GROUP 5 FINALNaoyuki Oi 5–4 Roberto GomezSEMI-FINALSAlbin Ouschan 4-5 Naoyuki OiRoberto Gomez 5-4 Billy Thorpe
Naoyuki Oi took advantage of a missed 9-ball by Roberto Gomez in the Group 5 final to land his place in Winners’ Group of Predator Championship League Pool.
The Filipino went 4-2 up in the race-to-5 final, but Oi levelled when Gomez missed a match-ball 9 at 4-3 up. A golden bre...
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Defending Champions Austria are among the first teams to be confirmed for the 2021 World Cup of Pool, which will be played from May 9-14 in Milton Keynes, England, live on Sky Sports.
The Austrian duo and of Albin Ouschan and Mario He will be looking to lift their third World Cup title. They defeated Philippines 11-3 in the 2019 final, the third successive time they had reached title...
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GROUP 4 FINALAlbin Ouschan 0–5 Niels FeijenSEMI-FINALSAlbin Ouschan 5-1 Mieszko FortunskiNiels Feijen 5-1 Naoyuki Oi
Niels Feijen progressed to Winners’ Group of Predator Championship League Pool, winning the Group 4 final 5-0 against Albin Ouschan at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes.
Feijen had reached the Group 3 final yesterday after two previous semi-final appearances and referred to progr...
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Women’s World 9-Ball Champion Kelly Fisher will meet Russia’s Kristina Tkach in Group 4 of Predator Championship League Pool on Thursday, with the match to be broadcast free on the Matchroom Pool YouTube Channel, live from Stadium MK, Milton Keynes.
Fisher has played through three groups of the tournament so far and came close to qualifying for Winners’ Group when she went all the way to...
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GROUP 3 FINALDavid Alcaide 5-2 Niels FeijenSEMI-FINALSDavid Alcaide 5-4 Billy ThorpeNiels Feijen 5-2 Albin Ouschan
David Alcaide won all eight of his Group 3 matches to win through to Winners’ Group of Predator Championship League Pool at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes on Wednesday.
The Spaniard beat Niels Feijen 5-2 in the Group final and among the 9-balls he made was an up-table bank shot to m...
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GROUP 2 FINALEklent Kaci 5–3 Kelly Fisher
SEMI-FINALSMieszko Fortunski 4-5 Kelly FisherEklent Kaci 5-2 Niels Feijen
Eklent Kaci beat Women’s World 9-Ball Champion Kelly Fisher 5-3 in the Group 2 final to join Chris Melling in Winners’ Group of Predator Championship League Pool at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes.
Four wins from six matches saw the Albanian Mosconi Cup winner finish second in th...
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GROUP 1 FINALChris Melling 5-3 Albin Ouschan
SEMI-FINALSEklent Kaci 1-5 Chris MellingAlbin Ouschan 5-2 Niels Feijen
Chris Melling is the first player through to Winners’ Group of Predator Championship League Pool after beating Albin Ouschan in the Group 1 final at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes.
The Yorkshireman began the day with a 5-0 whitewash of Hall of Famer Ralf Souquet, although he eve...
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The Matchroom Pool World Rankings will resume at next week’s Predator Championship League Pool, the first in a series of spring majors as part of the Matchroom Pool Series.
The Matchroom Pool World Rankings will bring all six Matchroom Pool Series events together, for the first time offering guaranteed spots in all six events to players through their ranking position.
In addition, players w...
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The 2021 World Pool Championship will now take place from Sunday, June 6 until Thursday, June 10 with the World Cup of Pool moving to run from Sunday, May 9 until Friday, May 14 with both events to take place at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, Matchroom Multi Sport can announce.
The World Pool Masters will remain in its original dates of May 22-25 and Predator Championship League Pool will begin th...
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Greg Plester and Erik Hjorleifson have teamed up to provide us with informative discussions on the latest happenings in cue sports.
These podcasts are a great audio experience. Check them out:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1605154
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Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour, 32nd Ocean State 9-Ball Championship, $5,000 Added, June 5 & 6, 2021, at Snookers Cafe & Billiards, Providence RI
Good news for a change! Steve & Regina Goulding have once again stepped up to the plate and have generously decided to host the 32nd Ocean state 9-Ball Championship on June 5 & 6, 2021!! This will replace the one missed in the Fall of...
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The current pandemic has pretty much turned the situation in the world upside down.
Of course, sport in general, and billiards in particular are not exempt. The last tournament where we were surprised by the Corona pandemic was the Euro Tour in February 2020 in Treviso, Italy.
Since then, the tournament scene went quiet. Other problems came to the fore and are...
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OrangeLoops, software development company, announced the launch of DrillRoom, the first mobile application to use artificial intelligence to assist players in training billiard drills, automatically tracking gameplay in real time, and generating player stats.
The app relies on the user setting up the
device in a stationary position, in a tripod or stand, pointing the camera
towards the...
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Upper management at Turning Stone Resort Casino has decided that due to the worldwide pandemic and uncertainty regarding out of state travel, quarantine times and testing, to postpone all events and entertainment through August of 2021. Unfortunately this includes our Turning Stone Classic XXXIV which was scheduled for Aug 19-22, 2021. Our new date is January 6-9, 2022. Please mark your calendars...
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Members of Team Europe’s Mosconi Cup winning team, including MVP Jayson Shaw, will take part in Group One of Predator Championship League Pool, which launches on March 22 at Stadium MK, England, streamed around the world.
Shaw will be joined in Group One by European teammates Albin Ouschan, Eklent Kaci and Joshua Filler, while Team USA’s emerging young star Chris Robinson will also feature on...
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World Cup of Pool Returns In June, World Pool Masters And World Pool Championship Move To May
The 2021 World Cup of Pool will take place in England this June 5-10, while the World Pool Masters and World Pool Championship will move to new dates in May, giving fans a spring feast of 9-ball action, Matchroom Pool can announce.
The return of the World Pool Championship to the Matchroom stable w...
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Ever since its very conception pool has successfully straddled the line between being a tactical game and a sport decided by physical and mental capabilities.
However, at the very top level – where cue actions purr and manipulation of the cue ball in all directions is a given – what really separates the elite players from the also-rans is the tactical side of the game.
Despite this, many pl...
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Matchroom Multi Sport and Predator are excited to announce an extension of their current long-term partnership that will see Predator title-sponsor the brand-new Championship League Pool this March 22-29.
Building on a relationship which is entering its 20th year, Matchroom and Predator will deliver the first major pool event of 2021 as 19 players compete over eight action-packed days in...
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Unlike other sports such as basketball and football, pool is rarely the movie's main plotline. But when you have two revered classics from some of the biggest names in cinema, it makes up for it – you know the saying, quality over quantity.
The two movies are celebrating anniversaries this year – as the Hustler turns 60 and the Color of Money turns 35 – so now is an excellent time...
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Matchroom is delighted to announce the launch of Matchroom Media, a new independent media production arm under the Matchroom brand.
Utilising over 40 years of experience in producing and globally distributing live sporting events – this new division will be home to production of live events, original documentaries and shoulder programming for all broadcast platforms.
Despite the...
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