The winners of Romanian Open 9-ball come from one country – Poland. The contestant number one was Tomasz Kapłan who beat Wojciech Trajdos in the final game 9:5. Mariusz Roter and Dominik Zając locked up third place. Summing all up there were 57 participants from 6 countries (Bulgaria, Serbia, Liban, Armenia, Romania and Poland).

      It’s the first time we’ve organized that type of tournament in Romania. In 2005 we could watch the top players in Pitesti, this year-in Bucharest. As always – the games derived emotional moments, even though no surprises seemed to happen. Romanian player Robert Braga, to sum it all up, said: „that is what we call a difference between professionals and amateurs„. Polish players were better and just a few of the opponents managed to compete on a even level. Among them we could see Babken Melkonian , Cristea Ovidiu , Andreja Klasović , S. Voiciu  and N.Kamielev . It’s also worth mentioning that it was the first time for Andreja Klasović to defeat Radosław Babica. He seemed not to have enough strength for the next game, though. His opponent – Tomasz Kaplan was surely heading for victory. „Polish players are similar to German ones. They have very strong team” admitted Klasović. The quarterfinals were not easy for Trajdos and Zajac, they needed to use their full strenght and concentrate. The semifinals were in Kaplan’s and Trajdos’s favour, while the final strike went Kaplan’s way. He easily sent Trajdos to the loser’s bracket.

      To sum it up – results of the competition were not any surprise. There is no Romanian Pool Federation and existing in this country pool clubs & venues do not cooperate. Players do not have enough experience on international arena and you can see lack of financial support to participate in international events. It is difficult to achieve international level of play in these circumstances. We can still see a great potential in Romania, it is a pitty that it cannot be fully revealed.

	1/4 final				1/2 final				Final
	Tomasz Kapłan 9 Andreja Klasović 1
					Tomasz Kapłan 9 Mariusz Roter 4
	Mariusz Roter 9 Cristea Ovidiu 1
									Tomasz Kapłan 9 Wojciech Trajdos 5
	Dominik Zając 9 Sergiu Voicu 6
					Dominik Zając 5 Wojciech Trajdos 9
	Wojciech Trajdos 9 Babken Melkonian 7