Nikos Ekonomopoulos

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Nikos Ekonomopoulos
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nation GreeceGreece Greece
birthday February 22, 1982
place of birth Athens
Nickname The shooter
Medal table
Euro tour 1 × gold 3 × silver 1 × bronze
European Championship 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Pool world rankings

Highest WRL place 6 (2013, 2014)

Nikos Ekonomopoulos ( Greek Νίκος Οικονομόπουλος Nikos Ikonomopoulos , also: Nick Ekonomopoulos ; born February 22, 1982 in Athens ) is a Greek pool player .

Career

singles

At the European Youth Championships in 1998 Nikos Ekonomopoulos won the bronze medal in 14/1 endless of the students and with the Greek team. A year later he became vice European junior champion in 14/1 endless and in 8-ball as well as with the team. In 2000 he became 8-ball European junior champion by beating Dimitri Jungo in the final . He also won the silver medal in the 14/1 endless individual and with the junior team. In March 2000 he reached the last sixteen of a Euro Tour tournament for the first time at the Italy Open .

At the Italy Open 2007 he reached the round of 16 and was eliminated from Ralf Souquet . In August 2008 he came in 49th place in the men's European 8-ball championship . At the 2009 European Championships , he made it into the finals for the first time. After he was knocked out endlessly in the 14/1 finals, he moved into the final in 8-ball, in which he lost to Andreas Roschkowsky 7: 8. In the final 9-ball competition, he was eliminated again in the round of 32. In 2010 he reached the round of 16 in 14/1, which he lost with 111: 125 against Mario He .

In October 2011, Ekonomopoulos was third at the Sarajevo Open. At the Treviso Open 2011 he made it to the round of 16. In May 2012 he won his first Euro Tour medal at the Austria Open . After victories against Darren Appleton , Bruno Muratore and Marcus Chamat , he moved into the final, in which he defeated Wojciech Szewczyk from Poland 9: 4. A month later he reached the round of 16 of the 9-ball world championship and lost there to Appleton. In September 2012, he finished ninth at the China Open . In October 2012 he made it to the round of 16 at the North Cyprus Open and a few days later at the US Open to 49th place.

In April 2013, Ekonomopoulos took part again after three years in the European Championship , where he won the bronze medal in 14/1 endlessly in a semi-final defeat against later European champion Nick van den Berg . In addition, he made it to the round of 16 in the 10-ball and in the quarter-finals in the 9-ball, which he lost to Ivo Aarts . A month later he reached the second round at the China Open and Austria Open . At the 9-Ball World Cup in 2013 , he reached the quarter-finals, where he was eliminated by Karl Boyes at 8:11 . A few days after he finished ninth at the 2013 US Open , he took part in the World Pool Masters for the first time, where he lost 3-8 to Taiwanese Chang Jung-Lin in the quarterfinals after beating Ralf Souquet .

After Ekonomopoulos had reached the quarter-finals at the first Euro Tour tournament of 2014, the Italian Open , he reached the finals at the Austria Open 2014 , in which he was defeated by the Estonian Denis Grabe with 1: 9. In June 2014 he reached the round of 32 at the 9-Ball World Championship , in which he lost to Tōru Kuribayashi 9:11 . At the Dutch Open 2014 he was defeated 6: 9 by Englishman Mark Gray in the final . A few days later, with third place, he achieved his best result at the US Open . In November 2014 he made it to the final of the World Pool Masters , which he lost 8-2 to Shane van Boening .

In January 2015 Ekonomopoulos reached the sixteenth finals at the Chinese 8-Ball World Championship . A few weeks later he moved into the round of 64 at the 10-ball world championship , in which he was defeated by the eventual vice world champion Carlo Biado 7:11. At the 2015 European Championship , he reached the round of 32 in the 10-ball. After losing to Wu Jiaqing in the round of sixteen at the China Open , he was eliminated from Ralf Souquet in the first round of the 2015 World Pool Masters , the round of 16. In September 2015 he reached the round of 32 at the 9-Ball World Cup , in which he was defeated by Darren Appleton from England 7:11.

In February 2016, Ekonomopoulos won his fourth Euro Tour medal at the Italian Open after being eliminated in the semifinals against Ralf Souquet. At the North Cyprus Open 2016 he lost 5: 9 to the Austrian Mario He in the final .

team

Ekonomopoulos has taken part in the World Cup of Pool three times and always formed the Greek team together with Alexander Kazakis . In 2013 they reached the round of 16 and lost to the Taiwanese team. In 2014 they were defeated by the eventual winners Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes from England in the round of 16 with 1: 7. In 2015 they were eliminated in the first round.

With the Greek national team he reached third place at the 2010 Team World Cup .

Ekonomopoulos has been nominated twice for the Mosconi Cup ( 2012 and 2014 ) and won it with the European team.

successes

8-ball junior European champion : 2000
Austria Open: 2012
Mosconi Cup : 2012 , 2014

Web links

swell

  1. ↑ Men Rankings. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association , archived from the original on November 23, 2013 ; accessed on February 28, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Men Rankings. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on November 16, 2014 ; accessed on February 28, 2016 .
  3. ^ Brunswick Italy Open 2000. azbilliards.com, accessed February 28, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Sarajevo Coloseum 10-Ball Open 2011. azbilliards.com, accessed on February 28, 2016 .
  5. ↑ China Open 2012 Men's Division. azbilliards.com, accessed February 28, 2016 .
  6. ↑ US Open 9-Ball Championship 2012. azbilliards.com, accessed February 28, 2016 .
  7. ↑ China Open 2013 Men's Division. azbilliards.com, accessed February 28, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Ekonomopoulos, Nikos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Οικονομόπουλος, Νίκος (Greek); Ikonomopoulos, Nikos; Ekonomopoulos, Nick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek pool player
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens