Patrick Hofmann (GER) and Wiktor Zielinski (POL) are the new European Champions in Straight Pool in their respective divisions.
In the Under 19’s, Patrick Hofmann had to face highly favored Maksim Dudanets (RUS) in the final match. Hofmann defeated Ladislav Hajsman (CZE) 100:68 and later on Mark Magi (EST) 100:60 in the semi-finals today to book his seat in the final match. His opponent, defending Champion Dudanets, took down Osman Sanlisoy (TNC) 100:44 and Michael Schneider (SUI) 100:16.
The final match started out as expected. Dudanets took a quick lead and it looked like a definite victory for the Russian Champion. He took a comfortable 27:-1 lead. It looked like Hofmann could not get going at all in the match. But when the score was 41:13, the German surprised everyone and came up with 54 points in a row, turning the scoreboard to 67:41 in his favor. Dudanets was obviously shocked!
„When I started shooting balls in knew I had the chance to win“, stated Hofmann after the match, „I was not nervous or anything, I just believed in my chance. I thought to myself: Give your best and you can win it!“. The Russian came up with another 11 balls to make the score 67:52. Then he allowed Hofmann back to the table. The young German saw his chance and played ice-cold, knowing and believing that he could do it. And he did! He went all the way and pocketed the remaining amount of 33 balls in order to defeat the reigning Champion and win the match and the Championship with 100:52.
青少年歐錦賽結束了第一個項目 14-1 (Straight Pool)的爭奪。來自德國的Patrick Hofmann與波蘭選手Wiktor Zielinski分獲青年組及少年組14-1冠軍。
在青年組方面，德國的Patrick Hofmann在決賽中對上俄羅斯選手Maksim Dudanets。Hofmann在8強以100:68 打敗來自捷克的Ladislav Hajsman，接著四強再以100:60取勝於愛沙尼亞選手Mark Magi晉級決賽。而他的對手則是俄羅斯的衛冕冠軍Maksim Dudanets則以100:44、100:16接連拿下北賽普勒斯的Osman Sanlisoy與瑞士選手 Michael Schneider。
決賽開賽後，Dudanets很快地便取得27:-1的領先，在Dudanets的取分之下，勝利看似十拿九穩，而Hofmann則好像還無法進入到比賽節奏中。而當比數來到41:13，德國小將震驚了在場觀眾們，連取54分將比數逆轉超前為67:41領先局面。 Hofmann的一波進攻顯然地讓Dudanets驚訝了! Dudanets追趕了11分，讓比數拉近到67:52。接著讓Hofmann 再次回到場上，德國小將把握住機會，拿下剩餘的33分，最終就以100:52擊敗衛冕冠軍，奪下勝利。
“當我開始擊球，我知道我有機會能贏。而我並不感到緊張，我相信著自己並對自己說: 盡你最大的努力發揮，你能贏的!” Hofmann賽後說到。 最後的比賽結果證明Hofmann做到了!
Final match 決賽
Patrick Hofmann (GER) v Maksim Dudanets (RUS) 100:52
Semi-Finals 四強
Maksim Dudanets (RUS) v Michael Schneider (SUI) 100:16
Patrick Hofmann (GER) v Mark Magi (EST) 100:60
Top Eight Finishers Straight Pool Under 19
- Patrick Hofmann (GER 德國)
- Maksim Dudanets (RUS 俄羅斯)
- Michael Schneider (SUI 瑞士)
Mark Magi (EST 愛沙尼亞) - Osman Sanlisoy (TNC 北賽普勒斯)
Daniel Maciol (POL 波蘭)
Krystian Cwikla (POL 波蘭)
Ladislav Hajsman (CZE 捷克)
Patrick Hofmann (left) and Wiktor Zielinski
In the Under 17 division, Wiktor Zielinski met defending Champion Fedor Gorst (RUS). Just like in the Under 19 division, the Russian defender of the title was the highly favored player. But this match took a completely different course than the other final did. It was Zielinski who started shooting and brought Gorst in the position to wait and see how far he could go. After only two innings, Zielinski was leading 64:11. However, he made a bad mistake in order to allow Gorst back to the table. He missed an easy shot in the lower right corner pocket when the table was open and he had enough balls on the slate to finish the match. And the Russian punished him for it.
„I did not think I would get another chance“, stated Zielinski, „I knew Gorst is one of the best players here and I was so mad with myself that I made that silly mistake.“ In fact, Gorst overtook Zielinski and ran 55 balls in order to turn the score to 66:64 in his favor. At that score he had the opportunity the win the match with the balls remaining on the table but he went for a three-ball combination shot and missed the 8-ball. That in turn brought Zielinski back to the table. He needed what was on there and he finally made all balls in the end, winning the match and the title with 75:66 after a thrilling match. „I was really nervous when I got this unexpected chance“, added Zielinski, „but I am so happy now that I was able to win the title“.
在少年組方面，波蘭選手Wiktor Zielinski 與衛冕冠軍俄羅斯的Fedor Gorst在決賽中相遇。與青年組相同地是兩位俄羅斯的小將都是同為衛冕冠軍也同被視為奪冠的熱門人選。開賽後，Zielinski一輪的狂取分數取得64:11領先，讓Gorst只能坐在位置上靜待機會的到來。然而就在Zielinski打丟一記簡單地右下角底袋後，讓Gorst有機會回到場上。Gorst不但連續拿下55分，更將比數反超前取得66:64領先，這簡單的失誤也讓Zielinski付出了相對代價。
Gorst原先有機會拿結束掉比賽，但在打丟了一記8號球的組合球，讓Zielinski再次回到球桌上，Zielinski這次把握住機會結束了這場驚險的比賽，終場就以75:66拿下比賽勝利，贏得優勝。
Zielinski賽後說道: “我沒想到我還會有另一次機會，我知道Gorst在這是最優秀的球員之一。對於那記低級的失誤，我對自己感到非常生氣。”當那機會意外到來時，我真的非常地緊張。但我很高興我能夠奪得冠軍。” Zielinski補充道。
Final match 決賽
Wiktor Zielinski (POL) v Fedor Gorst (RUS) 75:66
Semi-Finals 四強
Fedor Gorst (RUS) v Jan van Lierop (NED) 75:13
Wiktor Zielinski (POL) v Sanjin Pehlivanovic (BIH) 75:37
Top Eight Finishers Straight Pool Under 17
- Wiktor Zielinski (POL 波蘭)
- Fedor Gorst (RUS 俄羅斯)
- Jan van Lierop (NED 荷蘭)
Sanjin Pehlivanovic (BIH 波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納) - Jere Virtaranta (FIN 芬蘭)
Pete Herman (GER 德國)
Luca Menn (GER 德國)
Giuglio D’Egido (ITA 義大利)
Medal table after 1 of 5 events 總獎牌數 (第一項賽事結束後)
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