1997 European Pool Billiards Championship

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1997 European Pool Billiards Championship
Billiard Picto 2-white.svg
venue Radisson Hotel,
Stavanger , Norway
opening April 5, 1997
The End April 13, 1997
Disciplines 8-ball , 9-ball , 14/1 endless
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The 1997 European Pool Championship was a pool tournament that took place from April 5 to 13, 1997 at the Radisson Hotel in Stavanger and was organized by the European Pool Association EPBF . The EM took place for the first time in Stavanger and after 1986 and 1993 for the third time in Norway .

The disciplines 8-ball , 9-ball and 14/1 were played out endlessly . In addition, the European champions of the teams were determined for the men and women.

As in 1993 and 1996 , all finalists in the men's singles came from Germany. In the 14/1 Endless Ralf Souquet won the final against Oliver Ortmann , as in the previous year . In the 8-ball final he lost to Bernd Jahnke . Both met in the 9-ball final, with Souquet becoming European champion. Thomas Engert won the bronze medal in the 14/1 endlessly and in the 9-ball. Jahnke won bronze endlessly in the 14/1. Oliver Ortmann, who in 1996 became European 8-ball and 9-ball champion and vice-European 14/1 champion, won bronze in 8-ball. The Finns Mika Lehtimäki and Mika Immonen were the only players not from Germany to win medals in the men's singles.

The Austrian Gerda Hofstätter won the final in 14/1 endlessly against the German Franziska Stark . In addition, she became 8-ball European champion by beating the Italian Anita Rizutti in the final . In the 9-ball the German Sylvia Buschhüter was European champion in the final against the Norwegian Line Kjørsvik . The Germans Michaela Rank and Franziska Stark as well as the Swiss Julia Rechfeld and Sabina Dederding also each won a bronze medal. In addition to her two European Championship titles, Gerda Hofstätter also won bronze in the 9-ball.

The German men's team consisting of Thomas Engert, Oliver Ortmann, Ralf Souquet and Bernd Jahnke became European champions for the seventh time in a row in the final against Denmark. Luxembourg and Austria won the bronze medal. In the women’s category, Germany (Franziska Stark, Michaela Rank, Sylvia Buschhüter and Birgit Reimann ) did not succeed in becoming European champions after three consecutive titles. In the final, the team lost to the Swiss team against which they had won the final last year.

Medalist

discipline gold silver bronze
Gentlemen - 14/1 endless GermanyGermany Ralf Souquet GermanyGermany Oliver Ortmann GermanyGermany Bernd Jahnke
GermanyGermany Thomas Engert
Men - 8-Ball GermanyGermany Bernd Jahnke GermanyGermany Ralf Souquet FinlandFinland Mika Lehtimäki
GermanyGermany Oliver Ortmann
Men - 9-Ball GermanyGermany Ralf Souquet GermanyGermany Bernd Jahnke FinlandFinland Mika Immonen
GermanyGermany Thomas Engert
Men's team GermanyGermany Germany DenmarkDenmark Denmark LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg
AustriaAustria Austria
Ladies - 14/1 endless AustriaAustria Gerda Hofstatter GermanyGermany Franziska Stark GermanyGermany Michaela Rank
SwedenSweden Christina Lilja
Ladies - 8 ball AustriaAustria Gerda Hofstatter ItalyItaly Anita Rizutti SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sabina Dederding
GermanyGermany Franziska Stark
Ladies - 9-Ball GermanyGermany Sylvia Buschhüter NorwayNorway Line Kjørsvik AustriaAustria Gerda Hofstatter
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Julia Rechfeld
Ladies team SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland GermanyGermany Germany AustriaAustria Austria
NorwayNorway Norway

Web links

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  1. ^ Hall of Fame Results (Men - Straight). In: billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation, accessed February 19, 2016 .
  2. ^ Hall of Fame Results (Men - 8-Ball). In: billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation, accessed February 19, 2016 .
  3. ^ Hall of Fame Results (Men - 9-Ball). In: billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation, accessed February 19, 2016 .
  4. ^ Hall of Fame Results (Men - Teams). In: billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation, accessed February 19, 2016 .
  5. ^ Hall of Fame Results (Women - Straight). In: billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation, accessed February 19, 2016 .
  6. ^ Hall of Fame Results (Women - 8-Ball). In: billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation, accessed February 19, 2016 .
  7. ^ Hall of Fame Results (Women - 9-Ball). In: billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation, accessed February 19, 2016 .
  8. ^ Hall of Fame Results (Women - Teams). In: billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation, accessed February 19, 2016 .