 7 Frames Referee: Thorsten Müller Salgados Palace Hotel,  Albufeira , Portugal , March 10, 2020
Sean Maddocks	1: 4	Aaron Hill
8: 128 (73, 55), 27: 71 , 0: 92 (92), 64 : 18, 10: 62 (50)
27	Highest break	92
-	Century breaks	-
-	50+ breaks	4th

Century breaks

In the course of the tournament, 85 breaks of 50 or more points were achieved, 3 of which exceeded the 100 point mark:

Aaron Hill	131
Ben Mertens	117
Sean Maddocks	103

swell

1. ↑ 2020 European Snooker Championships. Snooker Zone, 2020, accessed June 14, 2020 . 
2. ↑ European Snooker Championships U18 - Albufeira / Portugal 2020. EBSA , March 10, 2020, accessed on June 14, 2020 . 
3. ↑ 2020 European Championships - Under 18. CueTracker, March 10, 2020, accessed on June 14, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Match report final (European Snooker Championships U18 - Albufeira / Portugal 2020). EBSA , March 10, 2020, accessed June 14, 2020 . 
5. ↑ European Snooker Championships U18 - Albufeira / Portugal 2020 - all breaks. EBSA , March 10, 2020, accessed June 14, 2020 . 

Web links

• European Snooker Championship U18 → Portugal - Albufeira 2020 (Results)
• Snooker: EBSA - Albufeira / Portugal 2020 - YouTube video channel