# 2012 European Pool Championships

The 2012 European Pool Championships was a professional pool tournament held 21–31 March 2012 in Alvisse Parc Hotel in Luxembourg City hosted by the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF). The disciplines were played eight-ball, nine-ball, ten-ball and straight pool in the categories Men's, Ladies and wheelchairs. The wheelchair users played for the titles only in 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball. The most successful player was the Finnish wheelchair user Jouni Tähti who won two events, the Spaniard Francisco Díaz-Pizarro and the Austrian Mario He each won event and reached a semi-final in another once.

## Format

The event was first played in all categories in a double-elimination tournament followed by a single-elimination tournament from the quarter-final onwards.

## Winners

| Discipline | Winner | Runner-up | Semi-finalists |
| Men – Straight pool | Nick van den Berg | Niels Feijen | Mario He |
| Men – Straight pool | Nick van den Berg | Niels Feijen | Denis Grabe |
| Men – 10-Ball | Dominic Jentsch | Stephan Cohen | Nick van den Berg |
| Men – 10-Ball | Dominic Jentsch | Stephan Cohen | Witali Pawluchin |
| Men – 8-Ball | Mario He | Artem Koshovyi | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro |
| Men – 8-Ball | Mario He | Artem Koshovyi | Andreas Gerwen |
| Men – 9-Ball | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | Marcus Chamat | Nick Malai |
| Men – 9-Ball | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | Marcus Chamat | Aki Heiskanen |
| Men – team | Spain | Germany | Finland |
| Men – team | Spain | Germany | Austria |
| Women – Straight pool | Line Kjørsvik | Anna Mazhirina | Christine Wiechert |
| Women – Straight pool | Line Kjørsvik | Anna Mazhirina | Jasmin Ouschan |
| Women – 10-Ball | Jasmin Ouschan | Natalia Seroshtan | Line Kjørsvik |
| Women – 10-Ball | Jasmin Ouschan | Natalia Seroshtan | Anna Mazhirina |
| Women – 8-Ball | Natalia Seroshtan | Marika Poikkijoki | Daria Sirotina |
| Women – 8-Ball | Natalia Seroshtan | Marika Poikkijoki | Jasmin Ouschan |
| Women – 9-Ball | Marika Poikkijoki | Jasmin Michel | Line Kjørsvik |
| Women – 9-Ball | Marika Poikkijoki | Jasmin Michel | Jasmin Ouschan |
| Women – Team | Poland | Norway | Russia |
| Women – Team | Poland | Norway | Austria |
| Wheelchair – 10-Ball | Daniel Luton | Fred Dinsmore | Emil Schranz |
| Wheelchair – 10-Ball | Daniel Luton | Fred Dinsmore | Henrik Larsson |
| Wheelchair – 8-Ball | Jouni Tähti | Roy Kimberley | Fred Dinsmore |
| Wheelchair – 8-Ball | Jouni Tähti | Roy Kimberley | Tankred Volkmer |
| Wheelchair – 9-Ball | Jouni Tähti | Daniel Luton | Fred Dinsmore |
| Wheelchair – 9-Ball | Jouni Tähti | Daniel Luton | Roy Kimberley |

## Men's

The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.

### 8-Ball

| Quarter-final Race to 8 | Quarter-final Race to 8 | Quarter-final Race to 8 | Semi-final Race to 8 | Semi-final Race to 8 | Semi-final Race to 8 | Final Race to 8 | Final Race to 8 | Final Race to 8 |
| Petri Makkonen | Petri Makkonen | 4 | | | | | | |
| Mario He | Mario He | 8 | | | | | | |
| Mario He | Mario He | 8 | Mario He | Mario He | 8 | | | |
| | | | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | 7 | | | |
| Ruslan Tschinachow | Ruslan Tschinachow | 7 | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | 7 | | | |
| Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | 8 | | | | | | |
| Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | 8 | | | | Mario He | Mario He | 8 |
| | | | | | | Artem Koshovyi | Artem Koshovyi | 0 |
| Artem Koshovyi | Artem Koshovyi | 8 | | | | | | | Artem Koshovyi | Artem Koshovyi | 0 |
| Tomasz Kapłan | Tomasz Kapłan | 7 | | | | | | |
| Tomasz Kapłan | Tomasz Kapłan | 7 | Artem Koshovyi | Artem Koshovyi | 8 | | | |
| | | | Andreas Gerwen | Andreas Gerwen | 3 | | | |
| Andreas Gerwen | Andreas Gerwen | 8 | Andreas Gerwen | Andreas Gerwen | 3 | | | |
| David Alcaide | David Alcaide | 4 | | | | | | |

### 9-Ball

| Quarter-final Race to 9 | Quarter-final Race to 9 | Quarter-final Race to 9 | Semi-final Race to 9 | Semi-final Race to 9 | Semi-final Race to 9 | Final Race to 9 | Final Race to 9 | Final Race to 9 |
| Nick Malai | Nick Malai | 9 | | | | | | |
| Vincent Facquet | Vincent Facquet | 5 | | | | | | |
| Vincent Facquet | Vincent Facquet | 5 | Nick Malai | Nick Malai | 6 | | | |
| | | | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | 9 | | | |
| Manuel Gama | Manuel Gama | 8 | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | 9 | | | |
| Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | 9 | | | | | | |
| Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | 9 | | | | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | 9 |
| | | | | | | Marcus Chamat | Marcus Chamat | 4 |
| Aki Heiskanen | Aki Heiskanen | 9 | | | | | | | Marcus Chamat | Marcus Chamat | 4 |
| Albin Ouschan | Albin Ouschan | 7 | | | | | | |
| Albin Ouschan | Albin Ouschan | 7 | Aki Heiskanen | Aki Heiskanen | 4 | | | |
| | | | Marcus Chamat | Marcus Chamat | 9 | | | |
| Mario He | Mario He | 7 | Marcus Chamat | Marcus Chamat | 9 | | | |
| Marcus Chamat | Marcus Chamat | 9 | | | | | | |

### 10-Ball

| Quarter-final Race to 8 | Quarter-final Race to 8 | Quarter-final Race to 8 | Semi-final Race to 8 | Semi-final Race to 8 | Semi-final Race to 8 | Final Race to 8 | Final Race to 8 | Final Race to 8 |
| Stephan Cohen | Stephan Cohen | 8 | | | | | | |
| David Alcaide | David Alcaide | 6 | | | | | | |
| David Alcaide | David Alcaide | 6 | Stephan Cohen | Stephan Cohen | 8 | | | |
| | | | Witali Pawluchin | Witali Pawluchin | 7 | | | |
| Manuel Ederer | Manuel Ederer | 4 | Witali Pawluchin | Witali Pawluchin | 7 | | | |
| Witali Pawluchin | Witali Pawluchin | 8 | | | | | | |
| Witali Pawluchin | Witali Pawluchin | 8 | | | | Stephan Cohen | Stephan Cohen | 5 |
| | | | | | | Dominic Jentsch | Dominic Jentsch | 8 |
| Nick van den Berg | Nick van den Berg | 8 | | | | | | | Dominic Jentsch | Dominic Jentsch | 8 |
| Artem Koshovyi | Artem Koshovyi | 7 | | | | | | |
| Artem Koshovyi | Artem Koshovyi | 7 | Nick van den Berg | Nick van den Berg | 5 | | | |
| | | | Dominic Jentsch | Dominic Jentsch | 8 | | | |
| Konstantin Stepanov | Konstantin Stepanov | 5 | Dominic Jentsch | Dominic Jentsch | 8 | | | |
| Dominic Jentsch | Dominic Jentsch | 8 | | | | | | |

### Straight pool

| Quarter-final Race to 125 | Quarter-final Race to 125 | Quarter-final Race to 125 | Semi-final Race to 125 | Semi-final Race to 125 | Semi-final Race to 125 | Final Race to 125 | Final Race to 125 | Final Race to 125 |
| Tony Drago | Tony Drago | 84 | | | | | | |
| Niels Feijen | Niels Feijen | 125 | | | | | | |
| Niels Feijen | Niels Feijen | 125 | Niels Feijen | Niels Feijen | 125 | | | |
| | | | Denis Grabe | Denis Grabe | 16 | | | |
| Klaus Zobrekis | Klaus Zobrekis | 121 | Denis Grabe | Denis Grabe | 16 | | | |
| Denis Grabe | Denis Grabe | 125 | | | | | | |
| Denis Grabe | Denis Grabe | 125 | | | | Niels Feijen | Niels Feijen | 18 |
| | | | | | | Nick van den Berg | Nick van den Berg | 125 |
| Konrad Piekarski | Konrad Piekarski | 43 | | | | | | | Nick van den Berg | Nick van den Berg | 125 |
| Mario He | Mario He | 125 | | | | | | |
| Mario He | Mario He | 125 | Mario He | Mario He | 51 | | | |
| | | | Nick van den Berg | Nick van den Berg | 125 | | | |
| Zoran Svilar | Zoran Svilar | 82 | Nick van den Berg | Nick van den Berg | 125 | | | |
| Nick van den Berg | Nick van den Berg | 125 | | | | | | |

## Women's

The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.

### 8-Ball

| Quarter-final Race to 6 | Quarter-final Race to 6 | Quarter-final Race to 6 | Semi-final Race to 6 | Semi-final Race to 6 | Semi-final Race to 6 | Final Race to 6 | Final Race to 6 | Final Race to 6 |
| Tamara Rademakers | Tamara Rademakers | 4 | | | | | | |
| Nataliya Seroshtan | Nataliya Seroshtan | 6 | | | | | | |
| Nataliya Seroshtan | Nataliya Seroshtan | 6 | Nataliya Seroshtan | Nataliya Seroshtan | 6 | | | |
| | | | Darya Sirotina | Darya Sirotina | 4 | | | |
| Kynthia Orfanidou | Kynthia Orfanidou | 3 | Darya Sirotina | Darya Sirotina | 4 | | | |
| Darya Sirotina | Darya Sirotina | 6 | | | | | | |
| Darya Sirotina | Darya Sirotina | 6 | | | | Nataliya Seroshtan | Nataliya Seroshtan | 6 |
| | | | | | | Marika Poikkijoki | Marika Poikkijoki | 3 |
| Jasmin Ouschan | Jasmin Ouschan | 6 | | | | | | | Marika Poikkijoki | Marika Poikkijoki | 3 |
| Jasmin Michel | Jasmin Michel | 0 | | | | | | |
| Jasmin Michel | Jasmin Michel | 0 | Jasmin Ouschan | Jasmin Ouschan | 5 | | | |
| | | | Marika Poikkijoki | Marika Poikkijoki | 6 | | | |
| Sandra Baumgartner | Sandra Baumgartner | 0 | Marika Poikkijoki | Marika Poikkijoki | 6 | | | |
| Marika Poikkijoki | Marika Poikkijoki | 6 | | | | | | |

### 9-Ball

| Quarter-final Race to 7 | Quarter-final Race to 7 | Quarter-final Race to 7 | Semi-final Race to 7 | Semi-final Race to 7 | Semi-final Race to 7 | Final Race to 7 | Final Race to 7 | Final Race to 7 |
| Jasmin Ouschan | Jasmin Ouschan | 7 | | | | | | |
| Anna Mazhirina | Anna Mazhirina | 2 | | | | | | |
| Anna Mazhirina | Anna Mazhirina | 2 | Jasmin Ouschan | Jasmin Ouschan | 3 | | | |
| | | | Jasmin Michel | Jasmin Michel | 7 | | | |
| Sara Rocha | Sara Rocha | 6 | Jasmin Michel | Jasmin Michel | 7 | | | |
| Jasmin Michel | Jasmin Michel | 7 | | | | | | |
| Jasmin Michel | Jasmin Michel | 7 | | | | Jasmin Michel | Jasmin Michel | 3 |
| | | | | | | Marika Poikkijoki | Marika Poikkijoki | 7 |
| Marika Poikkijoki | Marika Poikkijoki | 7 | | | | | | | Marika Poikkijoki | Marika Poikkijoki | 7 |
| Silvia Lopez | Silvia Lopez | 4 | | | | | | |
| Silvia Lopez | Silvia Lopez | 4 | Marika Poikkijoki | Marika Poikkijoki | 7 | | | |
| | | | Line Kjorsvik | Line Kjorsvik | 3 | | | |
| Petra Stadlbauer | Petra Stadlbauer | 2 | Line Kjorsvik | Line Kjorsvik | 3 | | | |
| Line Kjørsvik | Line Kjørsvik | 7 | | | | | | |

### 10-Ball

| Quarter-final Race to 6 | Quarter-final Race to 6 | Quarter-final Race to 6 | Semi-final Race to 6 | Semi-final Race to 6 | Semi-final Race to 6 | Final Race to 6 | Final Race to 6 | Final Race to 6 |
| Jasmin Ouschan | Jasmin Ouschan | 6 | | | | | | |
| Darya Sirotina | Darya Sirotina | 1 | | | | | | |
| Darya Sirotina | Darya Sirotina | 1 | Jasmin Ouschan | Jasmin Ouschan | 6 | | | |
| | | | Line Kjorsvik | Line Kjorsvik | 4 | | | |
| Line Kjørsvik | Line Kjørsvik | 6 | Line Kjorsvik | Line Kjorsvik | 4 | | | |
| Silvia Gaudino | Silvia Gaudino | 1 | | | | | | |
| Silvia Gaudino | Silvia Gaudino | 1 | | | | Jasmin Ouschan | Jasmin Ouschan | 6 |
| | | | | | | Nataliya Seroshtan | Nataliya Seroshtan | 5 |
| Anna Mazhirina | Anna Mazhirina | 6 | | | | | | | Nataliya Seroshtan | Nataliya Seroshtan | 5 |
| Kim Witzel | Kim Witzel | 5 | | | | | | |
| Kim Witzel | Kim Witzel | 5 | Anna Mazhirina | Anna Mazhirina | 1 | | | |
| | | | Nataliya Seroshtan | Nataliya Seroshtan | 6 | | | |
| Amalia Matas | Amalia Matas | 5 | Nataliya Seroshtan | Nataliya Seroshtan | 6 | | | |
| Nataliya Seroshtan | Nataliya Seroshtan | 6 | | | | | | |

### Straight pool

| Quarter-final Race to 75 | Quarter-final Race to 75 | Quarter-final Race to 75 | Semi-final Race to 75 | Semi-final Race to 75 | Semi-final Race to 75 | Final Race to 75 | Final Race to 75 | Final Race to 75 |
| Jasmin Ouschan | Jasmin Ouschan | 75 | | | | | | |
| Petra Stadlbauer | Petra Stadlbauer | 37 | | | | | | |
| Petra Stadlbauer | Petra Stadlbauer | 37 | Jasmin Ouschan | Jasmin Ouschan | 29 | | | |
| | | | Anna Mazhirina | Anna Mazhirina | 75 | | | |
| Anna Mazhirina | Anna Mazhirina | 75 | Anna Mazhirina | Anna Mazhirina | 75 | | | |
| Kateryna Polovinchuk | Kateryna Polovinchuk | 57 | | | | | | |
| Kateryna Polovinchuk | Kateryna Polovinchuk | 57 | | | | Anna Mazhirina | Anna Mazhirina | 42 |
| | | | | | | Line Kjorsvik | Line Kjorsvik | 75 |
| Louise Furberg | Louise Furberg | 62 | | | | | | | Line Kjorsvik | Line Kjorsvik | 75 |
| Line Kjørsvik | Line Kjørsvik | 75 | | | | | | |
| Line Kjørsvik | Line Kjørsvik | 75 | Line Kjorsvik | Line Kjorsvik | 75 | | | |
| | | | Christine Wiechert | Christine Wiechert | 45 | | | |
| Christine Wiechert | Christine Wiechert | 75 | Christine Wiechert | Christine Wiechert | 45 | | | |
| Nataliya Seroshtan | Nataliya Seroshtan | 55 | | | | | | |

## Wheelchair event

The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.

### 8-Ball

| Semi-final Race to 5 | Semi-final Race to 5 | Semi-final Race to 5 | Final Race to 5 | Final Race to 5 | Final Race to 5 |
| 1 | Jouni Tähti | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Fred Dinsmore | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Fred Dinsmore | 4 | Jouni Tähti | Jouni Tähti | 5 |
| | | | Roy Kimberley | Roy Kimberley | 2 |
| 3 | Tankred Volkmer | 2 | Roy Kimberley | Roy Kimberley | 2 |
| 2 | Roy Kimberley | 5 | | | |

### 9-Ball

| Semi-final Race to 7 | Semi-final Race to 7 | Semi-final Race to 7 | Final Race to 7 | Final Race to 7 | Final Race to 7 |
| 1 | Daniel Luton | 7 | | | |
| 4 | Roy Kimberley | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Roy Kimberley | 5 | Daniel Luton | Daniel Luton | 2 |
| | | | Jouni Tähti | Jouni Tähti | 7 |
| 3 | Jouni Tähti | 7 | Jouni Tähti | Jouni Tähti | 7 |
| 2 | Fred Dismore | 4 | | | |

### 10-Ball

| Semi-final Race to 6 | Semi-final Race to 6 | Semi-final Race to 6 | Final Race to 6 | Final Race to 6 | Final Race to 6 |
| 1 | Daniel Luton | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Emil Schranz | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Emil Schranz | 3 | Daniel Luton | Daniel Luton | 6 |
| | | | Fred Dinsmore | Fred Dinsmore | 3 |
| 3 | Henrik Larsson | 2 | Fred Dinsmore | Fred Dinsmore | 3 |
| 2 | Fred Dinsmore | 6 | | | |

## Team event

The team competitions initially took place in a double elimination event. From the quarter-finals (men) or from the semifinals (ladies) was played in a single elimination format. One team consisted of three players. A game consisted of three individual games in the disciplines 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball. In the women's team, two players were in each team, one game consisted of two individual games in 8-ball and 9-Ball.
The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.

### Men

| Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| Germany | Germany | 2 | | | | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 1 | | | | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 1 | Germany | Germany | 2 | | | |
| | | | Austria | Austria | 1 | | | |
| Austria | Austria | 3 | Austria | Austria | 1 | | | |
| Slovakia | Slovakia | 0 | | | | | | |
| Slovakia | Slovakia | 0 | | | | Germany | Germany | 1 |
| | | | | | | Spain | Spain | 2 |
| Finland | Finland | 2 | | | | | | | Spain | Spain | 2 |
| Poland | Poland | 1 | | | | | | |
| Poland | Poland | 1 | Finland | Finland | 1 | | | |
| | | | Spain | Spain | 2 | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 0 | Spain | Spain | 2 | | | |
| Spain | Spain | 3 | | | | | | |

### Women

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Austria | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Norway | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Norway | 4 | Norway | Norway | 4 |
| | | | Poland | Poland | 5 |
| 3 | Russia | 0 | Poland | Poland | 5 |
| 2 | Poland | 2 | | | |

## Medals' table

| Place | Nation | Winner | Runner-up | Semi-finalist |
| 1 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Austria | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Albania | 0 | 0 | 1 |