Vegar Kristiansen

Vegar Kristiansen
birthday	February 14, 1971
place of birth	Trondheim
Nickname	The horrible
society	Trindheim Biljardklubb
Greatest successes
9-ball World Cup	3rd place ( 1999 )
10-ball world championship	97th place ( 2009 )

Vegar Kristiansen (born February 14, 1971 in Trondheim ) is a Norwegian pool player . He was European Senior Champion in 2014 .

Career

In 1990 Kristiansen was 14/1 endless junior European champion . At the 9-ball World Cup in 1999 , he reached third place. In 2000 he only finished 33rd. At the US Open he reached 17th place.

In 2008 he was eliminated in the semifinals of the 14/1 endless competition of the European Championship against the German Ralf Souquet . In 2009 he lost in the 9-ball quarter-finals to the Austrian Mario He . At the 10-Ball World Cup in 2009 , he was eliminated without a win in the preliminary round. At the China Open in 2009 he reached 17th place.

At the Senior European Championships in 2013 he was runner-up in the 10-Ball final against German Reiner Wirsbitzki , and in 14/1 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals. At the US Open, he finished 65th. At the Men's European Championship in 2014 , he did not get beyond 17th place in the 8-ball. In the seniors, however, he was 9-ball European champion and runner-up European 10-ball champion in 2014, playing in the final against the Portuguese Henrique Correia . In 8-Ball he was eliminated in the semi-finals against the Dutchman Jesse Thehu .

On the Euro Tour , Kristiansen reached the quarter-finals at the Italy Open in 2000 . With the Portugal Open in 2001 he won a Euro Tour tournament for the only time so far by beating the Dutchman Alex Lely in the final . In the round of 16 of the Costa Blanca Open 2010 he was eliminated against the Spaniard Francisco Díaz-Pizarro . In 2013 he lost in the sixteenth-finals of the Austria Open against eventual tournament winner Niels Feijen , at the Bosnia & Herzegovina Open he lost in the quarter-finals against Daryl Peach from England .

At the 2010 World Team he was eliminated with the Norwegian team in the round of 16 against the Philippines.

Kristiansen has been Norwegian champion over thirty times.

Web links

Player profile on the EPBF website

personal data
SURNAME	Kristiansen, Vegar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian pool player
DATE OF BIRTH	February 14, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Trondheim