Team Hungary triumphed 2:0 over Team Portugal at the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies in Tirana, Albania, tonight.
The final match between Hungary and defending Champions Portugal was pretty close at all time. The following line-up was on after the team captains had announced their players:
10-ball
Sandor Tot v Henrique Correia
8-ball
Alex Habo v Antonio Neves
9-ball
Csaba Nagy v Manuel Pereira
This team match was as thrilling as not many before. The first match finished was Nagy who managed to unexpectedly defeat Pereira very clearly with 8:4 in 9-ball. Pereira was definitely favored in this particular match but Nagy performed very high class pool. At that time, Tot was 6:6 with Correia and at the table. The match had been close at all times with Tot taking a small lead over Correia. However, the Portuguese was always abel to make it back and that lead to the hill-hill situation with Tot having the break shot in rack 13. At that time, Habo was 6:3 up on Neves. Tot stood the pressure and performed a perfect break and run at the table, winning the 10-ball 7:6 over Portuguese super star Henrique Correia. That brought the victory and the title to team Hungary who have dethroned the Portuguese today.
Semi-final results:
Hungary v The Netherlands 2:0
Portugal v Germany 2:0
Top Six Teams:
1. Hungary
2. Portugal
3. Germany
Portugal
5. Denmark
Italy
Medal table after 4 of 5 events:
|
Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|
1. |
Hungary |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
Sweden |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
3. |
Germany |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
|
4. |
Norway |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
5. |
Italy |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
6. |
Portugal |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
7. |
Finland |
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
Netherlands |
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
9. |
Cyprus |
|
|
1 |
1 |
The Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies will continue tomorrow morning at 09:00 CET on the final day with matches of the 9-ball individuals. In the seniors division, the last 16 single elimination round will be played. In the ladies division, the loser’s qualification round is on at 09:00.
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