3-Cushion
PORTO - The best European teams in three-cushion once again compete for the European Cup in Porto this week. The annual Coupe D'Europe, traditionally held in FC Porto billiard arena, starts Wednesday, June 26, with the preliminary rounds. Five groups of four teams compete, with the best teams playing for the title in the final rounds with the title holder FC Porto. The qualifications are until Friday, June 28, with the main tournament on Saturday and Sunday, June 29 and 30.
FC Porto's champion team includes Dick Jaspers, Torbjörn Blomdahl, Manuel Rui Costa and Jose Miguel Soares. The main competitors are FBN Tekstil Spor Kulubu with Tayfun Tasdemir, Berkay and Omer Karakurt and Gökhan Salman, Varde BK with Eddy Merckx, Jean Paul de Bruijn, Dion Nelin, Allan Schrøder and Thomas Andersen and Billard Club Andernosien with Marco Zanetti, Roland Forthomme, Gwendal Maréchal and Jérôme Barbeillon.
For the Netherlands, the Cues&Darts team will play with Ruben Legazpi and Pierre Soumagne leading the way. For Belgium, two teams are competing in the preliminary rounds: Mister 100 with Peter Ceulemans as captain and BC Herstalien with Thomas Broux. Other Dutchmen and Belgians are playing in other teams, such as Dick Jaspers, Eddy Merckx, Roland Forthomme, Jeffrey Jorissen, Glenn Hofman, Jean Paul de Bruijn and Johan Loncelle.
The organization is in the hands of the Federacao Portuguesa de Biljar.
Delegation CEB: Stefan Malacrita.
The matches can be seen from Wednesday on Kozoom.
The participating teams:
FC Porto
Dick Jaspers, Torbjörn Blomdahl, Manuel Rui Costa, Jose Miguel Soares
BC International
Martin Horn, Cengiz Karaca, Norbert Roestel, Hakan Celik
Mister 100
Peter Ceulemans, Kurt Ceulemans, Jerry Hermans, Bart Ceulemans, Raymond Ceulemans
FBN Tekstil Spor Kulubu
Tayfun Tasdemir, Berkay Karakurt, Omer Karakurt, Gökhan Salman, Murat Tüzül
BC Herstalien
Thomas Broux, Paul Wallerand, Christophe Wyn, Thierry Finet
Cues&Darts/Xtreme
Ruben Legazpi, Pierre Soumagne, Huub Wilkowski, Joey de Kok, Jack van Peer
Billard Club Zurich
Cetin Behzat, Kenan Canturk, Johannes Boode, Nebi Nuh Akcakaja
Eurasia Maksimum Spor Kulübü
Erkan Akti, Mustafa Soner Ucar, Adem Ózcelik, Yalcin Caliskan
TJ Sokol Zizkoc
Jan Vitous, Ladislav Walach, Otakar Truska, Engin Ferahli
Varde BK
Eddy Merckx, Jean Paul de Bruijn, Dion Nelin, Allan Schröder, Thomas Andersen
BK Grøndal
Lars Dunck, René Hendriksen, John Hansen, Dan Johansen
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Jorge Theriaga, Rui Edgari, Francisco Rodrigues, Joaquim Alves
Centro Norton de Matos
Paulo Andrade, Miguel Rocha, Hugo Weber, Antonio Sousa
Pottendorfer BSK
Nikolaus Kogelbauer, Herbert Szivacz, Dominik Nebuda, Tay-dien Truong
BC Elite Wien
Andreas Efler, Marcel Back, Manfred Müller, Zoran Gajs
Billiard's Café
Glenn Hofman, Emilio Sciacca, Francesco Orlando, Giuseppe Longo
Master Club Catania
Andrea Bitetti, Andrea Palizzolo, Miroslav Mutavdzic, Gaetano Tafuri
Saint Quentin
Robinson Morales, Johan Loncelle, Kévin Perrotin, Matthieu Franck, Nathan Duriez, Tangui Duriez
Billard Club Andernosien
Marco Zanetti, Roland Forthomme, Gwendal Maréchal, Jérôme Barbeillon, Bernard Baudoin
Madrid Escuela Nacional
Joseba Escribano, Jeffrey Jorissen, Sergio Jimenez, Mikael Devogelaere, Ricardo Garcia Alarcon
Asociacion Billar Palma
Raúl Hernandez, Carlos Crespo, José Maria Mas, Jordi Garriga, Adrian Legazpi.
Groups (seeded FC Porto, total 21 teams):
A: Cues&Darts, Saint Quentin, Centro Norton de Matos, Herstalien
B: Varde BK, BC Elite Wien, Asociacion Billar Palma, Billard Club Zurich
C: FBN Tekstil Spor Kulubu, BC International, Pottendorfer, Mister 100
D: Billard Club Andernosien, Sporting Clube Portugal, Master Club Catania, Eurasia Maksimum Spor Kulubu
E: Billard's Café, Madrid Escuela Nacional, BK Grøndal, TJ Sokol Zizkov