ANDREA RAGONESI AND EMANUEL CUCCHIARA ARE THE NEW WORLD 5-PINS CHAMPIONS
The great event in Venaria Reale reached its final act yesterday night.
Earlier in the afternoon the young Emanuel Cucchiara, reigning CEB U21 5-Pins champion, graduated as the first ever World 5-Pins Junior Champion after an exciting match against the CPB U21 champion from Argentina, Santino Lopez, with the score of 3-2. Flavio Piccolomini and Massimo Montechiesa took the bronze medals.
The last match of the senior championship was an incredible fight between the defending champion Andrea Quarta and the young Andrea Ragonesi (26) playing at home. Ragonesi is a strong player but could be defined an outsider, he reached the final unbeaten starting from the European selection and winning 19 matches. In the final Quarta started very well and Ragonesi was behind (3-1), then he begun to play a fantastic billiard and left no chances to the veteran and multiple champion Quarta. Ragonesi won the next three sets and he could finally celebrate his first World Title in front of his own enthusiastic fans. Bronze medal were awarded to Camilo Gomez and Ciro Davide Rizzo, both from Italy.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 5-PINS OPEN AND JUNIORS: ITALY DOMINATES.
Today the knock out rounds caught the attention of the many spectators in the historical palace of Venaria Reale.
In the first part of the day the last 32 and the last 16 of the open tournament have been played. At the same time the Juniors championship reached the final stage and the bronze medalist are already known.
The world challenge to the Italian 5-Pins stronghold was not successful. All the medals at stake will be awarded to Italian representatives except for the young Santino Lopez from Argentina who will face the European Champion U21 Emanuel Cucchiara for the first ever gold Juniors medal. Italians Flavio Piccolomini and Massimo Montechiesa already got the bronze.
In the seniors event some big matches and some surprises lead to the quarter finals table where only Italy and Argentina were represented with 6 and 2 athletes; among the Italians, all of them are coming up from the qualification tournament, except for the defending champion Andrea Quarta. All the matches of the quarters were clear victories: below the results:
Andrea Ragonesi (IT) - Alejandro Martinotti (AR) 4-0
Ciro Davide Rizzo (IT) - Rosario Attianese (IT) 4-1
Gustavo Longo (AR) - Camilo Gomez (IT) 1-4
Alessandro Cavalli (IT) - Andrea Quarta (IT) 0-4
The semifinals are scheduled for tomorrow morning, it will be a spectacular all-Italian affair:
Andrea Ragonesi - Ciro Davide Rizzo
Camilo Gomez - Andrea Quarta
Photo courtesy: FISBB
Open Championship: links to results on UMB website.
Group A - Group B - Group C - Group D - Group E - Group F - Group G - Group H
Juniors: links to results on UMB website.
FISBB Media page (updates in Italian and results) - FISBB Facebook page
Live score
YouTube Billiard Channel
UMB Active events.
DAY 4 UPDATES FROM THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 5-PINS IN ITALY
Today the qualification groups of the open tournament will be completed and the 32 players (first 4 from each group) advancing to the KO stage will be announced later.
Today it is also the day dedicated to the official presentation of all the participants, included the U22 players attending the Juniors tournament.
The first ever World Championship 5-Pins Juniors U22 has started today with the group games. 12 young athletes are at the starting blocks, divided in 4 groups of 3. The best two from each group will advance to the quarters final. The 8 Juniors finalists will also be known later today and the KO stage will be played tomorrow and the day after.
Open Championship:
Group A - Group B - Group C - Group D - Group E - Group F - Group G - Group H
Juniors:
FISBB Media page - FISBB Facebook page
Live score
YouTube Billiard Channel
UMB Active events.
UPDATES FROM VENARIA REALE: 5-PINS WC QUALIFICATION GROUPS ARE RUNNING
The first day of the World Championship 5-Pins Open is in the books. The second day is still running on the 12 tables prepared for this event; at the end of the present day 128 matches will be played and 96 still to go to decide the 32 finalists that will compete in the KO stage. After three rounds only a few players are still unbeaten and leading their groups; among them there are many Italians and a few from Germany, Uruguay and Argentina (Ragonesi, Monteforte, Mendonca, Martinelli, Marcolin, D'Ottavio, Aniello, Saggia, Sagnella and Attianese).
Group A - Group B - Group C - Group D - Group E - Group F - Group G - Group H
Useful links:
FISBB Media page - FISBB Facebook page
Live score
YouTube Billiard Channel
UMB Active events.
THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 5-PINS OPEN AND JUNIORS ARE READY TO KICK OFF IN VENARIA (ITALY)
The Italian Federation (FISBB) did a great job, the extraordinary location of Venaria Reale is set up and ready to host the UMB World Championship 5-Pins Open and Juniors.
The 8 groups by 8 players of the main tournament are now completed with the 16 qualifiyed players from the European and the South-American qualification. First 4 from each group will advance to the KO stage.
The games will start tomorrow morning with the 64 admitted athletes to the main tournament; the Juniors event will start on Oct. 3rd.
Find out the groups and the schedule:
Group A - Group B - Group C - Group D - Group E - Group F - Group G - Group H
Useful links:
FISBB Media page - FISBB Facebook page
Live score
YouTube Billiard Channel
UMB Active events.
Photo: Maurizio Landolfo
THE ROAD TO THE 26TH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 5-PINS AND THE FIRST EVER W.C. 5-PINS JUNIORS
Italy is ready to host the 26th World Championship 5-Pins Open from October 1st to 6th. Quite at the same time, from 3rd to 6th, the first ever World Championship 5-Pins Juniors will also take place. In addition, right now, the CEB qualification tournament is underway in two billiard clubs nearby Turin. Until Sept. 29th approximately a thousand of players are competing to select 8 more contenders that will join the 48 seeded nominations from National Federations. 8 more competitors will come from the South-American qualifications. The field of the main tournament will add up to 64 athletes. The reigning champion who will defend his title is the Italian Andrea Quarta.
The chosen location for the main tournament is the Royal Palace of Venaria. It was built in the 17th century and it was one of the residences of the former Italian Royal House of Savoy; it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Palace and the surrounding gardens, located near Turin, are a masterpiece of Baroque architecture and a major tourist attraction, one of the most visited sites in Italy.
The event will be live streamed of the FISBB YouTube channel; the finals will be broadcasted by RAI SPORT television and Raiplay.
FISBB Media page - FISBB Facebook page
Live score
YouTube Billiard Channel
UMB Active events.
Photo: Terenzonik - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
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