News
Seniors knockout matches starting tonight
![](http://www.ebsa.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ITALIANO-1.jpg)
2021 EBSA European Snooker Championships Seniors event Last 40 round matches will be played this Wednesday at Albufeira’s VidaMar Resort Hotel Algarve at the 7 p.m. session still best of 5 frames, like Last 32 round, also to be played this October 13th in Salgados.
![](http://www.ebsa.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ALEKSANDRA.jpg)
It’s the beginning of the knockout stage in the Seniors, the eight top seeds who won their groups at the round-robin stage: go straight to Last 32 round matches still to be played this October 13th at the 8 p.m. session, also best of 5 frames.
![](http://www.ebsa.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ANSANTOS.jpg)
Last 16 round of Seniors and Women events will be played Thursday morning at the 10 a.m. session at Salgados – Seniors best of 5 frames (until the final, and including the final and big clash), Women’s matches to be played best of 3 frames.
![](http://www.ebsa.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SATU.jpg)
The quarterfinals and the semifinals of the Seniors and Women events will be played also still on Thursday – quarterfinals at 1 p.m. and semis at 5 p.m.
![](http://www.ebsa.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/LITUANAS.jpg)
Men’s Teams event will start Thursday at 1 p.m. session in Salgados, with 52 players and 26 pairs competing in the round-robin stage, split by 7 groups: 6 groups of 4 teams each and one group with only 3 teams.
![](http://www.ebsa.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/KIRILADAS-1024x768.jpg)
Being mandatory to play the all 5 frames in every match, the top two in each Seniors Team event groups get qualified to the knockout stages (Last 16 round).
![](http://www.ebsa.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ALMEDIN.jpg)
Women’s Teams event is also on the move: 14 teams (and 28 players) will be playing round-robin stage matches: two groups of 5 teams and one with 4 teams.
![](http://www.ebsa.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/DURAN1.jpg)
The top 3 in each one of the groups with 5 teams and two teams from the one with less teams competing get qualified for the knockout stage (Last 8). Seniors Teams event will also start for 32 pairs, split in 8 groups of 4 teams each one: the top two in each group goes through to the knockout state matches – Last 16 round.
![](http://www.ebsa.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_3766-1024x768.jpg)
The Women’s Teams events starts Friday (October 15th) at the 10 a.m. session, the Men’s Teams event starts one day bofore – Thursday, at 1 p.m. session, plus 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. sessions – and the Seniors Teams even will have his kick-off on Friday at the 10 a.m. session (also in the 12 o’clock session, plus 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. sessions.