ElbowRoom
Klingenberggaten 4
Oslo
Norway
Tel: (+47) 47 30 00 43
www.biljardsport.com
roy@elbowroom.no
Download the XLS file of the draw here
17-20 January 2006
The 8-Ball Battle of Scandinavia
The 8-ball Battle of Scandinavia has drawn the attention of more than 90 international players, and to kick-off the tournament on Wednesday at 12:00 PM local time we have picked a match from group 3.
Marcus “Napoleon” Chamat will face Thorsten “The Hitman” Hohmann in a race to 5, and this match and all the matches below can be seen live on www.bwin.com. You will have to open an account at Betandwin to get the livestreaming, and this you can do easily and for free.
Watch live BETandWIN (Bwin) broadcasts from Norway!!!
The tournament will be played in 12 groups, and 4 players from each group will proceed to the knockout stages, in total 48 players. The 12 group winners and the 4 players with most Break & Runs who finish second in their groups will proceed directly to the last 32, while the other 32 players will fight to get a chance to meet them at Saturday. The knockout stages will be played best of 5 short sets, race to 3 alternate breaks.
Tuesday daytime there will be the Norwegian Invitational, 8 players playing a single KO tournament where all matches will be recorded and broadcast on Viasat Sport1 in Norway, over 14 weeks. The players in this tournament are Nick van den Berg, Thorsten Hohmann, Line Kjorsvik, Lars Harald Riiber, Roger Lysholm, Artem Koshovyy, Joakim Haugen and Marcus Chamat.
On Tuesday evening there will be a qualifier for the Grand 8-ball Master in England 10th – 12th of March, with a limited and full field of 32 players, and a price fund of £15,000. This qualifier is one of last 2 chances for players to join that tournament, and players as Hohmann, Chamat, Ivica Putnic, Kevin Becker and more will try to get that spot.
During the whole week there is a Straight Pool Challenge, 30 mini-tournaments in 7-ball, 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball, ring-games and a handicapped 9-ball tournament on Sunday, and also a qualifier for the next Eurotour in Chezk in February, only open for the losers of the group stages.
On Wednesday the first rounds of The ElbowRoom 9-ball Invitational will start, a tournament with 16 players battling out for a 6 000 € to the winner. The players are Niels Feijen (Ned), Nick van den Berg (Ned), Jharome Pena (Phi), Roberto Gomez (Phi), Kevin Becker (Ger), Thorsten Hohmann (Ger), Vincent Faquet (nothing), Kim Garmark (Nor), Marcus Chamat (Swe), Karl Boyes (UK), Raj Hundal (UK), Imran Majid (UK), Darren Appleton (UK), Mick Hill (UK), Joonas Ohtonen (Fin) and 1 spot that is still open.
Oliver Ortmann had originally that spot, but unfortunately he had to cancel his participation because he was unable to re-schedule a team match in Germany. This meant that also Christian Reimering had to cancel. During the last weeks there have been more than 15 cancellations from the tournament, mainly because of the World 8-ball Championship Qualifier organized in Holland few days earlier.
However, it is a very strong field that will play for the title in Norway. Watch the action at www.bwin.com
Roy Steffensen
Tournament Director
TV - MATCHES
Wed 12:00 Marcus Chamat, Sweden – Thorsten Hohmann, Germany
Wed 13:00 Artem Koshovyy, Ukraine – Sebastian Mæhlum, Norway
Wed 14:00 Ralf Souquet, Germany – Nick Wollerton, England
Wed 15:00 Carl Morris, England – Helmut Osterloh, Germany
Wed 16:00 Joni Kyhyrainen, Finland – Lars Harald Riiber, Norway
Wed 17:00 Tom Storm, Sweden – Joakim Haugen, Norway
Wed 18:00 Ralf Souquet, Germany – Kevin Becker, Germany
Wed 19:00 Nick Wollerton, England – Katrine Jensen, Denmark
Wed 20:00 Ivica Putnic, Croatia – Imran Majid, England
Thur 09:00 Stian Larsen, Norway – Christoffer Koba, Sweden
Thur 10:00 TBA
Thur 11:00 Mick Hill, England – Carl Morris, England
Thur 12:00 Karl Boyes, England – Niels Feijen, Holland
Thur 13:00 Darren Appleton, England – Peter Busarac, Germany
Thur 14:00 Thomas Engert, Germany – Jharome Pena, Philippines
Thur 15:00 Roberto Gomez, Phillipines – Matey Ullah, Norway
Thur 16:00 Nick van den Berg, Holland – Raj Hundal, England
Thur 17:00 Anthony Ginn, England – Vincent Faquet, France
Thur 18:00 Malvin Bjelland, Norway – Christian Johannessen, Norway
Fri 09:00 Artem Koshovyy, Ukraine – Joni Kyhyrainen, Finland
Fri 10:00 Line Kjorsvik, Norway – Kevin Zarakani, Sweden
Fri 11:00 Ronny Oldervik, Norway – Imran Majid, England
Fri 12:00 Matey Ullah, Norway – Rolf Jensen, Norway
Fri 13:00 Raj Hundal, England – Kahlil Avis, Norway
Fri 14:00 Thorsten Hohmann, Germany – Tron Engebakk, Norway
Fri 15:00 Imran Majid, England – Thomas Engert, Germany
Fri 16:00 Tom Storm, Sweden – Kim Garmark, Norway
Last 48 at 18:00 and 20:00 on Friday.
Sat 10:00 Last 32
Sat 12:00 Last 16
Sat 14:00 Quarterfinal
Sat 16:00 Semifinal
Sat 18:00 Semifinal
Sat 20:00 Final
THE GROUPS
Correct at time of press
Group 1
Joonas Ohtonen, Finland
Darren Appleton, England
Stian Larsen, Norway
Navid Eslah, Norway
Christoffer Koba, Sweden
Alexander Hagen, Norway
Ole Eidsheim, Norway
Peter Busarac, Germany
Group 2
Thor Skjaldarsson, Norway
Christoffer Magnusson, Sweden
Tom Brun, Norway
Mick Hill, England
Jan Gustav Imingen, Norway
Carl Morris, England
Bjørn Strandhus, Norway
Helmut Osterloh, Germany
Group3
Kjartan Maraas, Norway
Robert Farinetti, Norway
Ralf Souquet, Germany
Nick Wollerton, England
Tom Eksell, Sweden
*Katrine Jensen, Denmark
Kevin Becker, Germany
Roy Steffensen, Norway
Group 4
Rune Bratbergsengen, Norway
Ole Petter Høie, Norway
Niclas Stahlstedt, Sweden
Kevin Zarakani, Sweden
Nigel Francis, U.S.A.
Jan Ingvoldstad, Norway
*Line Kjørsvik, Norway
Lars Harby, Norway
Group 5
Daniel Jensen, Denmark
Henrik Hagen, Norway
Tron Engebakk, Norway
Jørn Betten, Norway
Marcus Chamat, Sweden
Thorsten Hohmann, Germany
Anthony Illingworth, England
Ronny Kraft, Norway
Group 6
Malvin Bjelland, Norway
Brendan Leigh, England
Jan Robert Pedersen, Norway
Radu Anghel, Romania
Henrik Ohlsson, Sweden
Jan Terje Øyen, Norway
Christian Johannessen, Norway
Antti Mattila, Finland
Group 7
Christian Laland, Norway
Raj Hundal, England
Bengt Lind, Sweden
Anthony Ginn, England
Laurent Travers, France
Nick van den Berg, Holland
Kahlil H. Avis, Norway
Vincent Facquet, France
Group 8
Lee Rigby, England
Fabio Petroni, Italy
Jonas Stensen, Norway
Lars Harald Riiber, Norway
Artem Koshovyy, Ukraine
Sebastian Mæhlum, Norway
Stein Inge Kvalvik, Norway
Joni Kyhyrainen, Finland
Group 9
Thomas Kosberg, Norway
Tommy Wolff, Norway
Niels Feijen, Holland
*Martine Christiansen, Norway
Alvarez Julian, Spain
Jørgen Nilsen, Norway
Karl Boyes, England
Anders Westgaard, Norway
Group 10
Mats Schjetne, Norway
Ronny Oldervik, Norway
Almin Salkic, Sweden
Thomas Engert, Germany
Imran Majid, England
Jharome Pena, Phillippines
Tom Bjerke, Norway
Ivica Putnik, Croatia
Group 11
Ola Johnsen, Norway
Lars Wibe, Norway
Matey Ullah, Norway
Per Yngvar Hodnebrog, Norway
Karl Lind, Sweden
Michael Schmidt, Germany
Roberto Gomez, Phillippines
Rolf Jensen, Norway
Group 12
Manzatu Ionut Liviu, Romania
Kim Soo Garmark, Norway
Stefan Borup, Denmark
Pål Morten Kristiansen, Norway
Joakim Haugen, Norway
Petter Ødegaard, Norway
Tom Storm, Sweden
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