2022 Dynamic Billard Best of the East – Season Summary.
Five tournaments were played as part of the 2022 Dynamic Best series. Players competed in: Bratislava, Oradea, Kielce, Petrich and Tirana. The worst threat related to COVID-19 was over, but the situation in individual European countries was still closely watched. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict also had a very serious impact on the functioning of our organisation, which operates mainly in Eastern Europe. However, the results of this season are much better compared to 2021. A year ago we welcomed 201 participants from 15 countries. In 2022, 275 players from 16 countries participated in the tournaments. The largest number of players (108) attended the tournament in Kielce, Poland, which was the 100th event in the Best of the East series.
For the first time, the series was won by an 18-year-old billiards player. Szymon Kural ended the season with a significant lead by winning the 9-Ball tournaments in Romania and Albania, ending up second in Bulgaria, third in Poland and fifth in Slovakia. He won a cash prize of €3,200 and two Cuetec Carbon cues worth around €1,400.
Junior player Dominik Jastrząb is second in the ranking. The 17-year-old billiards player from Poland surprised us ending up second in Kielce and 5th in Bratislava and Tirana. The third place on the podium is held by Petr Urban from the Czech Republic. His best achievement was 2nd place in Tirana.
The annual scores are presented below:
- Szymon Kural (POL) – 415 pts.,
- Dominik Jastrząb (POL) – 315 pts.,
- Petr Urban (CZE) – 290 pts.,
| 4 | Zalman David | (CZE) | 285 | |
| 5 | Skoneczny Mariusz | (POL) | 255 | |
| 6 | Polach Jaroslav | (SVK) | 230 | |
| 7 | Zajac Dominik | (POL) | 215 | |
| 8 | Maciol Daniel | (POL) | 200 | |
| 9 | Hajshman Ladislav | (CZE) | 200 | |
| 10 | Skowerski Karol | (POL) | 185 | |
| 11 | Kapitančik Marcel | (CZE) | 165 | |
| 12 | Makendjiev Milcho | (BUL) | 155 | |
| 13 | Kapłan Tomasz | (POL) | 150 | |
| 14 | Köles Balazs | (SVK) | 150 | |
| 15 | Hajduch Michal | (CZE) | 150 | |
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Operating on an international market requires reliable partners. We would like to kindly thank the event hosts, including:
Slovak Billiard Association – Samuel Koniar and Galaxia Club from Bratislava,
Black&White Club from Oradea and Czirjak Levente,
Bo&Bo Club – Balkan Billiard Centre from Petrich – Georgi Bozhkov and the City of Petrich,
Polish Billiard Association – Świętokrzyskie Stowarzyszenie Sportowe from Kielce, the City Council of Kielce and the Marshal’s Office of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship in Kielce,
Albanian Billiard Federation from Tirana – Edmond Loku.
The participation of players from the Czech Republic was sponsored by Maple Billiard Club from Pardubice – Jaroslav Javurek-Jaroslav Horenovsky.
The referees were: Alexandru Balas -ROM (chief judge), Piotr Kędzior, Adam Ściga, Małgorzata Dąbek and Jan Niewęgłowski.
We would also like to extend out thanks to the companies: Dynamic Billard Organisation from Germany, Iwan Simonis S.A. from Belgium, Wameter S.A. (Aramith) from Belgium, who have supported the series for 20 years. We also had new sponsors: Cuetec, which offered 5 professional cues for the winners, and Kamui.
We also want to express our gratitude for the support of the local media. We would like to thank journalists from Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and Slovakia.
For the past 21 seasons, the director and initiator of the series has been Marcin Krzeminski who is the president of Mak Marketing and the East European Billiard Council.
