It was the first time that the tournament, which has been held since 1980, has been held in Croatia.
The pool disciplines 8-ball , 9-ball , 10-ball and 14/1 were played out endlessly in the categories men , women and wheelchair users ; whereby the wheelchair users only the titles in 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball; but not play endlessly in 14/1. 10-Ball was on the program for the first time at a European Championship.
The most successful player was the Austrian Jasmin Ouschan who won all disciplines, followed by the German Ralf Souquet with two medals.
Initially, all categories were played in the double knockout system . This means that you can lose a game (but then you have to survive the longer way through the losers round) without being eliminated from the tournament immediately. A second defeat led to the end of the tournament in any case. This game mode was used until there was only a certain number of players in the tournament (32 for men, 16 for women and 8 for wheelchair users). From then on it went in the knockout system (meaning: every defeat leads to immediate elimination) until the final. A game for 3rd place was not played.