TALLINN – The premier edition of the EUSA Billiards Cup has concluded on August 13th with an exciting Closing Ceremony in the Baribal Billiards club.
The 1st EUSA Billiards Cup was held between August 9th and 14th in Tallinn, Estonia, with participants from 11 universities from Estonia, United Kingdom, Norway and Finland. The Cup was organized by the Estonian Universities Sports Federation, Estonian Pool Federation and European University Sports Association in cooperation with Baribal Billiards club.
EUSA Billiards Cup 2010 consisted of three events – 8 ball tournament played on August 11th, 10 ball tournament played on August 12th and 9 ball tournament played on August 13th. Best individual after 3 days was the Cup Winner.
In the men’s finals, the title of champion went to Terje Olav Hjerpbakk from Soer-Troendelag University College from Norway, winning a thrilling semi-final match of the third day 9 ball competition against Karl Mihkelson from Tallinn University of Technology from Estonia. This victory guaranteed him first place in the final standings.
At the closing ceremony, the medals and awards were presented by Ants Veetõusme, Chairman of Estonian Academic Sports Federation.
More info can be found at www.eusabilliardscup.com.
(Source: Andrej Pisl, EUSA Communications Manager)
MEDAL PODIUM
1. Terje Olav Hjerpbakk, Soer-Troendelag University College, NOR (71 points total)
2. Karl Mihkelson, Tallinn University of Technology, EST (63 points total)
3. Denis Grabe, Tallinn University of Technology, EST (57 points total)