THIS WEEKEND SEES the start of the 2022 Euro Tour season with the opening event – the Dynamic Billiard Laško Open – taking place in the beautiful spa town located in central Slovenia. A huge field of 217 players has been announced and the line-up contains many of the greatest names currently operating in European pool.
The host is the luxuriously appointed Hotel Thermana Park and play gets underway on Saturday 26th February, with the tournament’s closing stages playing out on Monday 28th. This is a new time slot for the Tour with the change made to accommodate the new live TV initiative brought in for 2022 and will remain in place throughout the year.
19 of the current Euro Tour Top 20 players will be competing including the likes of Joshua Filler, Eklent Kaci, Francisco Sanchez Ruiz, Wiktor Zielinski and Alexander Kazakis. In addition, there is a swathe of up-and-coming talent at the ready as well as seasoned champions like Chris Melling and Darren Appleton in the field.
In addition to Tour ranking points, the Lasko Open also carries world ranking points for the recently implemented system operated by Matchroom Sport. All-in-all there are plenty of incentives for players to perform this weekend.
As usual the game is 9 ball and players compete in a double-elimination format, playing down to the last 32 competitors, and then single elimination until the finish. All matches are races to 9 racks with alternate break.
All the matches can be viewed live at www.kozoom.com
Results, live scoring and draw are available at www.epbf.com
位於斯洛維尼亞中部的美麗溫泉小鎮 Lasko 將於本周末迎來2022年賽季歐洲巡迴賽的首站賽事。由於今年的歐洲撞球錦標賽 (歐錦賽) 將於 Lasko公開賽結束後緊接其後的展開，故此站男、女子賽事日期相同。
賽事將於Thermana Park酒店的運動館內舉行，比賽於週六 (26日) 開打，決賽日則在下周一 (28日) 進行。而這也是2022年歐巡賽全年的新比賽時間段，其為因應今年的新電視直播計畫所做的更動。
目前有217名球員報名參賽，歐巡賽排名前20的選手將有19名參賽，其中包括 Joshua Filler, Eklent Kaci, Francisco Sanchez Ruiz, Wiktor Zielinski 與 Alexander Kazakis 等在內。此外還有一批正嶄露頭角的好手，以及如 Chris Melling 和 Darren Appleton 等經驗豐富的冠軍們也都將參賽。而除歐巡賽排名積分外，也將獲得由 Matchroom Sport 實行的世界排名積分。
賽事全程將於 Kozoom 進行現場直播，及時比分、籤表與賽果可於 www.epbf.com 網站查詢。