Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2025 European Open Pool Championship played March 11-16 at the Hotel Hills Sarajevo in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pay-per-view streaming was provided on wnttv.com. This was a 256-player 9-Ball event, produced by Matchroom Sport, with double elimination down to 64 players (32 on the winners' side and 32 on the one-loss side) and then single-elimination to the end. Joshua Filler won the tournament, defeating Naoyuki Oi in the final match.
The commentators (2 per match) were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes, with Scott Frost on one match. The referees were Marcel Eckardt, Ben Taylor-Fuente, and several others whose names I do not know. On the weekend, the announcer/interviewer was Di Stewart and the MC was Andrej Petrovic.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
These stats are for all 17 matches (247 games) that were played on "Table 1" from Thursday through Sunday -- 5 matches in the Qualification rounds on Thursday, 5 matches in the Last 64 and Last 32 rounds on Friday, and 7 matches played on the weekend. These 17 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played. [Note: the first part of one of the games in Match 7 below was not shown on the stream, so the stats are for 246 games instead of 247.]
Thursday, March 13
Friday, March 14
Saturday, March 15
Sunday, March 16
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 246 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 57 break-and-run games represented 23% of all 246 games, 40% of the 144 games won by the breaker, and 30% of the 188 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 57 break-and-run games consisted of one 3-pack (Ko PC), seven 2-packs (4 by Filler, and 1 each by Ko PC, Szewczyk, and Oi), and 40 singles. No one in these 17 matches broke and ran more than 3 games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- 5 (2.0% of all 246 games)
The commentators (2 per match) were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes, with Scott Frost on one match. The referees were Marcel Eckardt, Ben Taylor-Fuente, and several others whose names I do not know. On the weekend, the announcer/interviewer was Di Stewart and the MC was Andrej Petrovic.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
• Diamond 9-foot table with 4" corner pockets;
• Simonis 860 Shark Grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-spots cue ball;
• Magic Ball Rack racking template;
• referee racks with the 9-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball on one of the wings or in the back location;
• winner breaks from behind the head string in a box approximately 8" to either side of the long string;
• no illegal-break rule, but referees enforce a forceful-break requirement (no violations);
• 30-second shot clock (60 sec. after the break or a push out), with one 30-sec. extension per player per rack;
• foul on all balls;
• 3-foul rule in effect (violation did not occur);
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
These stats are for all 17 matches (247 games) that were played on "Table 1" from Thursday through Sunday -- 5 matches in the Qualification rounds on Thursday, 5 matches in the Last 64 and Last 32 rounds on Friday, and 7 matches played on the weekend. These 17 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played. [Note: the first part of one of the games in Match 7 below was not shown on the stream, so the stats are for 246 games instead of 247.]
Thursday, March 13
1. Ko Ping Chung defeated Nguyen Anh Tuan 9-2
2. Sanjin Pehlivanovic d. Dimitris Loukatos 9-1
3. Emil Gangflot d. Mickey Krause 9-5
4. Naoyuki Oi d. Mika Van Berkel 9-1
5. Hubert Lopotko d. Krause 9-4
Friday, March 14
6. Edward Koyongian d. Johann Chua 10-6 (Last 64)
7. Luong Duc Thien d. Kledio Kaçi 10-9 (Last 64)
8. Pehlivanovic d. Besar Spahiu 10-6 (Last 64)
9. Tobias Bongers d. Yannick Ponders 10-9 (Last 32)
10. Pehlivanovic d. Eklent Kaçi 10-8 (Last 32)
Saturday, March 15
11. Wojiech Szewczyk d. Pehlivanovic 10-2 (Last 16)
12. Joshua Filler d. Jayson Shaw 10-4 (Last 16)
13. Pijus Labutis d. Duong Quoc Hoang 10-6 (Quarterfinal)
14. Filler d. Szewczyk 10-6 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, March 16
15. Oi d. Daniel Maciol 11-1 (Semifinal)
16. Filler d. Labutis 11-6 (Semifinal)
17. Filler d. Oi 13-1 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 80% (131 of 164)
Match losers -- 70% (57 of 82)
Total -- 76% (188 of 246)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 71% (116 of 164)
Match losers -- 34% (28 of 82)
Total -- 59% (144 of 246)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 29% (47 of 164)
Match losers -- 12% (10 of 82)
Total -- 23% (57 of 246)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 36% (47 of 131)
Match losers -- 18% (10 of 57)
Total -- 30% (57 of 188)
Here's a breakdown of the 246 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 123 (50% of the 246 games)
Breaker lost the game: 65 (26%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 3 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 11 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 18 (7%)
Breaker lost the game: 26 (11%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 59% (144 of 246) of all games,
He won 65% (123 of 188) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 36% (21 of 58) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 57 break-and-run games represented 23% of all 246 games, 40% of the 144 games won by the breaker, and 30% of the 188 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 57 break-and-run games consisted of one 3-pack (Ko PC), seven 2-packs (4 by Filler, and 1 each by Ko PC, Szewczyk, and Oi), and 40 singles. No one in these 17 matches broke and ran more than 3 games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- 5 (2.0% of all 246 games)
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