For the first time in history, the three finals of the European Classic Billiards Championships (banda, painting 47/2 and box 71/2) they are played in the same city, Cervera, where the Casal hosts the Tuesday meetings 30 from April to Sunday 5 May.
The finals will take them to Segarra 48 best pool players in the world. In each of the competitions, the fifteen players who have the best European ranking participate, and a player invited by the organizing federation. Tarragona player Antoni Gutiérrez will be playing on the wing, and in the two paintings, Centelles billiards player Esteve Mata. It is worth noting that in the modality in the band, the current European champion is Raúl Cuenca from Valencia, that the Spanish Championship was already awarded in Cervera last year.
The finals will be played by the four-player tie system, of which two advance to the next round. The games will be played from 9.30 until 22 hours and the arbitration and organization is handled by Casal de Cervera, which will allocate its more than 30 players in preparation for the finals.
The entrance to the facilities·locations of the Casal, which has a capacity to 150 viewers, is free.
According to Casal's sports director, Sergio Garriga, "the organization has also taken care of finding accommodation for the participants".
The president of the club, Joseph Planes, describes the assembly as "one of the most important sporting challenges of this entity, than for his career, five European and one world, has gained the trust of the European federation".
The opening ceremony will be held on Tuesday 30 d'abril, them 11.30 hours, and the closure, Sunday 5 May, them 18 hours, at the end of the last of the finals.
Information and image provided by Xavi Santesmasses (Billiard section of Casal de Cervera).