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Text Size traži... NASLOVNICA PLANET BILJAR - NEWS KALENDAR O NAMA Vijesti Obavijesti i Najave Pool Snooker Pool Arhiva Snooker arhiva Pool - World pool Masters - grupe Aktualni događaji SUBOTA, 15 SVIBANJ 2010 Pool - 1. Liga - 2. Croatia Cup, 24. - 25. rujna 2016. Na World Pool Mastersu je završila prva faza turnira koja se igrala po grupama. Bilo je dosta Pool - 2. HBL - III. turnir, 01. - 02. listopada 2016. iznenađenja, barem što se tiče poznatih biljarskih imena. U grupi 1 prolazak među posljednja 32 nisu izborili poznati Amerikanci Corey Deuel Shane Van Boening. U grupi 2 trostruki svjetski prvak Earl Strickland prvo gubi od Filipinca Roberta Gomeza da bise nakon toga oprostio od turnira porazom od Nielsa Feijena rezultatom 0:9. Svjetska biljarska legenda Efren Reyes u grupi 3 prvo pobjeđuje Davida Alcaidea s 9:3, zatim gubi od Thorstena Hohmanna 6:9, a potom i od Daryla Peacha 6:9 u meču za ulazak u šesnaestinu finala. Druga biljarska legenda Francisco Bustamante u grupi 4 ne uspijeva pronaći pravu formu i prvo gubi od Vijetnamca Do Hong Quana 8:9, a zatim i od Olivera Ortmanna 2:9 koji nagovješćuje da je u dobroj formi. Grupa 5 je bila posebno zanimljiva jer su u njoj igrale dvije ponajbolje svjetske igračice: Jasmin Ouschan i Yu Ram Cha. Nažalost, niti jedna nije izborila završnu fazu natjecanja. Jasmin je bila blizu, ali je u meču za ulazak u 32 izgubila od Denisa Orcolla rezultatom 4:9. Iz grupe 6 sva trojica amerikanaca su prošla u završni krug natjecanja: Rodney Morris, John Schmidt i Johnny Archer. U grupi 7 uvjerljiv je bio Thomas Engert koji s dvije pobjede ulazi u završnicu. U tome nije uspio jedan od najbržih igrača, Tony Drago. U odlučujućem meču gubi od japanca Toru Kuribayashija 7:9. Mika Immonen nije prošao u grupi 8 prvo izgubivši 8:9 od Lo Li Wena, zatim pobjeđuje Rozwadowskog 9:3, a onda ga je u meču za prolaz dalje deklasirao Ralf Souquet rezultatom 9:0. Link s rezultatima završnice turnira: [ Natrag ] © Hrvatski Biljarski Savez 2008 ○ Joomla Core Engine.

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