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 DisciplineWinnerRunner-upSemi-finalistsMen – Straight pool Nick van den Berg Niels Feijen Mario He Denis GrabeMen – 10-Ball Dominic Jentsch Stephan Cohen Nick van den Berg Witali PawluchinMen – 8-Ball Mario He Artem Koshovyi Francisco Díaz-Pizarro Andreas GerwenMen – 9-Ball Francisco Díaz-Pizarro Marcus Chamat Nick Malai Aki HeiskanenMen – teamWomen – Straight pool Line Kjørsvik Anna Mazhirina Christine Wiechert Jasmin OuschanWomen – 10-Ball Jasmin Ouschan Natalia Seroshtan Line Kjørsvik Anna MazhirinaWomen – 8-Ball Natalia Seroshtan Marika Poikkijoki Daria Sirotina Jasmin OuschanWomen – 9-Ball Marika Poikkijoki Jasmin Michel Line Kjørsvik Jasmin OuschanWomen – TeamWheelchair – 10-Ball Daniel Luton Fred Dinsmore Emil Schranz Henrik LarssonWheelchair – 8-Ball Jouni Tähti Roy Kimberley Fred Dinsmore Tankred VolkmerWheelchair – 9-Ball Jouni Tähti Daniel Luton Fred Dinsmore Roy Kimberley
Men's The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.
8-Ball
9-Ball
10-Ball
Straight pool
Women's The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.
8-Ball
9-Ball
10-Ball
Straight pool
Wheelchair event The events from the quarter-finals are shown below.
8-Ball
9-Ball
10-Ball
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
Women
Medals' table PlaceNationWinnerRunner-upSemi-finalist131222073201412451226121711281119100100120121201001014001001
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