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The newest member of the European Mosconi Cup team 2012
- Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE)
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Young Greek won the shootout in Treviso
Wednesday, 07 November 2012: With a 2:0 victory over Albin Ouschan and a 1:2 defeat against Oliver Ortmann, Nikos Ekonomopoulos won the shootout for the final spot in the European Mosconi Cup Team 2012.
All looked well for Ekonomopoulos. He started strong and got a comfortable 5:3 and 5:4 victory over Albin Ouschan in the first match. Then, Ekonomopoulos faced Oliver Ortmann. The German won the first set 5:2 and Ekonomopoulos had to do something. He struck back and won the second set with the same result. However, the deciding set went in favour of Ortmann who clearly won 5:1.
This created an awkward situation for the third match. Ouschan had no win and was 0:2 in sets; Ekonomopoulos had one win and 3:2 in sets and Ortmann had one win with 2:1 in sets. That meant that whatever happened, Ouschan was out. If Ortmann won the match, he would be on the team. If Ouschan won, it would be Ekonomopoulos’ name on the charts. Ortmann could not find his rhythm in that match. Ouschan played out of this world and defeated Ortmann in two sets with 5:1 and 5:0. That opened the way for Ekonomopoulos to represent Europe on the Mosconi Cup team in London in December this year.
“I am still so excited”, said Ekonomopoulos after the last match. “I had to wait for the last match to finish in my favour and luckily, it did.” “I would have preferred to beat Ortmann but I could not get my way in the third set of that match. Whatever! I am on the team, and that’s the only thing that counts for me now.”
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When asked what it means for him to play on the European Mosconi Cup team, Ekonomopoulos replied: “It is very important for me. It is actually my first year to play on the European Tour and I have made it on the Mosconi Cup team. I am so proud of being able to go to London and play on the team with famous players like Appleton, Melling, van den Berg and Feijen. I still cannot believe it that I made it.”
“I promise that I will play the best I can on the team Europe so we can keep the title in Europe this year. I am really looking forward to the event in December.”
Pool action underway now in Treviso
Gre Leenders, President of EPBF and David Morris, President of IBPF
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The Mosconi Cup shootout will herald the start of an exciting week
Wednesday, 07 November 2012: The first match for the remaining spot in this year’s European Mosconi Cup team starts today.
Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE) will have to deal with the current leader of the Euro-Tour rankings, Albin Ouschan (AUT). They will play 9-ball, alternate breaks, best of three sets, each set a race to five racks. Whoever wins this match has to deal with Oliver Ortmann (GER) afterwards. All matches will be broadcasted LIVE on the Kozoom website www.kozoom.com
This event opens the week of pool in Treviso. Starting tomorrow, 96 of Europe’s best players play for a total prize fund of 75.000,-€ and ranking points.
32 groups with three players each play round robin. The best two players from each group will form the final 64 players and will play in a double elimination format until 16 players are left. These final 16 players play single elimination for the glory. “This event is the highlight of the European tournament season” states Gre Leenders, the President of the EPBF. “We have put a lot of efforts and energy in this to make it happen”. “It is the climax of this year’s Euro-Tour season and meant to be a reward for all players that regularly support the Tour”, says David Morris, President of the IPBF. The final of the Dynamic Billiards European Open will be played on Saturday, November 10th at 20:30 local time.
On Saturday, November 10th and Sunday, November 11th, a tournament of the Women’s Euro Tour will complete this week’s pool action in Treviso. 32 female players from all over Europe will play for a total amount of prize money of 5.400,-€ with 1250,-€ going to the winner. The final match of the Women’s Euro-Tour will be played on Sunday afternoon.
The event will be hosted by the European Governing Body for Pool, the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) and organized by International Billiard Promotion (IBP). For further information and reference please go to the federation website www.europeanopenonline.eu, follow us on twitter @EPBF_News or contact our press office.
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