The 10-ball titles at the Dynamic Billard European Championships in Tirana, Albania, have been decided. Kristina Tkach (RUS) defended her title, Maksim Dudanets (RUS) and Sanjin Pehlivanovic (BIH) claimed it in their respective division.
Left to Right: Dudanets, Tkach and Pehlivanovic
In the Under 17’s, Wiktor Zielinski (POL) encountered Sanjin Pehlivanovic (BIH) in the final match. They have already met in the semi-final of the straight pool division and Pehlivanovic still had a score to settle since Zielinski defeated him then and went on to win the Gold Medal. Both contestants were a bit nervous in the early stage of the match which resulted in several missed ball and easy mistakes. It looked like Pehlivanovic would get his revenge. He was leading 4:2 after six racks played. Then Zielinski pulled back one rack, went for his time-out and pulled another rack off Pehlivanovic to tie the match at 4:4. The heat was on in the final. Both players really wanted that title and one could feel the pressure on both of them. Pehlivanovic got on the hill first but Zielinski again tied the match. Now we had a hill-hill thriller at 5:5. The better end happened for Pehlivanovic. He was able to run the final rack and win the match by a whisker with 6:5 in order to take revenge for straight pool and win the title in the 10-ball discipline.
2016年歐洲青少年錦標賽於今日淩晨結束了10號球項目的爭奪，俄羅斯 Kristina Tkach 5-3力克比利時的Diana Khodjaeva，成功衛冕，少年組及青年組冠軍則分別由Sanjin Pehlivanovic和Maksim Dudanets獲得。
少年組爭奪中，決賽由波蘭的Wiktor Zielinski對陣波黑選手Sanjin Pehlivanovic。兩人在之前進行的14-1項目半決賽中有過交鋒，那場比賽Zielinski笑到了最後並最終奪冠。比數來到4:3，Zielinski請求暫停，暫停過後Zielinski再追回一局，佔成4-4平手。兩位選都都渴望拿下勝利，而最終Pehlivanovic憑借著更加強大的心理素質，以6-5驚險絕殺對手，復仇成功。
| Top Eight Finishers 八強 | ||
| 1. | Sanjin Pehlivanovic (Mezz) | BIH 波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納 |
| 2. | Wiktor Zielinski | POL 波蘭 |
| 3. | Mustafa Alnar | TNC 北賽普勒斯 |
| Jan van Lierop | NED 荷蘭 | |
| 5. | Fedor Gorst | RUS 俄羅斯 |
| Szymon Blazer | POL 波蘭 | |
| Igor Trifonov | RUS 俄羅斯 | |
| Andreas-Steen Bonnelykke | DEN 丹麥 | |
In the Under 19’s, Dudanets met Daniel Maciol (POL) in the final match. Dudanets was the highly favored player in this match. He justified this estimation and went ahead pretty quickly. He took five of the first six racks in order to turn the scoreboard to 5:1 in his favor. Maciol seemed to find no recipe against the strong Russian. Then they both won one rack to make it 6:2. Suddenly, Maciol obviously got some more momentum and won two racks in a row. Now it was only 6:4 for Dudanets and it looked like Maciol could be able to start a comeback on him. But he failed playing a safety shot, leaving an open table to Dudanets. The Russian thanked him and ran the rack, winning the match and the 10-ball title 7:4.
青年組方面，奪冠熱門Maksim Dudanets與Daniel Maciol決賽相遇。強大的Dudanets牢牢掌控了比賽節奏，比賽前6局結束，Dudanets便取得5-1的領先，Maciol雖試圖振作追趕落後局數，但就在打丟了一記安全球留下開放球局給Dudanets，也讓Dudanets就以以7-4的比分戰勝對手，斬獲冠軍。
| Top Eight Finishers 八強 | ||
| 1. | Maksim Dudanets | RUS 俄羅斯 |
| 2. | Daniel Maciol | POL 波蘭 |
| 3. | Osman Sanlisoy | TNC 北賽普勒斯 |
| Cyriel Ledoux | NED 荷蘭 | |
| 5. | Mark Magi | EST 愛沙尼亞 |
| Michael Schneider | SUI 瑞士 | |
| Kevin Schiller | GER 德國 | |
| Adrijan Todic | SUI 瑞士 | |
In the girls division, Kristina Tkach and Diana Khodjaeva (BEL) are definitely the two strongest players in the field. Both were teammates recently at team Europe in the Atlantic Challenge Cup. So it was not necessarily a surprise to see them jousting in the final of the girls category. Both players are equally talented and also equally experienced so it would be a tight match. And it was. They both took racks in turn until the score was 3:3. Then Tkach went on the hill first and maybe got a psychological advantage on her side. However, rack eight was fiercely fought over but Tkach managed to snatch it from Khodjaeva, winning the girls division with 5:3 over her Belgian opponent.
女子組比賽中，在剛剛結束的大西洋挑戰杯中攜手作戰的Kristina Tkach與Diana Khodjaeva兩人在決賽中兵戎相見。二人天賦和實力均旗鼓相當，比賽進程十分激烈，前六局比賽，雙方你追我趕，戰成3-3平。然而Tkach在心理素質上似乎更勝一籌，此後Tkach突然發力，連勝兩盤，最終以5-3的比分力克Khodjaeva，成功衛冕。
| Six Finishers 六強 | ||
| 1. | Kristina Tkach | RUS 俄羅斯 |
| 2. | Diana Khodjaeva (Predator) | BEL 比利時 |
| 3. | Dina Fatihova | RUS 俄羅斯 |
| My Nguyen | SWE 瑞典 | |
| 5. | Jana Peters | GER 德國 |
| Palina Chernik | BLR 白俄羅斯 | |
Medal table after 2 of 5 events 總獎牌數 (第二項賽事結束後)
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