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Norwegian 9-ball Challenge announces TV coverage deals

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Date: Sunday, July 09 2006 @ 17:47:00 UTC
Topic: 9 Ball



THE NORWEGIAN 9-BALL CHALLENGE 2006
ElbowRoom
Klingenberggaten 4
Oslo
Norway
Tel: (+47) 47 30 00 43
www.norwegian9ballchallenge.com
www.elbowroom.no
roy@elbowroom.no
Download the Groups and Time Schedule (550 kb .pdf file) - First at Pro9.co.uk!

Wednesday-Saturday 12-15 July 2006



More than 30 matches to be broadcast live from Norwegian 9-ball Challenge!

The Norwegian 9-ball Challenge are proud to announce a deal with Kozoom Productions, the Norwegian TV-company TV2 and the worldwide betting company BetandWin.com.

On BetandWin.com you can bet on who will be the winner of the tournament, and they will also broadcast at least 30 matches live on their webpage. You can place your bets during all the broadcasted matches on who will win the frames, will balls be made on the break, who will win the match and so on.

Click on "Read More..." for the groups.

The Norwegian TV-company TV2 will also broadcast matches live. These matches will be available on their website www.tv2.no, by choosing web-TV. To see these matches you will need to pay about 5 Euro to get access, but by doing this you can see the matches over and over again.

Below is the time schedule for the TV-matches, and where you can see it.

Complete draw can be seen on www.norwegian9ballchallenge.com


Wednesday - Where can I see it?
18:00    Betandwin.com    Timo Mäkelä, Finland - Tony Drago, Malta
19:00    Betandwin.com    Anthony Illingworth, England - Katrine Jensen, Denmark
20:00    Betandwin.com    Leif Loogna, Sweden - Niels Feijen, Holland
21:00    Betandwin.com    Hanni Al-Howri, U.A.E. - Mohamed Al-Hosani, U.A.E.


Thursday - Where can I see it?    
09:00    Betandwin.com    Imran Majid, England - Valtteri Virtanen, Finland
10:00    Betandwin.com    Kevin Uzzell, England - Raj Hundal, England
11:00    Betandwin.com    Marcus Chamat, Sweden - David Larsson, Sweden
12:00    Betandwin.com    Ronnie O'Sullivan, England - Mahmut Mutto, Sweden
13:00    Betandwin.com    Mika Immonen, Finland - Raj Hundal, England
14:00    Betandwin.com    Oliver Ortmann, Germany - Christoffer Magnusson, Sweden
15:00    Betandwin.com    Malvin Bjelland, Norway - Tony Drago, Malta
16:00    Betandwin.com    Roger Lysholm, Norway - Joonas Ohtonen, Finland
17:00    Betandwin.com    Line Kjørsvik, Norway - Hanni Al-Howri, U.A.E.
18:00    Betandwin.com    Matey Ullah, Norway - Mika Immonen, Finland
19:00    Betandwin.com    Lars H. Riiber, Norway - Oliver Ortmann, Germany
20:00    Betandwin.com    Martin Correia, Portugal - Mahmut Mutto, Sweden
21:00    Betandwin.com    Kurt Maflin, Norway - Ronny Oldervik, Norway
22:00    Betandwin.com    Raj Hundal/Ronnie O'Sullivan - Two winners of two qualifiers


Friday - Where can I see it?    
09:00    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Michael Mutto, Swe. - Kim Soo Garmark, S. Kor.
10:00    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Marcus Chamat, Swe. - Tron Engebakk, Nor.
11:00    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Bjørn L'Orange, Nor. - Brian Beekers, Hol.
12:00    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Kahlil H. Avis, Nor. - Niels Feijen, Hol.
13:00    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Joakim Haugen, Nor. - Ronnie O'Sullivan, Eng.
14:00    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Jasmin Ouschan, Aus. - Mubarak Al Junaibi, U.A.E.
15:00    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Christian Johannessen, Nor. - Ronny Oldervik, Nor.
16:00    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Trond Larsen, Nor. - Oliver Ortmann, Ger.
17:00    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Jasmin Ouschan, Aus. - Ronnie O'Sullivan, Eng.
19:00    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Last 64
21:00    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Last 64


Saturday - Where can I see it?    
09:30    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    1/32-final
11:30    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    1/16-final
13:30    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Quarterfinal
15:30    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Semifinal 1
17:30    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Semifinal 2
19:30    Betandwin.com & www.tv2.no    Final

Information about the players on the TV-table

Timo Mäkelä - Played the Eurotour for several years, with 17th as his best finish
Tony Drago - World Pool Master 2003
Anthony Illingworth
Katrine Jensen - 3rd in European Championship 2005, runner-up in 2006
Leif Loogna -
Niels Feijen - Multiple European Champion, World ranked nr 1
Hanni Al-Howri - First Arab-player to play the World Pool Championship
Mohamed Al-Hosani - Played in the World Pool 8-ball Championship 2004 & 2005
Imran Majid - ranked nr 3 on Eurotour, won the Eurotour Italy Open
Valtteri Virtanen
Kevin Uzzell - ranked as nr 13 on the Eurotour
Raj Hundal - World Pool Master 2005
Marcus Chamat - ranked nr 5 in the Eurotour, won the Eurotour Austria Open
David Larsson - finished 5th in the European 9-ball Championship 2006
Ronnie O'Sullivan - World Snooker Champion twice
Mahmut Mutto
Mika Immonen - World Pool Champion 2003
Oliver Ortmann - European Champion 2006, former World Pool Champion
Christoffer Magnusson
Malvin Bjelland - former Norwegian 8-ball Champion
Roger Lysholm - Norwegian 8-ball Champion 2006, former Nordic Champion
Joonas Ohtonen
Line Kjørsvik - European 9-ball Champion for women 2006
Matey Ullah - runner up Norwegian 8-ball Championships 2006, 9th in the European Championship
Lars H. Riiber - 15 times Norwegian Champion. Performed very well in trickshotevents
Martin Correia
Kurt Maflin - finished 3rd in the European Snookerchampionship 2006
Ronny Oldervik - Norwegian Champion, 17th in the World Pool Championship
Kim Soo Garmark -
Tron Engebakk - former Norwegian Champion
Bjørn L'Orange - former European Champion twice, and has also played snooker professionally. Comeback, has not played the last 10 years
Brian Beekers - ranked as nr 1 in Holland
Kahlil H. Avis – young and upcoming Norwegian player
Joakim Haugen - Norwegian 14-1 Champion 2006
Jasmin Ouschan - 3rd in the World Pool Champion for women, won the BCA Open 2006, 5th in 14-1 World Pool Championship for men 2006
Mubarak Al Junaibi
Christian Johannessen - 5 times Norwegian Champion
Trond Larsen - Comeback, hasn't played for many years. When he played he performed very well in the Norwegian league


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