The team competitions at the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors & Ladies 2019 have been decided. Team Sweden won the ladies division while team The Netherlands took the title in the seniors division.
The final match in the seniors division was played between The Netherlands and Portugal. Jesse Thehu took a quick victory in his 8-ball match over Sergio Silva with 7:4. The other two matches were very close. Jim Telfer was on hill-hill 6:6 with Henrique Correia in 10-ball when Rene Peeters pocketed the winning 9-ball in his match with Manuel Pereira 8:4 to win the team match and the title with 2:0.
Top 4 Seniors Teams
1. Netherlands
2. Portugal
3. Germany
Switzerland
The ladies final between Sweden and Germany was very exciting. Ann-Sofie Lofgren took the first point for Sweden and defeated Anja Hehre 5:2 in 8-ball. Annika Nilsson fell to the sharp blade of Susanne Wessel with 2:6 in 9-ball. It came to a shoot-out where the Swedish ladies had the better end on their side, winning the final match with 2:1 over the Germans.
Top 4 Ladies Teams
1. Sweden
2. Germany
3. France
4. Switzerland
Medal table after 3 of 5 events
Earlier today, several round of the 8-ball individuals were played. One interesting match was the clash between Jim Telfer (NED) and Mats Elfroos (SWE). In the beginning, both players started out a bit nervous and missed some easy shots. It was Telfer however who found his rhythm first and came up with some high class pool. Elfroos seemed to be surprised and was not able to oppose anything to that. In the end, the final score was a clear 7:2 result that put Telfer to the round of the final 32 player single elimination while Elfroos needs another victory on the loser’s side.
The Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies 2019 will commence tomorrow morning at 09:00 CET with matches in the 8-ball individuals competition.
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