European Championship 2010: Groups Announced

The race for the final few main tour spots for next week is really hotting up now and this coming week sees the start of another major amateur tournament, the 2010 European Championships. Click below for more…

Twelve months ago Ireland’s David Hogan captured the biggest title of his career, the European Championship to book his place on the man tour for the first time and this year he is back to defend his title in Bucharest, Romania.

He will not find it easy however as there is another predictably strong field with the likes of Michal Zielinski, Roy Stolk, Kurt Maflin, Patrick Einsle, Alex Borg, Kevin van Hove, Jamie Jones, Luca Brecel and Andrew Pagett in there to name just a few.

To view the groups for the event, please click here to see them in Excel form courtesy of Global Snooker who as usual will be covering the live scoring over in Romania. Alternatively click here for Global’s full page on the tournament which begins on Thursday and will run until Saturday 5th June.

Also coming up is the International Play-Off, as won memorably by Tony Drago last season with a dramatic 5-4 victory over 2006 winner Roy Stolk. With another tour place up for grabs there you can bet that it will be just as tense this time around…