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THE THREE 8-BALL tournaments concluded on Saturday evenimg at the PREDATOR EPBF European Pool Championships and it was gold-medal success for Juan Carlos Exposito (Spain), Austria’s Jasmin Ouschan and Yuma Dorner of Germany in the Under 23 division.
Both men’s finals saw come-from-behind victories, as Dorner edged past countryman Dennis Laszkowski while Exposito looked buried against Emil-Andre Gangflot (NOR) before prevailing in a deciding rack. Ouschan was pushed all the way by Spain’s Mayte Ropero before edging the victory down the home stretch.
Emil-Andre Gangflot (L) & Juan Carlos Exposito (R)
Exposito had trailed 6-0 and 7-3 against a rampaging Gangflot before somehow summoning the resolve to claw his way back as events conspired against the young Norwegian. Dry breaks and the smallest of positional errors gave the Spanish shooter chances that he didn’t spurn and when Exposito missed the scratch off the break in the last rack it seemed a sign that the gold medal was his.
He said, “European champion 8-ball is a dream for me. I enjoyed the match at the end but at the beginning I didn’t enjoy that much! I was 6-0, 7-3 down and I was thinking all the time that if you have a chance, take it. It a European final so you never play freely – it’s a lot of responsibility. There are many, many rounds to be here and you never know when you’ll be back, if ever, so you have to take your chance.
“I’ll have to see the end again because I don’t know what happened. The last game on the break, the cue ball almost scratched. I’ll enjoy this with my colleagues and I also have my family here, which is nice,” he added.
Jasmin Ouschan (L) & Mayte Ropero (R)
Jasmin Ouschan showed her champions mettle as she survived a day of near misses to outlast the field as she claimed yet another Predator European Championship gold. She had trailed 5-3 to Lena Primus in the quarter-final and then Sara Rocha 4-2 in the last four. In the final, she let a 4-1 lead go against Mayte Ropero before powering away for a 6-4 victory.
Commented Jasmin, “Winning another title of course feels great. I’m really happy that I could pull it off in the end. Of course, I’m a competitor so I don’t just want to win I want to perform well and today was quite a challenge for me. It was a big fight from start to finish and for whatever reason destiny wanted me to really fight for that one. I’m glad it all worked out in the end, I got the rolls at the right time.
“I was behind all the time, having really tough racks and I had to fight back and had to work for it. Next time I’m going to make sure that I’m in front. I think it was definitely the right decision to take a couple of days off. I can still feel the jetlag a little bit but overall, really OK, so there’s no excuse. Today was tough because we had four matches in a row so obviously that is draining but I’ve been doing this for over 20 years, I’m experienced enough. I’m happy with my decision and I’m here now with another title so I can’t really complain!”
Yuma Dorner & Dennis Laszkowski
Germany’s Yuma Dorner beat defending champion Dennis Laszkowski 8-5 in a hard-fought match to take Under 23 8-ball honours. Dorner goes about his work in a quiet, efficient manner and has crossed all the hurdles put in front of him as career continues in an upward trajectory. He had previously won European Championship gold at Under 19 level as well as the U23 9-ball gold last year.
He said, “It feels very good of course, it’s always different playing a friend. I always try to do the same in every match but the mental side may be different because it’s a final and more pressure but I tried to do the same all the time and It’s always good to see the hard work pay off.
9-ball starts tomorrow (Sunday) at 9.00 with tournaments in the three divisions.
Tables 1, 2 and 3 at the Predator European Championships will be streamed throughout on YouTube, via the Pro Billiard TV channel – https://www.youtube.com/@ProBilliardTV
For all results, live scoring and draw, visit www.epbf.com/tournaments/european-championships/
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Juan Carlos Exposito
Exposito, Ouschan 與 Dorner 摘歐錦賽8號球金牌
2026 歐洲撞球錦標賽 (歐錦賽) 於土耳其當地時間週六晚在安塔利亞的 Miracle度假飯店結束了8號球項目的爭奪，最終由西班牙選手 Juan Carlos Exposito、奧地利名將 Jasmin Ouschan 與德國青年選手 Yuma Dorner 獲得了金牌。
男子決賽由西班牙選手 Juan Carlos Exposito 對上挪威青年選手 Emil-Andre Gangflot，Exposito 一度以0-6和3-7落後，面對 Gangflot 幾次開球失誤和細微的走位失誤，Exposito 抓住機會奮起直追，頑強地扭轉了局面，最終逆轉取勝。
Exposito 說：“獲得歐洲8號球冠軍是我的夢想。我很享受比賽的後半段，但前期我就不那麼滿意！我一度以0-6和3-7落後，我一直在想，如果有機會就一定要抓住。這是歐洲決賽，你永遠不能放鬆，而這不僅僅代表個人更代表著國家，責任重大。你永遠不知道下次是否還有機會，所以你必須抓住每一個機會。”
“最後一局開球時，母球差點就落袋了，我不曉得發生了什麼情況，我得再回看比賽影片。我會和隊友們一起慶祝享受這場勝利，並且我的家人也在這裡，這感覺真好。” Exposito 補充道。
Jasmin Ouschan
在女子決賽方面，奧地利女子名將．世界冠軍 Jasmin Ouschan 展現了冠軍風範，在經歷了數次險些失利的比賽後，最終力壓群雄，再次奪得歐洲錦標賽金牌。Ouschan 在八強碰上同胞小將 Lena Primus 一度以3-5落後，終場驚險6-5獲勝；緊接著半決賽又陷入落後局面 (2-4)，再次上演逆轉以6-5力克葡萄牙選手 Sara Rocha。進入到決賽中，她一度以4-1領先西班牙選手 Mayte Ropero，但隨後被對手追平，最終以6-4逆轉取勝。
Ouschan 賽後評論道：“再次贏得冠軍當然感覺很棒。我很高興最終能夠拿下比賽。當然，我是一個競爭者，所以我不僅是想贏，還希望同時是表現出色地的。今天的比賽對我來說是不小的挑戰，每場比賽都非常艱苦，不知為何命運似乎要讓我全力以赴地去爭取勝利。我很高興最終一切都圓滿解決。
“我一直處於落後狀態，遇到的情況都非常艱難，我必須奮力反擊，努力爭取勝利。下次我得確保自己處於領先。我覺得休息兩天絕對是個正確的決定。雖然仍感覺到時差所帶來的一些影響，但整體來說狀態還不錯，所以沒什麼好抱怨的。今天確實艱難，因為我們連續打了四場比賽，相當耗費精力，但我已經打了二十多年的球，經驗足夠豐富。我對自己的決定很滿意，現在我又贏得了一個冠軍，所以真的沒什麼好抱怨的！” Ouschan 接著說道。
Yuma Dorner
最後的U23決賽，德國青年選手 Yuma Dorner 在激烈的比賽中以8-5擊敗同胞選手．衛冕冠軍 Dennis Laszkowski，奪得U23組的8號球金牌。Dorner 此前曾獲得U19組錦賽金牌，並在去年贏得U23組9號球冠軍。他的球風沉穩冷靜，一路披荊斬棘，其職業生涯正處於上升期。
Dorner 表示：“感覺當然很棒，和朋友比賽總是不一樣。我總是力求在每場比賽中都發揮出同樣的水準，但決賽的壓力更大，心理上可能會有所不同，但我始終努力保持狀態。看到自己的努力得到回報，總是令人感到欣慰”。