UPDATE June 30th.
VARDE BK TAKES HOME THE COUPE D'EUROPE 3-CUSHION 2024
The Danish team of Varde are the new champions of the Coupe d'Europe 3-Cushion for the season 2024.
Today in the FC Porto Academy the semifinals and the final were played.
Four teams survided so far: Varde BK from Denmark, the home team and defending champions of FC Porto, the French team of BC Andernos and the Dutch team of Cue&Darts/Xtreme.
In the semifinals Varde defeated the Dutch champions of Cue&Darts and soon after it was FC Porto to won the Andernos team. Both matches were clear victories by 8-0 even if the score alone does not give a clear idea of the high level of the games and the tension in the venue. In the semifinals Varde played a team average of 1,565, FC Porto performed a 1,948.
The final match was a little lower in averages but more impredictable. The first to finish was Dion Nelin for Varde against Rui Manuel Costa for FC Porto (40-16 in 19). Then Dick Jaspers (FC Porto) equalized the match points with a 40-21 in 20 against Eddy Merckx (Varde). Jean Paul De Bruijn for Varde and Torbjorn Blomdahl for FC Porto had a though and exciting match decided only in the last innings; De Bruijn won by 40-38 in 28. With a 4-2 provisional score all had to be decided in the last match between Allan Schroder (Varde) and Jose Miguel Soares (FC Porto); that was the last one to finish. Schroder had a big advantage in the first part of the match but Soares attempted a come back that was only partially succedeed. The joy of the Danes exploded at the 35th inning when Schroder scored the 40th point and Soares stayed at 37.
Gold medals for Varde BK (Merckx, De Bruijn, Nelin, Schroder, Kristiansen, Andersen)
Silver for FC Porto (Jaspers, Blomdahl, Costa, Soares).
Bronze for BC Andernos (Zanetti, Forthomme, Marechal, Barbeillon) and Cues&Darts/Xtreme (Legazpi, Soumagne, Wilkowski, De Kok, Van Peer).
The overall level of this edition was incredibly high:
Best matches:
40 points in 11 innings by Dick Jaspers (FC Porto).
40 points in 12 innings by Peter Ceulemans (Mr 100).
Best runs:
17 points: Akti Erkan (Eurasia) and Ruben Legazpi (Cue&Darts)
16 points: Jean Paul De Bruijn (Varde).
UPDATE June 29th:
COUPE D'EUROPE: THE SEMIFINALS
Today the final groups have been played and the semifinalists are now decided.
The title holder and home team of FC Porto won the group AA, the Dutch of Cue&Darts/Xtreme were the runners up.
The Danes of Varde BK won the group BB and French team of BC Andernos were seconds.
Semifinals are now set for tomorrow morning:
At 9:30 local time: Varde BK vs Cue&Darts/Xtreme
At 11:30 local time: FC Porto vs BC Andernos
UPDATE June 28th:
Today the qualification rounds of the Coupe d'Europe 3-Cushion in Porto reached the finish line.
Here are the group winners qualified to the final rounds where the Title Holder and organizer team of FC Porto was already seeded:
A: Cues & Darts / Extreme (NL)
B: Varde BK (DK)
C: FBN Tekstil (TR)
D: BC Andernos (FR)
E: Billiards Cafe (IT)
Also qualified as best seconds:
1- S. Quentin (FR)
2- BC Mr 100 (BE)
FINAL GROUPS:
Group AA
FC Porto
FBN Tekstil
Cues & Darts / Extreme
S.Quentin
Group BB
Varde BK
BC Andernos
Billiards Cafe
BC Mr 100
Kozoom is broadcasting all the matches.
Updates and results available on the CEB Facebook page and on the CEB info page.
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THE COUPE D'EUROPE 3-CUSHION 2024 IS READY TO START IN PORTO (PT).
In the history of 3-Cushion in Europe the Coupe d'Europe 3-Cushion is a traditional club teams competition that dates back to 1959.
This edition taking place next week in Porto (Portugal) has the number 64. The Futebol Clube do Porto is the organizer under the auspices of the CEB and the Portuguese Billiard Federation.
It's the 7th consecutive in the Portuguese beautiful city, among these the team of FC Porto won the last two and in 2017. The venue is the FC Porto Billiard Academy and the Estádio do Dragão Foyer.
20 teams representing billiard clubs from 12 national federations will be engaged in the qualification rounds from Wednesday 26th to Friday 28th where 5 groups of 4 teams have been formed by draw. The 5 group winners and 2 best runners up will join the defending champions of FC Porto in the final rounds played by 2 groups of 4 on Saturday 29th. The 2 group winners and the two runners up will play the semifinals and the final on Sunday 30th. Simonis cloths and Aramith billiard balls will be used in this event.
Kozoom will broadcast all the matches.
Updates and results will be available on the CEB Facebook page and on the CEB info page.
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