LONGONI NEXTGEN NEW SEASON KICKS OFF IN BERGISCH GLADBACH
The new season of the Longoni NextGen tour for U21 players will kick off in the Bergisch Gladbacher Billard-Club 1926 e.V., in Bergisch Gladbach (Germany). The first Grand Prix for this season will take place this week from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th, organized by the host club under the auspice of CEB and DBU and with the main sponsorship of the Italian cue brand. 23 young 3-cushion talents have registered, confirminf the great interest for these events. The next scheduled steps of the NextGen 25/26 circuit will be the second Grand Prix in Athens (Greece) in May 2026 and the European Championship 3-Cushion U21, which is included in the Euroyouth 2026 Longoni NextGen, also scheduled in Greece in August 2026, 5th to 9th. The final ranking of these 3 events will be used to awards 3 wild cards to the top 3 players for the European Championship 3-Cushion Individual 2026/2027.
The format in Bergisch Gladbach is the following:
4 qualification groups of 6 and 5 (matches to 25 points/50 innings with equalizing inning); best two from each group will advance to the quarters final (matches to 35 points, no equalization, no innings limit).
Qualification groups will be played on Friday and Saturday, KO rounds are scheduled for Sunday.
The tournament is played on Simonis clothes with Aramith billiard balls.
All information available on CEB info page (groups, schedules, results).
Free live streaming on Kozoom website and 1 table live on Kozoom Youtube.
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