Good evening, KC TAP! The European Seniors Pool Championships finished in Gandia, Spain, today with a sweep of individual titles, two more 9-ball champions and team golds. Here are the confirmed October 27 results, plus a look at snooker’s latest qualifying picture.
Correia completes four-title sweep
Henrique Correia won all four individual 56-plus titles at the championships after beating Norway’s Bjorn-Erik Bergh 8–0 in the 9-ball final. The Portuguese player survived consecutive 8–7 wins in the quarterfinal and semifinal before completing the sweep. His earlier titles came in straight pool, 10-ball and 8-ball. Read the EPBF final-day report.
Lysholm and Ullmann-Hybler take 9-ball gold
Norway’s Roger Lysholm defeated Spain’s Diego Pedro Simon 8–6 for the 46-plus title, having beaten Miguel Silva in the semifinal. Germany’s Yvonne Ullmann-Hybler won the women’s 9-ball final 6–1 against Sweden’s Louise Furberg. See the official 9-ball recap.
Portugal and Germany win team events
Portugal beat Spain in the men’s team final. Correia secured the deciding result with a 7–5 10-ball win over Simon. Germany defeated Norway in the women’s final, settling a one-rack 10-ball decider through the three-foul rule. Those team matches closed the nine-day championships. Read the EPBF team results.
Jones strengthens UK Championship prospects
The World Snooker Tour’s post-Belfast update places Jak Jones 18th in the official rankings and provisionally 16th in the separate UK Championship seeding race, £5,200 ahead of Zhou Yuelong. The upcoming International Championship is the last counting event before that cutoff. Sam Craigie also climbed from 72nd to 66th in the world after his Belfast semifinal run. Read the official rankings update.