BRANDENBURG - Thirty thousand euros in prize money is waiting for the winners of the three-cushion, 400.000 is the total prize money. Five hundred players are coming to the start of all member countries of CEB, they can win titles and medals in all disciplines of carom: match table, small table, men, women and youth.
The European championships, which will be launched on 12 April by Dr. Dietlind Tiemann, mayor of the city of Brandenburg an der Havel, is a mega-event, a tournament that never was seen in billiard, the biggest in history.
The Stahlpalast in Brandenburg will host the championships from 12 to 21 April and will be the center where all well known European billiard players will meet and will be crowned.
With this consolidation the CEB will enter a new era. To date the European championships were held in different cities on different dates, from now they will be organized together under one roof.
To represent the sport of contemporary, no expense is spared. Besides the attractive prize money, five starting positions remain to be recovered for the prestigious World Games, which will be played similarly to the Olympic Games under the patronage of the IOC in a 4-year cycle. The Games will take place in Colombia.
CEB President Wolfgang Rittmann promises ten tournament days with many great sporting achievements. The president: ,,With the new project, we are raising our championships to a whole new level. We will show that carom billiards is still a very lively sport.''
The schedule of the tournament:
April 12 to 14: Three cushion men
12-13: Junior three cushioni
12-14 Three cushion women
12-14: Free game youth small table
12-14: Free game youth teams small table
13-14: 5 Pins juniors
14-15: Free game women
14-16: Free game juniors
14-16: 5 pins men
15-18: 5 pins teams
15-16: Juniors three cushion small table
16-17: Three cushion small table
16-17: One cushion
18-19: Balk-line 47/2
18-20: Artistic
18-21 Three cushion teams
19-21: Three cushion small table teams
20-21: Balk-line 71/2.