2001 European pool billiards championship

2001 European pool billiards championship
venue	Hotel Pupp, Karlovy Vary ; Exhibition Center , Brno
opening	April 1, 2001; April 30, 2001
The End	April 10, 2001; May 5, 2001
Disciplines	8-ball , 9-ball , 14/1 endless
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The Pool Championship 2001 was the European Pool Billiard Association EPBF in the Czech Republic being transmitted snooker tournament . It was the first European Championship in the Czech Republic. The competitions for men and wheelchair users took place from April 1 to 10, 2001 in the Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary , the European Championship for women took place from April 30 to May 5, 2001 at the exhibition center in Brno .

The disciplines 8-ball , 9-ball and 14/1 were played out endlessly . Only the 8-ball and 9-ball disciplines were played for wheelchair users. For the men and women, the European champions of the teams were also determined.

The German Thomas Engert became European champion in the 14/1 with a final victory against the Dutchman Nick van den Berg . Defending champion Oliver Ortmann won bronze. The Swede Niklas Bergendorff was, also in the final against van den Berg, 8-ball European champion. In the 9-ball final, the Dutchman Rico Diks defeated the German Andreas Roschkowsky , who won bronze in the 8-ball. The Austrian Robert Pleiner won bronze. Engert, Ortmann, Roschkowsky and Ralf Souquet , Thorsten Hohmann and Brian Naithani were European team champions in the final against Sweden. Defending champions Netherlands and Switzerland won the bronze medals.

The 8-ball defending champion Kurt Deklerck was twice European runner -up in the wheelchair category . In 8-ball he lost to Englishman Daniel Luton , in 9-ball he was defeated by defending champion Henrik Larsson . Larsson, Luton, as well as the German Tankred Volkmer and the Austrian Emil Schranz each won a bronze medal.

The Norwegian Line Kjørsvik won the final against last year's finalist Franziska Stark European champion in 14/1. The Austrian Gerda Hofstätter , who won bronze endlessly in the 14/1, defeated the German Karin Mayet in the 8-ball final . She was able to successfully defend her 9-ball title by beating the Swede Ulrika Andersson in the final . The Germans Daniela Husseneder , Sandra Ortner and Franziska Stark as well as the Swiss Julia Rechfeld and the Italian Valentina Romeo each won a bronze medal. With a final victory against Norway, the German women's team (Franziska Stark, Karin Mayet, Sandra Ortner, Daniela Husseneder, Janine Drescher and Diana Stateczny ) also became European champions for the fifth time.

Medalist

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
Gentlemen - 14/1 endless	Thomas Engert	Nick van den Berg	Oliver Ortmann
			Rico Diks
Men - 8-Ball	Niklas Bergendorff	Nick van den Berg	Andreas Roschkowsky
			Tom Storm
Men - 9-Ball	Rico Diks	Andreas Roschkowsky	Robert Pleiner
			Radoslaw Babica
Men's team	Germany	Sweden	Netherlands
			Switzerland
Ladies - 14/1 endless	Line Kjørsvik	Franziska Stark	Daniela Husseneder
			Gerda Hofstatter
Ladies - 8 ball	Gerda Hofstatter	Karin Mayet	Sandra Ortner
			Franziska Stark
Ladies - 9-Ball	Karin Mayet	Ulrika Andersson	Julia Rechfeld
			Valentina Romeo
Ladies team	Germany	Norway	Austria
			Sweden
Wheelchair users - 8-ball	Daniel Luton	Kurt Deklerck	Henrik Larsson
			Tankred Volkmer
Wheelchair users - 9-ball	Henrik Larsson	Kurt Deklerck	Daniel Luton
			Emil Schranz

Web links

• Men's European Championship 2001 at werner-ertel.de
• Women's European Championship 2001 at werner-ertel.de

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