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2013 Longoni Benelux Open - Van den Berg defeats Souquet
For the fifth consecutive year the Longoni Benelux Open was staged at De Loft in Leuven (Belgium). With a guaranteed prize fund of € 10,000 and a coveted Longoni cup, the qualification rounds drew 167 entries. Elite players, such as reigning champion Daryl Peach, Niels Feijen, Ralf Souquet, Tony Drago, Nick van den Berg, Imran Majid and champion of the inaugural edition Andreas Roschkowsky, turned up to exhibit their spectacular showmanship.
After a long fought battle, from 9.00 am until past midnight, the new champion emerged: ‘El Niño’ Nick van den Berg. He defeated none other than ‘The Kaiser’ Ralf Souquet, who made his first appearance at the Longoni Benelux Open. The conditions were tough, tight pockets and ironically great weather, which made it tropically hot in the venue.
El Niño was still quite fresh, though, as he asked for the time, prior to the semi final. “It’s 11 o’clock”. Upon which he reacted flabbergasted: “Nooo… I thought it was only 8 o’clock”. Nick reached the final undefeated, ousting German upcoming young talent Can Salim, Dutch outsider Fauzi Halaby, Ralf Souquet to reach the quarter final and Imran Majid for the hot seat.
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Runner-up Ralf Souquet
Ralf Souquet traveled a slightly longer road, ousting Belgian local hero Timour Khodaev in the first round, Kasper Kristoffersen from Denmark in the second, but losing to van den Berg in the third. On the one loss side, he showed no mercy against former champion Andreas Roschkowsky to reach the quarter final. He defeated ‘The Tornado’ Tony Drago to reach the semis and ‘The Terminator’ Niels Feijen for the other hot seat.
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Again, Longoni’s player representative Niels Feijen came very close with his third place. So far, he’s been the most consistent with three spots in the final (2009, 2010 and 2012) and two third places (2011 and this year). Niels commented: “Played my almost worse game, all day. So, that's still a nice result. Was still totally drained from the USA trip, travel back, seven hour jetlag and the ten hour car ride to Holland. Had the mental energy of a three week old peanut butter sandwich, all day”. Well, wouldn’t we all like to play that ‘bad’.
The other semi finalist was up and coming Ivo Aarts from Holland, who has been displaying good form, lately, with a bronze medal at this year’s European Championships.
The great number of participants, the fantastic historic city of Leuven, the incredible weather, Longoni and co-sponsors Loontjens Biljarts, Iwan Simonis, Saluc, Kamui, Serge Das Billiards, De Loft Leuven, the Belgian federation and the Dutch Federation contributed to yet another great success of the Longoni Benelux Open.
Semi-Finalist - Niels Feijen
Semi-Finalist - Ivo Aarts
LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN | |
LEUVEN - BELGIUM | |
| GROUP A - Saturday 15:00 | GROUP B - Friday 11:00 noon |
| Nick van den Berg NL Qualified L32 Alain Desmet B David Elfferich NL Fauzi Halaby NL Gijs van Helmond NL (NO SHOW) Martin van Gelderen NL Cees Hogchem NL Csaba Honffy HUN Eric Huwae NL Randall Johan NL René van Lier NL Kaylash Persad NL Melvin Reese NL Marco Teutscher NL Qualified L32 Gijs van Westenbrugge NL Anthony Wever NL Pepijn de Wit NL Qualified L32 Jimmy Worung NL Qualified L32 Atong Wu NL - - - | Michael Castro PHI (NO SHOW) Pascal Budo B Christophe Monzein F Stefan Osnabrug NL Christoph Marien B Jean Klug CH (NO SHOW) Davy Colman B Ivo Aarts NL Qualified L32 Ronny Connaert B (NO SHOW) Stella Julien F Alain Da Costa F (NO SHOW) Moritz Lauwerijns B Gino De Ruyter B Tim De Ruyter NL Kamila Khodjaeva B Qualified L32 Cyriel Ledoux NL Marcin Rodziewicz POL Martin Sawicki NL Harry Charalampidis NL Tony Drago MLT Qualified L32 Wiresh Laloe NL Fauzi Halaby NL Qualified L32 |
| GROUP C - Friday 15:00 | GROUP D - Friday 19:00 |
| Ward Decré B Gilles Serra F Kasper Kristoffersen DK Qualified L32 Bahram Lotfy DK Qualified L32 Yvo van Musscher NL Cees Hogchem NL Jörgen Haglund SWE Bert Janssen B Imran Majid GB Qualified L32 Csaba Honffy HUN Erdal Sari B Stella Julien F Annick Lebray F Dries de Backere B Moritz Lauwereyns B Qualified L32 Wiresh Laloe NL Davy Colman B Jérôme Kominczak B - - | Albert Casellas E Qualified L32 David Simón Grábalos E Qualified L32 Chris Haenebalcke B Juha Vermeulen B Marcel Spann D Olivier Vandenbohede B Qualified L32 Olivier Mortier B Per Widberg SWE Robert Haag SWE Klaus Schumacher B Christoph Marien B Fabian Mahy B Kevin van den Broeck B Christoph Van den Berge B Peter De Vuyst B Dominiek Vieuvalet B Stefan Osnabrug NL Christophe Monzein F Cees Hogchem NL Qualified L32 Billy Kelly IRE (NO SHOW) |
| GROUP E - Saturday 11:00 | GROUP F - Saturday 15:00 |
| Andreas Roschkowsky D Qualified L32 Jürgen Ritter D Lieven Praet B Noël Bruynooghe B Kenny Voets B Davy Colman B Christoph Marien B Qualified L32 Per Widberg SWE Alex Montpellier F Qualified L32 François Li F Yonglyu Jiang F Jörgen Haglund SWE Melvin Reese NL Kem Sen TUR Johny Vanrijckel B David Himpe B Csaba Honffy HUN Christophe Monzein F Stella Julien F Kristof Debaillie B Aziz Moussati MOR Martin Sawicki NL Jan Mortele B Kenneth Jacques B Gijs van Westenbrugge NL Jefrey Guiban PHI Giovanni Huysmans B David Krewitt D Qualified L32 Brice Elskens B | Christian Graser LUX Paul Schilling LUX Kevin Deanekindt B Dieter Vallaeys B Tim Goergen D Sebastian Beuel LUX Toni Yoveski LUX Gilles Serra F Qualified L32 Stefan Osnabrug NL Melvin Reese NL Brecht Devos B Andreas Sommer D Lars Kuckherm D Qualified L32 Rudi Huygen B Michaël Goossens B Jan van Lierop NL Julian Kortüm D Davy Colman B Timour Kodjaev B Qualified L32 Ward Decré B Marko Vogel D Karlo Dalmatin HR Mario He AUS Qualified L32 Tom D'haeseleer B Jefrey Guiban PHI Rudy van der Veen NL Frank Brouwer NL Richard Hesling NL - |
| GROUP G - Saturday 19:00 | - |
| Brice Elskens B Yonglyu Jiang F François Li F Martin Sawicki NL Jan Mortelé B Kem Sen F Marcel Mouwen NL Aziz Moussati MOR Stella Julien F Bas Bost NL Jamal Akkouh NL Csaba Honffy HUN Joeri Van den Broeck B Per Widberg SWE Jürgen Ritter D Kenny Voets B Frank Brouwer NL Josef Wolters NL Andreas Sommer D Fabian Mahy B Kevin Van den Broeck B Marko Vogel D Qualified L32 Julian Kortüm D Jörgen Haglund SWE Dieter Vallaeys B Ralf Mrnka D Qualified L32 Can Salim D Qualified L32 Joshua Filler D Nico Baumanns D Qualified L32 Tom D'haeselaer B Eddie Lutjes NL Marc Bijsterbosch NL | - |
Group Format: Top four players in each group proceed to main event | |
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One Loss Side - Last 32 |
Albert Casellas ( ES ) 5-7 Jimmy Worung ( NL ) Can Salim ( DE ) 7-0 Cees Hogchem ( NL ) David Krewitt ( DE ) 7-4 Timour Khodjaev ( BE ) Serge Das ( BE ) 7-6 Christoph Mariën ( BE ) Olivier Vandenbohede ( BE ) 7-1 Marco Teutscher ( NL ) Pepijn de Wit ( NL ) 7-4 Kamilla Khodjaeva ( BE ) Imran Majid ( GB ) 7-2 Gilles Serra ( FR ) |
One Loss Side - Last 24 |
Jimmy Worung ( NL ) 7-5 David Simon Grabalos ( ES ) Can Salim ( DE ) 7-5 Marko Vogel ( DE ) David Krewitt ( DE ) 7-5 Bahram Lotfy ( DK ) Serge Das ( BE ) 4-7 Kasper Kristoffersen ( DK ) Olivier Vandenbohede ( BE ) 7-0 Fauzi Halaby ( NL ) Pepijn de Wit ( NL ) 7-4 Ralf Mrnka ( DE ) Imran Majid ( GB ) 7-2 Moritz Lauwereyns ( BE ) |
One Loss Side - Last 16 |
Can Salim ( D ) 2-7 David Krewitt ( D ) Kasper Kristoffersen ( DK ) 6-7 Olivier Vandenbohede ( B ) Pepijn de Wit ( NL ) 2-7 Imran Majid ( GB ) |
One Loss Side - Last 12 |
David Krewitt ( DE ) 7-3 Daryl Peach ( GB ) Olivier Vandenbohede ( BE ) 6-7 Nico Baumanns ( DE ) Imran Majid ( GB ) 7-2 Lars Kuckherm ( DE ) |
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THE QUARTER-FINALS | ||||
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THE SEMI-FINALS | ||||
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THE FINAL | ||||
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LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN | ||
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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 | ||
2013 Longoni Benelux Open Finalists Nick vd Berg and Ralf Souquet
flanked by Çakti Aswan and Pierluigi Longoni.
All photography courtesy of © Stefan Osnabrug.
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Andreas Roschkowsky - Germany - 2009 Longoni Benelux 10 Ball Open Champion.
View the results from the 2009 event in this Pro9 article!
Serge Das - Belgium - 2010 Longoni Benelux 10 Ball Open Champion.
View the results from the 2010 event in this Pro9 article!
Mark Gray - Great Britain - 2011 Longoni Benelux 10 Ball Open Champion.
View the results from the 2011 event in this Pro9 article!
Daryl Peach - Great Britain - 2012 Longoni Benelux 10 Ball Open Champion.
View the results from the 2012 event in this Pro9 article!
Nick van den Berg - Netherlands - 2013 Longoni Benelux 10 Ball Open Champion.
View the results from the 2013 event in this Pro9 article!
2013 Longoni Benelux Open