by Absolute Pool • June 16, 2023
The inaugural Spanish Open Pool Championship takes place between June 20-15 at Pazo de Feiras e Congresos de Lugo, with 256 players battling it out for the $200,000 prize fund.
Following Eklent Kaci’s success at the UK Open in London earlier this month, Spain hosts the second signature multi-table event from Matchroom of the 2023 World Nineball Tour season.
The Spanish Open gets underway a double-header in Lugo, with World Cup of Pool champions Francisco Sanchez Ruiz and David Alcaide competing on home soil ahead of their title defence shortly afterwards.
World number one Sanchez Ruiz headlines the field featuring both professional and amateur players, which also involves recent World Pool Masters champion Ko Pin-Yi, Joshua Filler, Shane van Boening and Albin Ouschan.
The $200,000 tournament, which rewards $30,000 to the eventual champion, will feature 256 players and is double elimination during the early stages, with 64 players advancing to the redrawn single elimination phase.
Matches will be contested over a race-to-nine racks format on the winners’ side and race-to-eight racks on the losers’ side, before increasing to race-to-ten for the quarter-finals, race-to-eleven for the semi-finals and race-to-thirteen for the final.
Coverage will be broadcast via the Matchroom Pool YouTube channel between Tuesday and Friday for those in the UK and Ireland, before the last 16 onwards is televised on Sky Sports and other international broadcasters.
Viewers in the USA and Spain will be able to sweat the action throughout the week on DAZN, with a full list of broadcasters available via the Matchroom Pool website.
2023 SPANISH OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
Draw Bracket
Double Elimination
Click here for the full draw bracket via the nineball.prpbilliards.com website
Single Elimination
Last 64
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 9-10 Oliver Szolnoki 🇭🇺
🇳🇱 Marc Bijsterbosch 10-6 Nguyen Anh Tuan 🇻🇳
🇫🇮 Jani Uski 10-5 Adam Stankiewicz 🇵🇱
🇨🇳 Wu Jiaqing 10-9 James Aranas 🇵🇭
🇦🇹 Max Lechner 9-10 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇵🇱 Konrad Juszczyszyn 10-6 Daniele Correiri 🇮🇹
🇧🇦 Sanjin Pehlivanovic 10-6 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 10-3 Talal Al-Blooshi 🇰🇼
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 10-3 Karl Gnadeberg 🇪🇪
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 2-10 Miguel Silva 🇵🇹
🇰🇼 Abdullah Al-Youssef 10-7 Riku Rompannen 🇫🇮
🇬🇷 Dimitris Loukatos 6-10 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇷🇺 Fedor Gorst 10-2 Justin Sajich 🇦🇺
🇪🇪 Denis Grabe 10-5 Tim De Ruyter 🇳🇱
🇵🇱 Daniel Maciol 10-6 Khalid Al-Ghamdi 🇸🇦
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 10-7 Mohannad Al-Ghumayz 🇸🇦
🇺🇸 Shane van Boening 10-4 Mateusz Sniegocki 🇵🇱
🇩🇪 Ralf Souquet 3-10 Skyler Woodward 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Tyler Styer 10-8 Babken Melkonyan 🇷🇴
🇦🇱 Kledio Kaci 10-3 Christos Papageorgiou 🇬🇷
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 10-7 Francisco Diaz Pizarro 🇪🇸
🇷🇸 Aleksa Pecelj 8-10 Imran Majid 🇬🇧
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 10-6 Jonas Kornmesser 🇦🇹
🇬🇧 Gary Wilson 6-10 Mario He 🇦🇹
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 10-7 Niels Feijen 🇳🇱
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 10-3 Dimitri Jungo 🇨🇭
🇫🇮 Petri Makkonen 4-10 Joao Grilo 🇵🇹
🇬🇷 Alexander Kazakis 10-5 Ko Ping-Chung 🇹🇼
🇨🇳 Dang Jinhu 10-7 Senharip Azar 🇸🇪
🇵🇱 Mieszko Fortunski 9-10 Bashar Hussain 🇶🇦
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 4-10 Joshua Filler 🇩🇪
🇵🇭 Johann Chua 9-10 Emil-Andre Gangflot 🇳🇴
Last 32
🇭🇺 Oliver Szolnoki 9-10 Marc Bijsterbosch 🇳🇱
🇫🇮 Jani Uski 10-9 Wu Jiaqing 🇨🇳
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 10-9 Konrad Juszczyszyn 🇵🇱
🇧🇦 Sanjin Pehlivanovic 10-6 Wiktor Zielinski 🇵🇱
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 10-9 Miguel Silva 🇵🇹
🇰🇼 Abudullah Al-Youssef 4-10 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇷🇺 Fedor Gorst 10-4 Denis Grabe 🇪🇪
🇵🇱 Daniel Maciol 10-7 Jayson Shaw 🇬🇧
🇺🇸 Shane van Boening 8-10 Skyler Woodward 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Tyler Styer 6-10 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 10-3 Imran Majid 🇬🇧
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 10-7 Mario He 🇦🇹
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 10-3 David Alcaide 🇪🇸
🇵🇹 Joao Grilo 10-8 Alexander Kazakis 🇬🇷
🇨🇳 Dang Jinhu 10-4 Bashar Hussain 🇶🇦
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 9-10 Emil-Andre Gangflot 🇳🇴
Last 16
🇳🇱 Marc Bijsterbosch 10-6 Jani Uski 🇫🇮
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 10-5 Sanjin Pehlivanovic 🇧🇦
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 9-10 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇷🇺 Fedor Gorst 10-2 Daniel Maciol 🇵🇱
🇺🇸 Skyler Woodward 10-5 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 10-4 Naoyuki Oi 🇯🇵
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 10-7 Joao Grilo 🇵🇹
🇨🇳 Dang Jinhu 10-7 Emil-Andre Gangflot 🇳🇴
Quarter-Finals
🇳🇱 Marc Bijsterbosch 10-9 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 10-6 Fedor Gorst 🇷🇺
🇺🇸 Skyler Woodward 10-0 Ko Pin-Yi 🇹🇼
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 2-10 Dang Jinhu 🇨🇳
Semi-Finals
🇳🇱 Marc Bijsterbosch 11-10 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇺🇸 Skyler Woodward 11-5 Dang Jinhu 🇨🇳
Final
🇳🇱 Marc Bijsterbosch 12-13 Dang Junhu 🇨🇳
Prize Fund
Champion – $30,000
Runner-up – $15,000
Semi-finalists – $9,500
Quarter-finalists – $6,000
Last 16 – $4,000
Last 32 – $2,000
Last 64 – $1,000
Losers Qualification Round – $500
Total – $200,000
