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All photographs courtesy of Stefan Osnabrug / Stefan Osnabrug. Mark Gray 2011 Longoni Benelux Open Champion
After seven tough qualification rounds of 10ball, the best 28 players emerged from more than 170 participants. They joined the 2010 Longoni Benelux Open champion Serge Das (Belgium), the 2009 and 2010 Runner-up Niels. The Terminator Feijen (the Netherlands), the 2009 champion Andreas Roschkowsky (Germany) and, last but not least, the reigning World 10ball Champion Huidji See (the Netherlands). Together they formed the Final 32 players. You know Christian Louboutin is a good player.
The main christian louboutin event was played in the double knock out format until the quarter-final. One of the favorites was Thomas Engert (Germany) who started off by handing out a 7-0 donut to Wim Scrayen (Belgium). However, he was promptly halted by a Belgian wall named Serge Das (2nd round) and Curd Persijn (Last 24), who both won with a 7-5 score.
Another favorite, the 2011 Euro Tour Austria Champion Richard Jones (UK), a.k.a. 'Ricardo Indyana Jones' was stopped by German whirlwind Marko Vogel (7-5) and sent to the one loss side. Jones stepped up his game but was eventually stopped in the Last 16 round by the Belgian wall Curd Persijn.
Curd Persijn eventually reached a dead end when he faced fellow countryman Cliff Castelein who's emerging to be quite a dangerous player in the European scene and reached the further stages of the last Euro Tour.
In the quarterfinals, the Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg) was represented by five players: none other than Niels Feijen (NL), Huidji See (NL), Brian Beekers (NL), Cliff Castelein (B) and the Serge Das (B). From a total of eleven nations represented at the Longoni Benelux Open, also Germany, Switzerland and the UK joined the Final 8, respectively starring: Andreas Roschkowsky, Dimitri Jungo and Mark Gray.
Castelein faced fellow Longoni Cues player representative Niels 'The Terminator' Feijen. This proved to be a thriller as the Belgian talent shot his way to the hill first. However, the experience of the cool and collected Feijen won the match. 7-6 for The Terminator.

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Serge Das was unable to defend the title against Dimitri Jungo, the eventual finalist. Andreas Roschkowsky, the champion of the inaugural edition of the Longoni Benelux Open, was stopped by the World 10ball Champion and 'Kung Fu Panda' Huidji See. Eventually, true champions reached the Final 4. Feijen, however, was not able to step up his game in time and was bested by Mark Gray. Fellow Dutchman Huidji See seemed to be cruising towards another 10ball final by reaching the hill first, but Dimitri Jungo is one of the toughest cookies in the European pool scene. So, Jungo stepped up his game, minimized on errors and claimed victory with a 8-7 score. In the final, it was the other way around, though. Jungo cruised towards the hill, quarter-final Gray was trailing. The score was an 7-3, an impressive lead, considering the alternate break format. Still, Gray was able to capitalize on every opportunity which eventually won him the coveted Longoni cup. Mark Gray: "I'm gonna be here, next year!". Of course, he'll be seeded first. The event was a great succes with so many entries. The venue saw an enthusiastic crowd of poolfans during every session. Daswan Promotions would like to thank Longoni Cues, Clash X pooltables by Loontjens Biljarts, Serge Das Billiards, Iwan Simonis, Aramith, Kamui and De Loft (the venue) for making it all happen. After three editions, it's itching to organize the fourth: 2012 Longoni Benelux Open.

These photographs courtesy of akti Aswan / akti Aswan .

Mark Gray (UK) in action at the 21011 Longoni Benelux Open.

Thomas Engert (D) and Serge Das (B) at the Longoni Benelux Open.

Defending champion Serge Das, flanked by Cliff Castelein and Curd Persijn.

LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN
LEUVEN - BELGIUM
GROUP A - Thursday 20:00	GROUP B - Friday 12:00 noon
Cliff Castelein (B) Kevin Lannoye (B) Curd Persijn (B) Timour Khodjaev (RUS) Michel Vanthournout (B) Steve Lambrechts (B) Dennis Romain (B) Christoph Marien (B) Anthony Van Loocke (B) Tristan Lemahieu (B) Bart Depestele (B) Olivier Mortier (B) Joeri Van den Broeck (B) Julien Lievens (B) Mario D'Haeseleer (B) Nico Mobilia (B) Ward Decr� (B) Nick Souchkin (B) Eddy Kverh (B) Bert Janssen (B) Rudi Huygen (B) Thomas Vanbroekhoven (B) Kamila Khodjaeva (RUS) Andy Van Damme (B)	Moritz Lauwerijns (B) Donny van Oosterhout (NL) Thomas Engert (D) Martin Steinlage (D) Wim Andries (B) Pierre Dethier (B) Patrice Brocal (B) Johny Vanrijkel (B) Jarkko Luoma (FIN) Gino de Ruyter (B) Jesse Thehu (NL) Nicky Roelands (B) No�l Bruynooghe (B) Pascal Budo (B) Peter Bullen (B) Tom Byloos (B) Jurgen Claes (B) Dries De Backere (B) William Gelens (NL) Sander Godthelp (NL) Jo Graff (LUX) Wendy Jans (B) - -
GROUP C - Friday 16:00	GROUP D - Friday 20:00
Wim Scrayen (B) Eddy Kverh (B) Javi Lopez (ESP) Roy Gerards (NL) Barendjan Hilverts (NL) Jojet Ogsimer (PHI) Kevin VandenBroeck (B) Tom Byloos (B) Jan Rouw (NL) Marcel Mouwen (NL) Stefan Osnabrug (NL) Jarkko Luoma (FIN Maurice Houben (NL) Pascal Budo (D) Tako Tak (NL) Frans de Brouwer (NL) Dyon Brouwers (NL) Michael Castro (PHI) Michele Danieli (CH) Peter DeVuyst (B) Sydney Florisson (NL) Peter Graf (CH)	Martin Hielkema (NL) Samuel Sa�d Arji (CH) Dave Verhoeve (NL) Fabien Gurder (F) J.P. Berge, ten (NL) Franck Boher (F) Robby Dorissen (B) Nicolas Ernst (CH) Richard Hesseling (NL) Adam Kiernicki (POL) Sebastian Koch (CH) Martijn Loot (NL) Eva Maskova (CZE) Pavel Nemec (CZE) Tomas Onderek (CZE) Marijn Thij, ten (NL) Robert Turner (NL) Joris Vaes (B) Rudy Veen, van der (NL) Karel Zaludek (CZE) Simone Zappi (IT) -
GROUP E - Saturday 12:00 noon	GROUP F - Saturday 16:00
Mark Gray (UK) Richard Jones (UK) Brian Beekers Nicolas Kalb (F) Roland Burghoff (D) Eric Chen (F) Fran�ois Cottance (F) Alain Da Costa (F) Sean Dennis (NL) Edwin Depoorter (B) Laetitia Dos Santos (F) Marnix Ettinger, van (NL) Juan Carlos Exposito (ESP) David Sim�n Gr�balos (ESP) Michael Jansen (NL) Kevin Jansen (NL) Bernd Kiszelis (D) Lars Kuckherm (D) Emmanuel Lemaire (F) Joris Maas (NL) Tom Montijn (NL) Aziz Moussati (NL) Ralf Mund (D) Ren� Peeters (NL) Curd Persijn (B) Tamara Rademakers (NL) Vincent Rochefort (F) Mark Schellings (NL) Wijnand Tempel, van der (NL) Gijs Westenbrugge, van (NL) Atong Wu (NL)	Mitchell Bergh, van den (NL) Micha Beuriot (NL) Tobias Bongers (D) Nicolas Brusselaers (B) Oi Cheung Chan (NL) Kristof Debaillie (B) Alain Desmet (B) Frank Fennema (NL) Richard Gierdharie (NL) Ellen Gouw (NL) Joram Hensens (NL) Csaba Honffy (HUN) Dimitri Jungo (CH) Corn� Kuijpers (NL) Wiresh Laloe (NL) Angel Levine (USA) Mario Martokarijo (NL) Hoa Nguyen (NL) Christian Prager (D) Geordie Sahilatua (NL) Andreas Sommer (D) Stefan Sprangers (NL) Marco Teutscher (NL) Marko Vogel (D) Jimmy Worung (NL) Alberto Zanini (IT)
Group Format: Top four players in each group proceed to main event

LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN
LEUVEN - BELGIUM
1ST ROUND
Serge Das	7 - 5	Kevin Lannoye
Thomas Engert	7 - 0	Wim Scrayen
Martin Hielkema	6 - 7	Nicolas Kalb
Mario Martokarijo	5 - 7	Sebastian Koch
Cliff Castelein	7 - 2	Donny van Oosterhout
Javi Lopez	7 - 3	Samuel Sa�d Arji
Brian Beekers	7 - 5	Christian Prager
Rudy van der Veen	4 - 7	Andreas Roschkowsky
Huidji See	7- 6	Eddy Kverh
Dave Verhoeve	3 - 7	Mark Gray
Ralf Mund	5 - 7	Emmanuel Lemaire
Timour Khodjaev	1- 7	Moritz Lauwerijns
Roy Gerards	7 - 5	Fabien Gurder
Richard Jones	5 - 7	Marko Vogel
Dmitri Jungo	7 - 5	Curd Persijn
Martin Steinlage	4 - 7	Niels Feijen

LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN
LEUVEN - BELGIUM
2ND ROUND
Serge Das	7 - 5	Thomas Engert
Nicolas Kalb	6 - 7	Sebastian Koch
Cliff Castelein	7 - 6	Javi Lopez
Brian Beekers	5 - 7	Andreas Roschkowsky
Huidji See	3 - 7	Mark Gray
Emmanuel Lemaire	7 - 6	Moritz Lauwerijns
Roy Gerards	7 - 3	Marko Vogel
Dmitri Jungo	4 - 7	Niels Feijen

LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN
LEUVEN - BELGIUM
3RD ROUND
Serge Das	7 - 3	Sebastian Koch
Cliff Castelein	5 - 7	Andreas Roschkowsky
Mark Gray	7 - 2	Emmanuel Lemaire
Roy Gerards	4 - 7	Niels Feijen

One Loss Side - Last 32

Kevin Lannoye B 7-2 Wim Scrayen B Martin Hielkema NL 6-7 Mario Martokarijo NL Donny van Oosterhout 7-5 Samuel Sa�d Arji MAR Christian Prager D 6-7 Rudy van der Veen NL Eddy Kverh B 7-1 Dave Verhoeve NL Ralf Mund D 7-1 Timour Khodjaev RUS Fabien Gurder F 1-7 Richard Jones UK Curd Persijn B 7-4 Martin Steinlage D

One Loss Side - Last 24

Kevin Lannoye B 3-7 Dimitri Jungo CH Mario Martokarijo NL 4-7 Marko Vogel D Donny van Oosterhout 7-6 Moritz Lauwerijns B Rudy van der Veen NL 2-7 Huidji See NL Eddy Kverh B 4-7 Brian Beekers NL Ralf Mund D 5-7 Javi Lopez ESP Richard Jones UK 7-3 Nicolas Kalb F Curd Persijn B 7-5 Thomas Engert D

One Loss Side - Last 16

One-loss-side Last 16: Dimitri Jungo CH 7-3 Marko Vogel D Donny van Oosterhout NL 6-7 Huidji See NL Brian Beekers NL 7-2 Javi Lopez ESP Richard Jones UK 5-7 Curd Persijn B

One Loss Side - Last 12

Dimitri Jungo CH 7-0 Emmanuel Lemaire F Huidji See NL - Roy Gerards NL (match IN PROGRESS) Brian Beekers NL 7-3 Sebastian Koch CH Curd Persijn B 2-7 Cliff Castelein

LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN
LEUVEN - BELGIUM
THE QUARTER-FINALS
Serge Das	2 - 7	Dmitri Jungo
Andreas Roschkowsky	6 - 7	Huidji See
Mark Gray	7 - 5	Brian Beekers
Neils Feijen	8 - 7	Cliff Castelein

LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN
LEUVEN - BELGIUM
THE SEMI-FINALS
Dmitri Jungo	8 - 7	Huidji See
Niels Feijen	5 - 8	Mark Gray

LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN
LEUVEN - BELGIUM
THE FINAL
Dmitri Jungo	7 - 8	Mark Gray

LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN
LEUVEN - BELGIUM
THE PRIZE FUND
1st	� 2,500-00
2nd	� 1,500-00
3rd	� 750-00
4th	� 750-00
5th	� 400-00
6th	� 400-00
7th	� 400-00
8th	� 400-00
9th~12th	� 250-00
13th~16th	� 150-00
17th~24th	� 100-00
25th~32th	� 50-00
Best Lady = � 100-00 BONUS

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