The seventh staging of the Mezz Bucharest Open takes place from June 21-23 at the IDM Club in Romania, with 256 players competing at the latest ranking event on the World Nineball Tour calendar.
The Bucharest Open is the first ranking event to be held in Europe since the British double-header in early May, when Duong Quoc Hoang and Robbie Capito secured Scottish Open and UK Open titles respectively.
Recent Dubai Open champion Joshua Filler headlines the field in Romania, while other stand-out entrants include 2022 runner-up Wiktor Zielinski, European Open champion David Alcaide and former World Championship runner-up Mohammad Soufi.
Two-time champion Niels Feijen is the only former winner involved, having won the title in 2016 and 2017. Fedor Gorst, Wojciech Szewczyk, Ko Pin-Yi and defending champion Konrad Juszczyszyn opted against travelling to Eastern Europe.
Dubai Open semi-finalist Mickey Krause has entered the tournament in the midst of his promising vein of form, as have Oliver Szolnoki, Mustafa Alnar and recent Saudi junior champion Felix Vogel of Germany.
Babken Melkonyan, Cristian Surdea and Flavian Glont are the notable players competing in their home country, with 73 Romanians having entered the WNT ranking event in total.
Coverage will be broadcast on the Billiard Network YouTube channel across the weekend, while matches will be race-to-nine racks, winner breaks throughout the duration.
MEZZ BUCHAREST OPEN 2024
Draw Bracket
Double Elimination
Click here for the full draw bracket via the event website
Single Elimination
Last 32
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 4-11 Can Salim 🇩🇪
🇰🇼 Talal Al-Blooshi 11-6 Niklas Dohr 🇩🇪
🇮🇹 Francesco Candela 11-5 Andrea Grosso 🇮🇹
🇫🇮 Mika Immonen 11-10 Mika van Berkel 🇳🇱
🇧🇪 Cliff Castelein 11-10 Panagiotis Xipoliteas 🇬🇷
🇬🇷 George Antonakis 11-1 David Vaizman 🇮🇱
🇩🇰 Mickey Krause 11-2 Dominik Zajac 🇵🇱
🇷🇴 Cristian Surdea 8-11 Walter Laikre 🇸🇪
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 11-1 Anthony Vandenbussche 🇧🇪
🇷🇴 Babken Melkonyan 10-11 Karl Gnadeberg 🇪🇪
🇭🇺 Oliver Szolnoki 11-8 Mario Valchev 🇧🇬
🇹🇷 Mustafa Alnar 7-11 Yuma Dorner 🇩🇪
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 11-8 Dennis Laszkowski 🇩🇪
🇬🇷 Christos Papageorgiou 11-5 Daniel Kandi 🇩🇰
🇵🇱 Hubert Lopotko 11-4 JJ Faul 🇿🇦
🇮🇹 Fabio Petroni 11-8 Dean Shields 🇬🇧
Last 16
🇩🇪 Can Salim 11-10 Talal Al-Blooshi 🇰🇼
🇮🇹 Francesco Candela 11-8 Mika Immonen 🇫🇮
🇧🇪 Cliff Castelein 11-6 George Antonakis 🇬🇷
🇩🇰 Mickey Krause 11-10 Walter Laikre 🇸🇪
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 11-7 Karl Gnadeberg 🇪🇪
🇭🇺 Oliver Szolnoki 11-10 Yuma Dorner 🇩🇪
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 11-7 Christos Papageorgiou 🇬🇷
🇵🇱 Hubert Lopotko 11-10 Fabio Petroni 🇮🇹
Quarter-Finals
🇩🇪 Can Salim 11-9 Francesco Candela 🇮🇹
🇧🇪 Cliff Castelein 10-11 v Mickey Krause 🇩🇰
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 5-11 Oliver Szolnoki 🇭🇺
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 8-11 Hubert Lopotko 🇵🇱
Semi-Finals
🇩🇪 Can Salim 5-11 Mickey Krause 🇩🇰
🇭🇺 Oliver Szolnoki 9-11 Hubert Lopotko 🇵🇱
Final
🇩🇰 Mickey Krause 11-7 Hubert Lopotko 🇵🇱
Prize Fund
Champion – €8,000
Runner-up – €3,600
Semi-finalists – €1,600
Quarter-finalists – €800
Last 16 – €400
Last 32 – €240
Losers Qualification – €130
Total – €27,120
