The grand finale of the Mezz Cues Baltic Pool League 2022 was held in Arena Billiards. The autumnal Kaunas is always nice and so was the ending of the season. Karl Gnadeberg (EST) won the men’s event, Agne Jarushauskaite (LIT) women’s event and Guntars Timmermannis (LAT) was victorious in the Oldboys division.

Karl Gnadeberg is the season best of the Baltics
Karl Gnadeberg made sure to wave all the doubters because of his young age. The 16-years old hotshot managed to win the 2022 season overall ranking as well as this weekend’s grand finale.

The Estonians were on fire this weekend as all the men’s division medals went to Estonia. Although Gnadeberg had his ups and downs during the last weekend, he still managed to add another gold medal on his neck. In the final he won Stanislav Saiov 8:5 and in the semi-final the World Cup of Pool bronze medalist Mark Mägi 8:6. Saiov’s semi-final was a real cracker as he was trailing 2:7 against Raimo Teesaar but managed to win 8:7 in the end.

The 2022 season men’s division was ruled by Estonian athletes as in the overall ranking Gnadeberg was followed by Raimo Teesaar and third place went to Maksims Dragans from Latvia.

Karl Gnadeberg is the season best of the Baltics
The women’s division is firmly in the hands of Lithuanian players as Agne Jarushauskaite won this weekend’s grand finale. Second place went to Gintare Gauliene and third was Andra King (EST).

The top three of the 2022 overall ranking is dominated by Lithuanian athletes as well as Simona Milishauskaite won the ranking, second place went to Diana Jelinskiene and third place to Gintare Gauliene.

This time Timmermanis
To finish off the dominance debate of different divisions the Oldboys division is no different as the Latvians have the total control of this division. The only question seems to be whether the winner is Guntars Timermanis or Ivo Ulmanis, and this weekend it was Timmermanis who won the grand finale. Naturally, in the final he was up against Ulmanis and managed to win 7:5. The third places were Rusis Martinsh (LAT) and Dainius Vidźiunas was keeping the Lithuanian flag high.

The overall ranking was finally won by Ivo Ulmanis who left Guntars Timermanis on second place and Gatis Taube to finish off the Latvian top three of the total ranking.

Another great season in the bag.
The organisers are happy with the Lithuanian stage and the 2022 season as many players from different countries participated. Additionally, many old and new faces travelled the circuit which shows the popularity of the league. Special gratitude goes out to Arena Pool Club and their staff and management for their constant support and assistance throughout the years to develop our beloved sport.

The organisers thank all the athletes, volunteers, fans and all other people and companies that were part of another enjoyable season. Additional gratitude to Estonian Billiard Federation, Latvian Billiard Federation and Lithuanian Pool Federation. Big gratitude goes out to all the sponsors – Mezz Cues, Holly Case, Aramith, Iwan Simonis, Kamui, Aveiras, Turtle Rack Sheet, Arena Billiards Club, Bams Pool House, Playpool Billiards Club, Hill-Hill Pool Club.

For further information please visit our web page www.balticpoolleague.eu and Facebook www.facebook.com/balticpoolleague. We will be updating the 2023 season information on these information channels as well.