ANTALYA - The European board of CEB, the billiards federation, has taken the opportunity on the website to express its condolences to the Turkish people and Turkish billiards federation over the catastrophic earthquake that hit the region. ''We are deeply saddened and express our solidarity with all the people involved in this tragic event,'' the CEB board said. The affected region is about 700 kilometres east of Antalya. It will be another two months (starting 8 April) before the European championships in all disciplines are held there. The CEB writes: ''At the moment, we have no information affecting the regular course of the European championships in Antalya.''
The main title tournaments played in Antalya are now fully registered. Some of those tournaments are largely overbooked. At some championships, the maximum number of entries was not reached. This is especially the fact for the matches on small billiards. For this reason, the CEB has been forced to change some formats. The timetable will be adjusted accordingly without changing the scheduled start and finish of each match. The Women's European free game championship will not take place due to too few participants.
Here are the new formats:
X European Individual three cushion small table championships: 27 participants, 3 groups of 5 and 3 groups of 4. Six group winners and 2 best numbers 2 advance to the quarter-finals.
x European championship clubs three cushion small table: 17 participants, 1 group of 5 and 3 groups of 4, the first two of each group advance to the quarter-finals.
X European championship three-cushion ladies, national teams: 10 participating teams, 1 group of 4 and 2 groups of 3. Three group winners and the best second advance to the semi-finals.
X European free game women's championship: this championship has been cancelled. The required minimum of 8 entries from 5 federations was not reached.
Further news: Coupe d'Europe three-tie (Portugal): at the request of the organiser (FC Porto), the date has been changed. The new date is 4 to 9 July 2023.