Three Porto players represent Portugal at European billiards in Antalya | OneFootball

The Porto players Rui Manuel Costa, José Miguel Soares, and Luís Pinto represented Portugal in the European Three-Cushion Billiards Championship, which started last Saturday and ends on Sunday in Antalya, Turkey.

On the first day of the senior competition, Rui Manuel Costa led the group by defeating the Dutchman Jeffrey Jorissen (40-37) and the Greek Papakonstantinou Kostas (40-24), but was eliminated in the round of 16 by the Turkish player Birol Uymaz, with a score of 43-50.

José Miguel Soares and Luís Pinto did not make it past the group stage. Soares, the National Champion, defeated the Greek Dionisis Tsokantas (40-34) but lost to the German Lucas Egert (33-40). Meanwhile, Luís Pinto, the under-25 national double champion, was defeated by the Spaniard Daniel Sainz-Pardo (40-36) and the German Tom Lowe (40-30).

With the individual competitions concluded, José Miguel Soares and Rui Manuel Costa will team up for the doubles event and will face the Swedish players Naile Olsson and Ratcha Alievski, as well as the Belgians Frédéric Caudron and Peter Ceulemans, next Saturday.

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