Farhad Shahverdi

Farhad Shahverdi
nation	Iran
birthday	20th September 1973
Nickname	Mazi
societies
0000–2015	BSV Pfullingen
2015–	BC Sindelfingen

Farhad "Mazi" Shahverdi (born September 20, 1973 ) is an Iranian pool player .

Career

singles

In March 2007 Shahverdi reached the 8-ball world championship after victories against Henrik Asperup and Oliver Ortmann the round of 32, in which he lost 6:10 against the Filipino Joven Bustamante . At the end of the year, however, he retired without a win in the preliminary round when he first participated in the 9-Ball World Cup . In 2008 he was eliminated from both the 8-ball World Cup and the first-time 10-ball world championship in the preliminary round, where he succeeded in winning the 10-ball. In May 2009 he entered the finals of a Euro Tour tournament for the first time at the German Open . After defeating the Swiss Marco Tschudi and the German Dominic Jentsch , among others , he was defeated 6: 8 by the Englishman Imran Majid in the round of 16 . At the 10-Ball World Cup 2009 he was eliminated without a win.

In January 2017, Shahverdi reached the semi-finals at the final tournament of the German Tour 2016 with a quarter-final win against defending champion Roman Hybler , in which he had to admit defeat to Syrian Mohammad Soufi 6: 7 in a high-class game.

team

With the Iranian national team Shahverdi took in 2010 at the World Team Championship in part. The team was eliminated without a win after defeats against Norway and Serbia.

From 2013 to 2015 he rose from the district league to the association league with BSV Pfullingen . For the 2015/16 season he moved to the regional division BC Sindelfingen .

Others

Shahverdi is the owner of the Magic Pool billiard center in Pfullingen and Die Drei in Sindelfingen .

Web links

• Farhad Shahverdi at azbilliards.com
• Farhad Shahverdi at kozoom.com
• Farhad Shahverdi on the Euro Tour website
• Farhad Shahverdi on the website of the German Billiard Union
• Farhad Shahverdi on the German Tour website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Farhad Shahverdi. In: worldpoolchampionship.com. Matchroom Sport , archived from the original on July 26, 2010 ; accessed on February 18, 2017 .  
2. ↑ World 8-ball Championships Dubai. In: pro9.co.uk. Retrieved February 18, 2017 .  
3. ↑ Latest Results from the World 8-Ball Championships. (No longer available online.) In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association , March 2, 2007, archived from the original on February 19, 2017 ; accessed on February 18, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
4. ↑ Swiss dominance at the German Pool Masters. In: germantour.net. touch Billard-Magazin, January 10, 2017, accessed on January 18, 2017 .  
5. ↑ District League Hohenzollern-Hochrhein 2013/14. In: bvbw.billardarea.de. Billiards Association Baden-Württemberg, accessed on February 18, 2017 .  
6. ^ Regional League South 2014/15. In: bvbw.billardarea.de. Billiards Association Baden-Württemberg, accessed on February 18, 2017 .  
7. ^ Regionalliga Süd 2015/16. In: portal.billardarea.de. German Billard Union, accessed on February 18, 2017 .  
8. ↑ Regionalliga Süd 2016/17. In: portal.billardarea.de. German Billard Union, accessed on February 18, 2017 .  
9. ↑ Imprint. (No longer available online.) In: billard-magic-pool.de. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017 ; accessed on February 18, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
10. ↑ Imprint. (No longer available online.) In: billard-diedrei.de. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017 ; accessed on February 18, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.