The draw for the 2023 European Open Championship set to take place at Hotel Esperanto, Fulda in Germany from August 8-13 is complete with defending champion Albin Ouschan starting out against Poland’s Dawid Brzezinski whilst local favourites Joshua Filler and Thorsten Hohmann will meet Joerg Rywotzki and Bernd Jahnke respectively.
The European Open Championship is one of five 256-player signature multi-table events promoted by Matchroom on the World Nineball Tour with players set to fight through a seeded double elimination stage led by the top 128 on the World Nineball Tour Rankings before only 64 make it to the single elimination rounds.
Stakes are high with a $200,000 prize fund in the offing and the first automatic spots set to be locked in for both Team Europe and USA ahead of the 2023 Mosconi Cup taking place at Alexandra Palace, London from December 6-9 2023.
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57 countries will be represented in Fulda with the likes of World Cup of Pool winning duo James Aranas and Johann Chua set to line up whilst some legends of the game will return to the World Nineball Tour including Oliver Ortmann and Tony Drago.
2015 World Snooker champion Stuart Bingham will make his Nineball debut against former World Pool Masters finalist Lo Ho Sum and now seasoned regular Gary Wilson meeting Nikita Rudenko.
Selected Round 1 Matches
- Albin Ouschan vs Dawid Brzezinski
- Thorsten Hohmann vs Bernd Jahnke
- Joshua Filler vs Joerg Rywotzki
- Francisco Sanchez Ruiz vs Jani Siekkienen
- Ko Pin Yi vs Raphael Wahl
- Johann Chua vs Graeme Hamilton
- James Aranas vs James Devlin
- Lo Ho Sum vs Stuart Bingham
- Pia Filler vs Clemens Ebert
- Gary Wilson vs Nikita Rudenko
Session Times
The European Open Championship will take place from August 8-13.
All times are local (CEST)
8-11 August – from 10 am daily
12 August – 12 pm – 4:30 pm / 6:30 pm – 11:00 pm
13 August – 12 pm – 4:30 pm / 6 pm – 9 pm