The European Championship - updates & more
As many of you already know this year is a very
important one for global snooker since a lot has changed (names & formats of
the tournaments) and some broadcasting contracts have been renewed.
But the friends of the blog know
this is also a HUGE year for Romania, because the European Championship is the
first ever ranking tournament to be staged on Romanian soil, so we are really
looking forward to see the lads in action in October (3 to 9 October to be more
precise).
In recent months we've heard a lot
of rumours concerning the location of the event. Initially, it was Bucharest,
then Cluj-Napoca, but now everything is settled, so I am pleased to announce
you that the first edition of the European Championship will be staged in
Bucharest.
Also, there are some changes in the
format of the tournament.
Initially it was said that all 128 players will be
coming to Romania and the qualifying rounds will be played here, but according
to today's official press release from World Snooker's website, it seems only
the Last 32 will be delighting us.
The qualifying stages will be held
at Guild Hall from Preston, UK from September 26 to 28.
Although it wasn't stated in the
press release, this decision was probably taken after serious consideration
regarding the venue's capacity of settling 128 snooker players.
The venue's name itself is yet to
be made public, but will definitely be announced in short time.
So, I don't know about you but I am
really looking forward to this new event.
For those of you interested, please
check eventim.ro because there's already a ticket alert on so be sure to
subscribe and get the news when the tickets will be put on sale and grab yours,
because this is a chance you can't miss!
Also, be sure to keep an eye on the
blog because I shall be keeping you posted on what's going on with this event,
as well as with the regular ones.
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