What would be the equivalent of the Eurotour in the US?

[Positively Ralf]

Only asking because I know that the Eurotour has pro players playing on them but I do not know what kind of speed the other lesser known players are and the sizes of the fields.

Is it purely an open non-handicapped tour or is it a Pro-Am tour? Would something like the Joss Tour be the equivalent here?

 

[hang-the-9]

Yes the Joss tour, also the new Predator tour https://probilliardseries.com/. The old Pro tour that Camel sponsored for a while would have been it also. Every other event is just a collection of independent events, although many now under the Matchoom umbrella.

 

[iusedtoberich]

I don't think there is an equivalent in the USA. Maybe the closest would be the new Predator tour. The reason I say that, is its very organized, and attracts many top players.

The Joss tour for example does not attract top players for their normal events (unless they happen to live very close). It only attracts top players for their season ending event.

The rest of the events in the USA are disjointed, so no "tour" aspect of them.

IMO.

 

[stewie]

Depends on how far you take "equivalent", but it's the EPBF organizing it. That would be a tour in the US, organized by the BCA(?). Non-Profit.

I am not sure, what the payouts are on the Eurotour, but it's also intended to be the "Top-Tier-Open-Regular-Sport-Competition", besides the European Championships, which, I think, you have to qualify for or get a wildcard from your country's organization. I might be off by a mile, here.

In general, it's more about competing in a sport, in Europe. The Euro Tour should give anybody a chance to compete at the highest level. As for the speed of the players, Most of them would be considered Open in the US and play in one of the 2 top tier leagues in any Euro country. So, many of them should be 690+(?).

 

[mikepage]

Depends on how far you take "equivalent", but it's the EPBF organizing it. That would be a tour in the US, organized by the BCA(?). Non-Profit.

I am not sure, what the payouts are on the Eurotour, but it's also intended to be the "Top-Tier-Open-Regular-Sport-Competition", besides the European Championships, which, I think, you have to qualify for or get a wildcard from your country's organization. I might be off by a mile, here.

In general, it's more about competing in a sport, in Europe. The Euro Tour should give anybody a chance to compete at the highest level. As for the speed of the players, Most of them would be considered Open in the US and play in one of the 2 top tier leagues in any Euro country. So, many of them should be 690+(?).

It's not just about EPBF vs BCA. Many European countries have Billiard Federations that can have competitions and select players to represent the country. If North America were to do something equivalent, the best way would probably to have an organization for each of the six regions that we introduced a while ago. At this point, though, we don't have that. Here is just the top half of the 246-player field for the ET Austria event that finished the other day. You can see there are about 100 players over 700.

 

[stewie]

It's not just about EPBF vs BCA. Many European countries have Billiard Federations that can have competitions and select players to represent the country. If North America were to do something equivalent, the best way would probably to have an organization for each of the six regions that we introduced a while ago. At this point, though, we don't have that. Here is just the top half of the 246-player field for the ET Austria event that finished the other day. You can see there are about 100 players over 700. View attachment 696668

Well, here you go. I wasn't that far off with "many", then Thanks!

And yes, the level of organization/structure is very different in Europe. The BCA doesn't really do, what the EPBF and/or local federations do. If they should or if pool as a sport would benefit from them doing so, would fill many forums for quite a while.

 

[sjm]

I'd say there is no equivalent of Eurotour in the US. The Eurotour draws nearly all the top players that live in Europe consistently and is the training ground for European players who hope to move on to International play, No American tour can make the claim that it consistently attracts nearly all the top Americans nor can it claim that it is the training ground for Americans hoping to move on to the world stage.