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Board meeting
The EEBC Board Meeting focused mainly on the financial analysis for 2024 and sports activities in 2025. The organization ended the year with a small financial profit, and revenues were approximately PLN 100,000 (EUR 25,000) higher than in 2023.

The Board members approved the financial report, balance sheet and profit and loss account for 2024. They positively assessed the course of the tournaments: Dynamic Billard Best of the East in Romania and Prague. They talked about preparations for the Dynamic Best competition in Batumi, EEBC Junior Cup in Bratislava, Pardubice Open and Golden Cue and EEBC Nation Cup in Albania.

They also discussed support for tournaments from the EEBC International Billiards Academy fund.

The date of the EEBC General Meetings was set – 18 June – summary of 2024 and 16 August – reporting and election for 2021-2025.

The new EEBC Sports Partner is the Azerbaijan Billiard Federation. New members are Krzysztof Waszak and Robert Kowalski.

Zarząd EEBC.

Zebranie Zarządu EEBC dotyczyło głównie analizy finansowej za 2024 rok oraz działań sportowych w 2025 roku.  Organizacja zakończył rok niewielkim zyskiem finansowym, a przychody były o ok. 100.000 zł ( 25.000 euro) wyższe niż w roku 2023.

Członkowie Zarządu przyjęli sprawozdanie finansowe, bilans i rachunek zysków i strat za 2024 rok.  Pozytywnie ocenili przebieg turniejów: Dynamic Billard Best of the East w Rumunii i Pradze. Rozmawiali o przygotowaniach do zawodów Dynamic Best w Batumi, EEBC Junior Cup w Bratysławie, Pardubice Open oraz Golden Cue i EEBC Nation Cup w Albanii.

Rozmawiano także o wsparciu akcji z funduszu Międzynarodowej Akademii Bilardowej EEBC.

Ustalono termin Walnych Zgromadzeń EEBC – 18 czerwca – podsumowanie 2024 roku i 16 sierpnia – sprawozdawczo-wyborcze za lata 2021-2025.

Nowym Partnerem Sportowym EEBC została bilardowa federacja Azerbejdżanu, a członkami Krzysztof Waszak i Robert Kowalski.

Grand Prix -POL TOUR -Ketrzyn 16-18.05.2025 

Experience won in the thirteenth billiards meeting in Kętrzyn.  The podium of the Grand Prix of Poland Brześć Słomka Ptysiowa Pol TOUR 9-Bil included well-known and experienced players. The best in this group was Mariusz Skoneczny from Fortis Bilard Kielce, who defeated Hubert Łopotko from Bank Spółdzielczy in Sokółka LP 6:2 in the final. The bronze medals went to Daniel Macioł and Wojciech Szewczyk from GKS Katowice.

"I am very happy about this victory. I train a lot and I can see the effect. I paid special attention to the break and it was my strong point in the game," said Mariusz Skoneczny.

98 billiard players came to the billiard capital of Warmia and Mazury, fighting for a place in the finals of the Polish championship and a position in the national ranking.

Quarter finals

1. Szewczyk – K. Sząszor 6:1
2. Statkiewicz – H. Łopotko 5:6
3. Babica – M. Skoneczny 5:6
4. Macioł – D. Jastrząb 6:2.

Semi final

1. Szewczyk – H. Łopotko 3:6
2. Skoneczny- D. Macioł 6:3

EEBC Junior Cup in Bratislava.

 41 billiard players took part in the first EEBC youth tournament of the year. They came to the Lavos club in Bratislava from: the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Latvia, Serbia and Slovakia.

The winner was Mark Szabo from Slovakia, who defeated Evan Hermaneanu from Romania 6:4 in the final. The bronze medals were won by Vaclav Skokan from the Czech Republic and Malina Marko from Slovakia.

The event was hosted by the Slovak Billiard Federation, and the whole thing was supervised by Lukas Kovać, who summed up the tournament as follows.

"It was a very successful sports meeting of young people from several countries. The level of the matches was varied, but you can see the potential of many players."

In 2025, the East European Billiard Council has prepared 3 junior tournaments. The series began in Bratislava. In July, Pardubice awaits the participants, and in August, Kielce.

Two important events we will play this weekend. 40 juniors form Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia, Hungary, Latvia, Slovakia and Romania will participate in EEBC Junior Cup in Lavos Club in Bratislava. 100 the best Polish athlets will fight in 3th Grand Prix of Poland Brzesc Slomka Ptysiowa POL TOUR 9-Ball in Ketrzyn.  Live-scoring is on www.ebc-billiard.com 

Dwa ważne turnieje odbęda sie w ten weekend. 40 juniorów z Polski, Serbii, Czech, Łotwy, Węgier, Rumunii i Słowacji będzie rywalizowało w klubie Lavos w Bratysławie w EEBC Junior Cup. 100 najlepszych polskich zawodników zagra w trzecim turnieju Grand Prix Polski Brześć Słomka Ptysiowa POL TOUR w Kętrzynie. Wyniki będą na naszej stronie, a relacja na youtube TVsports.pl  

Azerbaijan Billiards Federation is a new  EEBC Sport Partner.  The EEBC President and the ABF President discussed the details of cooperation during their meeting in Baku. Welcome to our group.

Azerbejdżański Związek Bilardowy jest nowym Sportowym Partnerem EEBC. Prezes EEBC i prezes ABF omówili szczegóły współpracy podczas spotkania w Baku. Witamy w naszym gronie. 

A record to start the season. Rekord na otwarcie sezonu !

It was fascinating! 120 juniors and 55 juniors competed in the Frame club in Łódź in the  Mak Marketing Junior Tour billiards tournament! This is a great result!!! Among the girls, Julia Babica (Akademia Bilardowa Rokietnica) won, and among the boys, Dominik Regieli (UKS Fair Play Jaworzno).

Results:

Boys

1. Dominik Regieli,
2. Wojciech Głąb
3. Mateusz Sadlik i Wiktor Kaczmarek. 

Girls:

1. Julia Babica
2. Julia Cabała
3. Magdalena Bierzgalska i Nikola Świderek.

Congratulations to the medalists, congratulations to the guardians of the young athletes, and thanks to the team running the tournament for their good work. Thanks also to the sponsors: Predator Group, Kamui and Frame Club.

Grand Prix of Poland Brzesc Slomka Ptysiowa POL TOUR 10-Ball - Kielce.

Another event from the Grand Prix of Poland in Billiard Brześć Słomka Ptysiowa POL TOUR series is behind us. The event held in Kielce was won by Wojciech Szewczyk (GKS Katowice), who defeated Mateusz Śniegocki (Strefa Łódź) 6:1 in the final. Bronze medals received Hubert Lopotko ( Bank Spoldzielczy LP Sokolka) and Patryk Statkiewicz ( Green Club Gdansk).  A total of 136 players from 36 cities took part.

"I'm tired, but I'm happy with the victory. I played 6 matches today. I won two out of two POL TOURs this year and I moved away from my most dangerous rival, Daniel Macioł," says Wojciech Szewczyk.

Let us recall that the 31st edition of the Polish Grand Prix in Billiards Brześć Słomka Ptysiowa POL TOUR consists of six tournaments played in Łódź (2), Kielce (2), Kętrzyn and Gdańsk. The total prize money of the Grand Prix of Poland in Billiard Brześć Słomka Ptysiowa POL TOUR in the 2025 series will be approximately PLN 66.5 thousand. Additionally, the organizers will give away two professional Predator cues (worth up to PLN 9 thousand) and gifts from the Brześć-Sipa company.

The EEBC Pyramid Tour tournament was held in Prague. Mykhailo Kusen triumphed in the competition, defeating Rostyslav Bovonenke in the final, while Volodymyr Kuzmenko and Bohdan Shmyrko finished in the last places on the podium.

40 players from Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain and Ukraine took part in the tournament.

For the first time, the EEBC hired a professional media agency to provide coverage, photography, interviews and a promotional film.

The tournament was held at the Lucky Ball club and is included in the EEBC ranking. It is part of the pyramid development program in Europe, carried out in cooperation with the International Pyramid Committee.

Kristián Mrva wins the second Dynamic Billard Best of the East tournament!

Last weekend, another Dynamic Billard Best of the East tournament took place in Prague. The event held at the Lucky Ball Club attracted 82 pool billiards enthusiasts who came from: Romania, Poland, Georgia, North Macedonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine. Kristián Mrva proved to be the best in the capital of the Czech Republic.

The nearly 21-year-old Slovak didn't have an easy way, as he was already competing in the group with, among others, junior world championship medalist Jakub Chrobot. Despite this, Mrva was unrivaled, won all three matches and thus qualified for the next round of the competition.

Competing in the play-offs for the medal zone, he sent away empty-handed Slovak pool legend Jaroslav Polach, as well as Michal Gavenciak (CZE). Finally, in the semi-finals, he faced Fortis Kielce pool player Mariusz Skoneczny, and won the competition 7:5.